FAYETTEVILLE -- Among the college football recruiting stories, the one about Donald Roy "Ike" Forte, is a doozy that worked out in favor of the Arkansas Razorbacks.
The Texarkana native, who earned All-America honors at Tyler (Texas) Junior College, was targeted by Oklahoma for the 1974 signing class and he had every intention of playing for the Sooners and Coach Barry Switzer, the ex-Arkansas assistant coach, whom he had signed with out of high school.
FAMILY Wife Glenda; children Kristen Forte Harris, Kacee Forte and Kameron Forte; 10 grandchildren
Signed with the Razorbacks over Oklahoma and Texas in 1974 out of Tyler Junior College.