Reggie Collier
Birmingham Stallions
### Birmingham Stallions

Collier was selected by the [Birmingham Stallions](/wiki/Birmingham_Stallions "Birmingham Stallions") of the [United States Football League](/wiki/United_States_Football_League "United States Football League") in the first round (third overall) of the [1983 USFL Draft](/wiki/1983_USFL_Draft "1983 USFL Draft"). He injured his hip in the season opener and started being platooned with Bob Lane. He suffered a season ending knee injury in the tenth game, after registering 5 starts, 604 passing yards, one touchdown, 253 rushing yards and 4 rushing [touchdowns](/wiki/Touchdown "Touchdown").

On January 12, [1984](/wiki/1984_USFL_season "1984 USFL season"), the team signed quarterback [Cliff Stoudt](/wiki/Cliff_Stoudt "Cliff Stoudt") and traded Collier to the [Washington Federals](/wiki/Washington_Federals "Washington Federals") in exchange for a number one draft choice (\#1 [Jerry Rice](/wiki/Jerry_Rice "Jerry Rice")) and the rights to [center](/wiki/Center_%28gridiron_football%29 "Center (gridiron football)") [Joel Hilgenberg](/wiki/Joel_Hilgenberg "Joel Hilgenberg").


How did Collier's injury affect his playing time?