Ledbetter Among Arkansas' Florida-born Standouts

Arkansas' Jeremiah Ledbetter gestures to the crowd up during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game against Texas State on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016, in Fayetteville, Ark. Arkansas won 42-3. (AP Photo/Samantha Baker)Arkansas football coach Bret Bielema has always loved recruiting Florida, whether he was an assistant at Iowa or a head coach at both Wisconsin and Arkansas.

But he had to convince former Iowa coach Hayden Fry that it was a good idea by actually putting together an extensive report before he was allowed to head to the Sunshine State.

"One of the great things that I remember in my career, I had to beg coach Fry to let me go down and recruit south Florida," Bielema said.…