FAYETTEVILLE — It has been an almost life-long dream for Bumper Pool to play football at Arkansas, evidenced by his continual wearing of a Razorback jersey when he was a toddler.
His father, Jeff, is a University of Arkansas graduate and his older sister, Maddie, attended college in Fayetteville and worked for the football program. It was almost a given that Bumper would follow suit.
But never in his wildest dreams did Pool envision a debut that included six tackles and a fumble recovery that he returned 60 yards in the Razorbacks’ season-opening 55-20 win over Eastern Illinois on Saturday.