2021 Football Roster

Mark Newman

9 Tyleek Collins

  • Ht/Wt 5-9 / 170
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Savannah, GA
  • High School Hapeville Charter Academy

Biography

UNLV: A supremely versatile weapon through the air and on the ground … Enters season ranked second among active Rebels with nine career touchdowns … As a freshman, became just the fourth Rebel to post four receiving touchdowns in a game (at San Jose State), which also broke Len Ware’s UNLV rookie record set in 1996 … A member of the Academic All-Mountain West Team the last three years. 

2020: Named Fourth Team Preseason All-Mountain West as a kick returner by Phil Steele’s and Athlon … Played in all six games, starting three … Finished fourth on the team with 12 catches and second with 146 yards … Ranked second on squad with 83.7 all-purpose yards per game … Rushed five times for 20 yards but with a net of minus-9 … Team's leading punt returner (8.5 YPA with a long of 13) and kick returner (ninth in the MW with 20.7 YPA, with a long of 40) … Caught a season-high five passes for 74 yards, including a one-yard touchdown, vs. UNR … Caught his second score on a 43-yard pass from Max Gilliam vs. Fresno State.  

2019: Named Preseason Third Team All-MW by Phil Steele’s and Fourth Team by Athlon … Appeared in nine games and started five of them at a WR spot … Finished seventh on the team with 15 receptions for 79 yards with a long of 28 … Also rushed 14 times for 78 yards with a long of 23 … Served as team’s primary kick returner and took back 14 for an average of 21.7, which ranked fifth in the MW, with a long of 31 … Ranked third with 51.2 all-purpose yards per game.  

2018: Earned his first letter as a Rebel by playing in all 12 games … Burst on to the scene by finishing second on the team with 422 receiving yards on 31 grabs … Led UNLV with six receiving touchdowns … Also rushed for 104 yards on 12 carries, including another touchdown … Led the squad with eight punt returns and ranked third with six kick returns … Ranked second with 53.8 all-purpose yards per game … Caught at least one pass in 11 of 12 games … Had a breakout game at Utah State with four catches for 139 yards, including a 79-yard touchdown … Had a career-high nine receptions for 170 yards and four scores at San Jose State … Also returned eight punts with a long of nine yards and six kickoffs with a long of 27. 

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2018 graduate of Hapeville Charter Academy located in the Atlanta area … A highly recruited talent who was rated a three-star recruit by Rivals and 247Sports … Spent his senior season playing both sides of the ball for the Hornets, who won the AA state championship with a 35-23 victory over Rabun County HS … HCCA finished 14-1 in 2017 under coach Winston Gordon … Lined up at WR, RB and CB and also returned both punts and kickoffs … Previously attended Benedictine HS in Savannah where his team won the 2016 AA title … Also played basketball for the Cadets. 

PERSONAL: Tyleek Collins was born in Savannah … The son of Crystal Collins and Rafael Bowens … Has two younger brothers, Tyler and Saul … Majoring in urban studies.
 
 

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2018Freshman

    WR
    5'9" 170 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2019Sophomore

    WR
    5'9" 170 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2020Junior

    WR
    5'9" 170 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2021Senior

    WR
    5'9" 170 lbs
    9