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Chavis will think inside box

FAYETTEVILLE -- Arkansas defensive coordinator John Chavis will be back in the press box to call plays this season after working from the sideline at Texas A&M last year.

"I think you can do it either place," Chavis said. "I think it's a lot easier to do it from the box."

Why, after two years of calling plays from the box at Texas A&M, did Chavis switch to the sideline for the 2017 season?

"Well, I'll just say we had some issues that I needed to handle on the field," he said. "But the interaction you have with players and the staff you have down there will determine a lot of that.