Heading into this Arkansas football season, it seemed like the plan was to use Arkansas’ deeper QB room to spell KJ Jefferson some and prevent the kind of injuries that cost the Hogs games in 2022.
Arkansas, after all, had what on paper looked like better subs with fourth-year Jacolby Criswell and talented true freshman Malachi Singleton alongside the returning Cade Fortin.
Plus, according to Pittman, Criswell looked awfully sharp in fall camp. And yet, week after week as the six-game SEC losing streak mounted, not a single snap went to any quarterback other than Jefferson. Even in the fifth-year senior’s worst game of the season two weeks ago vs Mississippi State.