Rickie Collins

Rickie Collins (born May 17, 2005) is an American college football quarterback for the Kennesaw State Owls. He previously played for the LSU Tigers and Syracuse Orange.

Early life Collins attended Woodlawn High School in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. As a junior, he threw for 1,930 yards and 16 touchdowns while completing 65 percent of passes, earning District MVP honors. Coming out of high school, Collins was rated as a four-star recruit, the 12th overall player in Louisiana, the 13th best quarterback, and the 177th overall player in the class of 2023 and received offers from schools such as Florida State, Penn State, Purdue, and LSU. Collins committed to play for the LSU Tigers after de-committing from his original pick, Purdue. After the 2024 season, he entered his name into the NCAA transfer portal.

Syracuse Collins transferred to play for the Syracuse Orange and beat out Michael Johnson Jr. and Jakhari Williams for the starting role in 2025. Afterwards, he lost the starting role to Steve Angeli, but regained it when Angeli suffered a season-ending injury.

Statistics Season Team Games Passing Rushing 2023 LSU 1 0 — 2 2 100.0 3 1.5 0 0 112.6 3 19 6.3 0 2024 LSU 3 0 — 5 5 100.0 35 7.0 0 0 158.8 4 18 4.5 0 2025 Syracuse 7 5 0–5 97 181 53.6 1,042 5.8 6 10 101.8 54 126 2.3 1 2026 Kennesaw State 0 0 0–0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0Career 11 5 0–5 104 188 55.3 1,080 5.7 6 10 103.5 61 163 2.7 1