Full name Samuel John Collins Position(s) Defender Number 40 | Height / weight 194cm / 92kg Years Club Current club Fremantle Football Club | |
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Date of birth (1994-06-15) 15 June 1994 (age 22) Draft #55, 2015 AFL draft, Fremantle Original team Box Hill Hawks Football Club (Victorian Football League) | ||
Sam Collins (born 15 June 1994) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Originally from Donvale, Collins is the youngest of four children and attended Whitefriars College, graduating in 2012. As a junior, Collins played for the Donvale Football Club. He played for the Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup Under 18s competition before moving onto the Box Hill Hawks Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Collins was a member of the Box Hill Hawks leadership team from age 19. He was recruited as a mature age player to Fremantle with their third selection, 55th overall, in the 2015 AFL draft. He has made his AFL debut in Round 10 of the 2016 AFL season, against St Kilda at Etihad Stadium, after playing well for Fremantle's reserves team, Peel Thunder, in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).