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FB Recruiting Analysis: Cole Carson pledges to Razorbacks

Sam Pittman and the Arkansas staff landed a priority target on Tuesday night from three-star OT Cole Carson out of Rivercrest (Texas) HS. Carson was a diamond in the rough that Pittman stumbled upon and his offer sheet has since blown up accordingly.

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Carson is the second offensive lineman in the Razorbacks' 2021 class and the first from Texas. Of course, the Lone Star State is a significant recruiting ground for Arkansas and Rivercrest HS (Bogata, Texas) is a small corner of East Texas that Pittman and his staff are taking advantage of.

Carson previously visited The Hill in March -- right before the CoVid19-inspired dead period -- giving Arkansas a lofty edge in landing a commitment a little more than a month later. Auburn, Baylor, Ole Miss, TCU, Texas Tech were all involved here, but Arkansas' early overture paired with a junior day visit loomed especially large here.

Carson was given an initial 5.7 three-star grade at offensive tackle a few months ago and certainly fits among the nation's best at the position.

From a physical standpoint, Carson boasts a 6-foot-6, 285-pound frame. He's long and thin with room to pack on some weight. He'll be a candidate to benefit from an SEC weight room as he grows into the right tackle position.

Speaking of which, Carson lines up primarily as a RT and also sees snaps inside at guard. Because of his frame, his length and his ability to pass protect, Carson projects as an OT and a key cog toward Pittman's roster overhaul in the trenches.

Where is Carson as a prospect right now -- it's fair to label him as a RT due to his run-blocking prowess. He's a force in the run game and moves defenders off the ball with ease. His presence goes a long way in establishing a power run game. He's still raw in pass protection but combines a lot of his endearing run-blocking technique to his pass blocking, which ultimately proves effective.

Carson's offense hinges largely on the run game, so there is only limited action in pass pro. While he's nimble, this is the biggest question mark in his game to date -- how he'll handle elite edge-rushers on a consistent basis.

Carson packs a powerful initial punch that is wildly effective. He's quick out of the break, tends to play low and explodes out of his stance. Carson plays with an aggressive chip on his shoulder and, at times, has the potential to block multiple levels of defenders. That's an area of his game that could improve as we examine his ranking from a national perspective.

Carson is a nimble OL with massive raw strength and is always looking to put a defender on their backside. He does not consistently extend his arms while blocking and, at times, struggles to block in space. Those are two areas of his game to monitor as he braces for his senior season.

OT Kevin Cross

Just saw the article on him and that he committed to Nebraska. Never heard of this kid. Has there been anything about this kid on this board? If so, I guess I missed it. His video looks pretty decent. He definitely seems to know how to work with his back to the basket and has good size. Does anyone know if there was ever any interest from Arkansas and is the kid actually any good?

I'm sure it's been discussed but I just missed the threads.
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1 CIN QB Joe Burrow, LSU
2 WAS EDGE Chase Young, Ohio State
3 MIA f/DET* QB Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama
4 NYG LB Isaiah Simmons, Clemson
5 DET f/MIA* CB Jeff Okudah, Ohio State
6 LAC QB Jordan Love, Utah State
7 CAR DL Derrick Brown, Auburn
8 ARI OT Tristan Wirfs, Iowa
9 JAC OT Mekhi Becton, Louisville
10 CLE OT Andrew Thomas, Georgia
11 NYJ CB C.J. Henderson, Florida
12 LV WR CeeDee Lamb, Oklahoma
13 MIN f/SF* OT Jedrick Wills, Alabama
14 TB WR Jerry Jeudy, Alabama
15 DEN WR Henry Ruggs III, Alabama
16 ATL DT Javon Kinlaw, South Carolina
17 DAL EDGE K'Lavon Chaisson, LSU
18 NE f/MIA* QB Justin Herbert, Oregon
19 LV f/CHI LB Patrick Queen, LSU
20 JAC f/LAR DT Ross Blacklock, TCU
21 PHI WR Justin Jefferson, LSU
22 SF f/MIN* CB Trevon Diggs, Alabama
23 DET f/NE* S Xavier McKinney, Alabama
24 NO LB Kenneth Murray, Oklahoma
25 MIN CB Jeff Gladney, TCU
26 MIA f/HOU OT Josh Jones, Houston
27 SEA DE Yetur Gross-Matos, Penn State
28 BAL LB Zack Baun, Wisconsin
29 TEN CB Kristian Fulton, LSU
30 GB WR Denzel Mims, Baylor
31 TB f/SF* OT Austin Jackson, USC
32 KC CB A.J. Terrell, Clemson



