FAYETTEVILLE — A relative unknown entering the 2022 season has provided pop for Arkansas in two phases of the game in the last month.
Bryce Stephens, a redshirt freshman receiver from Oklahoma City, in Week 3 returned a punt 82 yards for a touchdown during the Razorbacks’ 38-27 come-back win over Missouri State. And last week at Mississippi State he tallied the first receiving score of his career on a 54-yard pass from quarterback Malik Hornsby.
Arkansas coach Sam Pittman has witnessed a rise in the quiet, about-his-business receiver’s confidence. That has come as a result of his performance as a punt returner.