WR · Houston Texans · #12

Nico Collins

WR1

College: Michigan
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 222 lb
Experience: 6th season

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Season

EPA / target

+0.57▲ 0.25 vs '25

7th of 44 WRs

Catch rate

68.6%▲ 9.4 vs '25

13th of 44 WRs

Yards / target

9.4▲ 0.1 vs '25

13th of 44 WRs

Target share

22.5%▼ 1.7 vs '25

25th of 44 WRs

Receiving

329 yds+0.57 EPA/TGT

24 rec · 35 tgt · 3 td

Ranks compare against the 44 qualifying wide receivers on the 2026 leaderboard.

Week-by-week

EPA per target by game, dashed line = 2025 season mark

Where the value came from

Total EPA, 2026

Receiving+20.1

Rushing+1.3

Net+21.3

Best game · Wk 4 vs DAL

7/8

Rec/Tgt

118

Rec yds

+9.4

Rec EPA

+1.18

EPA/target

16.9

Yds/rec

2026 game log

	Receiving									Rushing
Game	TargetsPasses thrown to the player.	ReceptionsCatches.	Receiving yardsReceiving yards.	Yards per receptionReceiving yards per catch.	Receiving touchdownsReceiving touchdowns.	Catch rateReceptions per target.	Average depth of targetAir yards per target.	Receiving EPAExpected points added on targets, including incompletions and interceptions.	EPA per targetExpected points added per target, including incompletions and interceptions.	CarriesRushing attempts.	Rushing yardsRushing yards.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.
Wk 1 vs BUFL	10	7	75	10.7	1	70.0	12.0	+4.9	+0.49	1	7	0
Wk 4 vs DALL	8	7	118	16.9	2	87.5	14.0	+9.4	+1.18	0	0	0
Wk 5 @ TENW	7	5	56	11.2	0	71.4	11.7	+4.5	+0.65	0	0	0
Wk 6 @ JAXW	5	3	74	24.7	0	60.0	14.6	+5.1	+1.01	1	5	0
Wk 7 vs NYGL	5	2	6	3.0	0	40.0	9.8	−3.8	−0.77	0	0	0
Season	35	24	329	13.7	3	68.6	12.5	+20.1	+0.57	2	12	0

How he compares

2026 wide receivers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Contract

signed 2026 with Texans

$60Mover 2 years

Avg. per year: $30M
Guaranteed: $57M 95%
2026 cap hit: $14.9M 4.8% of the cap
Signed: 2026
Runs through: 2027

2026 · now

2027

Year 1 of 2 ·

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons

	Overall		Receiving									Rushing
Season	GamesGames played.	Total EPAExpected points added across dropbacks, runs and targets combined (each scramble counted once).	TargetsPasses thrown to the player.	ReceptionsCatches.	Receiving yardsReceiving yards.	Receiving touchdownsReceiving touchdowns.	Catch rateReceptions per target.	Yards per receptionReceiving yards per catch.	Yards per targetReceiving yards per target, including incompletions.	Target shareShare of the team's targets, averaged across games.	EPA per targetExpected points added per target, including incompletions and interceptions.	CarriesRushing attempts.	Rushing yardsRushing yards.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.
2026	5	+21.3	35	24	329	3	68.6	13.7	9.4	22.5	+0.57	2	12	0
2025	15	+41.3	120	71	1,117	6	59.2	15.7	9.3	24.2	+0.32	2	15	1
2024	12	+42.8	99	68	1,006	7	68.7	14.8	10.2	24.5	+0.43	0	0	0
2023	15	+72.5	109	80	1,297	8	73.4	16.2	11.9	22.7	+0.65	1	7	0
2022	10	−1.3	66	37	481	2	56.1	13.0	7.3	19.2	−0.02	0	0	0
2021	14	−0.3	60	33	446	1	55.0	13.5	7.4	12.9	0.00	0	0	0
Career	71	+176.4	489	313	4,676	27	64.0	14.9	9.6	20.9	+0.35	5	34	1