It won’t be the first time a true freshman has come to Arkansas with the hope of replacing a Phil Steele preseason All-SEC selection who is declaring for for the NFL Draft.
But there have likely not been many who have tried to do so as a long snapper as one future Razorback will attempt to do.
That is the goal of Cambridge, Wisc., star snapper Eli Stein (6-3, 215), a U.S Army All-American Bowl selection who is looking to fill in for trusty Razorback long snapper Jordan Silver.
“I kind of knew he was planning on trying to make it in the NFL, but I didn’t know if he was going go try it through the draft or as a free agent,” Stein said of Silver, a fifth-year senior who had one year of eligibility remaining.