There wasn't much quiet time around Jerry Eckwood's home in Brinkley during the fall and winter of 1973.
"It was pretty crazy," said Stan Eckwood, Jerry's younger brother. "The phone was constantly ringing off the hook, there were hundreds of letters coming every week and college recruiters were stopping by all the time."
NOTEWORTHY One of the state’s most highly recruited athletes after starring at Brinkley High School, where as a senior in 1973 he rushed for 2,616 yards and 33 touchdowns … Battled back, knee and hamstring injuries at Arkansas, but had career totals of 340 carries for 1,985 yards and 15 touchdowns and 18 receptions for 123 yards.