Injured Arkansas RB makes it onto the field for victory formation at Liberty Bowl

There was a warm and fuzzy ending to today’s Liberty Bowl, and it wasn’t just because Arkansas crushed Kansas State for the conference’s eighth win of the bowl season.

You see, injured RB Jonathan Williams was dressed out for today’s game, and was even one of the captains at the coin toss to start the game:

Jonathan Williams is dressed for the Razorbacks pic.twitter.com/Yn5aGYmS8U

— Dave Walker (@DaveWalkerTweet) January 2, 2016

That was thought to perhaps be the extent of the star running back’s involvement.

Not exactly.

Williams, who missed the entire season with a foot injury, was able to take the field to be a part of the victory formation for the Razorbacks at the end of the game.

Here’s Twitter’s reaction to Bret Bielema’s class decision in the victory against Kansas State on Saturday:

Great move by putting Jonathan Williams in the game for the victory formation. #LibertyBowl

— Nate Olson (@ndosports) January 2, 2016

Bret Bielema giving Jonathan Williams these last snaps in the "Victory" formation as advertised

— Thomas Murphy (@TomMurphyADG) January 2, 2016

Jonathan Williams takes the field for Arkansas final snap. Great moment for the #Razorback running back.

— Matthew Coca (@matthewcoca) January 2, 2016

Many Razorbacks fans will look back on the 2015 season and wonder what could’ve been if Arkansas could’ve stayed healthy.

It would’ve been a treat to watch Williams work in the same backfield as Alex Collins again this season.

Nick Cole

Nick Cole is a former print journalist with several years of experience covering the SEC. Born and raised in SEC country, he has taken in the game-day experience at all 14 stadiums.