Commentary: Expect fewer changes in the roster in the next portal cycle

Arkansas head coach Sam Pittman speaks to media ahead of the start of spring football practice, Thursday, March 6, 2025, in the media room at the Broyles Center in Fayetteville. (Hank Layton/WholeHogSports)If you are a recruitnik, there probably is excitement with the transfer portal and the possibility over the last several years that the Arkansas football team might add a Drew Sanders from Alabama or Xavian Sorey from Georgia.

Sanders and Sorey were impact players for the Razorbacks. They were elite recruits when they signed with the Tide and Bulldogs, the bluest of blue chips. They left those schools because they were stacked behind other great players at their positions.

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