FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas once landed a standout quarterback from Missouri named Steve Atwater who would end up changing sides of the football and turning into an All-American and NFL Hall of Fame safety.
Some 33 years later, the current Razorbacks staff is hoping that another Show Me state prospect can become a defender akin to Atwater, arguably the school's greatest safety who holds the career interception record with 14.
That prospect is Kansas City Lincoln Prep Academy star linebacker Jermaine Hamilton-Jordan (6-1, 205), who is coming off a junior season in which he recorded 150 tackles – 18 for lost yardage – and nine sacks.