( Andy Shupe)
Arkansas defensive line coach Jermial Ashley (left) starts a drill Thursday, March 11, 2021, during practice at the university practice facility in Fayetteville.
FAYETTEVILLE — Isaiah Nichols has started his fourth year on the defensive line for the University of Arkansas.
The redshirt junior defensive tackle from Springdale High School is on his fourth different position coach as an elder statesman in his room.
Jermial Ashley is the new top voice in the defensive line room, and it’s an authoritative one. Not only does Ashley, a former defensive end at Kansas, look like he can still play, he has a command presence about himself.