Gameday - Spring Game

Red-White Game
WHEN 6 p.m. today (Gates open 4:30 p.m.)
WHERE Reynolds Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville
ADMISSION Free
TV Cox Sports Television
RADIO Razorback Sports Network

RED TEAM
NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. CLASS
5 Tramain Thomas S 6-0 187 Jr 8 Tyler Wilson QB 6-3 215 So. 9 Elton Ford S 6-0 215 Jr. 11 Cobi Hamilton WR 6-3 209 So. 13 Seth Armbrust S 5-9 190 Sr. 14 Brandon Tierney K 5-11 185 So. 14 Jim Youngblood TE 6-2 225 So. 16 Hunter Miller DB 6-1 200 So. 17 Brandon Mitchell QB 6-4 230 Fr. 21 Darius Winston CB 6-0 185 So. 22 David Gordon DB 6-0 180 So. 23 De’Anthony Curtis WR 5-9 215 Jr. 24 William Serrano WR 6-0 200 So. 25 Terrell Williams LB 6-3 237 So. 26 Ramon Broadway CB 5-9 191 Sr. 28 Alvin Chambers WR 6-1 192 So. 29 Broderick Green RB 6-2 248 Jr. 31 Jerico Nelson S/LB 5-10 205 Jr. 33 Dennis Johnson RB 5-9 213 Jr. 35 Ronald Watkins RB 5-9 185 So. 37 Cameron Bryan K 5-10 176 So. 38 Jerry Mitchell S 6-7 214 Fr. 42 Garry Grace RB 6-1 226 So. 43 Tenarius Wright DE 6-1 241 So. 44 Van Stumon FB 6-1 266 Sr. 45 D.J. Williams TE 6-2 251 Sr. 46 Freddy Burton LB 6-2 238 Sr. 49 Ryan Wilbourn P 5-10 160 Jr. 50 Stephen Barnett LB 6-1 227 Sr 50 Robert Cox SNP 6-2 204 So. 51 Alfred Davis DT 6-1 326 So. 55 Austin Moss LB 6-3 227 So. 58 Damario Ambrose DE 6-5 270 Sr. 58 Blake Gunderson OL 6-3 290 So. 62 Nick Brewer SNP 6-1 221 Jr. 64 Travis Swanson C 6-5 305 Fr. 65 DeMarcus Love OT 6-5 315 Sr. 68 Clay Bemberg C 6-2 295 Sr. 72 Grant Cook OG 6-4 322 Jr. 76 Tyler Deacon OT 6-2 295 So 78 Anthony Oden OT 6-8 328 So. 81 Nick Walters P 6-3 213 Jr. 83 Neal Barlow WR 6-6 200 Fr. 84 Price Holmes WR 6-3 190 So. 85 Greg Childs WR 6-3 217 Jr 87 Austin Tate TE 6-6 246 Fr. 88 Ryan Farr WR 6-1 190 So. 90 Colton Nash DE 6-6 261 So. 92 DeQuinta Jones DT 6-5 307 So. 93 Brooks Reimer DE 6-3 265 Fr. 94 Will Coleman DE 6-2 247 Fr. 95 Patrick Jones DT 6-1 309 Sr.
