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Arkansas football misses out on two highly-ranked recruits from Little Rock
FAYETTEVILLE — The latest up-and-down recruiting cycle for Arkansas football continued Saturday with a pair of top recruits from inside the state committing elsewhere and spurning the Razorbacks.
Omarion Robinson and Monterrio Elston of Little Rock’s Parkview Magnet High School are headed west. Robinson, the No. 2 recruit in Arkansas and the No. 26 safety in the country according to the 247sports composite, committed to SEC rival Oklahoma. Elston announced his pledge for Kansas State.
Both players went public with their commitments at a ceremony inside Parkview Magnet.
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Robinson is a significant loss, with the top-three players from Arkansas all committed to other schools. The state’s top recruit, offensive tackle Carius Curne, committed to LSU on June 20, while four-star safety Marcus Wimberly is slated to play for Oklahoma.
Elston is another top-10 prospect out of Arkansas and is the 96th-ranked running back in the country.
Two local players spurning the Hogs is a disappointment for head coach Sam Pittman, but the Razorbacks logged their biggest win of the recruiting cycle last week with the commitment of four-star linebacker Tavion Wallace. The Georgia native shocked recruiting experts by picking the Hogs over Florida State and Florida.
The Razorbacks 2025 class ranks 28th in the country and 12th in the SEC. There are just three in-state commits currently in the class with quarterback Grayson Wilson, athlete Quinten Murphy and wide receiver Antonio Jordan.
FAYETTEVILLE — Ryan Silverfield will be officially introduced as the 35th head coach of Arkansas football on Thursday, Dec. 4.
That’s when Silverfield will have his first press conference. The media session is scheduled for 1 p.m. Four hours later, Silverfield will be introduced to the public with a celebration inside the Walker Pavilion. That event is free to attend, with doors opening at 4 p.m.
Razorbacks athletic director Hunter Yurachek will also take part in Silverfield’s press conference with the local media.
Silverfield arrives in Arkansas after spending the previous decade at Memphis. He worked his way from assistant to head coach, taking over as the Tigers’ leader after Mike Norvell left for Florida State in 2019.
In six full seasons as the Memphis coach, Silverfield went 50-25, including a pair of 10-plus win seasons in 2023 and 2024. He earned bowl eligibility in all six years.
With eight wins this season, Memphis has posted 29 victories over the last three seasons to be among the nation’s top-15 programs in wins.
Before Memphis, Silverfield had stints at the high school, college and NFL ranks. He served as an assistant coach for the Detroit Lions and the Minnesota Vikings and spent time at Jacksonville, UCF, Toledo and Arizona State.
Arkansas craves the kind of consistent winning Silverfield experienced with the Tigers. The Hogs are coming off a 2-10 campaign under the combination of Pittman and interim coach Bobby Petrino. In their past three seasons, the Razorbacks have a combined record of 13-24 overall. That mark drops to 4-20 in the SEC.
Jackson Fuller covers Arkansas football, basketball and baseball for the Southwest Times Record, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at jfuller@usatodayco.com or follow him@jacksonfuller16 on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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