Card: University of Texas Upper Deck 2011
Acquired: EBay, 2020

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

• Do it all runningback for the University of Texas from 1959-1961.
  
• Benefactor of the Longhorns ‘Flip Flop offense’.
  
• Ran for 450 yards and 4 TDs (89 carries), while catching 9 passes for 134 yards and 3 TDs in 1959. (All SWC Choice)
  
• Completed 7 of 11 passes that season for 97 yards and a TD.
  
• In his Senior season, UT switched to a wing- T formation, seeing time at both lead blocking RB and WR.
  
• Caught a 24 yard pass in his final college game (1961) to defeat Mississippi.
  
• Drafted by Steelers in 1962 but was cut, and later finished his career on the taxi squad of the Cowboys.
  
• Later finished degree at UT and spent over 46 years in commercial banking.
  
• Father (Sr) and Grandson Carleton Burke Collins both also played for the University of Texas.

ACCOLADES:

• Texas Longhorns Hall of Honor 1982

NOTES:

Jack Collins was the first Texas Football magazine cover boy. I was unable to locate Jack despite his history, so I finally gave up and just picked up a certified autograph of him.