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A promising rookie performer last season, Collins
replaced injured Levi Jones as starting LOT for the final
six games … Helped team finish year on a three-game
win streak, and supported Cincinnati’s two best rushing
games of the season in the final two contests … Part of
line effort that led performance of only three sacks allowed
over the final three games.
2008 PARTICIPATION: Drafted by Bengals in fourth
round (112th overall) … Signed July 27 … Played in
nine games (Games 2, 8-9 and 11-16), with starts at ROT
in Games 11-16 … Active-DNP for Games 1 and 3-7 …
Game day inactive for Game 10.
2008 HIGHLIGHTS: His six starts at LOT included a
solid effort against Pro Bowl DE Dwight Freeney on Dec. 7
at Indianapolis … In win Dec. 14 vs. Washington, helped
line lead the way for 310 net yards offense … On Dec. 21
at Cleveland, line paved the way for 191 rushing yards in
victory … Helped clear path for season-best 204 rushing
yards on Dec. 28 vs. Kansas City … Made NFL debut
Sept. 14 vs. Tennessee, playing on special teams and as
ANTHONY COLLINS
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Offensive Tackle Ht: 6-5
Wt: 315
2nd year in NFL
College: Kansas
2008 Games-Starts: 9-6
Career Games-Starts: 9-6
KYLE COOK
— 34 —
Acquired: D4’08
(112th overall)
Born: 11-2-85
extra blocker in short-yardage offense … Saw brief action
at LOT Nov. 2 vs. Jacksonville.
COLLEGE: Played 32 games over three seasons
(2005-07) at Kansas … Earned multiple first-team All-
America honors in ’07, starting at LOT as Kansas posted
12-1 record with victory over Virginia Tech in FedEx Orange
Bowl … Redshirted as a freshman in 2004, and left KU
following his junior season to enter NFL Draft … As a
junior, credited with 108 knockdowns and 15 touchdownproducing
blocks for an offense that averaged 479.8 yards
per game; he was penalized only twice all season.
PERSONAL: Hometown is Beaumont, Texas … Attended
Central High School, where he played football only
as a senior and earned Class 4A all-state honors as a DE
… African-American studies major at Kansas.
ANTHONY COLLINS’ STATISTICS
YEAR TEAM GAMES STARTS
2008 Cincinnati ..................................................9 6
CAREER 9 6
64
Center
Ht: 6-3
Wt: 312
2nd year in NFL
Cook delivered a strong performance in 2009
offseason work, and he opens training camp with the
inside track for the starting center job … Saw his fi rst
NFL action in ’08, but a toe injury sidelined him for the
season’s fi nal 10 games … Spent his entire 2007 rookie
season on Bengals practice squad after entering NFL
with Minnesota.
2008 RECAP: Played in Games 2-6 on special
teams … Placed on Reserve/Injured list Oct. 17, due to
a dislocated toe suffered in a collision during pregame
warmups Oct. 5 at Dallas …Played in all four preseason
games … Active-DNP for Game 1.
College: Michigan State
2008 Games-Starts: 5-0
Career Games-Starts: 5-0
Acquired: FA’07
Born: 7-25-83
2007: Signed May 4 with Minnesota as college free
agent … Played in all four Vikings preseason games, and
was waived Sept. 1 … Signed Sept. 5 to Bengals practice
squad … On practice squad for Games 1-16, and was
signed Dec. 31 to Bengals offseason roster.
COLLEGE: Closed his Michigan State career with
35 consecutive starts and played in Hula Bowl following
the 2006 campaign … Played from 2003-06, following
redshirt year in 2002 … Named second-team All-Big Ten
as a senior, leading team in pancake blocks (48) for the second
straight year … Started 11 games as a junior for club
that set school record for passing yards (295.5 ypg.).