3 players, Pittman going to Atlanta

Printed: Wednesday, July 13, 2022

FAYETTEVILLE — The high-production trio of Jalen Catalon, KJ Jefferson and Bumper Pool will be a part of Arkansas coach Sam Pittman at SEC Media Days in Atlanta subsequent week, UA officers mentioned Tuesday because the league workplace introduced the complete roster of attendees.

Arkansas will seem on the third day of the proceedings on the School Soccer Corridor of Fame on Wednesday at 8 a.m. Central. The Razorbacks will undergo media interviews on the identical day as defending School Soccer Playoff champion Georgia, Florida and Kentucky.

Pool, a fifth-year senior from Lovejoy, Texas, led the Razorbacks and tied for tenth nationally with 125 tackles final season regardless of beginning only one recreation. He was an All-SEC choice by The Related Press and convention coaches.

Catalon, a fourth-year junior security from Mansfield, Texas, is coming off shoulder surgical procedure. He ranked eighth on the workforce with 46 tackles in six video games final season and had 99 tackles and three interceptions the season earlier than to earn Freshman All-America honors. He’s a preseason first-team All-America and All-SEC alternative by Phil Steele’s faculty soccer journal this yr.

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Jefferson was MVP of the Outback Bowl after serving to information the Razorbacks to a 9-4 season, their highest win complete since 2011 and their first New Yr’s Day bowl recreation since 2000.

The Sardis, Miss., native accomplished 198 of 294 passes (67.3%) for two,676 yards and 21 touchdowns and rushed for a team-high 664 yards and 6 touchdowns. Jefferson was one in all eight FBS quarterbacks with 2,500-plus passing yards, 20-plus landing passes, 500-plus dashing yards and 5-plus dashing touchdowns in 2021.

Pittman, named Tuesday as one in all 20 coaches on the Bobby Dodd Trophy preseason watch checklist, landed a restructured contract that averages to greater than $6 million per yr after main Arkansas to 4 trophy-game wins final season.

Jefferson is one in all seven high-profile SEC quarterbacks and one in all a handful of Heisman Trophy contenders scheduled to take part within the occasion. The opposite quarterbacks on the attendee roster are Alabama’s Bryce Younger, final yr’s Heisman Trophy winner, Georgia’s Stetson Bennett, Tennessee’s Hendon Hooker, Kentucky’s Will Levis, Florida’s Anthony Richardson and Vanderbilt’s Mike Wright.

Seven graduate seniors are scheduled to take part, led by Hooker and Missouri’s Barrett Banister, the grandson of former Arkansas assistant coach and former College of Central Arkansas head coach Harold Horton.

Three sophomores are additionally on the roster in Richardson, LSU wideout Jack Bech and Georgia offensive lineman Sedrick Van Pran. Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina and Tennessee are sending all-senior contingents.

The occasion kicks off Monday at 10:30 a.m., with an deal with from Commissioner Greg Sankey, adopted by LSU, Ole Miss and Missouri.

Alabama, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State and South Carolina are slated to look Tuesday, together with SEC coordinator of officers John McDaid. The ultimate day will characteristic Auburn, Tennessee and Texas A&M.