# Nico Collins — what pundits predicted WR · Michigan 36 checkable claims from 23 pundits. These are other people's predictions about what he will do — we grade the prediction, never the player. ## What the room says - Median call across 4 pundits: 1,100 receiving yards ## What pundits expect (30 unsettled) - “Of course, having no Nico Collins hurts Houston's bottom line of being able to consistently move the ball down the field. That's going to be the case once again this weekend. (Week 3 at Indianapolis)” — [Jared Koch](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/jared-koch), for 2026, said Sep 27, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/b506650e-36b7-4526-b8d2-8f882cddfe2e - “With no logged practices this week, it looks like Nico Collins will miss his second game in a row with a bum hamstring. (Week 3)” — Michael Moore, for 2026, said Sep 25, 2026; not settled yet - “We will follow his status, but we expect Collins to miss another week with his hamstring injury. (Week 3, Texans @ Colts)” — [Rich Hribar](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/rich-hribar), for 2026, said Sep 23, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/5309b493-66c5-480f-9d5b-8db2bb9fd792 - “he played well in Week 1 but wasn't as good on Sunday without Nico Collins, who is expected to miss this Sunday's game against the also-winless Colts (Week 3)” — [Bryan DeArdo](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/bryan-deardo), for 2026, said Sep 22, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/9bdc9829-65ae-4431-8df2-4821de8353d5 - “Current expectations around the league suggest Collins could miss multiple games, placing his availability for Week 3 against the Indianapolis Colts in serious doubt.” — FantasyPros, for 2026, said Sep 21, 2026; not settled yet - “And, Nico Collins is probably out. (Week 2)” — [Chris Brockman](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/chris-brockman), for 2026, said Sep 18, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/1d6e49a1-ce10-465f-ac02-4e36df66fe4c - “Nico Collins, we'll find out if he's playing. The answer is probably gonna be a no. He didn't participate yesterday. Unlikely to participate.” — [Lance Zierlein](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/lance-zierlein), for 2026, said Sep 18, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/7d5b2172-ce70-4885-9a4e-8661f1781241 - “you're coming into this game and it looks like Nico Collins is not going to be able to play (Cincinnati at Houston, Week 2)” — [John Middlekauff](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/john-middlekauff), for 2026, said Sep 18, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/69166a3f-c1a7-42c7-a6f5-c0940c616462 - “He has a grade one hamstring... I would guess he probably misses this game and, you know, maybe then comes back in week three. (Week 2)” — [Matt Harmon](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/matt-harmon), for 2026, said Sep 17, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/21a71025-ab65-4716-ac2c-e77ad5ce3348 - “Nico Collins is dealing with an injured hamstring and is in danger of missing Week 2. We do not expect him to be out there against the Cincinnati Bengals.” — [Mark Morales-Smith](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/mark-morales-smith), for 2026, said Sep 17, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/c3d31318-f325-4e14-aae7-ced9f9f3cfdf - Nico Collins to be 1st on the depth chart — [Andrew Erickson](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/andrew-erickson), for 2026, said Sep 16, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/55c34eef-78e3-4dfe-af5d-5caa64a5d313 - Nico Collins to be 1st on the depth chart — [Jared Dubin](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/jared-dubin), for 2026, said Aug 28, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/f9bca8a3-1b35-4980-b81b-117803ed0e79 - Nico Collins to be 1st on the depth chart — [Ralph Vacchiano](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/ralph-vacchiano), for 2026, said Aug 24, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/503aa91f-8343-41f1-88f7-fb2800ee051b - Nico Collins to outplay his draft cost (2.01) — Kurt Blakeway, for 2026, said Aug 23, 2026; not settled yet - Nico Collins to record 71 receptions — [Jared Koch](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/jared-koch), for 2026, said Aug 22, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/74bc29c1-a3ec-4b20-bd4a-2766759c439b - Nico Collins to be 1st on the depth chart — [Jared Koch](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/jared-koch), for 2026, said Aug 22, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/74bc29c1-a3ec-4b20-bd4a-2766759c439b - Nico Collins to record 1,100 receiving yards — [Jared