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Hard-hitting LB ready for contact

Fourth in a series profiling the newcomers on the 2016 Arkansas Razorbacks football team.

All it takes is one look at Giovanni LaFrance's recruiting video to see he loves contact.

Highlights from LaFrance's junior season at New Orleans St. Augustine show him repeatedly making hard-hitting tackles at middle linebacker.

Giovanni LaFrance at a glance

POSITION Linebacker

HIGH SCHOOL New Orleans St. Augustine

HT/WT 6-1, 240

NOTEWORTHY Four-star recruit by Tom Lemming of CBS Sports Network. … Orally committed to Tulane but reopened recruitment when Green Wave fired coach Curtis Johnson at end of 2015 season.