Photo Credit: Maliek CollinsMaliek Collins was one of the most dominant high school football players in the last decade leading Center to the Class 3 Quarterfinals in 2012.
After his senior season he was named the Bobby Bell Award winner given annually by The Simone Foundation to the best small school lineman or linebacker in the Kansas City Metro.
Collins then moved on to a stellar career at Nebraska where he had 14.5 tackles for loss his sophomore season. He was then drafted in the third round, 67 th overall pick, in the 2016 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys.
He spent three years with the Cowboys before moving to the Las Vegas Raiders in 2020 and then the Houston Texans in 2021 where he has played in 15 games in each of the last two seasons. In 2024 he was traded to the San Francisco 49ers where he is expected to be a major part of their defense.
Collins was also a State Champion Wrestler his senior year and has donated to help fund the new weight room at Center High School.
