Arkansas Razorbacks signal-caller Taylen Green’s status for Saturday night against No. 8 LSU remains up in the air after suffering a knee injury in his last outing against Tennessee.
Green suffered the injury late in the contest against the Volunteers, and now after hitting the recovery table for a week during the open date, he’s trending in the right direction.
Arkansas head coach Sam Pittman provided an update on Green’s status with the Razorbacks trying to get healthy last week.
Pittman detailed on Wednesday’s SEC Teleconference that Green has practiced, “but is still not at full speed. We’ll have to see if he can get there. But we’ve been encouraged by his progression this week.”
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Green has had a solid first half of his first season in Fayetteville this season. He’s 107-for-189 (56.6%) on pass attempts for 1,502 yards, which ranks him with the fourth-most in the conference. Green also has five touchdowns and interceptions apiece.
The dual-threat ability is what has made him such a challenging quarterback to defend with Green already rushing for 326 yards and four more scores on the ground.
Pittman has hopes that the 6-foot-6, 230-pounder starts against LSU after suffering the knee injury two weeks ago against the Tennessee Volunteers.
“We’re hopeful that he’ll be ready to go,” Pittman said. “So, I feel like he will, but we’ll have to wait and see a little bit more. I’ll probably know a little bit more about Wednesday. Tuesday or Wednesday. But we’re hoping that he’s ready to play and we think he’ll be able to.”
For the Tigers, they’ll likely have a pair of wideouts on the initial Injury Report with CJ Daniels and Chris Hilton Jr. battling the injury bug.
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Daniels has been nursing a knee injury but has practiced this week with the intention of playing on Saturday night in Fayetteville. He’ll be listed as probable.
For Hilton, he’s yet to make his season debut after suffering an ankle injury during Fall Camp. Initially labeled as a “bone bruise,” he remains sidelined for game action, but is doing individual work in practice, Brian Kelly said on Wednesday.
Hilton will be listed as questionable for Saturday night against the Arkansas Razorbacks as he continues working through individual drills in practice.
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Rex Nelson has been senior editor and columnist at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette since 2017, and he has a biweekly podcast called “Southern Fried.”
After graduating from Ouachita Baptist University in 1981, he was a sportswriter for the Arkansas Democrat for a year before becoming editor of Arkadelphia’s Daily Siftings Herald. He was the youngest editor of a daily in Arkansas at age 23. Rex was then news and sports director at KVRC-KDEL from 1983-1985.
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He returned to the Democrat as assistant sports editor in 1985. From 1986-1989, he was its Washington correspondent. He left to be Jackson T. Stephens’ consultant.
Rex became the Democrat-Gazette’s first political editor in 1992, but left in 1996 to join then-Gov. Mike Huckabee’s office. He also served from 2005-09 in the administration of President George W. Bush.
From 2009-2018, he worked stints at the Communications Group, Arkansas’ Independent Colleges and Universities, and Simmons First National Corp.
Dylan Sherman is a business reporter for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He is based in Northwest Arkansas and focuses on Tyson Foods Inc. and the transportation industry. A graduate of the University of Missouri, he has been with the newspaper since 2023.
The Arkansas Court of Appeals released opinions Wednesday. The court’s ruling and the names of the cases are reprinted here. The full opinions and other court proceedings, including per curiam decisions, orders and submissions, can be found on the internet at arcourts.gov.
PROCEEDINGS OF Jan. 7, 2026
CHIEF JUDGE N. MARK KLAPPENBACH
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CR-23-821. Kenneth Steward v. State of Arkansas, from Benton County Circuit Court. Affirmed. Gladwin and Brown, JJ., agree.
JUDGE ROBERT J. GLADWIN
CR-25-24. Bryce Anderson v. State of Arkansas, from Benton County Circuit Court. Affirmed. Virden and Harrison, JJ., agree.
JUDGE CASEY R. TUCKER
CV-24-537. Flywheel Energy Production, LLC v. Van Buren County, Arkansas; and Van Buren County Judge Dale James, in His Official Capacity as Van Buren County Judge, from Van Buren County Circuit Court. Reversed and dismissed. Abramson and Harrison, JJ., agree.
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JUDGE WENDY SCHOLTENS WOOD
CV-24-209. LRS South, LLC v. Benton County Solid Waste Management District and the Benton County Solid Waste Management District Board, from Benton County Circuit Court. Reversed and remanded. Hixson and Murphy, JJ., agree.
