FAYETTEVILLE — Just over a week from the early national signing date, Arkansas’ football program is trying to get back in the door with the best senior quarterback from its own state.
New Razorbacks head coach Sam Pittman made a call on Monday to Morrilton standout and North Carolina pledge Jacolby Criswell (6-1, 220) and then went to see him on Tuesday along with Arkansas assistant Steve Caldwell.
The Tar Heels were also in Tuesday to see Criswell, who is regarded as a four-star prospect, the No. 11 quarterback and the 243rd-best player nationally, per ESPN.
Devil Dogs head coach Cody McNabb knows Pittman from his previous stint at Arkansas as the offensive line coach from 2013-2015 and the same position at Georgia from 2015-2019.