Arkansas defensive lineman McTelvin Agim wants to pick up the solid play he had at times last season under the new defensive direction under John Chavis.
Hogs wide receiver Cornelius at Media Day on Saturday
Arkansas’ Jared Cornelius has bounced back completely from an injury-plagued season last year and is looking forward to the new offense under Chad Morris.
Greenlaw on Hogs’ new defense, LB play
Arkansas linebacker Dre Greenlaw talked after Friday’s practice about how the defense is adjusting to the new 4-3 and the conditioning of the players following the first practice of fall camp.
Froholdt says stamina, physiques much improved
Arkansas offensive guard likes the new look of the offensive linemen, who came back after the summer in great conditioning, some of them in “unbelievable shape,” the guard said Friday.
Ramirez really liking more aggressive approach
Razorbacks senior safety Santos Ramirez talked with the media afer Friday’s practice about how much better condition the defense is in this year and the much more aggressive approach under John Chavis.
Cornelius glad to be back on practice field Friday
Arkansas wide receiver Jared Cornelius, injured for much of last season, was glad to be back on the field with the Hogs’ new offense he said is regularly faster than previous two-minute unit.
Morris pleased after Hogs’ first practice day
Razorbacks’ coach Chad Morris liked what he saw at the start of fall practice Friday, saying the team got better over the summer from the end of spring practice.
Photos from Razorbacks’ first practice of fall Friday
Here are the Hogs as fall practices opened Friday on the practice fields behind the Fred W. Smith Football Center.
Hogs pick up commitment from another Texas lineman
Arkansas added to the defensive line Friday, picking up the commitment of Mansfield, Texas, Legacy lineman Enoch Jackson, who committed with a Twitter video.
Enoch Jackson Jr on Twitter
100% committed.???? @NikkiChavanelle https://t.co/R1sk8R3ehp
Jackson is now the 17th commit in the 2019 class and the sixth commit out of the state of Texas. The 6-foot, 280-pound lineman was on Chad Morris’s radar since his time at SMU.
Women’s basketball headed to Italy for 10-day tour
FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas’ women’s basketball team is ready to test themselves against international competition as the Razorbacks travel to Italy for a 10-day tour.
Arkansas will travel throughout the country and take part in sightseeing tours, local culture and food, and they will face three international teams in their home gyms.
The Razorbacks begin their adventure landing in Naples, Italy, Aug. 7. The long flight drops Arkansas in country in the late afternoon with a meal and a little free time to round out the day.
Wednesday and Thursday morning will be filled with sightseeing events in Sorrento, the Amalfi Coast and Pompeii before the team heads north to Rome.
The Razorbacks will check into their hotel but jump back on the bus for their first game of the trip against Deep 3 Select.
The weekend is filled with more sightseeing including the Colosseum as well as a fun event called “Amazing Race Roma,” a task-oriented scavenger hunt-style activity in the city.
In addition to the Colosseum, Arkansas will experience the Roman Forum, Campidoglio, the Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon, Piazza Navonna and Villa Borghese.
A half-day trip to Vatican City will wrap up Arkansas’ experience in Rome. The team continues North, through the middle of the country to Florence as the tour continues. Florence is the capital of Italy’s Tuscany region and features masterpieces of art and architecture.
It is also just a short bus ride away from Arkansas’ second game against the Italian Select team.
The final leg of the journey takes Arkansas to Lake Como, the most famous lake in Italy. Here the team will be in the shadow of the Italian Alps and on the shores of crystal clear water. It is also near the location of the team’s final game against the International All-Star Team.
Arkansas concludes its tour with some free time on the last night in country before returning to the states the next morning. Players have 13 days to prepare for the start of the fall semester on May 29.
The trip to Italy is the second in program history with the 2013-14 team experiencing a similar tour. That program won three games defeating the Italian Select, the All-Star Vicenze and the Chemcats Chemnitz programs. The Razorbacks have also taken foreign tours to Australia in 199 and Canada in 2007.
Deifel adds second Arkansas native to softball roster
FAYETTEVILLE — For the second time this summer, Courtney Deifel welcomes an Arkansas native back to the Natural State with the addition of rising junior Lauren Graves to the Razorbacks’ roster.
Graves comes to Fayetteville after spending the first two seasons of her collegiate career at Maryland.
Graves returns to the state where she was a standout prep performer for White Hall. In 2014, she helped lead the Bulldogs to the 5A state title. Along with the team successes, Graves was a three-time All-State selection.
She was also named to three All-State Tournament teams and earned four all-conference honors. Graves was a state all-star pick as a junior and senior and was named to the 2014 Southeast Arkansas All-First Team as a pitcher.
During her time at Maryland, Graves made 27 appearances in the circle including seven starts. She turned in a career-best outing with 3.1 innings and three strikeouts against Northwestern during her freshman season.
In addition to her efforts on the field, Graves was an Academic All-Big Ten performer in the classroom.
Graves joins Braxton Burnside, a Paragould native, as the latest members of the Arkansas softball team. Burnside joined the program in June after two years at Missouri where she totaled 15 home runs, 80 RBI and two NCAA Tournament appearances.
The Razorbacks are coming off a season in which they posted a 42-17 record and advanced the program’s first-ever NCAA Super Regional.
Individually, Arkansas had a program-high four NFCA All-Region selections with Hannah McEwen, Mary Haff, Autumn Buczek and Katie Warrick.
Haff was also a top-three finalist for National Freshman of the Year.
