FAYETTEVILLE - Even before Friday it would have been difficult to find takers who doubted the veracity of the statement “Alex Collins is the best Arkansas running back since Darren McFadden.”
Collins’ cohort, the injured Jonathan Williams, may have garnered some of those alternate votes until his broken foot in August. And there are batches of Knile Davis fans, although injuries limited his career at Arkansas, too.
In perhaps his final game at Donald W. Reynolds Stadium, Collins laid claim to, at least, the title of “most successful since McFadden” in helping Arkansas to a season-finale win over Missouri, 28-3, on a nasty day at Donald W.