WHITE TEAM
NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YEAR
1 Anthony Leon S 6-4 227 Sr. 2 Alex Tejada K 6-0 205 Sr. 3 Joe Adams WR 5-11 182 Jr. 4 Jarius Wright WR 5-10 180 Jr. 4 Rudell Crim CB 6-0 190 Sr. 6 Isaac Madison CB 5-11 185 Jr. 7 Knile Davis RB 6-0 216 So. 10 Nick Petrino QB 5-11 190 Jr. 14 Dylan Breeding P 6-1 211 So. 15 Ryan Mallett QB 6-7 238 Jr. 18 Jacoby Walker QB 6-2 212 Fr. 19 Dustin Cain S 6-0 190 Sr. 19 Carlton Salters WR 5-11 205 Sr. 20 Ronnie Wingo Jr. RB 6-3 227 So. 22 Telvin Griffin WR 6-0 178 So. 25 Kyle Coleman WR 6-0 195 Fr. 26 Brandon Pyle FB 6-2 240 So. 27 Justin Wortman WR 5-9 170 So. 28 Greg Gatson CB 5-10 175 Jr. 30 Mitchell Bailey FB 5-11 227 Jr. 30 Thomas Moss CB 5-9 185 Jr. 32 Bret Harris LB 6-0 228 Jr. 34 Jerry Franklin LB 6-1 241 Jr. 35 Ross Rasner S 6-0 205 So. 36 Andru Stewart CB 6-0 200 Sr. 39 Jovan Davis TE 6-2 250 So. 40 Michael Villegas LB 6-4 230 So. 41 Ryan Powers LB 6-1 223 Sr. 47 Matt Marshall LB 6-1 230 So. 53 Jermaine Love LB 5-11 230 Sr. 53 Derrell Hartwick SNP 5-9 168 Jr. 54 Colby Berna OL 6-5 293 Fr. 59 Rhett Richardson SNP 6-0 214 Sr. 60 Seth Oxner C 6-4 315 Jr. 61 Zach Stadther DT 6-1 295 Jr. 63 Adam Pearce DT 6-2 256 So 67 Alvin Bailey OG 6-5 323 Fr. 69 David Hurd OL 6-6 305 So. 70 Zhamal Thomas OG 6-5 343 Sr. 71 Wade Grayson OG 6-4 302 Sr. 73 Ray Dominguez OT 6-4 329 Sr. 79 Grant Freeman OT 6-7 298 Jr. 80 Chris Gragg TE 6-3 236 So. 82 Lance Ray WR 6-3 207 Fr. 86 Ben Cleveland TE 6-4 256 Sr. 87 Austin Tate TE 6-6 246 Fr. 89 Austin Tucker WR 6-1 195 Jr. 90 Alex Nerney WR 6-2 210 Jr. 91 Jake Bequette DE 6-5 271 Jr. 96 Jared Green DT 6-0 303 Jr. 97 Ryan Calender DE 6-7 241 Fr. 98 Caleb Evans DE 6-4 254 Sr. 99 Lavunce Askew DT 6-3 290 Jr.