33 CIN OT Isaiah Wilson, Georgia
34 IND f/WAS WR Tee Higgins, Clemson
35 DET DT Neville Gallimore, Oklahoma
36 NYG EDGE Curtis Weaver, Boise State
37 LAC WR Jalen Reagor, TCU
38 BUF f/CAR* DE A.J. Epenesa, Iowa
39 MIA C/G Cesar Ruiz, Michigan
40 HOU f/ARI RB D'Andre Swift, Georgia
41 CLE DE Marlon Davidson, Auburn
42 NYJ f/JAC* WR Brandon Aiyuk, Arizona State
43 CHI f/LV CB Noah Igbinoghene, Auburn
44 IND S Grant Delpit, LSU
45 SF f/TB* OT Ezra Cleveland, Boise State
46 DEN CB Jaylon Johnson, Utah
47 ATL CB Damon Arnette, Ohio State
48 JAC f/NYJ* S Ashtyn Davis, California
49 PIT G/C Lloyd Cushenberry, LSU
50 BAL f/CHI* WR Laviska Shenault, Colorado
51 DAL WR K.J. Hamler, Penn State
52 LAR CB Cameron Dantzler, Mississippi State
53 PHI EDGE Jonathan Greenard, Florida
54 CAR f/BUF* EDGE Josh Uche, Michigan
55 CHI f/BAL* S Jeremy Chinn, Southern Illinois
56 MIA f/NO RB Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin
57 LAR f/HOU RB J.K. Dobbins, Ohio State
58 SF f/MIN* WR Michael Pittman Jr., USC
59 GB f/SEA* LB Jordyn Brooks, Texas Tech
60 BAL S/LB Kyle Dugger, Lenoir-Rhyne
61 TEN DL Justin Madubuike, Texas A&M
62 SEA f/GB* G Robert Hunt, Louisiana-Lafayette
63 KC f/SF C Matt Hennessy, Temple
64 SEA f/KC CB Bryce Hall, Virginia



65 CIN LB Willie Gay Jr., Mississippi State
66 WAS OT Lucas Niang, TCU
67 DET RB Cam Akers, Florida State
68 NYJ f/NYG EDGE Terrell Lewis, Alabama
69 CAR CB Troy Pride Jr., Notre Dame
70 DET f/MIA* G Jonah Jackson, Ohio State
71 LAC OT Prince Tega Wanogho, Auburn
72 ARI EDGE Darrell Taylor, Tennessee
73 JAC QB Jacob Eason, Washington
74 CLE LB Malik Harrison, Ohio State
75 IND RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire, LSU
76 SF f/TB* DT Raekwon Davis, Alabama
77 DEN DT Jordan Elliott, Missouri
78 ATL LB Akeem Davis-Gaither, Appalachian State
79 NYJ C/G Nick Harris, Washington
80 LV CB Darnay Holmes, UCLA
81 LV f/CHI G John Simpson, Clemson
82 DAL CB Michael Ojemudia, Iowa
83 DEN f/PIT OT Ben Bartch, St. John's
84 LAR OT Matt Peart, Connecticut
85 DET f/PHI S Antoine Winfield Jr., Minnesota
86 CAR f/BUF* G Ben Bredeson, Michigan
87 DET f/NE* EDGE Khalid Kareem, Notre Dame
88 NO CB Amik Robertson, Louisiana Tech
89 MIN WR Van Jefferson, Florida
90 HOU EDGE Julian Okwara, Notre Dame
91 JAC f/LV* EDGE Bradlee Anae, Utah
92 BAL G Damien Lewis, LSU
93 TEN TE Harrison Bryant, FAU
94 GB TE Cole Kmet, Notre Dame
95 DEN f/SF S Terrell Burgess, Utah
96 NYG f/KC* C Tyler Biadasz, Wisconsin
97 CLE f/HOU WR Chase Claypool, Notre Dame
98 NE EDGE Jabari Zuniga, Florida
99 KC f/NYG* CB Reggie Robinson, Tulsa
100 NE TE Adam Trautman, Dayton
101 SEA S Brandon Jones, Texas
102 PIT WR Tyler Johnson, Minnesota
103 PHI LB Logan Wilson, Wyoming
104 LAR WR Antonio Gandy-Golden, Liberty
105 MIN DT DaVon Hamilton, Ohio State
106 LV f/BAL* QB Jalen Hurts, Oklahoma



