FAYETTEVILLE
Greenwood four-star junior quarterback/pitcher Connor Noland (6-1, 180) committed to Arkansas to play both football and basketball.
Noland is regarded as the state’s top 2018 football and baseball prospect and becomes the first 2018 football pledge for the Razorbacks.
He split time at quarterback last season and completed 73 of 103 passes for 872 yards and nine touchdowns with just two interceptions while also rushing 61 times for 431 and four more scores.
Noland has also touched 91 miles per hour with his fastball.
He has football offers Arkansas, Arkansas State, UCLA, Kentucky, Memphis, Missouri, Ole Miss, North Carolina, Penn State, Texas A&M and Utah State.