LITTLE ROCK — Available to all three of Arkansas’ young quarterbacks in the season opener, the window for taking advantage of the NCAA’s new eligibility rule is unavailable to at least two of them for a month.
A flat-out, closed door for all three freshmen is avoided only because Connor Noland moving ahead of John Stephen Jones and Daulton Hyatt raises the possibility Noland could play Saturday vs. North Texas.
Otherwise, separating junior Ty Storey and sophomore Cole Kelley is the top priority, relegating an in-game look at the freshmen to a back burner. If Noland does not play, it would indicate head coach Chad Morris is convinced the freshmen cannot come close to displacing either of the two older quarterbacks.