Sonny Collins

No. 41

Position:

Running back

Personal information

Date of birth:

January 17, 1953

Place of birth:

Madisonville, Kentucky

Career information

College:

Kentucky

NFL Draft:

1976 / Round: 2 / Pick: 36

Career history

Atlanta Falcons (1976)

Career highlights and awards

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

Career NFL statistics

Rushing yards:	319
Yards per carry:	3.5
Player stats at NFL.com

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 and 26 touchdowns during his college career and was the 1973 SEC Player of the Year.^[1]^[2] In 2012, he was named an SEC Football Legend.^[3]

References

Southeastern Conference Football Player of the Year

Overall	1933: Feathers 1934: Howell 1935: Geny 1936: Gilbert 1937: Hinkle 1938: Cafego 1939: Kavanaugh & Foxx 1940: Elrod 1941: Jenkins 1942: Sinkwich 1943 1944: McWilliams 1945: Gilmer 1946: Trippi 1947: Connerly 1948: Rauch 1949: Tidwell 1950: Parilli 1951: Wade 1952: Parker 1953: Parker 1954: A. Davis 1955: Majors 1956: Majors 1957: Michaels 1958: Cannon 1959: Cannon 1960: Gibbs 1961: Trammell 1962: Stovall 1963: Sidle 1964: Frederickson 1965: Sloan 1966: Spurrier 1967: Goodridge 1968: Scott 1969: A. Manning 1970: Sullivan 1971: Musso 1972: T. Davis 1973: Collins 1974: Felker 1975: DuBose 1976: Goff 1977: C. Alexander 1978: McClendon 1979: Cribbs 1980: Walker 1981: Walker 1982: Walker 1983: White 1984: Bell 1985: Jackson 1986: Bennett 1987: W. Davis 1988: Rocker 1989: Smith 1990: Matthews 1991: Matthews 1992: Hearst 1993: Shuler 1994: Barker 1995: Wuerffel 1996: Wuerffel 1997: P. Manning 1998: Couch 1999: S. Alexander 2000: Johnson 2001: Grossman

Offensive	2002: Pinner 2003: E. Manning 2004: Campbell 2005: Cutler 2006: McFadden 2007: McFadden 2008: Tebow 2009: Tebow & Ingram 2010: Newton 2011: Richardson 2012: Manziel 2013: Mason 2014: Cooper 2015: Henry 2016: Hurts

Defensive	2002: Pollack 2003: Lavalais 2004: Pollack 2005: Ryans 2006: Willis 2007: Dorsey 2008: Er. Berry 2009: McClain 2010: Fairley 2011: Claiborne & Mathieu 2012: Clowney & J. Jones 2013: Mosley & Sam 2014: Ray 2015: Ragland 2016: Allen

Special Teams	2004: Williams 2005: Green 2006: Vaughn 2007: F. Jones 2008: James 2009: Arenas 2010: Peterson 2011: Adams 2012: Sturgis & Sanders 2013: C. Jones 2014: Murphy 2015: Ev. Berry 2016: Carlson

Atlanta Falcons 1976 NFL draft selections

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