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Majority of Arkansas' Power Five Talent Leaving State

Hogs Ability to Land Top In-State Players Drops Dramatically This Season

Kent Smith

Majority of Arkansas' Power Five Talent Leaving State
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. โ€“ The Arkansas Razorbacks put together a solid signing day. However, at least until the new recruits start producing on the field, all Hog fans seem to be talking about is the in-state players who are leaving the state.ย 

Sam Pittman and company only landed two of the Top 5 players and four of the Top 10, all of which went to either SEC or Big Ten schools. The list of Power Five players went 12 deep this year. Here's where they ended up.

Coming off the 2021 season, Arkansas signed eight of the Top 11 players in the state, which shows how much things have changed. As for Eli Drinkwitz at Missouri, he has picked up four of the state's top players the past two years, three of which came from Pine Bluff.

#1
Courtney Crutchfield, WR
Pine Bluff HS

#2
Charleston Collins, DL
Little Rock Mills HS

#3
Walker White, QB
Little Rock Christian Academy

#4
Braylen Russell, RB
Benton HS

#5
Drake Lindsey, QB
Benton HS

#6
CJ Brown, RB
Bentonville HS

#7
Austyn Dendy, ATH
Pine Bluff HS

#8
Wyatt Simmons, LB
Harding Academy

#9
Bryan Huff, LB
Valley View HS

#10
Joseph McVay, ATH
Earle HS

#12
Chauncey Johnson, OT
Lonoke HS

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Kent Smith
KENT SMITH

Kent Smith has been in the world of media and film for nearly 30 years. From Nolan Richardson's final seasons, former Razorback quarterback Clint Stoerner trying to throw to anyone and anything in the blazing heat of Cowboys training camp in Wichita Falls,ย the first high school and college games after 9/11,ย to Troy Aikman's retirement and Alex Rodriguez's signing of his quarter billion dollar contract, Smith has been there to report on some of the region's biggest moments.ย