FAYETTEVILLE — There’s going to be another Soli on the defensive line for the University of Arkansas football team this fall.
Twenty-four years after Junior Soli was an all-conference defensive tackle for the Razorbacks’ first SEC West championship team in 1995, his son, Mataio, will be a freshman defensive end in 2019.
“Now to see somebody with that last name ‘Soli’ on their jersey out there playing for Arkansas again, it’s going to be pretty fun to watch,” said Junior Soli, a fifth-round draft choice by the San Diego Chargers in the 1996 NFL Draft. “And let me tell you, Mataio’s going to be way better than his pops.