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Can Morris, Hogs pull off the ‘Yoakum Trifecta’

Arkansas is apparently in the running for more than just offensive lineman Silas Robinson in Yoakum, Texas, as the Hogs could be in the running for a pair of ESPN Top 300 players, too.

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Yoakum is one of those small Texas towns that you really can’t get to from anywhere.

It’s located too far south of I-10 to accidentally hit going from Houston to San Antonio. It’s too far north of U.S. 59 if you’re going from Houston to Corpus Christi.

The only way you get there is because you’re either lost or have a specific reason to be headed there.

Arkansas coach Chad Morris apparently has had three good reasons to be going there in the past week.

He has apparently made the small town that has three pretty good football players a target in his first week on the job with the Razorbacks.

What has garnered attention is he is having some success.

Offensive lineman Silas Robinson (6-5, 300 pounds) flipped to Arkansas from SMU over the weekend. He’s the coach’s son.

“He’s also a little nasty sometimes, like his momma,” his coach told Dudley Dawson of WholeHogSports.com.

The coach can get away with that because he’s Bo Robinson, Silas’ father.

“Silas is a coach’s kid and he is a gym rat,” Robinson said. “He actually played quarterback through his sophomore year, but just kind of outgrew the position. He really had never played offensive line until he was a junior.

But Morris also has designs on a couple of other Yoakum players.

Joshua Moore, a wide receiver who is ranked 36th nationally among ESPN’s Top 300 high school players, de-committed from Nebraska last week and intends to visit Arkansas in January, according to multiple recruiting reports.

Jordan Moore, who is committed to Texas A&M and is ESPN’s 138th-best player nationally, is apparently going to visit Arkansas as well, according to reports.

And apparently Arkansas has a shot at landing one or both of the twins.

From Bo Robinson, their coach, to Dawson in WholeHogSports.com:

“I don’t what the situation is going end up being, but I think Arkansas at least has a shot with Jordan. I really do. He is a heck of a football player.”

The guess here is you don’t want to count Morris out on this one after seeing what Robinson the coach told WholeHogSports.com on the Hogs’ new coach:

“Being a coach in Texas, I have known about him for a long time,” Robinson said. “I haven’t really known him well, except for the last year or so. I think he is a good man, a heck of a football coach and I think it is going to work out for Arkansas in a big way.”

It’s just a week on the job, but Morris apparently is starting to make a splash in Texas high school recruiting.

If can pull off the “Yoakum Trifecta” that will turn into a wave.

Arkansas fans are hoping that’s just the start.

 

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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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