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Concentrated effort

FAYETTEVILLE -- The Arkansas Razorbacks had little chance to break into the top 30 classes in the recruiting rankings with the limited number of initial scholarships available to first-year Coach Chad Morris and his staff.

The Razorbacks honed in on very specific areas and added eight players on national signing day Wednesday, giving the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville a 16-man class that is No. 54 in the 247Sports composite rankings, which is last in the SEC. Every other school in the SEC signed at least 19 players.

Morris said the class, which features a pair of four-star signees and 14 three stars, could grow by one or two players -- the Razorbacks are in the hunt for Dorian Gerald, the nation's No.