107 CIN TE Devin Asiasi, UCLA
108 WAS TE Hunter Bryant, Washington
109 DET WR Donovan Peoples-Jones, Michigan
110 NYG OT Saahdiq Charles, LSU
111 HOU f/MIA DT Leki Fotu, Utah
112 LAC RB Zack Moss, Utah
113 PIT f/CAR* QB Jake Fromm, Georgia
114 ARI CB Josiah Scott, Michigan State
115 CLE LB Justin Strnad, Wake Forest
116 LV f/JAC* DT Larrell Murchison, NC State
117 TB S Geno Stone, Iowa
118 DEN WR K.J. Hill, Ohio State
119 ATL RB Joshua Kelley, UCLA
120 LV f/NYJ* RB Darrynton Evans, Appalachian State
121 BAL f/LV* EDGE Alex Highsmith, Charlotte
122 IND LB Davion Taylor, Colorado
123 DAL C Keith Ismael, San Diego State
124 CAR f/PIT* DL James Lynch, Baylor
125 NE f/CHI CB Dane Jackson, Pittsburgh
126 ARI f/LAR* TE Albert Okwuegbunam, Missouri
127 PHI OT Hakeem Adeniji, Kansas
128 BUF RB A.J. Dillon, Boston College
129 BAL f/NE DL McTelvin Agim, Arkansas
130 NO WR Collin Johnson, Texas
131 LAR f/ARI* LB Troy Dye, Oregon
132 MIN G Kevin Dotson, Louisiana-Lafayette
133 SEA OT Tyre Phillips, Mississippi State
134 CHI f/BAL* WR Gabriel Davis, UCF
135 PIT f/MIA RB Antonio Gibson, Memphis
136 GB DL Jason Strowbridge, North Carolina
137 JAC f/DEN CB John Reid, Penn State
138 KC G Logan Stenberg, Kentucky
139 MIN f/TB* EDGE Trevis Gipson, Tulsa
140 JAC f/CHI CB Javaris Davis, Auburn
141 MIA LB Francis Bernard, Utah
142 WAS WR Bryan Edwards, South Carolina
143 ATL f/BAL CB Harrison Hand, Temple
144 SEA LB Markus Bailey, Purdue
145 PHI WR Lynn Bowden, Kentucky
146 PHI S K'Von Wallace, Clemson



147 CIN G Netane Muti, Fresno State
148 CAR f/WAS LB Joe Bachie, Michigan State
149 DET QB Anthony Gordon, Washington State
150 NYG WR Devin Duvernay, Texas
151 LAC LB Tanner Muse, Clemson
152 CAR S J.R. Reed, Georgia
153 MIA TE Colby Parkinson, Stanford
154 MIA f/PIT EDGE Jonathan Garvin, Miami
155 TB f/MIN* RB Eno Benjamin, Arizona State
156 SF f/DEN G Shane Lemieux, Oregon
157 JAC f/BAL RB Lamical Perine, Florida
158 NYJ RB James Robinson, Illinois State
159 BAL f/LV* EDGE Alton Robinson, Syracuse
160 IND TE Brycen Hopkins, Purdue
161 TB S Josh Metellus, Michigan
162 WAS f/SEA CB L'Jarius Sneed, Louisiana Tech
163 CHI OT Jack Driscoll, Auburn
164 DAL DT Rashard Lawrence, LSU
165 JAC f/LAR WR James Proche, SMU
166 DET f/PHI P Braden Mann, Texas A&M
167 BUF S Kenny Robinson, West Virginia
168 PHI f/NE LB Evan Weaver, California
169 NE f/NO* EDGE Kenny Willekes, Michigan State
170 BAL f/MIN G Cameron Clark, Charlotte
171 HOU OT Alex Taylor, South Carolina State
172 NO f/NE* QB James Morgan, FIU
173 MIA f/LAR DL Broderick Washington, Texas Tech
174 NE f/TEN* LB Jacob Phillips, LSU
175 SEA f/GB* DT Benito Jones, Ole Miss
176 SF LB Anfernee Jennings, Alabama
177 GB f/KC* WR Isaiah Hodgins, Oregon State
178 DEN G Danny Pinter, Ball State
179 DAL S Julian Blackmon, Utah