Koch](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/jared-koch), for 2026, said Aug 22, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/74bc29c1-a3ec-4b20-bd4a-2766759c439b - Nico Collins to record 6 receiving tds — [Jared Koch](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/jared-koch), for 2026, said Aug 22, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/74bc29c1-a3ec-4b20-bd4a-2766759c439b - Nico Collins to be 1st on the depth chart — [Fox Sports](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/fox-sports), for 2026, said Aug 19, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/0c7a410f-21a4-4b75-bb49-527812879762 - Nico Collins to finish top 10 at his position, by fantasy points — [Mike Fanelli](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/mike-fanelli), for 2026, said Aug 12, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/2c6f6ca7-2193-4aef-8a62-e4a7f535b80a - Nico Collins to record 1,100 receiving yards — Richard Janvrin, for 2026, said Aug 12, 2026; not settled yet - Nico Collins to be 1st on the depth chart — Richard Janvrin, for 2026, said Aug 12, 2026; not settled yet - Nico Collins to record 10 receiving tds — Richard Janvrin, for 2026, said Aug 12, 2026; not settled yet - Nico Collins to finish top 3 at his position, by fantasy points — FantasyPros, for 2026, said Aug 3, 2026; not settled yet - Nico Collins to record 206 fantasy points — [Walt](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/walt), for 2026, said Aug 1, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/10b38162-4633-468d-be6c-1e14befcadd8 - Nico Collins to record 1,400 receiving yards — [Walt](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/walt), for 2026, said Aug 1, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/10b38162-4633-468d-be6c-1e14befcadd8 - Nico Collins to record 88 receptions — [Walt](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/walt), for 2026, said Aug 1, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/10b38162-4633-468d-be6c-1e14befcadd8 - Nico Collins to finish top 5 at his position, by receiving yards — Andrew Hawkins, for 2026, said Jul 15, 2026; too vague to check - Nico Collins to finish top 5 at his position, by receiving yards — [JP Acosta](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/jp-acosta), for 2026, said Jun 24, 2026; too vague to check — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/96aa04b8-ede4-4a3c-b151-c5c8fedbc8d8 - Nico Collins to be 1st on the depth chart — [Richard Sherman](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/richard-sherman), for 2026, said Mar 3, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/8e598211-a1d1-46c0-857e-83c8bed059a0 ## Settled (6) - Nico Collins to make the roster — [Jared Koch](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/jared-koch), for 2026, said Aug 22, 2026; scored 100 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 100) — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/74bc29c1-a3ec-4b20-bd4a-2766759c439b - Nico Collins to outplay his draft cost (pick want six through twelve) — [Andrew Erickson](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/andrew-erickson), for 2025, said Aug 23, 2025; scored 100 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 0) — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/58b6b85b-eacc-4bf3-a205-bcc403d81bc2 - Nico Collins to finish top 5 at his position, by receiving yards — [Richard Sherman](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/richard-sherman), for 2025, said Sep 4, 2025; scored 75 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 8.33) — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/ec43b02b-8e3a-4b2e-8c36-1839c9c52e3c - Nico Collins to record 1,500 receiving yards — [Andrew Erickson](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/andrew-erickson), for 2025, said Aug 23, 2025; scored 48.93 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 21.37) — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/58b6b85b-eacc-4bf3-a205-bcc403d81bc2 - Nico Collins to finish top 4 at his position, by fantasy points — [Ryan Wormeli](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/ryan-wormeli), for 2025, said Aug 23, 2025; scored 58.33 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 8.33) — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/0716e9e8-c302-49d3-bd08-21cb0a8941e6 - Nico Collins to finish top 5 at his position, by rushing yards — [Gregg Rosenthal](https://missedtakes.co/pundits/gregg-rosenthal), for 2025, said Aug 21, 2025; scored 0 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 0) — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/0c878f7b-88cf-400b-b07f-3b0aa2c1dfda --- Page: https://missedtakes.co/nfl/players/nico-collins Method: https://missedtakes.co/methodology