Written by Ryan Wright Football is a mentally and physically demanding sport pushing each competitor to their limits game after game, practice after practice. Even those players already recognized for their amazing talents have to overcome unfortunate obstacles in the sometimes brutal sport. One such gifted player dealt an unfortunate hand at the end of the 2014 Arkansas high school […]
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Written by Ryan Wright When the SEC Media Days concluded in mid-July, the Arkansas Razorbacks were picked to finish fourth in the SEC West behind perennial favorites Alabama, Auburn, and LSU. The Hogs 7-6 finish in 2014 was impressive enough to the voting media members, along with 17 returning starters, to place Arkansas ahead of Ole Miss, Texas A&M, and […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel Topeka High School in Topeka, Kansas finished 2014 with a 7-3 record behind a high-powered offense that averaged 52.4 points a game. The Trojans’ offense manufactured several blowouts marching to the Kansas High School Playoffs. A promising season ended in the first round of the Kansas 6A playoffs losing 64-46 to Hutchison. One key weapon in […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The Arkansas Razorbacks were one of six teams who had a shot at landing Georgia linebacker Donta Evans on Sunday but in the end lost out to the Ole Miss Rebels. Arkansas felt they had as good a shot as any school with Evans. Going into his announcement date the Archer High School (Lawrenceville) star knew […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The last two seasons Bentonville High School has been the best football program in the state of Arkansas come season’s end. Among the many talented players donning a helmet and shoulder pads for the Tigers during this incredible run has been cornerback Tyrone Mahone. Mahone has arguably been one of the best cornerbacks in the state […]
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Written by Ryan Wright If recent history means anything, St. Thomas Aquinas is in for another championship run kind of season. In 2014 the Raiders finished 15-1 with their lone loss coming to Don Bosco Prep (New Jersey) early in the season before the team found their footing streaking to a Florida High School State Championship. Off the 2014 team, […]
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Written by Ryan Wright What could have turned into a long recruiting process for Lake Minneola High School safety Deon Edwards took a quick turn around on Wednesday when he verbally committed to the Arkansas Razorbacks. Before the weekend Edwards had narrowed down his list of 15 reported offers to South Carolina, Missouri, Central Florida, and Arkansas announcing as things […]
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Written by Ryan Wright As soon as former South Oak Cliff High School running back Jordan Stevenson was granted his release from the Wisconsin Badgers a new recruiting frenzy was unleashed. All teams in need of a running back with a scholarship offer left to give from the 2015 class reached out, well most teams in need did. Per reports […]
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Written by Ryan Wright A week ago Coconut Creek Safety Alexy Jean-Baptiste was a verbally committed Arkansas Razorback safety/outside linebacker who had never visited the campus before. A week later Jean-Baptiste has now made the 20-hour one-way trek from south Florida to northwest Arkansas twice further securing his commitment with the Hogs. Arkansas hosted an Elite Camp on Thursday with […]
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Written by Ryan Wright A change in the football recruiting winds has happened within the state of Arkansas. A decades long tradition of locking down the best players, if and when possible, within The Natural State has seemingly come and gone with the new notion of picking and choosing the best players as needed then filling in the rest of […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The SEC released their preseason football teams on Friday placing six Arkansas Razorbacks among the best in the conference. Ole Miss owned the first-team offensive selections with three (TE Evan Engram, OL Laremy Tunsil, and WR Laquon Treadwell) but the Razorbacks owned the second-team All-SEC squad placing four selections on the list; RB Jonathan Williams, TE […]
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Written by Ryan Wright On Thursday there was a fair amount of anticipation in Fayetteville with Coconut Creek safety Alexy Jean-Baptiste coming to town. The Arkansas Razorbacks have 11 verbal commitments to their 2016 recruiting class but Jean-Baptiste was one of the few who committed to the Hogs (June 16) site unseen. Arkansas beat out some heavy competition for the […]
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Written by Ryan Wright On Monday night a shockwave was sent across the state of Arkansas, an event in retrospect many should have seen coming. While on an unofficial visit to Boise State Little Rock Christian running back Damarea Crockett verbally committed to the Broncos leaving many high school and college football fans in Arkansas full of more questions than […]