Spring Football Practice Starts

The Razorbacks will start spring football practices tomorrow. Tyler Wilson will act as starting quarterback with Ryan Mallett still recovering from his broken foot. The practices will be on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday of each week concluding with a Spring Scrimmage on April 24.

Daly High on the Hogs!

Petrino Announces Depth Chart for Spring Football

DEPTH CHART


OFFENSE
W 3 Joe Adams (Jr., 5-11, 182)
19 Carlton Salters (Sr., 5-11, 205)
23 De'Anthony Curtis (Jr., 5-9, 215)
X 85 Greg Childs (Jr., 6-3, 217)
82 Lance Ray (Fr., 6-3, 207)
84 Price Holmes (So., 6-3, 190)
Y 45 D.J. Williams (Sr., 6-2, 251)
86 Ben Cleveland (Sr., 6-4, 256)
80 Chris Gragg (So., 6-3, 236)
Z 4 Jarius Wright (Jr., 5-10, 180)
11 Cobi Hamilton (So., 6-3, 209)
OT 73 Ray Dominguez (Sr., 6-4, 329)
78 Anthony Oden (So., 6-8, 328)
OG 72 Grant Cook (Jr., 6-4, 322)
67 Alvin Bailey (Fr., 6-5, 323)
C 60 Seth Oxner (Jr., 6-4, 315)
64 Travis Swanson (Fr., 6-5, 305)
OG 71 Wade Grayson (Sr., 6-4, 302)
70 Zhamal Thomas (Sr., 6-5, 343)
OT 65 DeMarcus Love (Sr., 6-5, 315)
79 Grant Freeman (Jr., 6-7, 298)
QB 15 Ryan Mallett (Jr., 6-7, 238) - inj.
8 Tyler Wilson (So., 6-3, 215)
RB 20 Ronnie Wingo Jr. (So., 6-3, 227)
7 Knile Davis (So., 6-0, 216) OR
29 Broderick Green (Jr., 6-2, 248) OR
33 Dennis Johnson (Jr., 5-9, 213)
FB 44 Van Stumon (Sr., 6-1, 266)
30 Mitchell Bailey (Jr., 5-11, 227)
DEFENSE
DE 91 Jake Bequette (Jr., 6-5, 271)
58 Damario Ambrose (Sr., 6-5, 270)
DT 61 Zach Stadther (Jr., 6-1, 295)
99 Lavunce Askew (Jr., 6-3, 290)
51 Alfred Davis (So., 6-1, 326)
DT 95 Patrick Jones (Sr., 6-1, 309)
92 DeQuinta Jones (So., 6-5, 307)
96 Jared Green (Jr., 6-0, 303)
DE 43 Tenarius Wright (So, 6-1, 241) - inj.
98 Caleb Evans (Sr., 6-4, 254)
90 Colton Nash (So., 6-6, 261)
OLB 31 Jerico Nelson (Jr., 5-10, 205)
32 Bret Harris (Jr., 6-0, 228)
MLB 53 Jermaine Love (Sr., 5-11, 230)
25 Terrell Williams (So., 6-3, 237)
55 Austin Moss (So., 6-3, 227)
OLB 34 Jerry Franklin (Jr., 6-1, 241)
46 Freddy Burton (Sr., 6-2, 238)
CB 26 Ramon Broadway (Sr., 5-9, 191)
36 Andru Stewart (Sr., 6-0, 200)
S 5 Tramain Thomas (Jr., 6-0, 187)
9 Elton Ford (Jr., 6-0, 215)
S 1 Anthony Leon (Sr., 6-4, 227)
38 Jerry Mitchell (Fr., 6-7, 214)
CB 4 Rudell Crim (Sr., 6-0, 190)
21 Darius Winston (So., 6-0, 185)
24 Isaac Madison (Jr., 5-11, 185)
SPECIAL TEAMS
K 2 Alex Tejada (Sr., 6-0, 205)
37 Cameron Bryan (So., 5-10, 176)
P 14 Dylan Breeding (So., 6-1, 211)
81 Nick Walters (Jr., 6-3, 213)
SNP 59 Rhett Richardson (Sr., 6-0, 214)
62 Nick Brewer (Jr., 6-1, 221)

Mallett Favorite For Heisman

Ryan Mallett is a popular favorite for the 2010 Heisman. He had an excellent sophomore season after sitting out for a full season since he transfered to Arkansas from Michigan. Mallett led the SEC with 3,624 passing yards and 30 touchdowns last season, both Arkansas records.

Coach Petrino and the Razorbacks will return a mature team with newcomers that will provide talent and depth on the defensive side of the ball, which was Arkansas's weakness in the 2009 season. The Razorbacks should start the season in the top 20, and their schedule is more favorable than the previous year's.

Mallett is currently recovering from a broken foot, but he should be back and primed for the start of two-a-days. He'll sit out of practice during the spring so backups Tyler Wilson and Brandon Mitchell can get some quality practice time in.

