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Running back U. designation helpful

Arkansas was named Running Back U of the 2000s by ESPN in 2014 and that honor still resonates with recruits.

The Hogs have had six running backs drafted in the past decade -- Darren McFadden, Felix Jones and Peyton Hillis in 2008, and Knile Davis in 2013, the year before Arkansas earned the honor from the network.

Fullback Kiero Small was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in 2014 in the seventh round. Alex Collins (Seahawks, 2016) and Jonathan Williams (Buffalo Bills, 2016)

Junior running back Mychale Salahuddin, 5-11, 190 pounds, 4.5 seconds in the 40-yard dash, of Washington, D.