SI All-American Football Candidates in Arkansas

SI All-American's watch list of the top seniors (the class of 2021) in the state of Arkansas

Eight high school football players from the state of Arkansas are on the watch list for the Sports Illustrated All-American team for 2020.

Video highlights, scouting analyses and a list of each player’s college verbal commitment and/or top college contenders can be found on their bio pages, broken down by state, at SIAllAmerican.com.

The Arkansas honorees are:

• Cole Joyce - 6-0 / 212 / ILB from Bentonville, Ark. (Bentonville)
• Marco Avant - 6-3 / 210 / OLB from Forrest City, Ark. (Jonesboro)
• Dreyden Norwood - 6-0 / 175 / WR from Fort Smith, Ark. (Northside)
• Tyas Martin - 6-3 / 318 / DT from Jacksonville, Ark. (Jacksonville)
• Deldrick Withers - 6-4 / 245 / DE from Little Rock, Ark. (Joe T. Robinson)
• Landon Rogers - 6-4 / 215 / QB from Little Rock, Ark. (Parkview Magnet)
• Mason Brotherton - 6-4.5 / 242 / TE from Mena, Ark. (Mena)
• Terry Wells - 6-4 / 292 / OT from Wynne, Ark. (Wynne)

Avant and Wells are verbally committed to Arkansas; Withers and Brotherton to Kansas; Joyce to Central Florida; and Norwood to Texas A&M. Martin, Rogers holds numerous offers.

For a breakdown of which of the 1,000 SIAA nominees across the nation have verbally committed to or are considering Power 5 schools in the south-central U.S. as their college choice, head to:

• Arkansas
• Baylor
• LSU
• Oklahoma
• Oklahoma State
• TCU
• Texas
• Texas A&M
• Texas Tech

The evaluation process will continue throughout the season “until the list of 1,000 contenders coalesces around just 25 young men who can say proudly they are the best of the best -- they are Sports Illustrated All-Americans,” said SI Director of Football Recruiting John Garcia, Jr.

Sports Illustrated will narrow the candidates to 250 in October, 99 in November and then announce a first-team of 25, second-team of 25 and an honorable mention group in December. The first-team selections will be invited to the SI Sportsperson of the Year banquet.

Over the coming weeks, SI will unveil its preseason top 10 for each of 14 position groups (kicking off with quarterbacks this week). SI will unveil its initial preseason top 99 rankings, the SI99, on August 24.