Arkansas
Blair, Woodard to transfer from Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas security Simeon Blair intends to depart the Razorbacks’ program.
Blair, a Pine Bluff native, has entered the NCAA switch portal lower than two days after Arkansas’ 55-53 victory over Kansas on the Liberty Bowl in Memphis. He had seven tackles, together with one for misplaced yardage, within the sport.
A former walk-on, Blair completed third on the group in 2022 with 73 tackles. He additionally had 2 tackles for loss and 5 go breakups, together with 1 in 3 straight video games towards Mississippi State, BYU and Auburn.
Blair, who had a career-high 10 stops towards Missouri State this fall and 9 towards Alabama, totaled 136 tackles and 11 go breakups in his Arkansas profession.
Following the season-ending harm to captain and security Jalen Catalon within the 2022 opener towards Cincinnati, Blair was named a captain in his stead.
He performed a team-high 962 defensive snaps in 13 video games this season and completed with the fourth-lowest total protection grade amongst Razorbacks, in keeping with Professional Soccer Focus, at 51.2. Blair additionally posted the second-worst protection grade (42.0) on the group.
Blair’s tackling grade of 79.1 was Arkansas’ second finest in 2022.
Razorbacks linebacker Jackson Woodard introduced in a publish to his Twitter account on Friday that he additionally intends to switch.
A Little Rock native, Woodard had seven tackles in 2022, together with two within the Liberty Bowl towards the Jayhawks. He was listed as a backup linebacker on Arkansas’ depth chart for the sport.
Woodard noticed the sector for 51 defensive snaps in eight video games, per PFF, and had an total protection grade of 54.1.