Kerry Collins

Kerry Michael Collins

Position: QB
Height: 6-5    Weight: 248 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: December 30, 1972 in Lebanon, PA
College: Penn St.   (school history)
Drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1995 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 82 (354th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

• 6/9 FootballPerspective.com: What can we learn from Game Scripts splits?: When I ask a question in the title of a post, I usually have an answer. But not this time. From 2000 to 2012, 163 different quarterbacks...

• 5/1 FootballPerspective.com: Where Does Tim Tebow Rank in the Pantheon of Great Quarterbacks: With the Jets releasing Tim Tebow, it appears that his NFL career may be over. If that’s the case, it’s time to reflect...

• 4/22 FootballPerspective.com: Are certain teams better at drafting than others?: On the surface, this seems like an obvious question. Yes, certain teams are good at drafting and certain teams are bad at drafting....
• 4/16 FootballPerspective.com: Do NFL teams properly value age when drafting quarterbacks?: For the most part, age is rarely discussed when talking about college quarterbacks. Outside of the Brandon Weedens and Chris Weinkes...
• 4/13 FootballPerspective.com: Fourth Quarter/Overtime Game-Winning Passing Touchdowns: Yesterday, I looked at the career leaders in 4th quarter (and overtime) game-winning touchdowns from scrimmage. Today I will do...

• 3/3 FootballPerspective.com: Jimmy Smith is one of the best wide receivers in NFL history: Jacksonville’s Jimmy Smith was first eligible for the Hall of Fame in 2011. He was cut early in the process, failing to...

• 2/20 FootballPerspective.com: Comparing rookie quarterbacks to their team’s prior year’s stats: Since 1990, there have been 48 rookie quarterbacks that threw at least 224 pass attempts, the necessary amount to qualify for...
• 2/19 FootballPerspective.com: The Greatest Wide Receivers Ever Version 2.0: Part III – Career Rankings: On Monday, I explained my methodology for ranking every wide receiver in football history, and yesterday, I presented a list of...
• 2/13 FootballPerspective.com: Happy Valentine’s Day to The Quarterback in Your Life: There have been 35 quarterbacks in NFL history to throw for at least 30,000 yards. Given enough time, you could probably guess...

• 1/22 FootballPerspective.com: The Manning Index (and The Brady Effect): Eight years ago — almost to the day — our old PFR colleague Doug Drinen wrote a Sabernomics post about “The...
• 1/20 FootballPerspective.com: Super Bowl History: Now that the Super Bowl matchup is set, I thought I’d start the two-week period with some Super Bow history. The table below...
• 1/11 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL News of January 11, 2003: Frank Reich, of all people, should have known better. But Reich, the former Buffalo Bills quarterback who directed the greatest...
• 1/4 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Career passing stats in wins and losses: Last weekend, I looked at career rushing stats in wins and losses; today I will do the same but for quarterbacks. I looked at...

• 12/27 Steel Curtain Rising: Los Bengales Triumfan Contra Los Steelers: Antes que nada quiero disculparme por mi ausencia de la semana pasada. Es que cuestiones de enfermedad familiar ocuparon mi tiempo...
• 12/4 FootballPerspective.com: NYT Fifth Down: Post-week 13: This week at the New York Times, I blush when discussing Andrew Luck, praise the great Calvin Johnson as he tries to surpass Jerry...

• 11/23 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: A different starting quarterback in three straight games: Ben Roethlisberger started the first nine games of the season, but things are getting ugly quickly in Pittsburgh. After suffering...
• 11/17 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: QB Playoff Wins by College: Watching Matt Barkley today against UCLA, I tweeted that Mark Sanchez is responsible for 4 of the 9 playoff wins by USC quarterbacks....

• 10/27 FootballPerspective.com: Wins with quarterbacks drafted by that team: Good stat today by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, who notes that Kansas City has gone 25 years without winning a game with a quarterback...
• 10/18 FootballPerspective.com: When should the Jaguars give up on Blaine Gabbert?: One of the most difficult decisions an organization has to make is when to admit its mistakes. The Jaguars drafted Blaine Gabbert...
• 10/4 FootballPerspective.com: Quarter-by-Quarter Team Win Probability Added: A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a method of calculating a team’s win probability at the end of any given quarter, given...

