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Jersey Number 10
Samari Collier
- Position:
- QB
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 232
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- DeSoto, Texas / DeSoto / Illinois / Hutchinson
Honors
2025 Earl Campbell Honorable Mention Player of the Week - Week 8
2025 Earl Campbell Honorable Mention Player of the Week - Week 10
2025 Earl Campbell Honorable Mention Player of the Week - Week 11
2025 (Redshirt Senior): Played in eight games… Rushed for 429 yards and seven touchdowns… Passed for 489 yards and seven touchdowns…
Season highs:
• 123 rushing yards vs. Georgia State (11/08)
• Three passing touchdowns vs. Georgia State (11/08)
• Two rushing touchdowns vs. App State (10/18) and vs. Marshall (10/30)
2023 — HUTCHINSON CC
2025 Earl Campbell Honorable Mention Player of the Week - Week 8
2025 Earl Campbell Honorable Mention Player of the Week - Week 10
2025 Earl Campbell Honorable Mention Player of the Week - Week 11
2025 (Redshirt Senior): Played in eight games… Rushed for 429 yards and seven touchdowns… Passed for 489 yards and seven touchdowns…
Season highs:
• 123 rushing yards vs. Georgia State (11/08)
• Three passing touchdowns vs. Georgia State (11/08)
• Two rushing touchdowns vs. App State (10/18) and vs. Marshall (10/30)
2024 — HUTCHINSON CC
- Helped lead Hutchinson to its second NJCAA Division I National Championship.
- KJCCC Co-Offensive Player of the Year and First-Team All-KJCCC honoree.
- Combined for 1,977 total yards and accounted for 29 touchdowns for the Blue Dragons. Completed 97 of 186 passes (52.2 percent) for 1,372 yards with 19 touchdowns and six interceptions.
- Averaged 6.3 yards per rush, going for 625 yards on 99 carries with 10 touchdowns.
2023 — HUTCHINSON CC
- Threw for 1,400 passing yds, and 14 touchdowns in the 2023 season.
- Rushed for 474 yards and 6 scores.
- The Blue Dragons signal caller was named the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Co-Offensive Player of the Year.
- Hutchinson finished 10-1, KJCCC champions, and reached the NJCAA semifinals.
2021 — ILLINOIS
- Redshirted the season
HIGH SCHOOL
- Three-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN, and Rivals
- Position ranks (dual-threat QB): #31 (247), #33 (ESPN)
- State ranks: #139 (247), #242 (ESPN)
- 2019 All-District first team
- Completed 104-of-178 passes, 1,661 passing yards, 23 passing touchdowns and 349 rushing yards as a senior
- Completed 164-of-291 passes, 2,641 passing yards, 33 passing touchdowns and
- 482 rushing yards as a junior
- Committed to Illinois on December 7, 2019, becoming the first commit to the Illinois class
- Offers included New Mexico State and Toledo
PERSONAL
- Born September 9, 2002
- Son of Amos and KiShun Collier
- Two brothers, Christian and Amias, and one sister, Ayanna
- Cousin, Brandon Harris, played football at Iowa State
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