UA Receivers Compete as Clock Ticks Toward Season
While the Arkansas Razorbacks have a week’s work behind them in...
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While the Arkansas Razorbacks have a week’s work behind them in preseason camp and less than a week before classes commence on the UA campus Monday, it’s still relatively early in the squad’s development.
The first scrimmage comes Sunday with another scheduled for Aug. 22. Both are closed to the media and public.
The Razorback coaching staff likely does have a good idea where the team’s depth chart is headed, but there is still plenty of time for Hogs to earn and also lose playing time with their performance in practice.
Arkansas offensive coordinator Tim Cramsey, in a recent media session, pointed to the Razorback receivers as a group in which a pecking order is continuing to develop.
He said the Hogs have as many as nine receivers vying for time on the field, but added that group will be winnowed down to a more manageable number as the squad moves toward the season opener, which remains more than three weeks away.
Junior C.J. Brown (6-1, 194), senior Memphis transfer Jamari Hawkins (5-10, 187) and senior Boise State transfer Chris Marshall (6-3, 222) may be leading the pack, but junior Ishmael Cisse (6-0, 198), sophomore Courtney Crutchfield (6-2, 186), senior New Mexico State transfer Donovan Faupel (6-1, 202) and Monte Harrison (6-3, 222) are clearly in the hunt for playing time as well.
Arkansas receivers coach Larry Smith, who joined Ryan Silverfield’s first Arkansas staff from Memphis, said the heat has taken a toll on his troops, but overall concentration has been good. The Razorbacks will take their NCAA-mandated day off Wednesday.
Smith and the rest of the coaching staff are intrigued by the speed of Jelani Watkins (5-11, 163), an NCAA champion sprinter for the Razorback track squad, who has “wiggle,” according to Smith, not just straight-line speed.
Smith said that through practice, the top players will emerge. Those who consistently perform in practice and scrimmages will eventually emerge.
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