Here's a highlight tape of Ryan Mallett from the 2009 season:

The 2010 Class

NAME POS CLASS HEIGHT WEIGHT HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL)
Calvin Barnett DT FR 6-3 330 Tulsa, Okla. (Booker T. Washington HS)
Jatashun Beachum RB FR 6-1 270 Dallas, Texas (A. Maceo Smith HS)
Eric Bennett ATH FR 5-11 180 Tulsa, Okla. (Booker T. Washington HS)
LaCraig Brown DE FR 6-4 288 Monroe, La. (Richwood HS)
Eduardo Camara K FR 5-8 160 Cedar Hill, Texas (Cedar Hill HS)
Daunte Carr S FR 6-2 195 Gainesville, Ga. (Gainesville HS)
Luke Charpentier OT FR 6-4 315 River Ridge, La. (John Curtis Christian)
Cam Feldt OG FR 6-4 295 Pilot Point, Texas (Pilot Point HS)
Courtney Gaston LB FR 6-5 225 Ft. Gibson, Okla. (Ft. Gibson HS)
Brad Hefley TE FR 6-4 250 Joplin, Mo. (Joplin Senior HS)
Javontee HerndonWR FR 6-1 185 Jacksonville, Fla. (The Bolles School)
Zach Hocker K/P FR 6-0 170 Russellville, Ark. (Russellville HS)
Julian Horton WR FR 6-1 194 Norcross, Ga. (Greater Atlanta Christian School)
Maudrecus Humphrey WR FR 6-3 185 Hoover, Ala. (Hoover HS)
Jeremiah Jackson DT FR 6-3 260 Hoover, Ala. (Spain Park HS)
Byran Jones DT FR 6-2 310 Junction City, Ark. (Junction City HS)
Jarrett Lake ATH FR 6-3 220 Jenks, Okla. (Jenks HS)
Braylon Mitchell RB/LB FR 6-2 225 Heber Springs, Ark. (Heber Springs HS)
Denton Simek OL FR 6-6 285 Prague, Okla. (Prague HS)
Chris Smith DE FR 6-2 230 Mount Ulla, N.C. (West Rowan HS)
Darrell Smith ATH FR 6-3 190 Port St. Joe, Fla. (Port St. Joe HS)
Alan Turner ATH FR 6-0 185 Junction City, Ark. (Junction City HS)
Garrett Uekman TE FR 6-4 241 Little Rock, Ark. (Catholic HS)
Marquel Wade WR FR 5-11 180 Jacksonville, Fla. (Andrew Jackson HS)
Jacoby Walker * QB FR 6-2 197 Houston, Texas (Westfield HS) * -- Enrolled at UA in January 2010

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Petrino's Season Recap Presser

Petrino Filling Needs With 2010 Class

With February 3rd (national signing day) looming, I thought I'd provide a quick update with the 2010 class. Coach Petrino is doing an excellent job at filling spots that were evident weaknesses for the hogs during the 2009 season. With nearly all of the starters on offense returning for at least another year, coach Petrino focused on the other side of the ball with this year's class. However, with several of the recruits being considered athletes that could play either way, he's also preparing for the possibility of several juniors on offense turning pro next year.

On the defensive side, it's obvious that linebacker, cornerback and safety are priorities. The defensive line is too, but Petrino has yet to really get the commitments to date. That could change next weekend when several DT and DE prospects will visit Fayetteville. This weekend will wrap up the 2010 recruiting season. After next weekend, we should have more certainty as to how this class will shape up, but we will only know for sure after the ink has dried on national signing day.

What's most impressive about this class is the size and speed of the players. Petrino likes players that are tall and long armed. To get these players, Petrino went outside of Arkansas plucking players from all over the country. It's clear that Florida was a high priority for the Razorbacks this year. To date, Petrino has only accepted commitments from 3 players from Arkansas.

It will be interesting to see how things play out in the days leading up to signing day. The maximum number of commitments is 28 for all SEC schools. This is a new self imposed rule. The NCAA only allows for a maximum of 25 scholarships per year with an overall limit of 85 scholarships per school. The hogs are currently sitting on 22 commitments. It's unclear if they will have enough roster spots to meet the 25 scholarship limit.

Below is a list of the current recruits with their rivals.com ratings.

