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American basketball player (born 1997)

For the 1980s basketball player, see Jon Collins.

John Martin Collins III (born September 23, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

He played college basketball for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Collins was selected with the 19th pick by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2017 NBA draft.

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Early life

Collins was born in Layton, Utah, to John Collins Jr. and Lyria Rissing-Collins from the U.S. Virgin Islands. His father served in the Navy and his mother was in the Air Force. As a result, the family moved a lot during Collins' youth, spending time in the Virgin Islands, Guam, and Turkey.^[1] He regularly played soccer as a teenager on his mother's military bases.

He is a big Premier League football fan, and an avid supporter of London team Chelsea.^[2]

Collins attended Cardinal Newman High School in West Palm Beach, Florida.