Hogs tight end O’Grady at Media Day on Saturday

Arkansas’ Cheyenne O’Grady talked with the media about the Hogs’ offense and the improved conditioning all across the offense.

Hogs’ Agim looking for big year for new defensive approach

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

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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.