FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas’ incredible growth over the past decade has been bolstered by a 293 percent increase in the number of students from Texas, predominantly from communities in the northern part of the state around Dallas and Fort Worth.
In 2018, Arkansas’ football program hopes to grow with the help of Dallas residents as well.
When all is said and done, somewhere around two dozen football staffers will have joined Arkansas from SMU, where new Razorbacks coach Chad Morris spent the past three seasons, compiling a 14-22 record as head coach of the Mustangs, improving the team’s win total from one the year before he arrived to seven by his final campaign in 2017.