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Bleacher Report: Arkansas Football: What a Win Over Alabama Would Mean for Ryan Mallett

In their first game of the SEC season, top-ranked Alabama has to make a very difficult road trip to Fayetteville to face one of the bigger surprises of the season in No. 10 Arkansas. But a win over the Crimson Tide would mean more for one player on the Razorbacks than anyone else—QB Ryan Mallett. Already projected as a top-five pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, Mallett has shown dramatic improvement compared to a year ago, where he put up 3,627 yards and 30 touchdowns in his first season with Bobby Petrino at Arkansas. So far through three games, Mallett ...

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