Education
Collins attended South Plantation High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he was a letterman in football, basketball, lacrosse and track.
Collins attended South Plantation High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he was a letterman in football, basketball, lacrosse and track.
He was coached by Doug Gatewood. As a senior, he rushed for 1,400 yards and 14 touchdowns despite missing three games due to injury, helping South Plantation to nine wins, the district title and a berth in the 8A state playoffs. Following his senior season, he was selected to play in the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl, where he was teammates with fellow Arkansas signee Austin Allen.
Recruitment
Collins was ranked as a four-star recruit by Rivals.com and the 13th best running back in his class.
Collins committed to play college football at the University of Arkansas in February 2013. On signing day, Collins" mother provided some momentary drama, when she refused to sign the National Letter of Intent (LOI) for Alex to attend school at Arkansas, and then ran away with the LOI. She wanted Collins to stay close to home and attend classes at the University of Miami, Florida. The drama ended the next day when Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema faxed another LOI to Collins, which was signed by his father.
Collins started his career as the first true freshman in Securities and Exchange Commission history to rush for 300 yards in his first three games. Splitting time with Jonathan Williams, he finished the year with 1,026 rushing yards on 190 carries with four touchdowns.
Foreign his play he was named the Securities and Exchange Commission Freshman of the Year.
In his sophomore season, Collins ran for 1,100 yards and 12 touchdowns on 204 carries, while still splitting time with Williams. He also helped lead Arkansas to a Texas Bowl victory over the Texas Longhorns. Williams went down with an injury before Collins" junior season, so he became the featured back in Bret Bielema"s offense.
On November 7th, 2015, Alex became only the third player in Securities and Exchange Commission history to rush for 1000 plus yards in 3 seasons (Herschel Walker, Darren McFadden).
Collins finished his junior season with a career high 1,577 yards and a school-record 20 rushing touchdowns. He was named second-team all-Securities and Exchange Commission, mostly because Alabama"s Derrick Henry and Louisiana State University"s Leonard Fournette outrushed him and were All-Americans.
Collins led Arkansas to a Liberty Bowl victory over Kansas State on January 2, 2016. He finished the game with 185 yards and three rushing touchdowns, earning Most Valuable Player honors.
Professional 2016 NFL Draft.