GREEN BAY – Former Packers All-Pro safety Nick Collins has been named a Class of 2026 inductee into the Black College Football Hall of Fame.
A second-round draft pick (No. 51 overall) by Green Bay in 2005 out of Bethune-Cookman, Collins played seven seasons with the Packers before his career was cut short in 2011 due to a neck injury.
Collins was named second-team All-Pro and a Pro Bowler three straight years (2008-10), recording 17 of his 21 career interceptions over those three seasons. He returned three INTs for TDs in 2008 and then capped his historic three-year run with a pick-six off Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger in Super Bowl XLV to help the Packers capture the franchise's 13th world championship.
Collins was inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame in 2016 and is also a member of the Bethune-Cookman Athletics Hall of Fame. He has spent the past few years as cornerbacks coach at Bethune-Cookman.
He was former Packers general manager Ted Thompson's second draft pick during his tenure as GM, following the selection of QB Aaron Rodgers.
Collins is joined in the Black College Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2026 by former Jaguars star receiver Jimmy Smith (Jackson State); former NFL linebacker and current Alabama State head coach Eddie Robinson Jr.; former NFL cornerback and two-time Super Bowl champion with the Patriots, Tyrone Poole (Fort Valley State); legendary Florida A&M football coach Rudy Hubbard; and veteran NFL Network reporter and analyst Steve Wyche (Howard).
The group will be officially honored at the 17th annual Black College Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony on June 6 in Atlanta. Inductees will also be recognized during halftime of the 5th annual Allstate HBCU Legacy Bowl on Feb. 21 in New Orleans, airing live on NFL Network at 3 p.m. CT.
