Although there are many famous people from Arkansas, I will be writing about a famous football player. This man is one of the best running backs around the United States. He is from Northwest Arkansas. He has many accomplishments in his fifteen years of playing football. To me, I believe he was the best around even though he was also injured a lot. He is Peyton Derek Hillis. Peyton's childhood seemed to be a great. Peyton Hillis was born on January 21, 1986 and raised in Conway, Arkansas. His parents are Doug and Carrie Hillis. He attended Conway High School in Conway, Arkansas his whole high school and elementary career (“Peyton Hillis”). Peyton's young adulthood was great, he attended Conway in Arkansas. He played football for Conway's…show more content… Hillis gained 240 yards rushing, 97 yards receiving, and scored 8 touchdowns, ranking 4th in the SEC in total touchdowns and tying Georgia's Thomas Brown for most touchdowns scored by an SEC freshman that year. During his sophomore year, Hillis accounted for 947 all-purpose yards (including more than 200 in kick-off and punt returns) and seven touchdowns while also serving as a blocker for up-and-coming star running backs Darren McFadden and Felix Jones. After playing football with the Arkansas Razorbacks for four years. In 2008, he went into the NFL Draft, he was in the 7th round and was the 227th pick. After being drafted in the 7th round of the 2008 NFL Draft, Hillis rose to the top of the depth chart as the starting fullback for the team he was drafted. He was drafted to the Denver Broncos. Despite rising to the starting fullback position and becoming the leading rusher the previous year, Hillis had only 54 yards on 13 carries in the 2009 season. On March 14, 2010, the Broncos traded Hillis to the Cleveland Browns along with a sixth-round pick in the 2011 Draft and a conditional pick in the 2012 Draft in exchange for quarterback Brady Quinn. Later in 2011 he then married a female singer from New York City, Amanda Brown, and won a nationwide vote, which put him on the cover of EA Sports' Madden NFL 12. Two years later he traded to the Cleveland Browns. Two years later he was
