Drones, 6-3, 200 pounds, of Pearland (Texas) Shadow Creek received a scholarship offer from the Hogs on Jan. 30 after Pittman and Briles visited the school. He also has offers from Missouri, Houston, Tulsa, Utah State, Southern Miss and others.
His father, Kevin, who's the defensive line coach at the school, called his cousin -- former Razorback quarterback Greg Thomas -- to tell him about the offer.
"I called him, and he answered the phone and was kind of hyper," Kevin Drones said. "He said, 'What's going on? and I said, 'Well, had a great meeting with Coach Pittman and Coach Briles today and they offered.