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Other SEC newbies top Morris in recruiting

It was one of the first concerns heard Thursday, the day after national signing day for college football recruiting.

Later in the day while sitting with longtime friends Jerry Webster and Donald McDonald, it came up again briefly. So a closer look was needed to answer why University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Coach Chad Morris end up last in the recruiting rankings among six new SEC coaches.

Arkansas moved up to No. 49 in the nation after Friday's late catch of the No. 1 junior-college defensive end, Dorian Gerald, who picked the Razorbacks over Alabama, Texas A&M, Oklahoma and LSU, which indicates he was a big "get.