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Little Rock native
Cedric Cobbs rushed for 668 yards and
caught 11 passes as a freshman,
scoring 5 touchdowns including a
95-yard kickoff return... In the
2000 Cotton Bowl he had 128 total yards
and scored 2 TD's in a Razorback 27-6
victory over Texas... Was injured in the third game of the 2000 season and sat out after shoulder surgery... Returns as a sophomore once again and is the leader of a deep running back corp but will we see the Cobbs of old ???
The following from ESPN the magazine
Spring 2000
Let's get
something straight, it's C-o-b-b-s.
With an "s". Rhymes with Hobbs, the guy
in "The Natural", you know, Robert
Redford ? Only Cedric Cobbs is no movie
star with a magic bat. He's a 6'0", 217
lbs. lightning bolt  
who promises to be
the most dynamic RB to hit the SEC
since Bo Jackson. Cobbs' exploits are
already the stuff of Arkansas legend.
Like the time he won the state
weightlifting title (223-pound weight
class) - without training for it. Or
how on his first ferocious swipe at a
golf ball his clubhead shattered on
impact. Or how in junior high he
returned 13 of 17 kickoffs for TD's.
"I've coached Thurman Thomas and Barry
Sanders, and Ced can be better than
either of them" said Razorback coach
Houston Nutt. "He's got the power, the
vision, the explosiveness and the
swerves. And he's just a baby." Nutt
planned to work Cobbs in slowly this
year. Sorry, Coach, the Little Rock
native with a nose for the goal line
doesn't do slowly. His first runback as
a Hog ? A 95-yard TD. His first catch ?
A 36-yard score. The best part ? Cobbs
thrives in the spotlight. Tennessee
found that out Nov. 13th when the
18-year-old freshman shredded the
defending National Champions (107 yds,
16 carries) as Arkansas upset the Vols,
28-24. And football's not even his
primary passion. "Someday I'm gonna be
an actor." Make that some time soon,
because next fall, he takes on his
first big role - college football's
leading man.
Courtesy of ESPN Magazine
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