Collins' role in 4th-and-25 play set legacy

Arkansas running back Alex Collins carries the ball on a fourth-down play on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, during overtime against Ole Miss at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Miss.Alex Collins will be remembered for more than the yards he gained as a running back for the University of Arkansas over three seasons.

Collins, from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., started with a hint of controversy before he even made it to campus. His mom initially refused to sign the scholarship papers on signing day, but that was worked out within a few hours and Collins became part of Bret Bielema's first Razorbacks recruiting class.

That class had four players who were rated as four-star recruits, Collins, Hunter Henry,…