{"id":110426,"date":"2026-01-04T14:57:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T14:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/110426\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T14:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T14:57:07","slug":"texans-resting-star-receiver-nico-collins-for-colts-game-ahead-of-playoffs-not-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/110426\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans resting star receiver Nico Collins for Colts game ahead of playoffs, not injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">HOUSTON \u2013 Texan star wide receiver Nico Colins won\u2019t play Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts to rest him in advance of the playoffs, per a league source.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Collins, a repeat Pro Bowl selection, doesn\u2019t have an injury, a source emphasized.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Collins practiced Thursday and Friday after being rested Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Collins leads the Texans with 71 receptions for 1,117 yards and six touchdown on 120 targets this season. A former third-round draft pick from the University of Michigan, Collins has 289 career receptions for 4,347 yards and 24 touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">With Collins out of the lineup, the Texans will lean heavily on rookie wide receiver Jayden Higgins and tight end Dalton Schultz in addition to receivers Xavier Hutchinson, Jaylin Noel and Christian Kirk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Higgins and Noel caught 75-yard and 43-yard touchdowns, respectively, in the first quarter last week against the Los Angeles Chargers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Schultz has a career-high 78 catches for 704 yards and three touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Aaron Wilson is a Texans and NFL reporter for KPRC 2 and click2houston.com<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 Texan star wide receiver Nico Colins won\u2019t play Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts to rest him&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,79,9957,45517],"class_list":{"0":"post-110426","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-houston-headlines","10":"tag-houston-news","11":"tag-houston-texans","12":"tag-nico-collins","13":"tag-pro-bowl"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}