180 CIN EDGE D.J. Wonnum, South Carolina
181 DEN f/WAS LB Shaquille Quarterman, Miami
182 DET LB Kamal Martin, Minnesota
183 NYG CB A.J. Green, Oklahoma State
184 CAR WR Isaiah Coulter, Rhode Island
185 MIA WR John Hightower, Boise State
186 LAC G Darryl Williams, Mississippi State
187 CLE f/ARI G Solomon Kindley, Georgia
188 DEN f/BUF* CB Lamar Jackson, Nebraska
189 JAC OT Charlie Heck, North Carolina
190 PHI f/ATL G Jon Runyan, Michigan
191 NYJ OT Yasir Durant, Missouri
192 KC f/GB* DE Derrek Tuszka, North Dakota State
193 IND DE Nick Coe, Auburn
194 TB CB Lavert Hill, Michigan
195 TEN f/NE* WR Quartney Davis, Texas A&M
196 CHI DL Raequan Williams, Michigan State
197 IND f/MIA WR Jauan Jennings, Tennessee
198 CAR f/PIT* RB Ke'Shawn Vaughn, Vanderbilt
199 LAR WR Quintez Cephus, Wisconsin
200 CHI f/PHI CB Grayland Arnold, Baylor
201 MIN f/BUF LB Carter Coughlin, Minnesota
202 ARI f/NE C Cohl Cabral, Arizona State
203 NO TE Thaddeus Moss, LSU
204 NE f/HOU K Rodrigo Blankenship, Georgia
205 TB f/MIN* DL Robert Windsor, Penn State
206 JAC f/SEA WR Joe Reed, Virginia
207 CAR f/BUF* CB Stantley Thomas-Oliver, FIU
208 GB f/TEN G Tremayne Anchrum, Clemson
209 GB S Antoine Brooks Jr., Maryland
210 SF CB Kindle Vildor, Georgia Southern
211 NYJ f/KC EDGE James Smith-Williams, NC State
212 NE WR Malcolm Perry, Navy
213 NE TE Jared Pinkney, Vanderbilt
214 SEA C Jake Hanson, Oregon



215 CIN LB Clay Johnston, Baylor
216 WAS LB Cam Brown, Penn State
217 SF f/DET S Jordan Fuller, Ohio State
218 NYG OT Trey Adams, Washington
219 SF f/MIN* RB Anthony McFarland, Maryland
220 LAC WR Kalija Lipscomb, Vanderbilt
221 CAR TE Cheyenne O'Grady, Arkansas
222 LAR f/ARI* C Trystan Colon-Castillo, Missouri
223 JAC G Michael Onwenu, Michigan
224 TEN f/CLE G Colton McKivitz, West Virginia
225 BAL f/NYJ RB DeeJay Dallas, Miami
226 CHI f/LV LS Blake Ferguson, LSU
227 MIA f/IND G Calvin Throckmorton, Oregon
228 ATL f/PHI DE Chauncey Rivers, Mississippi State
229 WAS f/DEN DL Malcolm Roach, Texas
230 TEN f/NE* K Tyler Bass, Georgia Southern
231 DAL WR Quez Watkins, Southern Miss
232 PIT LB Khaleke Hudson, Michigan
233 CHI QB Jake Luton, Oregon State
234 LAR OLB Trevon Hill, Miami
235 DET f/NE CB Stanford Samuels, Florida State
236 GB f/CLE CB Essang Bassey, Wake Forest
237 BUF f/DEN* CB Nevelle Clarke, UCF
238 CLE f/NYG* DT Khalil Davis, Nebraska
239 BUF f/MIN G Justin Herron, Wake Forest
240 HOU S Alohi Gilman, Notre Dame
241 NO f/NE* LB Casey Toohill, Stanford
242 KC f/GB* RB Michael Warren II, Cincinnati
243 TEN OT Terence Steele, Texas Tech
244 CLE f/GB CB Thakarius Keyes, Tulane
245 SF C Zach Shackelford, Texas
246 MIA f/KC CB Trajan Bandy, Miami
247 NYG G Cordel Iwuagwu, TCU
248 HOU CB Myles Bryant, Washington
249 MIN S Jalen Elliott, Notre Dame
250 HOU G Tre'Vour Wallace-Simms, Missouri
251 MIA S Brian Cole, Mississippi State
252 BUF f/DEN* TE Dalton Keene, Virginia Tech
253 MIN WR Juwan Johnson, Oregon
254 BUF f/DEN* WR Trishton Jackson, Syracuse
255 NYG QB Cole McDonald, Hawaii
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