4* ILB Chris Baccus (6'2, 225) of Miami, OK (NE Oklahoma JUCO) recently got upgraded to 4* status and is seeing his recruitment heat up according to the attached link. Per his Rivals page, he owns Power-5 offers from AZ State, Nebraska, and Washington State; but he is also drawing interest from several SEC schools like 'Bama, Auburn, LSU, Mizzou, A&M, and the Hogs. He is also drawing interest from OU and OK state.
At one point it was speculated that if the Hogs offered (he's been on campus for camps at least 2 times that I can recall), that he would commit. With our numbers at LB though, it's curious that the coaches aren't more interested. I could see the benefit of a JUCO LB to add experience and maturity, but I know that JUCO players have been a mixed-bag of hits and misses - and coaches are trying to stick with prep players to develop rather than rolling the dice on JUCO's.
I'm not second guessing the coaches at all - merely sharing some information from The Ticker that indicates a prospect's recruiting is blowing up.
He's a mid-term graduate with two years to play two according to this article.
https://arkansas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1786083
At one point it was speculated that if the Hogs offered (he's been on campus for camps at least 2 times that I can recall), that he would commit. With our numbers at LB though, it's curious that the coaches aren't more interested. I could see the benefit of a JUCO LB to add experience and maturity, but I know that JUCO players have been a mixed-bag of hits and misses - and coaches are trying to stick with prep players to develop rather than rolling the dice on JUCO's.
I'm not second guessing the coaches at all - merely sharing some information from The Ticker that indicates a prospect's recruiting is blowing up.
He's a mid-term graduate with two years to play two according to this article.
https://arkansas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1786083
