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Jace Brown released from Arkansas scholarship agreement | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

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1 year ago

May 13, 2025

Jace Brown released from Arkansas scholarship agreement | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

FAYETTEVILLE — Wide receiver signee Jace Brown has been released from his scholarship agreement with Arkansas football, a team spokesperson told WholeHogSports on Tuesday.

Brown, rated a 3-star in Arkansas’ 2025 recruiting class by 247Sports, was a high school teammate of former Arkansas quarterback Madden Iamaleava. The pair transferred from Warren (Calif.) High School to Long Beach Polytechnic High School ahead of their senior seasons and were denied eligiblity at their new school by the California Interscholastic Federation.

Both Brown and Iamaleava were committed to UCLA before flipping to Arkansas on the first day of the early signing period on Dec. 4.

Iamaleava enrolled early and went through spring practices with the Razorbacks. Brown did not and was set to arrive on campus this summer.

After running the third-team offense for most of Arkansas’ spring practice slate, Iamaleava transferred to UCLA during the spring portal window to join his older brother, former Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava.

Madden Iamaleava is reportedly in a legal dispute with Arkansas Edge, the Razorbacks’ NIL collective, which is seeking $200,000 in repayment following his transfer, per multiple reports.

Asked in April whether Iamaleava’s departure from Arkansas would impact Brown’s signing, coach Sam Pittman said, “It could. We’ll see. It certainly could.”

Christina Long

Christina Long is the editor of Hawgs Illustrated magazine. She has previously covered Arkansas athletics for the Southwest Times Record and Clemson athletics for the Greenville (S.C.) News. Long is a member of the Association for Women in Sports Media, Football Writers Association of America, U.S. Basketball Writers Association and National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, and a voter for the Heisman Trophy. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri.

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Arkansas Governor joins national A.I. workforce initiative

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3 hours ago

June 25, 2026

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Arkansas Governor joins national A.I. workforce initiative

LITTLE ROCK, AR (KATV) — Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has joined a new national artificial intelligence initiative that launched Thursday, June 25.

RAISE US, started by former Governor Eric Holcomb of Indiana and Gina Raimondo, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce is a nonpartisan national organization that will partner with governors, employers, workers and training organizations to help the workforce transition to an AI economy.

“As artificial intelligence transforms America’s economy, we have one clear message: technology should empower people, not replace them. By leveraging our Arkansas LAUNCH initiative, and with the resources and expertise provided by RAISE US, Arkansas will turn that mission into reality. We want the Natural State to be a leader on education, workforce training, and up-skilling, and this new partnership gives us the tools we need to build a model for the entire nation.”

The organization will design and pilot incentives to retrain workers, new approaches to support job transitions, and training models tied to employer demand.

RAISE US launches with more than two dozen American companies and philanthropies and initial state partnerships in Connecticut, Maryland and Utah.

“America has a technology strategy for leading the global AI competition. It does not yet have a people strategy — and we cannot lead without one,” Raimondo, who will serve as CEO of RAISE US, said.

“If we build the best AI systems in the world and leave millions of Americans behind, we won’t have won anything; we’ll have automated our own decline. I believe AI will create new jobs and industries over time, but the transition could be disruptive, and it’s already underway. We shouldn’t fearmonger, but we can’t pretend our training and worker support systems are ready either. It’s time for innovative and practical solutions. This moment demands ambition, urgency, and creativity. We’ve assembled the country’s top companies, best economists, and bipartisan governors at a scale rarely seen — all to advance new ideas and incentives, pilot them with governors and business, and scale what works.”

Governor Sanders is partnering with RAISE US to support Arkansas LAUNCH, an AI-powered career navigation platform that connects students and jobseekers to personalized learning and employer-linked career pathways.

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