For the last three years, over 90 percent of Arkansas’ 2,476 linebacker snaps have been taken by just three guys – the departed Brooks Ellis and current starters Dre Greenlaw and De’Jon “Scoota” Harris.
New Razorbacks defensive coordinator John Chavis, previously as Tennessee, LSU and Texas A&M, doesn’t plan on that being the case this season.
Harris (6-0, 244) had 115 tackles as a sophomore and then-junior Greenlaw 103 to lead Arkansas last season, but it could actually be better for the Razorbacks if they don’t match those numbers this season.
“Let me say this, with the idea that the number of snaps on defense could go up,” Chavis said after Saturday’s scrimmage.