Arkansas football’s defense entered the 2025 season with a number of question marks, but there were two sure things in the front seven – defensive tackle Cam Ball and linebacker Xavian Sorey Jr.
Ball is the rare fifth-year returner who has played his entire career with the Razorbacks. Sorey, a former blue-chip recruit, was a passenger on the Georgia-to-Arkansas express that many ex-Bulldogs, including defensive back Jaheim Singletary, have also ridden. Both redshirt seniors are expected to anchor the Hogs’ defense.
Sorey entered the season with high expectations from the media – the 6-foot-3, 225-pounder is on the Butkus Award preseason watch list and was named to Phil Steele’s All-SEC Third Team.