Former Arkansas running back Alex Collins passes away at age 28

Arkansas football has lost another legend way too soon as former running back Alex Collins has passed away at the age of 28.

[autotag]Arkansas football[/autotag] has lost another legend way too soon.

Former Razorback running back [autotag]Alex Collins[/autotag] passed away Monday at the age of 28, as confirmed by multiple sources. According to an official report from the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, Collins was involved in a fatal motorcycle accident in his hometown of Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Sunday evening.

Collins arrived in Fayetteville as part of Bret Bielema’s first recruiting class in 2013, and became an immediate threat in the Razorback backfield as a true freshman. Collins finished with 1,026 yards rushing and four touchdowns, earning SEC Freshman of the Year honors that season.

For his career at Arkansas, Collins finished with 3,703 yards and 36 touchdowns on 271 carries. He became only the third player in SEC history to begin his career with three consecutive 1,000-yard seasons, joining Darren McFadden and Georgia’s Herschel Walker. Collins also earned numerous All-SEC and All-Amercian honors in his three seasons at Fayetteville.

After the 2015 season, Collins declared for the NFL Draft and was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the fifth round (171st overall). He spent a little over one year in Seattle before being waived and signed by the Baltimore Ravens. He spent two seasons with the Ravens before being waived after he was arrested following a car crash in 2019.

In 2020, the Seattle Seahawks signed Collins to their practice squad, and he saw action in a handful of games until the end of the 2021 season. He was a free agent for all of 2022 before signing with the USFL’s Memphis Showboats in January of this year.

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