PROVO, Utah-Friday, Brigham Young University will induct five former All-Americans in various sports into the BYU Hall of Fame at a banquet hosted by the Cougar Club.
They include football star Austin Collie, gymnastics standout Elisabeth Crandell-Holmes, men’s volleyball star Carlos Moreno, track and field head coach Craig Poole and men’s swimming standout, Arunas Savickas.
Collie starred for the Cougars in 2004 and after serving a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints mission in Buenos Aires, Argentina, returned to the gridiron in 2007 and 2008.
During his 2004 season, Collie was named as the Mountain West Conference’s freshman of the year and shattered school records for freshmen with 771 receiving yards and 8 scoring receptions.
In 2007, Collie set a new school-record with 366 all-purpose yards in a 55-47 loss at Tulsa. 2008 was his best collegiate season as he set school records in receptions (106), receiving yards (1,538), receiving touchdowns (15) and all-purpose yards (2,112).
He also led FBS in receiving yards and receiving yards per game (118.3).
This netted Collie second-team All-American honors from The Associated Press, rivals.com, SI.com and The Sporting News.
He was also a finalist for the 2008 Biletnikoff Award, annually presented to the top receiver in Division I FBS college football.
During his time at Provo, Collie amassed 215 receptions for 3,255 yards (15.1 yards per reception) and 30 touchdowns while amassing 3,361 yards overall.
Selected 127th overall (4th round) by the Indianapolis Colts in the 2009 NFL Draft, Collie became one of legendary signal-caller Peyton Manning’s favorite targets.
During a five-year career with the Colts (2009-2012) and the New England Patriots (2013), Collie amassed 179 receptions for 1,908 yards (10.7 yards per reception) and 16 touchdowns.
Collie returned to North American gridiron pro football in 2015 as he played for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League.
While with the Lions, Collie netted 43 receptions for 439 yards and 7 scores while also throwing a touchdown pass to BC quarterback Jonathon Jennings on a trick play before calling it quits from football.
