John Collins: A Basketball Reference

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Early Life

John Collins was born in Edina, Minnesota, on September 23, 1997. He was a highly touted recruit, ranked as the #12 Power Forward and #40 player in the class of 2016 by 247Sports.com. Collins played his High School basketball at Cardinal Gibbons high school in Raleigh, North Carolina As a senior, he averaged 19.2 points, 9.6 rebounds, and 3.0 blocks per game, leading his team to a 27-3 record and a berth in thestate semifinals. Collins was named the Cape Fear region Player of the Year and earned first-team All-State honors.

College Career

Collins played college basketball for Wake Forest University. He was a two-time All-ACC selection and was named the ACC Rookie of the Year in 2016. He was also a two-time winner of the ACC sixth man of the Year Award As a sophomore, he averaged 19.2 points and 9.8 rebounds per game and was named to the All-ACC first team.

Professional Career

John Collins was born in September 1997 and is from Atlanta, Georgia. He played college basketball for Wake Forest University. He was selected in the first round of the 2017 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks with the 19th overall pick. In his rookie season, he averaged 10 points and 7 rebounds per game

Legacy

John Collins was one of the most prolific basketball players of his time. A three-time All-American, Collins led the nation in scoring and rebounding his senior year at Wake Forest University. He went on to have a successful professional career, playing for several teams in the NBA and Europe.

Collins was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011. His number 45 jersey was retired by Wake Forest in 2000, and he was inducted into the school’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.

Personal Life

John Collins was born in Setauket, New York on June 23, 1998. His parents are Thomas and Renae Collins. He has two sisters, Olivia and Natasha. Collins grew up in Bridgehampton, New York and attended Wendell Phillips Academy high school in Chicago, Illinois. He was a highly ranked recruit coming out of high school and committed to play College Basketball for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.

Collins played three seasons for Wake Forest from 2015 to 2018. He was named the ACC Rookie of the Year after averaging 19.2 points and 9.8 rebounds per game as a freshman. He was named to the All-ACC Second Team as a sophomore and junior. Following his junior season, he declared for the 2018 NBA Draft and was selected in the first round with the 19th overall pick by the Atlanta Hawks

Awards and Accolades

John Collins was named to the All-ACC Rookie Team in 2017 and the All-ACC Second Team in 2018. He was also a finalist for the Julius Erving Award in 2018, which is given annually to the nation’s top collegiate small forward

Statistics

As of the 2019-2020 Season John Collins has played a total of 168 games with the Atlanta Hawks In those games, he has averaged 16.7 points per game 9.5 rebounds per game, 1.6 assists per game and 1.1 blocks per game. His career field goal percentage is .549, and his three-point percentage is .342.

Media

John Collins (born September 23, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played College Basketball for Wake Forest University. As a freshman, he earned first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) honors and was named the ACC Rookie of the Year. After his sophomore season, he declared for the 2017 NBA Draft where he was selected in the first round with the 19th overall pick by the Hawks.

Collins was born in Layton, Utah to LaDawn and John Collins Sr. He has four siblings: twin sister Jasmine, older sister Sekya, older brother Jahlil, and younger sister Jordyn. His parents divorced when he was one year old, after which he and his siblings were raised by their mother in Douglasville, Georgia. As a child growing up outside Atlanta, Collins rooted for the local NBA team the Atlanta Hawks

In high school Collins played basketball at Westlake high school in Fulton County, Georgia. He led his high school team to back-to-back State Championships as a junior and senior in 2015 and 2016. As a senior in 2016–17, he averaged 25 points and 16 rebounds per game en route to being named a McDonald’s All-American.

See Also

John Collins may refer to:

John Collins (basketball) (born 1997), American basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks
John Collins (boxer) (born 1942), British Olympic boxer
John Collins (cricketer) (1887–1968), English cricketer
John Collins (footballer, born 1892) (1892–1959), English footballer who played for Wolves, Everton and England
John Collins (footballer, born 1961), Scottish former professional footballer and manager

References

John Collins is a basketball player who plays for the Atlanta Hawks in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was born on September 23, 1997, in Layton, Utah. Collins played college basketball for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons He was selected by the Hawks in the first round of the 2017 NBA draft with the 19th overall pick.