A Poolsville contributor provides a first-hand account of the Arkansas Razorbacks' football practices...
When I got there at 8:30 they were scrimmaging 11 on 11 and tackling to the ground. At first the focus was on running the ball and the defense shut the run down (not necessarily a bad thing ). When they started mixing in some passes, the running opened up some. Broderick Green and Kniles Davis had some good runs. Kniles does drop swing passes that Broderick catches.
I have never seen Mallett so on with his passes both short and long. Chris Gragg and Greg Childs made some great catches. All four tight ends (DJ, Ben, Austin Tate, and Uekman) looked very good. All caught passes and were active downfield blockers. When the were running the ball, Brandon Mitchell looked very good with his fakes and keepers. He also threw the ball well on short passes. It seemed that nothing went right today for Tyler. He dropped snaps from under center and was overthrowing receivers.
They mixed up the kickoff and punt returners. The only two kickoff returners were Marquel Wade and Maudrecus Humphrey. Wade, who is probably the fastest on the team, dropped the first two kickoffs (I feel sure that Dennis Johnson will handle kickoffs in the first game). However, he made some good catches as a receiver. In track, Wade says he wants to run the 100, 220, and 440! The most consistent punt returner with no drops is the speedster from Tulsa, Julian Horton.
Once again, Hocker outkicked Tejada. Still, the farthest kick was only 2 yards into the end zone. The punters were their usual inconsistent selves.
The conditioning of this team must be great. It is very hot and with them now in full pads and tackling to the ground I have not seen anyone even limp off the field and not be ready for the next play. The depth on this team is so good that even the threes are pretty good. They freely substitute offensive and defensive ones and twos by group and then substitute the threes individually.
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