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Written by Ryan Wright A curious thing happened to the Arkansas Razorbacks on Monday night, a prized in-state national recruit slipped away when Little Rock Christian running back Damarea Crockett verbally committed to Boise State. Crockett, 5’11”, 205 pounds, is a rising star in the 2016 recruiting class after rushing for 1,250 yards with 19 touchdowns on 144 carries in […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The 20th annual Manning Passing Academy kicked off this weekend at Nicholls State University with an estimated 1,200 campers attending ranging in experience from 12th to 8th grade. Of the 1,200 attending 900 are quarterbacks. Beyond the usual cast of Manning family members on hand, patriarch Archie along with sons Peyton (Denver Broncos), Eli (New York […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The 70th annual presentation of the Outland Trophy award appears to be a wide open race in 2015. Of the 81 players added to the preseason watch list only Baylor offensive tackle Spencer Drango made it as a semifinalists for the 2014 award before losing to Iowa’s Brandon Scherff. The watch list includes 15 SEC players, […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The future is bright on the gridiron at North Little Rock High School, especially for one player, Tobias Enlow. The Charging Wildcats have new head coach Jamie Mitchell bringing in an up-tempo spread attack that is sure to highlight the passing game giving Enlow an opportunity to have a breakout senior season. All of the signs […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The Arkansas Razorbacks 2015 team has a make or break kind of year ahead. The Razorback defense dominated in 2014 finishing with the No. 10 ranked unit in the land and looks to be deeper heading into the new season. The offense made significant strides forward last season and returns one of the more experienced groups […]
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Written by Ryan Wright What became public on the 4th of July was the Razorbacks landing prized Iowa Class of 2016 recruit Jake Heinrich. What many did not know is the Urbandale High School star had already committed to the Hogs a few days prior. Arkansas had a fight on their hands pulling Heinrich away from nearby Iowa State and […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The 2014 season was an odd season for the North Little Rock football team to say the least. The Charging Wildcats ended up with an 11-2 record making a deep run into the Arkansas state playoffs but then controversy struck. Head coach Brad Bolding was involved in an alleged pay-to-play scandal with top wide receiver K.J. […]
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As families across the nation settled in for 4th of July celebrations Razorback Nation had something a little extra to celebrate on Saturday when 3-star offensive guard Jake Heinrich “Called the Hogs.” The 6’4”, 285 pound, Urbandale High School star had a tough choice to make after being considered a longtime lean towards nearby Iowa State. The Cyclones had made […]
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Written by Ryan Wright A recruiting coup for the Arkansas Razorbacks that can only truly be appreciated, or hated, by those in Mississippi and the surrounding area took place on Wednesday when the Hogs landed a verbal commitment from Grayson Gunter. Gunter is a powerful 6’5”, 230 pound, tight end from Madison Central High School. As a junior in 2014 […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Mitch Perkinson had a breakout season for Edmond North High School in 2014. The Huskies had an up-and-down season but Perkinson routinely found a way to get open coming up with 25 receptions for 420 yards with two touchdowns. The roughly 6’0”, 177 pound, slot/possession receiver is on a lot of college recruiting boards with teams […]
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Written by Ryan Wright In 2014 Fort Smith Southside High School released a do-everything kind of player onto opposing Arkansas teams. Then 6’2”, 205 pounds, Andrew Clark lined up at tight end on offense but made his mark on the other side of the ball playing defensive end and outside linebacker on defense. Clark showed he was not afraid to […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Friday night the Arkansas Razorbacks added their ninth verbal commitment to their 2016 class landing Rock Bridge High School two-way star Hayden Johnson. Johnson, 6’3”, 245 pounds, was a pile mover for the Bruins in 2014 gaining national attention by college recruiters as a running back/fullback. On the defensive side of the ball he was a […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Friday night at 7 pm CT, West Point High School offensive tackle Scott Lashley released his Top 10 list closing the sphere of influence from 18 total reported offers. The 6’6”, 300 pound, West Point, Mississippi native has offers from many of the top teams in the region including in-state powers Ole Miss and Mississippi […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The Arkansas Razorbacks added verbal commitment No. 8 to their 2016 recruiting class on Tuesday landing Coconut Creek High School safety Alexy Jean-Baptiste. Jean-Baptiste was a hard hitting safety for the Cougars in 2014 leading to 26 reported scholarship offers by the time he verbally committed to the Hogs. Some of the teams to offer […]
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Over the weekend the Arkansas Razorbacks landed their seventh verbal commitment to their 2016 class and first offensive lineman in Texas recruit Kellen Diesch. Diesh, a monstrous 6’7”, 272 pounds, picked the Hogs over 29 other reported scholarship offers including Alabama, Miami, Michigan, Cal, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Oregon, and in-state powers Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, and TCU among […]
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Recruiting for Little Rock Christian running back Damarea Crockett has heated up since the 2014 season concluded. After Crockett had rushed for 1,250 rushing yards with 16 touchdowns and then posted another 250 receiving yards with an additional three touchdowns only Memphis had extended an offer. But now Crockett’s recruiting has hit a fever pitch with Louisiana Tech, Arkansas State, […]
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For those of you who have never seen Urbandale High School offensive lineman Jake Heinrich play his actions on the field can be summed up in two words – relentless bully. For those readers not familiar with the game of football being a relentless bully as an offensive lineman on the gridiron is a compliment of highest regards. If one […]
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