FAYETTEVILLE — Noah Gatlin’s eyes opened wide to the possibility of furthering his football career during his sophomore season at Jonesboro High School.
At the beginning of that year, he wasn’t fully figured into the team’s plans, he said, and didn’t believe his time to get on the field had arrived just yet. Then, on cue, his opportunity presented itself.
“I wasn’t going to play, then there were some injuries, and I finally got in there and realized, you know, this is what I want to do,” said Gatlin, a redshirt freshman at Arkansas. “I can do this.