Love him or hate him by the time Austin Collie graduates he likely will leave a legacy as one of the all time greats in the rich tradition of Cougar football. There have been some good ones to come through the program. Names such as Matt Bellini; Margin Hooks, Phil Odle, Reno Mahe, Eric Drage, Glen Kozlowski, Andy Boyce, and Todd Watkins to name a few all bring back incredible memories. The outspoken junior wide receiver should end up passing former great Eric Drage (1990-93 with 3,066 yards and 29 TDs) in becoming the top receiver ever to wear the Cougar blue. Collie currently has 2,506 yards for his career (789 yds 8 TDs on the season) and is definately well on his way. Even back in high school (Oak Ridge) Collie was dissecting defenses piling up yards and collecting awards. As a senior Austin had 60 receptions with 1,654 all purpose yards earning a slot as a top 5 nominee for the California Mr Football Award. Former Cougar receiver and brother Zac commented on Austin "He wants to be the best receiver...to reach goals he set forth for himself". Despite the loss at TCU Collie finished the night with his fifth 100 yd receiving game (116 receiving yards) tying a MWC record set by originally by JR Tolver from SD State back in 2002. According to Austin "my main focus is winning football games especially after the loss we had". Personally I feel much like Collie in the sense that if one sets forth realistic attainable goals, put forth the honest effort, that magic ultimately will eventually happen with all awards, records and accolades will take care of themselves.
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