FAYETTEVILLE — Bumper Pool had to come out of the game during the University of Arkansas’ 21-14 upset of Mississippi State early last season.
He didn’t want to, but his broken ribs forced the issue.
“He’s a really tough kid,” linebackers coach Michael Scherer said. “There were times last year when I kind of had to pull him back a little bit, because … he had busted ribs. He missed a game because we had to hold him back because he was banged up so much.”
The missed game wasn’t right after the rib incident.
Pool returned the following week, when the Razorbacks battled No.