Todd Steven Collins (born November 5, 1971 in Walpole, Massachusetts) is an American football quarterback for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the second round of the 1995 NFL Draft. He played college football at Michigan.
Collins has spent the majority of his NFL career as a backup quarterback, and spent several years serving behind Elvis Grbac and Trent Green of the Kansas City Chie...
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Todd Steven Collins (born November 5, 1971 in Walpole, Massachusetts) is an American football quarterback for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the second round of the 1995 NFL Draft. He played college football at Michigan.
Collins has spent the majority of his NFL career as a backup quarterback, and spent several years serving behind Elvis Grbac and Trent Green of the Kansas City Chiefs. He holds the NFL record for longest gap between starts in post-merger history, ten years and two days.
Collins attended Walpole High School, located just a few miles from Foxboro, Massachusetts, the home of the New England Patriots. As a senior, he led his football team to a state championship, a feat that helped earn him SuperPrep All-America honors. He was named New England Player of the Year by the Boston Globe.
As a junior, he held a 10-0 record for the baseball team as a right-handed pitcher. Also that year, he guided his basketball...
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