Sam Pittman met with the media on Monday to discuss the recent scrimmage. Linebacker has been a major area of concern this offseason after losing All-American and Burlsworth Trophy winner Grant Morgan, who exhausted his eligibility after the 2021 football season. The Razorbacks also lost hard-hitting legacy player in Hayden Henry to graduation.
With plenty of shoes to fill, Sam Pittman’s staff hit the recruiting trail hard in the past couple of classes to find suitable replacements for the “super seniors” at linebacker. Two of those happen to be redshirt freshmen, Chris “Pooh” Paul (6’1 240 pounds) out of Cordele, Georgia and Jordan Crook (6’0 225 pounds) from football powerhouse Duncanville, Texas.