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Todd Collins

Retired

Chicago Bears · QB

Todd Collins recorded 48 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 16 rostered seasons with Chicago Bears, Washington Redskins, Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills.

▶Best highlights

94.7

pass yds/gm

3.2

rush yds/gm

3

playoff games

48

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Todd Collins's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1997
BUFFALOBILLS
NEW YORKJETS
SEP 7, 1997

Buffalo Bills vs New York Jets

Regular Season · Sep 7, 1997

210 pass yds · 3 pass TD · 2 INT

Wild Card
2007
WASHINGTONCOMMANDERS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
JAN 5, 2008

Washington Commanders vs Seattle Seahawks

Wild Card · Jan 5, 2008

266 pass yds · 2 pass TD · 2 INT

Regular Season
1997
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
BUFFALOBILLS
SEP 21, 1997

Indianapolis Colts vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Sep 21, 1997

275 pass yds · 2 pass TD · 1 INT

Regular Season
2007
WASHINGTONCOMMANDERS
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
DEC 23, 2007

Washington Commanders vs Minnesota Vikings

Regular Season · Dec 23, 2007

254 pass yds · 2 pass TD · 0 INT

Regular Season
1997
NEW YORKJETS
BUFFALOBILLS
NOV 30, 1997

New York Jets vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Nov 30, 1997

164 pass yds · 2 pass TD · 1 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Todd Collins's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 309 passing yards

Regular Season
1996
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
BUFFALOBILLS
OCT 6, 1996

Indianapolis Colts vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Oct 6, 1996

309 pass yds · 1 pass TD · 0 INT

Career high: 3 passing touchdowns

Regular Season
1997
BUFFALOBILLS
NEW YORKJETS
SEP 7, 1997

Buffalo Bills vs New York Jets

Regular Season · Sep 7, 1997

210 pass yds · 3 pass TD · 2 INT

Career high: 29 completions

Wild Card
2007
WASHINGTONCOMMANDERS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
JAN 5, 2008

Washington Commanders vs Seattle Seahawks

Wild Card · Jan 5, 2008

266 pass yds · 2 pass TD · 2 INT

Career high: 1 completion of 40+ yards

Regular Season
2009
NEW YORKGIANTS
WASHINGTONCOMMANDERS
DEC 21, 2009

New York Giants vs Washington Commanders

Regular Season · Dec 21, 2009

57 pass yds · 0 pass TD · 0 INT

Career high: 20 rushing yards

Regular Season
1996
DALLASCOWBOYS
BUFFALOBILLS
SEP 22, 1996

Dallas Cowboys vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Sep 22, 1996

87 pass yds · 0 pass TD · 1 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Todd Collins's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1985–1996

01
BUFCOLLINS—Todd Collins
BUFKELLY12Jim Kelly
BUFTHOMAS34Thurman Thomas

Four consecutive AFC championships

Buffalo Bills · The K-Gun years

Kelly's no-huddle offense and a defense led by Smith reached four straight Super Bowls, an achievement defined equally by dominance and heartbreak.

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Franchise era

1997–2016

02
BUFCOLLINS—Todd Collins
BUFMOULDS80Eric Moulds
BUFJACKSON22Fred Jackson

Great defenses and near misses without January

Buffalo Bills · The seventeen-year drought

Buffalo cycled through coaches and quarterbacks while devoted fans waited through the league's longest active playoff drought.

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Franchise era

1989–1998

03
KCCOLLINS—Todd Collins
KCTHOMAS58Derrick Thomas
KCSMITH90Neil Smith

Defense and power make the Chiefs a fixture

Kansas City Chiefs · Martyball restores Arrowhead

Marty Schottenheimer and Thomas produced seven playoff appearances and one of football's loudest home advantages, though no Super Bowl trip followed.

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Franchise era

1999–2012

04
KCCOLLINS—Todd Collins
KCGONZALEZ88Tony Gonzalez
KCHOLMES31Priest Holmes

Priest Holmes and an elite line light up Sundays

Kansas City Chiefs · Great offenses, painful Januarys

Kansas City built record-setting offenses but remained unable to win a playoff game, then bottomed out before a transformative coaching hire.

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Franchise era

1993–2011

05
WASCOLLINS—Todd Collins
WASBAILEY24Champ Bailey
WASDAVIS48Stephen Davis

Frequent resets obscure isolated playoff teams

Washington Commanders · Instability after Gibbs

Ownership and coaching turnover prevented a stable successor, even as several veteran teams produced brief postseason runs.

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Franchise era

2004–2012

06
CHICOLLINS—Todd Collins
CHIURLACHER54Brian Urlacher
CHIHESTER23Devin Hester

Takeaways and special teams reach the Super Bowl

Chicago Bears · Urlacher and Lovie's defense

Lovie Smith restored the defense-first formula, and Hester's return brilliance helped the 2006 Bears reach Super Bowl XLI.

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Career accomplishments

16 NFL seasons48 career games4,547 career passing yards22 career passing touchdowns152 career rushing yardsDrafted by: BUFDraft pick: 45Jersey: 103 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 3, 1995Most recent: Jan 23, 2011

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history