FAYETTEVILLE — The main storylines entering Arkansas' meeting with Texas A&M this weekend are sure to be quarterback Nick Starkel and running back Rakeem Boyd facing their former team.
Arkansas defensive coordinator John Chavis is, too. He spent 2015-17 as the Aggies' defensive general and linebackers coach. But another Razorbacks player, senior tailback Devwah Whaley, is returning to his home state, and he would like nothing more than to perform well and put the Razorbacks' recent misery in the Southwest Classic to rest.
Arkansas has lost the last seven games in the series, and a win would mean the world to Whaley, a former four-star recruit from Beaumont, Texas, located roughly five hours southeast of AT&T Stadium in Arlington.