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Sonny Collins

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College career
NFL career
References

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Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|1976}})

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3× First-team All-SEC (1973, 1974, 1975)
SEC Player of the Year (1973)

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Alfred Eugene "Sonny" Collins (born January 17, 1953) is a former American football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the second round of the 1976 NFL draft. He played college football at Kentucky.

College career

Collins rushed for 3,835 yards with 26 touchdowns during his college career and was the 1973 SEC Player of the Year. ^[1]^[2] He finished his collegiate career at Kentucky as the all-time leading rusher. The record would stand for 43 years until Benny Snell, Jr. surpassed it in 2019. ^[3]

In 2012, he was named an SEC Football Legend.^[4]

NFL career

Collins was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the second round (#36 overall) of the 1976 NFL Draft. He only played for a year before retiring with a career ending knee injury. ^[5]

References

1. ^[https://www.kentucky.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/john-clay/article44369763.html Ex-Cat Collins — 'full-time biker' and granddad — smooth as ever]
2. ^No. 1 UK great: Sonny Collins {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20141121185118/http://kykernel.com/2012/08/31/no-1-uk-great-sonny-collins/ |date=2014-11-21 }}
3. ^[https://www.kentucky.com/sports/college/kentucky-sports/uk-football/article223797430.html Snell runs his way into Kentucky record book in Citrus Bowl]
4. ^Former UK back Sonny Collins named SEC Legend
5. ^[https://www.nkytribune.com/2018/12/jamie-vaught-in-uk-football-history-sonny-collins-comes-to-mind-says-records-are-made-to-be-broken/ In UK football history, Sonny Collins comes to mind, says records are made to be broken]

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