This was a picture taken at the LSU football offices. I believe it was taken prior to the 2013 draft (Ware and a few others were drafted that year).
Dallas' first on field practice was Aug 15th. He wasn't practicing then and was doing conditioning work on the side with Brandon Knight. Quote from the article "and is thought to just need a bit more work to get back in shape. The expectation is that all three will soon be at work with the rest of the team." This is where the conditioning idea gets introduced. The third person was Erving.
The car accident happened on Aug. 20th. Looking at the video of the two cars, I doubt the injury there. It wasn't a major accident. He didn't go to the hospital. He was standing and walking around after (with the car already on the back of the tower) for at least an hour at the time of the video. The accident didn't cause an injury.
On Sept. 12th he is seen on a lake in North Dallas fishing, I believe in a boat, while the rest of teammates are in Los Angeles. Again, I doubt the injury at this point.
I don't know what this all points to, but none of it makes Collins look good. I guess there could be a concussion or something from the accident as those can linger, but fishing in bright sunlight on a boat certainly wouldn't help that and I believe he has been working on the side during practice, which would not be allowed to happen if he is in the concussion protocol. If he has any other injury (foot, leg, hip, chest, arm) that would be keeping him out I would have gone ballistic on him If I were MM or the front office for going fishing.
Again, non of this make Collins look good.