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Position: | Running back | ||||||
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Born: | Okmulgee, Oklahoma, U.S. | August 4, 1966||||||
Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 177 lb (80 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Booker T. Washington (Oklahoma) | ||||||
College: | Oklahoma | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1988 / Round: 8 / Pick: 200 | ||||||
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Collins was born Patrick Norman Collins on August 4, 1966, in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. [1]
Collins was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the eighth round of the 1988 NFL Draft, and played that season with the team. [2] He played at the collegiate level at the University of Oklahoma. [3]
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