HawgBeat – Arkansas offers Houston transfer OL Cam’Ron Johnson

The Hogs are doubtlessly nonetheless searching for not less than yet one more offensive lineman within the switch portal as spring observe kicked off on Thursday, and so they provided a current portal entry in former Houston offensive lineman Cam’Ron Johnson.

Johnson, who stands at 6-foot-4 and weighs 305 kilos, spent 4 seasons with the Cougars, redshirting his first yr and showing in 24 whole video games in his profession. He was a primary workforce All-American Athletic Convention choice final season.

The Houston, Texas, native entered the switch portal on Wednesday and promptly picked up presents from Arkansas, South Carolina, West Virginia, California and Maryland.

Johnson is an inside offensive lineman, a place Pittman has mentioned wants extra depth heading into the 2023 season.

“I might like to have a look at one other man that may snap the ball, offensively,” Pittman mentioned initially of the Early Signing Interval in December. “We have to seek out possibly yet one more. In dropping guys final yr, a bunch of these guys may snap. Clearly Ricky performed middle, however Jones may snap. And so, we have to proceed to have a look at that on offense.”

Final season, Johnson performed a complete of 905 snaps and ranked No. 197 amongst guards with a complete offensive grade of 65.2, go block grade of 79.4 and run block grade of 63.3, in response to Professional Soccer Focus. In line with his Houston profile, he allowed only one sack in 556 alternatives.

The Hogs have already got one offensive lineman on this yr’s switch class in Florida switch Joshua Braun, who’s on campus and with the workforce for spring observe.