2011 Colts Media Guide - Nfl

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AUSTIN COLLIE
Wide Receiver
6-0 200
Brigham Young
3rd Year With Colts
Draft-4a, 2009 (127th overall)
Born: November 11, 1985
GAMES STARTED/PLAYED: (2009, 5/16); (2010, 6/9) Total 11/25
2010: Started six of nine games at WR before being placed on injured reserved 12/22…started 9/12 at Houston,
9/26 at Denver, 10/3 at Jacksonville, 11/7 at Philadelphia, 11/21 at New England and 12/19 vs. Jacksonville…was
inactive vs. Houston 11/1, vs. Cincinnati 11/14 and games 11-13…was 58-649, 8 TDs receiving…had two 10+reception
games and two 100+ outings…was 11-163, 1 TD at Houston…73t reception was career-long…marked first
career 10+ and 100+ game…was 4-25, 1 TD as reserve vs. NYG 9/19…was 12-171, 2 TDs at Denver…set careerhighs
in receptions and yards…became fifth Colts player with TD receptions in first three games of season…was 5-39,
1 TD at Jacksonville…became third Colts player with TD receptions in first four games of season (TE-Jim Mutscheller,
1957; WR-Marvin Harrison, 1999)...was 5-48 vs. Kansas City 10/10 and 7-57, 1 TD at Washington 10/17…was
5-60 at New England…was 8-87, 2 TDs vs. Jacksonville for third career multiple-TD game…was recipient of Thomas
W. Moses, Sr./Noble Max Award.
2009: Opened five of 16 games at WR as rookie…starts came at Arizona 9/27, vs. Houston 11/8, vs. Tennessee
12/6 and in final two games…was 60-676, 7 TDs receiving, 2-1 rushing and 1-8 KOR…led all NFL rookies in receiving
TDs (7) and tied for most receptions (60)…finished with 4th-most catches by rookie in franchise history (65, Bill
Brooks, 1986; 64, Marvin Harrison, 1996; 62, Edgerrin James, 1999), 5th-most receiving yards by rookie in franchise
history (1,131, Brooks, 1986; 836, Harrison, 1996; 820, Andre Rison, 1989; 726, John Mackey, 1963) and seven
receiving TDs marked T3rd-most among rookies in franchise history (8, Brooks, 1986; 8, Harrison, 1996; 7, Mackey,
1963)…was 6-65, 1 TD receiving vs. Seattle 10/4…21t reception with :03 left in first half was first of career…was 8-
97, 2 TDs receiving at Tennessee 10/11…receptions, yards and 39t reception all marked career-highs…was 4-36, 1
TD receiving at St. Louis 10/25…was third consecutive game with TD…was 4-18, 1 TD receiving vs. Tennessee and
3-39, 1 TD receiving vs. Denver 12/13…was 3-27, 1 TD receiving and 1-2 rushing at Jacksonville 12/17...was third
consecutive outing with TD reception…was 6-94 receiving vs. NYJ 12/27. POST-SEASON: Started one of three
games at WR and was 17-241, 2 TDs receiving…started at WR vs. Baltimore 1/16 in Divisional Playoffs and was 4-
52, 1 TD receiving…was 7-123, 1 TD as reserve WR vs. NYJ 1/24 in AFC Championship Game…set club rookie postseason
record with 123 receiving yards…123 receiving yards was 10th-most overall and 13th 100+-yard game in
franchise history…had 105 receiving yards in second quarter…marked 4th time in franchise post-season history that
team had two 100+ receivers in same game (151, Pierre Garcon)…was 6-66 receiving as reserve WR vs. New
Orleans 2/7 in Super Bowl XLIV.
HONORS: 2009: PFW/PFWA and The Sporting News NFL All-Rookie Team.
COLLEGE: Three-year letterman who started 27 of 37 career games…served on church mission in Buenos Aires,
Argentina in 2005 and 2006…was 215-3,255, 30 TDs receiving, 49-26.1 KOR avg. and had 106 rushing yards and
11 PR yards for 4,649 all-purpose yards…had 17 100+-yard receiving games…set school career marks in receptions,
yardage, TD receptions and 100+-yard games…30 TD receptions set Mountain West Conference record, while he
ranked 6th in career receptions, 4th in reception yards and 4th in all-purpose yards…started 10 of 13 games as
junior…was 106-1,538, 15 TDs receiving, 10-77 rushing and 18-27.5 KOR…was First-Team All-America choice by
Associated Press and CBS Sports, while earning Second-Team honors from The Sporting News and Sports
Illustrated…was First-Team All-MWC selection and Academic All-MWC…led nation in receiving yards and ranked 3rd
in receptions and 4th in TD receptions…15 TD receptions tied school record and set conference record…seasonal
reception total set school mark and ranked 3rd in conference history, while reception yardage total set school record
and ranked 2nd in conference history…tied NCAA record with 11 consecutive 100+-yard games, while streak set conference
and school record… had 7+ receptions in 11 of 13 games and twice had streaks of three consecutive games
with multiple-TD catches…was 10-110, 2 TDs vs. UCLA, 8-122, 2 TDs vs. Wyoming and 8-132, 2 TDs at Utah
State…was 9-156, 3 TDs at Colorado State, 9-127, 2 TDs vs. San Diego State and 7-130, 2 TDs at Air Force…started
seven of 13 games as sophomore…was 56-946, 7 TDs receiving and 28-25.8 KOR…was Second-Team All-MWC
selection and was Academic All-MWC…also was honorable mention all-conference as KOR…had six 100+-yard
games…had school-record 366 all-purpose yards vs. Tulsa…started 10 of 11 games as freshman in 2004…was 53-
771, 8 TDs receiving, 6-19 rushing and 3-19.7 KOR…receiving yards and touchdown receptions set freshman school
records…was Second-Team All-America pick by The Sporting News…was named Mountain West Conference
Freshman-of-the-Year…majored in communications.
PERSONAL: Full name is Austin Kirk Collie…born in El Dorado Hills, Calif.…attended Oak Ridge High
School…earned Prep Star and Super Prep All-American honors…was Sacramento Bee's Most Valuable Player and
voted Northern California's Most Valuable Player…was First-Team all-section and all-state choice and was nominee for
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