Cam Feldt OL 6-5 290 5.3 5.8 Pilot Point, TX
Jatashun Beachum ATH 6-2 275 4.6 5.7 Dallas, TX
Eric Bennett ATH 5-10 176 4.6 5.7 Tulsa, OK
Courtney Gaston LB 6-3 205 4.5 5.7 Fort Gibson, OK
Jeremiah Jackson DT 6-2 265 - 5.7 Hoover, AL
Garrett Uekman TE 6-4 235 4.7 5.7 Little Rock, AR
Marquel Wade WR 5-11 180 4.5 5.7 Jacksonville, FL
Joseph Byrd DB 5-10 170 4.415.6 Cape Coral, FL
Daunte Carr DB 6-3 205 4.575.6 Gainesville, GA
Luke Charpentier OL 6-4 305 5.1 5.6 River Ridge, LA
Brad Hefley ATH 6-5 255 4.9 5.6 Joplin, MO
Julian Horton ATH 6-1 182 4.5 5.6 Norcross, GA
Braylon Mitchell ATH 6-2 208 - 5.6 Heber Springs, AR
Dimitri Orr DE 6-6 230 4.8 5.6 Oxford, AL
Darrell Smith DB 6-2 185 4.455.6 Port Saint Joe, FL
Jordan Rainey OL 6-5 310 5.3 5.5 Joplin, MO
Chris Smith LB 6-2 230 4.7 5.5 Mount Ulla, NC
Jacoby Walker QB 6-2 210 4.595.5 Spring, TX
Eduardo Camara K 5-8 155 - 5.4 Cedar Hill, TX
William Russ K 6-3 170 - 5.4 Shreveport, LA
LaCraig Brown DT 6-4 261 4.9 - Monroe, LA
Deonte Welch ATH 5-11 181 4.5 - Williston, FL

Coach Petrino Speaks

A partial transcript of the yesterday's media conference is below.

Head Coach Bobby Petrino: Opening Statement:
"First of all, I was happy with the season. We talked about being better than we were my first year here and I certainly feel that we were. We put a nice home run together. One thing that you have to do to win a championship is win your home games and we came very close to that. If we had been able to win our home game against Georgia, we would have won all of our home games. I think we have certainly taken a step forward in the program.

We broke a number of records-both team records and individual records-and that's a credit to our team. Anytime you break individual records, it's because your team is performing well. At the end of the season, those things are important. During the season, you try not to think or talk about those things because you're worried about winning games, but at the end of the season, those are things you evaluate and they become important to our individual players.

We started eight true freshmen at some time during the season. I think that number was tops in the SEC and second in the nation. We are still a very, very young football team and we're working on growing as a football team. We made tremendous strides in our turnover margin. At the end of my first year, we were -9 and last year we were plus +15 which is a great turnaround and why we were able to win some games. You look back at the Florida and LSU games and if we had been able to finish those games and win in the fourth quarter, we'd be talking about a great year for us. We weren't able to do that, but we did finish strong and at the end of the season, we were a much better team than we were at the beginning.

We didn't play well at the bowl game. You can see why there aren't a lot of points scored in cold-weather situations throughout the country because it did affect us in our ability to throw the ball, in our ability to catch the ball and execute the way we needed to on offense. But it was a good way for us to win a football game where the defense had to step up and make the plays that made the difference in the game. That's a credit to our defensive staff and players staying in there and working hard."

On status of injuries heading into spring semester:
"One thing I've very happy with is our trainers and new medical staff. They've done an excellent job as everyone has come back to start school. On Monday, we had exit physicals, on Tuesday, we had MRIs scheduled for guys that needed it and Wednesday, we had some surgeries. We had four or five guys that needed some kind of surgery. We had some shoulders that needed to be tied down and tightened up. Van Stumon was one of those and Ryan Mallett was another. Ryan had some work done to his left shoulder. Both of those went very, very well and both will be in spring ball. Van will not be able to have full contact and we don't have full contact with quarterbacks. We had a couple of knees to get cleaned up with some cartilage work. DeMarcus Love and (Grant) Cook had their knees cleaned up a little bit. All of them are doing real well. With Chris Gragg, they went in and took out a screw from his previous surgery. That's a credit to Matt Summers and our training staff and doctors. To have all that done with that much organization, was crucial for us moving forward and having a great offseason."

