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Nick Collins Will Not Be Pursuing a Comeback

Monty McMahon by Monty McMahon
September 28, 2012
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Nick Collins

Former Green Bay Packers Pro Bowl safety Nick Collins is putting an end to his comeback attempt, on the advice of his doctor.

Collins, who suffered a neck injury in week two of the 2011 season and was released by the Packers in the offseason, had been working out in Florida while deciding whether to pursue a return to the NFL with another team.

Collins’ specialist advised him to put an end to that bid.

“However, at a recent evaluation with the specialist who performed his neck surgery,” Jason La Canfora writes, “Collins was advised not to pursue football … effectively ending the process.”

Collins had cervical fusion surgery, a process similar to what Peyton Manning underwent last season. After evaluating his recovery, Packers coach Mike McCarthy said he wouldn’t want Collins to play again if Collins were his son.

In his seven-year career, Collins had 21 picks and returned four of those for touchdowns. He was a three-time Pro Bowler.

Certainly, we’ll always remember his interception return for a touchdown in Super Bowl XLV, which was probably the most important play in that game.

If there’s a bright side to any of this, other than the fact Collins can still walk, it’s that he’ll retire a Packer and not end up with some other garbage team.

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Comments 14

  1. Avatar for Chad Lundberg Chad Lundberg says:
    11 years ago

    Unfucking fair….

  2. Avatar for RodgerDat RodgerDat says:
    11 years ago

    Fuck man, that just sucks. What a shame. My favorite packers safety since LeRoy. I will always remember and appreciate what he did for the team.

  3. Avatar for DevilDon DevilDon says:
    11 years ago

    Really wish Nick well. Glad he’s not going to risk further injury.

  4. Avatar for Mike Mike says:
    11 years ago

    We really need to stop giving 36 to safeties. We’ve lost two guys that were on HOF career tracks to career ending injuries. At least both were around long enough to help lead the Pack back to the championship!

  5. Avatar for Packman Packman says:
    11 years ago

    Terrible. Great player, and seemed like a good guy. Glad he’ll be able to walk though

  6. Avatar for Crash Crash says:
    11 years ago

    Great Packer, this is good news but at least he is walking away healthy. Hope to see him retire as a Packer and stay close to the team.

  7. Avatar for Travis Jervey Travis Jervey says:
    11 years ago

    Good luck Nick!

  8. Avatar for Packfan66 Packfan66 says:
    11 years ago

    I’d love to see the Packers offer him a job coaching the secondary sometime down the road.

    • Avatar for nurseratchett nurseratchett says:
      11 years ago

      Agreed.

  9. Avatar for Grant Grant says:
    11 years ago

    Great player and even better person.

  10. Avatar for Joe Blackwell Joe Blackwell says:
    11 years ago

    The job offer would be awesome but alot of football players have a hard time crossing back over into teaching. For example: why hasn’t any coach asked LeRoy Butler. But yet he is doing XOs with Tom Silverstein on each game the Packers play during the season.

    • Avatar for #GetItRightRoger #GetItRightRoger says:
      11 years ago

      I’m pretty sure coaching isn’t a 40 hour a week job, probably closer to 60-70. I think a lot of guys want to go live their life with their newfound riches.

  11. Avatar for Kristofer from Oshkosh Kristofer from Oshkosh says:
    11 years ago

    Nick Collins gave all of us some great years as a Green Bay Packer. He only got better and better every year in the league. I remember him starting as a 2nd round pick rookie and he went through all of the rookie mistakes, but he only got better as a player. I wish he were still out there playing because we could use his playmaking ability and veteran leadership on this young Packers team. You will be dearly missed Nick Collins

  12. Avatar for Snarff1 Snarff1 says:
    11 years ago

    It would be nice to see the Packers offer some kind of inturn coaching job.

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