Former Florida Gators offensive lineman Joshua Braun has dedicated to Arkansas after formally visiting the Razorbacks over the weekend
“It is a excellent spot,” Braun stated. “These are a few of the most avid followers I’ve seen. It is a fantastic state of affairs. They had been telling us the College of Arkansas soccer crew is the most important soccer crew, sports activities venue within the state. There is not any professional groups and no different Energy 5 college. We are able to inform they’re the delight of Arkansas.
“Simply to have the ability to placed on for a state like Arkansas and the fan base could be wonderful and fairly the expertise. I am trying ahead to being concerned in Fayetteville and the college and sports activities.”
His spouse Azucena and his mother and father accompanied him to Fayetteville.
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Braun, 6-6, 335 kilos, was dedicated to Sam Pittman at Georgia earlier than he left to turn out to be the coach at Arkansas. He flipped his pledge to Florida and then-head coach Dan Mullen.
He introduced Oct. 18 his plans to switch from the Gators after enjoying in 11 video games as a freshman, 13 video games as a sophomore, together with 7 begins, and in 2 video games this fall.
He plans to play guard at Arkansas. Braun was a consensus 4-star prospect and was rated as excessive because the No. 11 offensive sort out within the nation by ESPN for the 2020 class as a senior at Suwannee Excessive College in Reside Oak, Fla.
Braun, who plans to enroll in January, is elated to be reunited with Pittman.
“It is unbelievable. When he was recruiting me at Georgia he was very up entrance with me that the one job was the pinnacle teaching job at Arkansas,” stated Braun, who was additionally aware of Razorbacks offensive line coach Cody Kennedy, who was a graduate assistant at Georgia in 2018. “It was form of his dream, so to see him obtain his dream and to have the ability to part of him having success in a spot he loves a lot will likely be large.
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“I am trying ahead to being on his crew and serving to him win championships.”
Braun’s brother Parker was a primary crew All-ACC offensive lineman in 2017 and 2018 at Georgia Tech earlier than being a starter at Texas in 2019 as a grad switch. His brother Trey was additionally an offensive lineman at Georgia Tech from 2011-15.
Braun’s mother and father attended Military within the late Nineteen Eighties. His father Mike was a lineman and his mom Karen was a captain for the basketball crew.
He thought of Florida State, Central Florida, Penn State and Oklahoma State after asserting plans to switch. He took unofficial visits to Florida State and Central Florida after getting into the portal.
“There was some others on the market, however I did not need to go too loopy with it,” Mind stated of different faculties. “I solely wished to go to locations I used to be snug with. On the finish of the day, Arkansas is the place I am most aware of, snug with and the place I need to be the following 2-3 years.”
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Due to covid-19, Braun has three years of eligibility at Arkansas.
Former Arkansas offensive tackle Ty’Kieast Crawford has changed his mind on his destination for this fall and is transferring to West Virginia, his agents told ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg on Monday.
The 6-foot-5, 324-pounder had originally committed to play for UCLA in 2025, but now the mammoth tackle has pivoted and has decided to play for Rich Rodriguez in Morgantown this fall. Crawford started 9 games along the Razorbacks’ offensive line.
West Virginia has added former Arkansas offensive tackle Ty’Kieast Crawford, his agents tell ESPN. He entered the portal and originally committed to UCLA but instead will play for Rich Rodriguez in Morgantown. Crawford started nine games for Arkansas.
Crawford’s collegiate journey has already taken him to multiple schools. He began his career at Charlotte, choosing to play there over the likes of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, LSU, Missouri, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Arizona, Baylor, Colorado, Florida State, Houston, Indiana, Oklahoma State, Purdue, SMU, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, USC and, ironically, West Virginia. So Crawford will now have played for 2 of the schools he originally spurned, in Arkansas and West Virginia.
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But Crawford didn’t last long at Charlotte, playing just 1 season for the 49ers. He entered the transfer portal and ended up at Arkansas after spurning the Razorbacks in his original recruiting process. Crawford appeared in 33 games for the Razorbacks over the course of 4 seasons, making 9 starts.
He will have 1 more year of eligibility left when he arrives in Morgantown to play for Rodriguez this fall.
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
After last week’s winter storm, several Arkansas school districts have announced that they will remain closed or will open late on Monday because of icy road conditions in neighborhoods and secondary streets:
* Benton School District: Closed.
* Booneville School District: Closed.
* Bryant School District: Closed.
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* Cabot School District: Schools will have a 2-hour delayed start.
* Conway School District: School will start at 10 a.m. after a 2-hour delay. Snow bus routes will be in effect.
* Greenbrier School District: Closed.
* Hot Springs School District: Closed.
* Jacksonville/North Pulaski School District: Closed. District offices and departments will open.
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* Little Rock School District: Closed. However, all 12-month employees, school administration and custodians should report to work at regularly scheduled times.
* North Little Rock School District: Closed. District Central Office sites will open at 10 a.m. Monday.
* Pulaski County Special School District: Closed. District offices will be open for those who can safely report to work, including auxiliary offices. School staff who are 244-day employees will be expected to report to work as well.
* Sheridan School District: Closed.
This list is based on school district news releases and social media posts, and it is not comprehensive. For information on other Arkansas school districts, patrons are asked to consult their school’s website or district app.
While the Arkansas Razorbacks have been hitting the transfer portal hard, it is partially as a result of having more than 20 scholarship players decide to enter the portal after a 6-6 regular season that was capped off with a Liberty Bowl win over Texas Tech on Dec. 27.
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The transfer portal officially opened Dec. 9 and it was open for a 30 day window through Dec. 28. There is also an additional five-day window for players to enter once their season is over, plus there will be an additional 10-day portal window from April 16-25.
ALSO READ: Arkansas Football 2025 Roster Tracker
HawgBeat provides a look at where former Razorbacks have transferred so far…
Note: “GP” denotes games played. Even if a player appears on special teams, that counts as a game played.
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