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Hit rates by week, WR
Over 2019–2025, 66 games played. Bars show this player's rate against the WR rate over the same games.
Usage, WR
8 targets / game
15 games
[2025,2026] season, 15 games played. Share of team targets against the WR median.
Houston has spent years looking for a receiver worthy of the job, and the one they found was a third-round pick from Michigan who simply kept showing up until the job was his. Collins is the rare big man who wins with separation rather than jump balls. The question a fantasy owner has to answer is whether steady is the same thing as special.
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The week before the 2026 season kicks off, the Collins item that speaks directly to his outlook comes from NBC ProFootballTalk, where Myles Simmons makes the case that C.J. Stroud is "built for everything" — an opinion piece framing Houston's quarterback as capable of supporting his receiving corps, which is the bullish case for Collins. The other Texans-adjacent news touches his wider situation: Pro Football Rumors reports Tank Dell agreed to a reworked contract, a development worth tracking for how targets are distributed in Houston's receiver room. Beyond that, the fantasy coverage this week — draft takeaways from Yahoo Sports NFL, waiver-wire previews, sleeper and bust columns — is broad league-wide material with no Collins-specific injury or role news reported, so there is nothing new to act on regarding his health or usage.
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