2018 Arkansas Football Media Guide
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Quick Facts .................................................3 COACHES & STAFF Chad Morris ...............................................4 John Chavis ...............................................6 Joe Craddock IV .......................................7 Steve Caldwell ...........................................8 Ron Cooper ................................................9 Dustin Fry .................................................10 Barry Lunney Jr. ......................................11 John Scott Jr. ..........................................12 Jeff Traylor ...............................................13 Mark Smith ................................................14 Justin Stepp .............................................15 Trumain Carroll ........................................16 Randy Ross ...............................................17 Support Staff ............................................18 PLAYERS Roster .........................................................19 Returners ..................................................21 Newcomers ............................................. 60 2017 REVIEW 2017 Game Recaps .................................67 2017 Statistics .........................................79 2017 SEC Recap ...................................... 86 HISTORY 1964 National Champions ...................88 National Award Winners .......................89 All-Americans ..........................................96 All-SEC Selections ..................................98 SEC Weekly Awards ..............................100 All-SWC Selections ...............................102 Retired Numbers ..................................103 Honors .....................................................104 All-Time Letterwinners ........................110 All-Time Coaching Staff .......................116 All-Time Overall Records .....................118 Season-by-Season Results ................120 Vs. All Opponents ..................................131 Vs. 2018 Opponents ..............................132 Overtime Games ...................................134 Bowl History .......................................... 135 Bowl Records .........................................136 PRO HOGS Hogs in the Draft ..................................138 Hogs in the NFL .....................................141 Hogs in the Super Bowl ......................145 RECORD BOOK Individual Records ...............................146 Team Records ........................................170 National/Conference Leaders ..........180 Opponent/Attendance Records ........182 Hunter Yurachek ..................................183 Media Information ...............................185 2 QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Fayetteville, Ark. FOOTBALL STAFF Founded: 1871 Nickname: Razorbacks Enrollment: 27,558 Official Athletics Website: www.ArkansasRazorbacks.com HEAD COACH CHAD MORRIS Chancellor: Dr. Joseph E. Steinmetz (Central Michigan, 1977) Alma Mater, Year: Texas A&M, 1992 Faculty Athletics Representative: Gerald Jordan (Arkansas, 1970) Record at Arkansas: 0-0 (first season) Conference: Southeastern (West) Career Record: 14-22 Colors: Cardinal (PMS 201) and White Twitter: @coachchadmorris Stadium (Capacity): Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium (76,000) Location: Fayetteville, Ark. FOOTBALL STAFF Playing Surface: Synthetic PowerBlade 2.5 Coaches Record: 188-96-2 (.664) John Chavis (Tennessee, 1978), Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Stadium (Capacity): War Memorial Stadium (54,120) Joe Craddock (Middle Tennessee State, 2008), Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Location: Little Rock, Ark. Steve Caldwell (Arkansas State, 1977), Defensive Line Playing Surface: Field Turf Ron Cooper (Jacksonville State, 1983), Secondary Record: 151-60-4 (.711) Dustin Fry (Clemson, 2006), Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator Stadium (Capacity): AT&T Stadium (71,815) Barry Lunney Jr. (Arkansas, 1996), Tight Ends Location: Arlington, Texas John Scott Jr. (Western Carolina, 2000), Defensive Line Playing Surface: Matrix Field Turf Mark Smith (Hardin-Simmons, 2000), Secondary Record: 4-4 (.500) Justin Stepp (Furman, 2007), Wide Receivers Jeff Traylor (Stephen F. Austin, 1990), Associate Head Coach/Running Backs FOOTBALL INFORMATION 2017 Overall Record: 4-8 Strength & Conditioning 2017 SEC Record/Finish: 1-7/7th (West) Trumain Carroll, Head Strength & Conditioning Coach Offensive System: Multiple Rhett Brooks, Associate Strength & Conditioning Coach Defensive System: Multiple 4-3 Chad Cain, Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach Marc Soltis, Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach Letterwinners Returning/Lost Lance Yancy, Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach