The Seattle Seahawks have re-signed running back Alex Collins, according to the NFL’s transaction wire.
Collins, 26, offered valuable backfield help for the Seahawks late this past season, with 17 carries for 77 yards and two touchdowns in three games (one start). A 2016 fifth-round pick of Seattle, Collins returned to the franchise in November as a practice-squad signee and was used as a gameday elevation at the end of the 2020 campaign.
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Collins’ re-signing gives the Seahawks some depth at running back entering 2021. Chris Carson and Carlos Hyde will both be unrestricted free agents when the new league year begins March 17, and Rashaad Penny is entering a contract year.
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 15: Alex Collins #41 of the Seattle Seahawks carries the ball for a touchdown against the Los Angeles Rams in the first quarter at SoFi Stadium on November 15, 2020 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images)
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After playing with the Seahawks in 2016 as a rookie, Collins was waived by the team during the roster cut-down period ahead of his second season. He wound up in Baltimore, where he had his two best seasons. In 2017, his first season with the Ravens, Collins had a career-high 973 rushing yards and six scores on 212 carries as Baltimore's lead back. He posted a career-high seven rushing touchdowns the following year.
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Collins was released by the Ravens in March 2019 after a car crash and arrest for marijuana possession and possession of a handgun in a vehicle. In November that year, he was suspended three weeks by the NFL for violating the league's personal conduct policy, stemming from that arrest.
Collins did not play for a team in 2019.
In four NFL seasons, Collins has 375 carries for 1,586 yards and 16 touchdowns.