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Former Michigan receiver Nico Collins explains decision to opt out

If this was a normal year, Nico Collins would be in Ann Arbor, practicing with Michigan football.

But these are unprecedented times. And Collins, the Wolverines' former star receiver, is down in Pensacola, Florida, where he is training for the NFL Combine after opting out of the college football season.

Collins made his first public comments on his situation during an appearance on "The Adam Schefter Podcast."

He called his choice to sign with agents and opt-out "a business decision" — one that he reached after sitting down with his family following the Big Ten's decision to postpone all fall sports in mid-August.