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Arkansas’ Greenlaw selected in fifth round of draft by 49ers

Arkansas linebacker Dre Greenlaw was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the 5th round with the 148th overall pick of the 2019 NFL Draft on Saturday.

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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas linebacker Dre Greenlaw was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the 5th round with the 148th overall pick of the 2019 NFL Draft on Saturday.

He is the sixth Razorback taken by the 49ers and the 270th Arkansas football player drafted since the first in 1938.

He joins Hjalte Froholdt (New England, 4th round) as Razorbacks picked in this year’s draft, making it the ninth consecutive year Arkansas has had multiple players chosen in the draft.

The duo continues Arkansas’ streak of 24 years with at least one Razorback picked in the NFL Draft, which ranks fourth in the SEC.

From Fayetteville, Greenlaw played in 38 games during his time as a Razorback, collecting 299 total tackles, 145 unassisted, holding the active career tackle mark throughout the entirety of the 2018 campaign.

He finished his collegiate career with 14 double-digit tackle games, 13 tackles for loss, three interceptions, three fumbles forced and three recovered.

As a senior team captain, Greenlaw played in nine games, starting eight at the weakside linebacker position, and ranked third on the team in tackles with 80.

He posted 38 solo stops, 6.5 tackles for loss and 10 sacks, while picking off two passes, both against Texas A&M, forced a fumble and recovered another.

Greenlaw finished the year with four double-digit tackle games, with a season-high 13 tackles in back-to-back weeks vs. Texas A&M (Sept. 29) and Alabama (Oct. 6).

In 2017, he broke the 100-tackle threshold with 103 stops after starting all 12 games for the Razorbacks. Greenlaw finished fourth in the SEC in double-digit tackle games with six, four of those coming during SEC action, as he finished conference play with 72 tackles.

His 17 tackles against No. 23 TCU on Sept. 9 were a career-best and the most by a Razorback since 2010 (Jerry Franklin – 20).

His 2016 campaign saw him start all seven games he played, producing 42 tackles and 22 solo stops, with 1.5 tackles for loss, an interception and two fumble recoveries.

Greenlaw’s freshman year saw him earn two Freshman All-America honors from the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) and Sporting News, as well as SEC All-Freshman honors from the conference coaches and Athlon Sports.

Greenlaw finished fifth nationally among FBS freshmen and topped SEC rookies with 95 tackles, leading the team in five games. He paced the squad in solo stops with 46, while adding 3.5 tackles for loss, a sack and two forced fumbles.

He averaged 9.8 tackles in SEC road games, picking up a team-best 69 stops during conference play while putting together four double-digit tackle performances.

He finished his career in the cardinal & white with 2,039 snaps played, according to Pro Football Focus, and came 10 tackles away from the 10th-most tackles in an Arkansas career.

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2024 High School Rankings

Following is the Arkansas Sports Media High School Football Poll including the Overall Top 10, the top five in Classes 7A, 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A, plus the top three in the 8-man division, as voted by a panel of sports media from around the state for the week ending August 24. Ranking is given with first-place votes received, records, total points and ranking from last week's poll:
OVERALLRecordPtsPrv
1.Bryant (18)8-02521
2.Conway (6)8-02302
3.Greenwood (2)8-02103
4.Little Rock Parkview7-11714
5.Bentonville5-31416
6.Benton7-11265
7.Fayetteville6-21008
8.Pulaski Academy6-2757
9.Rogers5-3459
10.Shiloh Christian6-24010
Others receiving votes: Marion 13, Valley View 9, Joe T Robinson 8, Mountain Home 4, Cabot 3, Elkins 3.
CLASS 7A
1.Bryant (20)8-01241
2.Conway (6)8-01052
3.Bentonville5-3753
4.Fayetteville6-2455
5.Pulaski Academy6-2354
Others receiving votes: Rogers 5.
CLASS 6A
1.Greenwood (26)8-01301
2.Benton7-11022
3.Shiloh Christian6-2713
4.Marion7-1524
5.Mountain Home7-131
Others receiving votes: Little Rock Catholic 4.
CLASS 5A
1.Little Rock Parkview (23)7-11271
2.Joe T Robinson7-1902
3.Valley View (3)8-0803
4.Hot Springs Lakeside7-1484
5.Farmington7-130
Others receiving votes: Camden Fairview 4, Maumelle 4, Morrilton 3, Greenbrier 2, Harding Academy 1.
CLASS 4A
1.Elkins (19)8-01161
2.Arkadelphia (5)6-2792
3.Little Rock Mills (1)8-0703
4.Warren6-2404
5.Malvern (1)8-0315
Others receiving votes: Dardanelle 22, Southside Batesville 11, Mena 8, Bauxite 7, DeWitt 4, Highland 2.
CLASS 3A
4.Bismarck (15)8-01054
5.Fordyce (4)8-0765
Prescott (3)7-1531t
1.Osceola (2)6-149
3.Mayflower (1)8-036
Others receiving votes: Booneville (1) 31, Rivercrest 19, Mansfield 14, Charleston 4, Rison 3.
CLASS 2A
1.Carlisle (21)8-01211
2.Conway Christian (4)8-01042
3.Des Arc7-1663
4.Bigelow (1)6-2455
5.Murfreesboro6-230
Others receiving votes: Marked Tree 10, Mineral Springs 6, Junction City 5, Cross County 1, Mount Ida 1, Poyen 1
8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.Strong-Huttig (25)5-0761
2.Midland (1)7-0502
3.Cedar Ridge7-1253
Others receiving votes: Rector 5.

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