Total: 55/22 (19 returning starters) Offense: 25/11 (9 returning starters) Operations Defense: 25/11 (9 returning starters) Randy Ross, Director of Football Operations Specialist: 2/2 (2 returning starters) SJ Tuohy, Assistant Director of Football Operations Jon Blake, Football Operations Graduate Assistant First Year of Football: 1894 All-Time Record: 713-494-40 (.588 in 124 seasons) Analyst/Quality Control All-Time Conference Record: 340-310-18 (.522 in 104 seasons) GJ Kinne, Offensive Analyst Southeastern Conference (1992-Present): 91-115-2 (.442 in 26 seasons) Will Bryant, Offensive Quality Control Southwest Conference (1915-91): 249-195-16 (.559 in 78 seasons) Jordan Traylor, Offensive Quality Control All-Time Bowl Record: 15-24-3 (.393) Tanner Burns, Special Teams Quality Control National Championships: 1 – 1964 (FWAA and Helms Athletic Foundation) John Roberts, Defensive Quality Control Conference Championships: 13 (SWC) – 1936, 1946, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1975, 1979, 1988, 1989 SEC Western Division Championships: 4 – 1995, 1998, 2002, 2006 Graduate Assistants All-America Selections: 57 players, 71 times Imarjaye Albury, Defensive Graduate Assistant All-Conference Selections (First Team Only): 217 players, 320 times Kelvin Bolden, Offensive Graduate Assistant All-SEC (First Team Only): 45 players, 84 times Ty Gatson, Offensive Graduate Assistant All-SWC (First Team Only): 172 players, 236 times Eric Ponio, Defensive Graduate Assistant All-Time NFL Draft Picks: 268 (23 in first round) High School/NFL Relations 2018 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Bobby Allen, Director of High School and NFL Relations Sept. 1 Eastern Illinois First Meeting Sept. 8 at Colorado State Razorbacks lead series 3-0 Video Sept. 15 NORTH TEXAS Razorbacks lead series 9-0 Samuel Ogden, Director of Football Video Sept. 22 * at Auburn Tigers lead series 15-11-1 Brooks Cockrell, Assistant Director of Football Video/Creative Media Sept. 29 ^* vs. Texas A&M Razorbacks lead series 41-30-3 Oct. 6 * ALABAMA Crimson Tide lead series 20-8 Recruiting/Personnel Oct. 13 +* OLE MISS Razorbacks lead series 36-27-1 Taylor Edwards, Director of Recruiting Oct. 20 TULSA (HC) Razorbacks lead series 55-14-3 Jessica Jefferson, Director of On-Campus Recruiting Operations Oct. 27 * VANDERBILT Razorbacks lead series 7-2 Cody Vincent, Assistant Director of Recruiting/Graphic Design Nov. 10 * LSU Tigers lead series 39-22-2 Jake Nevill, Coordinator of Football Creative Services/Graphic Design Nov. 17 * at Mississippi State Razorbacks lead series 16-11-1 Mark Modleski, Personnel Assistant Nov. 23 * at Missouri Tigers lead series 6-3 All CAPS - denotes home game Equipment Operations + - denotes game played in Little Rock, Ark. (War Memorial Stadium) Jake Rosch, Director of Football Equipment Operations ^ - denotes Southwest Classic in Arlington, Texas (AT&T Stadium) Tyler Renard, Assistant Football Equipment Manager * - denotes SEC game Kyle Brende, Equipment Operations Graduate Assistant FOOTBALL COMMUNICATIONS Athletic Training Kyle Parkinson, Associate AD for Communications Dave Polanski, Head Athletic Trainer Phone: 479-387-4753 (cell) Chris Hauler, Assistant Athletic Trainer Email: [email protected] Sye Nobles, Athletic Training Graduate Assistant Brandon Langlois, Assistant Communications Director Phone: 479-313-9459 (cell) Chase Webb, Athletic Training Graduate Assistant Email: [email protected] Fax: 479-575-4904 Office Mailing Address: Communications Office, P.O. Box 7777, Fayetteville, AR 72702 Clarinda Carr, Administrative Assistant – Head Coach Overnight Address: Communications Office, 1240 W. LeRoy Pond Drive, Fayetteville, AR 72701 Laurie Hicks, Administrative Assistant – Assistant Coaches Press Box Phone (Razorback Stadium): 479-575-6622 Tara Speer, Administrative Assistant – Recruiting Press Box Phone (War Memorial Stadium): 501-663-0514 2018 RAZORBACK FOOTBALL 3 HEAD COACH CHAD MORRIS FIRST SEASON SMU TURNAROUND During his three seasons at SMU (2015-17), Morris used his Texas recruiting roots and offensive prowess to take the Mustangs from a 1-11 campaign in 2013 before he took over to the program’s first bowl bid since 2012 with a 7-5 mark in 2017. Morris’ offensive scheme was exactly what SMU needed, as it increased the team’s scoring output by 16.7 points per game in his first season – the second-largest increase in the nation in 2015. Even more impressive, Morris inherited an offense that ranked last (128th) in the FBS in scoring in 2014 (11.8) and turned it into the nation’s eighth-highest scoring offense (40.1) in 2017. The 2017 SMU offense marked the fourth time and third different program that Morris has either been the head coach or offensive coordinator of that has finished in the top 10 in the FBS in scoring average at more than 40 points per game. The Mustangs were one just two FBS teams that featured a 3,000-yard