FAYETTEVILLE — Kamren Curl trotted onto the War Memorial Stadium field as Ryan Pulley trudged to the sideline with his right shoulder slumped, the result of a season-ending pectoral injury.
Florida A&M didn’t waste any time going after the Arkansas true freshman who replaced one of the SEC’s top cover corners.
On the first play of his collegiate career, the Rattlers tried to send the receiver he was covering deep, but Curl played press coverage and used his 6-foot-1, 193-pound frame to knock him off course and disrupt the route. Quarterback Vince Jeffries wound up scrambling.
The next snap, on third-and-3, Jeffries bootlegged to the right and looked to target Curl’s man deep down the sideline.