Kerry Michael Collins (born December 30, 1972) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons. Collins was a member of six NFL teams, most notably the Carolina Panthers, New York Giants, and Tennessee Titans. He played college football at Penn State, where he earned All-American honors and became a College Football Hall of Fame inductee in 2018.
Selected as the first-ever draft pick of the Carolina Panthers in the 1995 NFL Draft, Collins was the fifth overall pick that year, as the Panthers traded away the first pick of the draft in a trade with the Cincinnati Bengals. In his second season, he helped the Panthers become the youngest NFL expansion team to clinch their division and (along with the Jacksonville Jaguars) appear in a conference championship, also earning him Pro Bowl honors. Collins became the Giants' starting quarterback between 1999 and 2003, leading them to a Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl XXXV. Following a period of limited success, Collins earned a second Pro Bowl selection for helping the Titans obtain a league-best 13–3 record in 2008. He saw less playing time amid his final three years in the NFL, retiring after the 2011 season.
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