Richard Collier
Jaguars September 4: Signed offensive tackle Charles Spencer; placed offensive tackle Richard Collier on the reserve/non-football injury list.
Richard Bernard Collier is a former American football offensive tackle of the National Football League.
He was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2006.
Following the 2005 NFL Draft, Collier was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent on April 30.
The lead detective in the shooting of Jacksonville Jaguars tackle Richard Collier says investigators believe the player was targeted.
He played college football at Valdosta State.
Valdosta State football players who knew Richard Collier during his college career took the news hard when told by coach David Dean that Collier had to have his left leg amputated.
Two days after a shooting in which he suffered life-threatening injuries, the Jaguars placed Collier on the Reserve/Non-Football Injury list on September 4.
Doctors in Jacksonville say Jaguar lineman Richard Collier is paralyzed below the waist and that they amputated one of his legs.
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Spent final two seasons at Valdosta State after beginning career at Tyler Junior College … Earned honorable mention All-America and first-team All-conference as a senior.
… Attended Northwood High in Shreveport … Was active participant of the Jaguars Rookie Club in 2006 … Enjoys visits to elementary schools where he reads to students… Full name: Richard Bernard Collier.
On September 29, it was confirmed that Collier’s football career was over, as the shooting left him paralyzed from the waist down and with his left leg amputated.
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Doctors say Jacksonville lineman Richard Collier is paralyzed below the waist and that they had to amputate one of his legs.
Played in four games mainly on special teams … 10/22 at HOU: Had one kickoff return for eight yards.
He made the final roster following the preseason and went on to play in four games his rookie season, all in a reserve role.
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He transferred to Valdosta State in 2004 and helped the Blazers win the Division II national championship that season.
Later that month on September 29, it was revealed that Collier had suffered 14 gunshot wounds, including five to his bladder and two to his lower spine which left him paralyzed from the waist down.
On September 2, 2008, Collier was shot and critically wounded outside an apartment building in Jacksonville as he and former Jacksonville teammate Kenny Pettway waited for two women they had met at a nightclub.
On June 9, he pleaded no contest to drunk driving.
In May 2008, the Jaguars signed Collier to a contract extension.
