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Hogs land highly-touted athlete Byron Hanspard

One day after having a "phenomenal visit", athlete Byron Hanspard Jr.,has committed to Arkansas.

Hanspard, 6-1, 188, 4.44 in the 40-yard dash, chose the Razorbacks over more than 15 scholarship offers from schools like Oregon, Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Vanderbilt, Colorado, Mississippi State and Texas Tech.

His father, Byron Hanspard Sr., played for Texas Tech and won the Doak Walker Award in 1996

Hanspard had 40 tackles, 12 pass breakups, 3 interceptions, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery to help lead the Eagles to a 16-0 record and the Class 6A Division II state championship.