Arkansas Online · Apr 24, 2025
ASU’s Bayer ready to get his chance
Arkansas State center Jacob Bayer (73), shown during the Red Wolves’ 21-19 loss to Northern Illinois in the Camellia Bowl on Dec. 23, 2023, in Montgomery, Ala., returned to competition just five months after tearing his ACL in April 2024. Bayer hopes to hear his name called in the NFL Draft this weekend, but is “at peace” with the idea of signing as an undrafted free agent. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Laura Chramer)If former Arkansas State center Jacob Bayer was flying under the radar of NFL scouts, that all changed with his performance at the Senior Bowl in February at Mobile, Ala.