Three Razorbacks on Senior Bowl watch list

MOBILE, Ala. — Three Arkansas football players were named to the 2018 Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List, announced by the bowl Thursday.

Quarterback Austin Allen, center Frank Ragnow and linebacker Dwayne Eugene, Jr., were each selected.

Allen is entering his second year as the primary signal caller and coming off a junior campaign that saw him lead the Southeastern Conference with 3,430 passing yards, including a league-best 2,291 in conference play.

He totaled 25 touchdown passes last season to rank second in the conference. Of those, 19 touchdowns came inside the red zone, which led the SEC and tied for 10th in the FBS.

The Fayetteville product tallied nine multi-touchdown pass games and became the first quarterback in school history and one of just four in the SEC since 2000 to throw multiple touchdown passes in each of the first seven games of a season.

A preseason All-American, Frank Ragnow enters his senior campaign after being named the nation’s best offensive lineman, best run blocker and first-team All-America by Pro Football Focus (PFF) last season.

Ragnow has made 26 straight starts heading into the year with 14 at right guard and 12 at center.

The Victoria, Minnesota, native was part of an offensive line that blocked for 428.4 yards of total offense per game and helped the offense log both 200 yards passing and rushing in the same game five times.

Ragnow blocked for nine 100-plus yard rushing games, including seven from Rawleigh Williams III and two from Devwah Whaley, and four 300-plus yard passing games from Allen.

After starting each of the last six games of the regular season, Eugene logged 32 tackles in his six starts and ranked second among Arkansas linebackers with 44 stops.

He tallied four five-plus tackle games, including one double-digit tackle effort against LSU. He also recorded his lone sack of the season against the Tigers.

The Marrero, Louisiana, native recorded one tackle for loss, two fumble recoveries, one interception and two quarterback hurries during his junior campaign.

Last season, Arkansas saw two of its own play in the Senior Bowl in punter Toby Baker and tight end Jeremy Sprinkle. It marked the 11th consecutive season that the Razorbacks were represented in the game.

The 69th Annual Reese’s Senior Bowl will take place on Jan. 27, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. CT at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama.