What we saw at our third trip to Arkansas football spring practice
Here are three takeaways from our third trip out to Arkansas football spring practice. It was a good day for the QBs and WR Antonio Jordan.
FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas football returned to the fields outside the Walker Pavilion for its seventh spring practice Tuesday, April 7. The Razorbacks are officially halfway through their spring preparations, building up to the annual Red-White game on Saturday, April 25. That will be the first time Ryan Silverfield leads the Hogs in front of a public audience inside Razorback Stadium.
This was the third practice the Southwest Times Record has been able to attend. Here's what we saw during a 75-minute viewing period open to the local media. Quarterbacks help Arkansas football offense bounce back The offense did not score a touchdown in the scrimmage on Saturday, April 4, but the unit looked relatively crisp at Tuesday's practice.
The first- and second-string offenses went 4 for 4 in scoring touchdowns during 11-on-11 drills The first team session was a tempo drill, and KJ Jackson was 3 for 3 in leading the starters into the end zone. He had a play-action roll out to Ty Lockwood, a bubble screen to Chris Marshall and a swing pass to Braylen Russell that went for a touchdown. Jackson also ran a quarterback draw for a solid gain.
AJ Hill also led his unit to a touchdown, with the big throws being a pass to Courtney Cruthfield across the middle and a bubble to Donovan Faupel for a touchdown. The second 11-on-11 drill started with each offense facing first-and-goal from the 10. Jackson fired a touchdown pass to Marshall on a slant route during the first play.