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Hogs’ Drew Sanders and Ketron Jackson on Liberty after Tuesday’s practice
Linebacker picking up national recognition but only looking at next game and wide receiver on offense ahead of Liberty game.
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Know what Hugh Freeze did coaching Ole Miss and how Liberty looks after Tuesday’s practice ahead of Saturday’s game.
Liberty’s Hugh Freeze says Hogs should be favored Saturday
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Even being ranked No. 23 is not enough to have Liberty coach Hugh Freeze getting over-confident this week.
“I don’t know who’s the worst team in the 131 college football teams, but I’d like to be playing them this week and not the Hogs,” Freeze said at his Monday press conference. “The Hogs are going to be a handful for us.”
Freeze coached Ole Miss for five seasons (2012-16) and he didn’t leave because he didn’t win (39-25). He got the Rebels to a pair of New Year’s 6 bowl games and beat Alabama two straight years.
He was fired over calling escorts on a cell phone. They lost 27 wins as part of an NCAA investigation that ultimately cleared Freeze.
All of that is the past. In his fourth season at Liberty, a private school with a huge total enrollment over 90,000 (that includes predominantly online students) he’s 33-12, but that’s not playing a lot of SEC teams.
“It’s hard,” Freeze said. “When you’re playing an SEC roster with a Group of 5 school, it’s just tough. You can’t hardly make any mistakes if you want a chance to be in it.
“It’s going to be a tall, tall task.”
He could see a difference in the Razorbacks after a bye week and dominating Auburn, 41-27, in a game that never really felt that close.
“It benefited them greatly,” he said about the Hogs’ off week. “They got some guys back on defense this past week against Auburn and they started looking more like themselves.”
Having taken over a problem at Ole Miss that was going through the down cycle they seem to have every few years and turning it around, he was impressed.
“Obviously the turnaround at Arkansas from the time he took over is pretty dang incredible,” he said.
The game kicks off at Razorback Stadium at 3 p.m. and will be on the SEC Network. You can listen to the game here or ESPN Arkansas 99.5 in Fayetteville, 95.3 in the River Valley, 96.3 in Hot Springs and 104.3 in Harrison-Mountain Home.
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Hogs’ Drew Sanders semifinalist for pair of national awards
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas linebacker Drew Sanders doesn’t do a lot of talking, but his play is getting noticed.
More than just Razorback fans are noticing, too.
Tuesday he was named one of 15 semifinalists for the Butkus Award one of 20 semifinalists for the Bednarik Award.
The Butkus Award is given to nation’s best linebacker every year. The Chuck Bednarik Award is given to the top defensive player.
Sanders has emerged as one of the Razorbacks’ top defensive playmakers this season. He has racked up 65 total tackles, second most on the Hogs, with a team-best 7.5 tackles for loss and a team-high 6.5 sacks through eight games. With his help, Arkansas leads the SEC in sacks per game (3.0) and ranks second in total sacks (24).
Sanders, the SEC leader in sacks (6.5) and forced fumbles (3), has four double-digit tackle games this season, most among all Razorback defenders.
He is one of only two SEC defenders since 2000 to have recorded double-digit tackles with two sacks, two forced fumbles and a pass breakup in a game.
Sanders was named the Butkus Award National Linebacker of the Month for September after finishing the month tied for the national lead in sacks (5.5) while pacing Arkansas in tackles for loss (6.5) and forced fumbles (2).
Sanders was placed on midseason All-America teams by the Associated Press, CBS Sports, ESPN, Sporting News and The Athletic in October.
The Butkus Award winner will be named on or before Dec. 7 after finalists are named on Nov. 21 by the award committee.
The 2022 Butkus Award winner will be honored at a televised event on Jan. 21, 2023, at the Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
The Bednarik Award is part of the ESPN Home Depot College Football Awards Show held on Dec. 8. The formal presentation of the Bednarik Award will be made at the Maxwell Football Club Awards live from Atlantic City, N.J., on March 10, 2023.
Sanders and the Razorbacks host No. 23 Liberty for Homecoming Week at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5. The game will air on SEC Network.
Information from Arkansas Communications is included in this story.
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