Former Giants receiver Beaux Collins has landed another NFL opportunity, less than a week after parting ways with New York.
The Falcons are signing Collins, according to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo, giving the second-year wideout a fresh chance to keep his career moving after his release on Friday following a concussion. For a player who became one of the Giants’ feel-good stories last summer, the move offers a quick reset in the NFC South.
Collins’ rise with the Giants started the way these roster-bubble stories often do: with size, speed and a willingness to grind. At 6-foot-3 and 206 pounds, he came into camp as an undrafted rookie out of Notre Dame and immediately made himself useful as both a pass-catcher and a special teams contributor. New York had targeted him as a priority undrafted free agent in 2025, looking to add length to the receiver room and a worker who would handle the dirty work on special teams.
He wasted little time making noise in the preseason. Against the Jets, Collins got behind his defender down the sideline and hauled in an 80-yard deep ball from Russell Wilson. Special teams coordinator Michael Ghobrial also praised him publicly, calling him an instinctual, tough kid who just has that natural long speed.
That summer battle came down to Collins and fellow undrafted rookie receiver and special teams standout Dalen Cambre. Collins won the roster fight and made the 53-man roster, then appeared in nine games and caught two passes for 25 yards before a neck injury ended his season early. In a strange turn, Cambre later got the call from the practice squad to take Collins’ spot.
This summer brought another setback. A concussion sent Collins to injured reserve, but the Giants ultimately moved on with an injury settlement to open a roster spot. Now 23, he gets to try again in Atlanta, where he’ll fight for a back-end roster job and try to keep the same underdog story rolling.
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