Alex Collins demonstrated on Saturday that not even a bum toe can stop him from running all over a defense.

By the end of the UT Martin game this past Saturday, Alex Collins proved just how dynamic his career has been at Arkansas. He finished with a career high 5 touchdowns, while also recording 173 yards on the ground. This was only the fourth time in Arkansas history that a running back has rushed for five touchdowns. The last person to pull that off was Madre Hill in 1995, and before that was Gene Davidson all the way back in 1916.

But it was not the touchdowns that grabbed the attention of Hog fans. Collins’ 173 rushing yards allowed him to surpass not one, but TWO Arkansas legends for career rushing yards. First, Collins passed Felix Jones at the 2,956 yard mark, putting Collins in 5th all time. Then just 62 yards later, Alex made history yet again, passing Cedric Cobbs at 3,018 yards.

Now with 3,086 yards on the ground, Collins stands in fourth place for Razorback career rushing yards, and only 231 yards away from surpassing Dickey Morton. But don’t get your hopes up just yet, because if and when Collins passes Morton, he still has Ben Cowins (3,570 career yards) and King Darren McFadden (4,590 career yards) to go through to be the top dawg. As sad as it is, J-Will getting injured has opened up so many opportunities for Collins in the backfield.

Sep 26, 2015; Arlington, TX, USA; Arkansas Razorbacks running back Alex Collins (3) runs with the ball against the Texas A&M Aggies at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports

In Collins’ freshman season, the back recorded 1,026 rushing yards. The next season, he rushed for 1,100 yards even. Now in 2015 Collins has 960 yards thus far. So by finding your common denominators, square rooting and carrying over the one you can figure out that he only needs 40 more yards to reach the big 1,000. So as many of you are probably (not) asking in your heads, “why does that matter?” Well I’ll tell you. If Alex breaks the 1,000 yard barrier, which he most likely will, then he will have 3 consecutive years with 1,000 yards or more on the ground. In the SEC’s history, only two other running backs have ever pulled that off: Darren McFadden and Herschel Walker. I don’t know if you’ve heard or not but those guys are a pretty big deal around here.

If Collins were to stay with the Hogs for the 2016 season and pull off another 1000 yard rushing season, he would be the FIRST SEC player to do it, as well as the 9th player ever in college football. And who knows, if Collins could finish out this year with with the carries he has been getting, he could very well have a shot of breaking a McFadden record for 2016. But then again, why would he want to? Curses can happen if you come back for your senior year at Arkansas, just ask Jonathan Williams and Tyler Wilson.

That being said, there are countless more records at Arkansas that Alex Collins has the chance of breaking. Alex Collins is one of the greatest and most consistent running backs that Arkansas has ever had. Most people don’t realize it, however, due to the lack of success that Arkansas has had as a team since his arrival. Now is the time that hog fans should truly relish in the fact that we have a Razorback legend on the field.