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Walker, strength staff made fast impression on players

FAYETTEVILLE — Jamil Walker has worked with the Arkansas football team for only a short period of time, but he has already made quite the impression.

Walker, the Razorbacks’ new director of strength and conditioning staff who followed Sam Pittman from Georgia to Fayetteville this winter, was officially brought aboard Jan. 17 after three seasons serving as the Bulldogs’ associate strength and conditioning coach.

A former Wisconsin football player who later joined the Badgers’ strength staff in 2009, Walker has received positive reviews following the team’s winter conditioning and the first week of voluntary on-campus workouts.

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