FAYETTEVILLE — The updated 247 Sports class of 2022 basketball player rankings released Wednesday reiterated that Nick Smith Jr. is cut from a different cloth.
Smith, the new top-rated player in the country by the outlet, has not yet arrived on campus but has already found himself in the same sentence as one of the best players in Arkansas program history in Corliss Williamson. He was also the No. 1 player in the nation as a senior at Russellville in the early 1990s.
When Smith signed with the Razorbacks in November, he was considered the No. 8 prospect nationally, according to 247 Sports, and No.