Promising NFL Careers That Injuries Totally Derailed

Nick Collins

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Collins was one of the NFL’s best free safeties over the course of his first six seasons, making 21 interceptions and 331 tackles. He intercepted seven passes in 2008, leading the league with 295 return yards and three touchdowns off picks. But two games into the 2011 season, he suffered a herniated disc in his neck. He never played again.

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