FAYETTEVILLE — As someone who has covered Razorback recruiting for 33 of my now 55 years on this earth, I have seen plenty of hits and misses from the seven full-time head football coaches that have been in place during that time.
I’ve seen so-called can’t-miss, four-star prospects definitely miss while some unrated or preferred walk-ons have turned out to be key players on the team in certain years.
You aren’t winning 10-12 football games — especially in the SEC — if you have a team loaded with preferred walk-ons, but you also aren’t doing it if you don’t have a few guys with chips on their shoulders for being overlooked.