On new additions to coaching staff:
"We have some new coaches on our staff. Obviously, when you lose coaches, it hurts and it's not something you like to do but it is part of the profession. Coaches like to have a chance to move on and all of them have different reasons. I'm real excited about the staff we have in place now with the new guys that came in. Steve Caldwell came in to coach our defensive ends. When I was the offensive coordinator at the University of Nevada, Steve was the defensive coordinator so we competed against each other all the time in practice and worked together to win games. I've always followed his career at Tennessee and how well he's done in recruiting, so we're getting a great football coach and a tremendous recruiter and I think he'll be a great addition to our staff.

Kris Cinkovich is coming in to coach our receivers. He's a guy I've worked with before and a guy I've watched travel through the small college ranks into being a head high school coach and into being a receivers coach at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas for six years. When I went to interview him, there was no question that he was the right guy for the job. He knows a lot of our offense already. He knows the drills and everything we do coaching our receivers. He also gives us a unique aspect in recruiting in the fact that he's been a high school coach and has been able to establish relationships with other high school coaches and I think that's something that really will help us in recruiting.

Being able to go out and hire Chris Klenakis as our offensive line coach is something I'm very excited about. We worked together at the University of Nevada-Reno. We threw the ball a lot but we were always very good at running the football. We worked for a Hall of Fame coach by the name of Chris Ault. Coach Ault is someone I have tremendous respect for. He taught me a lot about football and motivation. I've known Chris (Klenakis) forever and he has a unique knowledge of our offense but they were also the innovators of the so-called pistol offense and that's something I'm very interested in. We used aspects of it this year and I think it was really good for us in the passing game and now to be able to bring in the guy that knows the intricacies of the run game, I'm really excited about that. I know it was the right hire and it will be great for our football team. He's going to come in to coach our offensive line and do a great job motivating and getting them to come off the ball and play with great speed."

On work to be done during offseason:
"The idea right now is to build on what we have. It was fun the other day, when we got to meet together as a team, to see how many seniors are sitting in that front row and how much experience is there. They need to take this offseason and become the best possible football players they can become. They can get in better physical condition. There some guys that need to get bigger and stronger, and there are guys that need to get smaller and stronger. That's what the offseason is about."

On the announced returns of Ryan Mallett and D.J. Williams:
"We talked a lot about it after the season-between the end of the season and the bowl game-and then put it to sleep a couple weeks before the bowl game. I think they both made the right decision. I think Ryan coming back, continuing to work on his skills and development as a quarterback, will help him in his future."

On expectations for 2010 season:
"I like the fact there are expectations out there. Obviously, our expectations are very high, but I would rather have people think we're going to be a good football team. I've always believed that preseason rankings are based on how you finish and what you have coming back. As a football team, we finished strong and we have a lot of good returning players so I'm hoping there's some pressure on us and we're ranked to start the season."

Assistant Coach Chris Klenakis: Opening Statement:
"First off, I'd like to state that I'm very honored and very proud to be a Razorback right now. I'm excited to be in the Southeastern Conference, the best conference in the United States. Most importantly, I'm proud to be associated and coaching again with Coach Petrino. Our time together at Nevada was highly successful. As coach said earlier, we were the second-ranked team in offense, but we also produced the leading receiver in the nation and our quarterback led the nation in offense that year. I learned a lot of good football under Coach Petrino and was able to learn the base foundation of his offense. Obviously, since then he's added to that offense and I'm excited to continue to learn and grow as a coach. I'm very happy to be here and proud to be part of this great institution to help Coach Petrino with his quest to win championships."