FAYETTEVILLE — Johnny White saw firsthand what defensive end Mataio Soli is capable of last fall.
As a junior at Douglas County High School in Georgia, Soli finished with 70 tackles and 18 sacks. Remarkably, his numbers were even better the following year, totaling 84 tackles and 22.5 sacks, including an 8.5-sack performance in a game in late August.
White, Soli's high school coach, is now expecting big things from him at Arkansas.
"I think he’s going to be a special talent," White told WholeHogSports in February. "The way that boy eats and the weight he’s going to put on and the way he’s going to work, he’s going to refuse to not be on the field.