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Former NFL OL mentoring Arkansas target Strickland

FAYETTEVILLE — One of the nation’s best center prospects has a former NFL offensive lineman guiding him, and the Arkansas football program is in pursuit of his signature.

Sugar Land (Texas) Fort Bend Christian Academy standout Remington Strickland (6-4, 295 pounds), the nation’s ninth-best center, according to 247 Sports, is looking to visit Fayetteville whenever the covid-19 pandemic guidelines allow.

“I haven’t been able to go yet, but I'm definitely planning to go there in the summer, maybe even taking an official visit there during that,” Strickland said. “I would say that my top schools right now are Arkansas, UCF, SMU and Purdue.