• 9/24 FootballPerspective.com: Interceptions per Incompletion (or POPIP): I leave the baseball analysis to my brothers at baseball-reference.com, but I know enough to be dangerous. There’s a stat...
• 9/6 FootballPerspective.com: Reviewing how last year’s breakout teams looked after week 1: The San Francisco 49ers were the breakout team of the 2011 season, going from 6-10 in 2010 to 13-3 last year. The Cincinnati Bengals...

• 4/24 Money in the Banana Stand: Carson Palmer . . . Done?: Now that Carson Palmer is the future in Oakland, it’s worth wondering what his long term prospects look like. Despite some...

• 12/13 WSJ Daily Fix: Manning Isn’t Colts’ Only Missing Piece: The Count: While a dropoff in passing explains some of Indianapolis's awful 0-13 start, plenty of other players share responsibility...

• 11/3 Money in the Banana Stand: Carson Palmer . . . Done?: Now that Carson Palmer is the future in Oakland, it’s worth wondering what his long term prospects look like. Despite some...

• 10/22 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Steelers Game Day 7 - @ Arizona Cardinals: After getting back on the right track against the hapless Jaguars the Steelers turn its attention to the Arizona Cardinals and...
• 10/1 FantasyDaddy.com: Fantasy Football: Points Allowed Week 3 Cheat Sheet: You are staring at your lineup trying to decide who to start and who to sit this week.  You want information, but you are too...

• 9/28 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Steelers Game 3 Recap - Steelers 23, Colts 20: Sometimes it is really awesome to be right and sometimes it sucks. This was a little bit of both but in the end it doesn’t really...
• 9/24 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Steelers Game Day 3 - @ Indianapolis Colts: Steelers and Colts. When you looked at the schedule in the preseason and you saw this game on prime time Sunday Night Football...
• 9/15 18to88.com: Collins or the OL to Blame for Sacks Against Houston?: The final numbers were no prettier than the pictures for Kerry Collins behind the Indy line on Sunday. Three sacks. Two fumbles. One...
• 9/12 Cubs Stats: Looking At Total QBR And QB Passer Rating For Week 1: Bears win. What a load off my heart, mind, and sports ego. With the 2011 NFL season now truly underway, we have an opportunity...

• 8/29 The Hazean: Monday Morning Rehab: Jeremy Maclin Back at PracticeThis is the excerpt of your first post template......
• 8/27 Sunday Morning Legend: Handcuff for Peyton Manning?: Watching the Colts preseason game yesterday, a few things became clear.  (1) This is the best chance Peyton Manning has had of...
• 8/26 18to88.com: Green Bay Got Lucky: The Packers come to Indianapolis tonight as reigning Super Bowl Champions. They represent the Indianapolis doppelganger, a team...
• 8/24 18to88.com: Collins a Model of Consistency: The Kerry Collins signing is a good move for the Colts. There's no question he's an upgrade over Painter/Orlovsky. My angst only...
• 8/21 18to88.com: Veteran Replacements Would be Terrible: I'm not going to sugar-coat this. If the Colts wind up having to go with a veteran replacement at quarterback, it is my opinion...

• 5/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Titans | Considering re-signing Kerry Collins: Tennessee Titans general manager Mike Reinfeldt said the team is considering re-signing QB Kerry Collins but are also looking...[+] at other possibilities that could be available once free agency begins.

• 3/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Titans | Kerry Collins could be helped by lockout: Tennessee Titans impending free-agent QB Kerry Collins' chances of re-signing with the team improve the longer the lockout goes...[+] on because of his understanding of the offensive philosophy, reports Jim Wyatt, of The Tennessean.

• 2/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Titans | Coach hints Kerry Collins' days might be over: Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Munchak said Thursday, Feb. 24, that QB Kerry Collins' contract expires next week, and he indicated...[+] that he thinks Collins has reached that point where he may be in the system and he can still help a team win. He didn't mention Collins helping Tennessee.

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