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Safety returns from severe neck injury

By Tom Murphy

Posted: August 7, 2009 at 4:32 a.m.

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Strong safety Elton Ford is back on the field after recovering from a neck injury that kept him in a brace for three months.

Even during his darkest days, when Elton Ford was wearing a neck brace for more than three months, he could smile when he thought about playing football again.

Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino thought his quarterbacks were sloppy, but his defense showed signs of improvement from last season in Day 1 of Arkansas' fall camp on Aug. 6.

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