The morning Charles Alexander decided where he’d play college football, two cars parked outside his grandmother’s house. Houston coaches drove one of them. The other belonged to Jerry Stovall , an LSU coach hoping to squeeze in one last recruiting pitch.

It was signing day. Alexander — a tailback from Galveston, Texas — still hadn’t committed. He wanted to go to school that day and sit through all his classes, then decide which college program he’d play for.

The coaches recruiting him, however, chose not to let him wait.

“I didn’t know where I was going,” Alexander said.

Now, over 50 years later, both Stovall and Alexander will have their names and jersey numbers displayed on the south façade of Tiger Stadium. LSU will formally retire Alexander’s No. 4 at halftime of its game aga

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