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Safeties don't sit still under Odom

FAYETTEVILLE -- Identifying the personnel playing the safety spots for the University of Arkansas is relatively easy.

But who is playing where, how many safeties might be on the field at once, and how new defensive coordinator Barry Odom names and deploys the various spots is largely a secret.

The segments of practice open to the media through 10 days in camp have not come during team periods.

Under Sam Pittman, safeties are not distinguished from cornerbacks on the roster -- a growing trend in college football -- and simply designates "DB" for everyone in the defensive backfield, whether they play cornerback, nickel, dime, boundary safety, field safety, middle safety, strong safety or free safety.