Was a three-year letter-winner as a catcher and outfielder at Lambert High School (Suwanee, Ga.), graduating in 2018...was selected to the Georgia High School Association Region 5-7A First Team in both 2017 and '18...batted .375 with two home runs and 25 RBI his senior season...Was undrafted out of high school and went on to attend Mercer University, where he played four seasons for the Bears...played all over the field as a freshman, appearing at center field, right field, first base and catcher...settled into a near full-time catching role by his junior year...was named to the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award Watch List as a junior in 2021, posting a .285 average to go with nine doubles, seven homers and 32 RBI...as a senior, was named to the All-Southern Conference Second Team, leading the conference with 18 homers and 52 walks, while finishing second in runs scored (53) and third in average (.315)…was also selected to the ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I Southeast All-Region Team his senior year...Drafted by Houston in the sixth round of the June 2022 draft...signed by Astros scout Bobby St. Pierre...Collin was behind the plate for a near-no-hitter this offseason while with the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League...coincidentally, it was a trio of pitchers from the AL West rival Texas Rangers (RHP Leandro Lopez, RHP Josh Stephan and LHP Avery Weems), who combined to carry a no-hitter into the eighth inning on Nov. 1 vs. the Peoria Javelinas...it would have marked the first no-hitter in the AFL in eight years...The 2025 season is his first at Major League Spring Training...is currently signed to a Minor League contract for the 2025 campaign.
2024
Set professional career highs in numerous key offensive categories in 2024, including runs scored (44), hits (76), doubles (16), home runs (13), RBI (40), stolen bases (7) and walks (48)…batted .227 (76-for-335) with a .718 OPS, appearing mostly with Double A Corpus Christi (83 games) after beginning his season with High A Asheville (17 games)…went on to play for the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League in the offseason, batting .218 (16-for-73) with three doubles, two home runs and 15 RBI in 18 games.
