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Kerry Collins has had a long and interesting NFL career. He started out as the first player ever drafted by the Carolina Panthers organization in 1995. He has also played over the years with the New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, Oakland Raiders, and Tennessee Titans. Over the course of that time he has had the opportunity to throw passes to some great players, including Amana Toomey, Ike Hilliard, Jerry Porter, Wesley Walls, Mark Carrier, Randy Moss, Jeremy Shockley, Tike Barber, Mushin Muhammad, Rocket Ismail, Alga Crumple, Justin Gage, and more.
Here is a look at five interesting facts about Kerry Collins.
#1 – Kerry Collins has thrown for more touchdowns against the Dallas Cowboys than he has against any other team in the National Football League.
#2 – Through the 2009 season, Kerry Collins threw 192 touchdown passes during his career and only 26 of them, or just over thirteen percent, had come in the first quarter.
#3 – No player has caught more touchdown passes from Kerry Collins than Amana Toomey did with 28. That puts him five ahead of the second player on the list, Ike Hilliard.
#4 – The first touchdown pass Kerry Collins ever threw in his career was a four yarder in week four of his 1995 rookie season. It came in a 20-13 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers while he was playing for the Panthers and was caught by tight end Pete Metzelaars.
#5 – In a 39-38 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the 2003 NFL playoffs, Collins threw four touchdown passes, three of them going to Amana Toomey.
