HawgBeat - Tuesday Practice Observations
HawgBeat's takeaways from Arkansas football's practice on Tuesday afternoon.
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Arkansas had its second practice of the school year on Tuesday afternoon and the media was let in to view five periods of action for around 30 minutes total. The team practiced indoors at the Walker Pavilion with the temperature being 100-plus degrees outside.
Here are a few takeaways and tidbits from what I was able to see:
Tuesday's practice takeaways (8/22):
~ Arkansas practiced in full pads on Tuesday afternoon and it was a little bit hotter inside the indoor facility that yesterday. Fans were blowing, but you can tell the air conditioning is not yet ready.
~ There was a long list of players not participating during Tuesday's practice. If we know the reason they are out, it's in parenthesis. If we don't know why they are out, the reason for them not participating is undisclosed at this time:
OL Brady Latham
OL E'Marion Harris
OL Tommy Varhall
OL Joey Su'a
OL Luke Brown
DB Jaylon Braxton
LB Antonio Grier
WR Kalil Girault
DE Jashaud Stewart (heel)
OL Terry Wells (pec)
TE Hunter Talley
WR Sam Mbake (knee)
~ Left tackle Devon Manuel was once again participating at practice again after missing time with an undisclosed injury.
~ Wide receivers Jaedon Wilson and Bryce Stephens were both sporting green jerseys during practice again. Freshman linebacker Carson Dean was also in green.
~ The team began with a fastball period, which is an 11-on-11 period that features generally four plays each for the first, second and third team offense and defense.
~ After fastball, the team transition into individual drills and then they finished with a two-on-two slot drill and gap scheme drills on opposite sides of the field.
~ A couple of general takeaways include JUCO transfer OL Amaury Wiggins being the guy to fill in at first team left guard in place of Latham, Jayden Johnson had a nice interception during the first team fastball period and Devon Manuel did play some first team left tackle during the gap scheme drills.
~ The first team defensive line also completely dominated the third team offensive line in gap scheme drills.
Fastball Depth Chart
*Not an official depth chart*
OFFENSE (First Team/Second Team/Third Team)
QB: KJ Jefferson / Jacolby Criswell / Cade Fortin
RB: Rocket Sanders / AJ Green / Isaiah Augustave
TE: Luke Hasz / Ty Washington / Var'keyes Gumms
WR: Andrew Armstrong / Davion Dozier / Dazmin James
WR: Tyrone Broden / Isaac TeSlaa / Chris Rhodes
SWR: Jaedon Wilson / Isaiah Sategna / Bryce Stephens
LT: Andrew Chamblee / Aaron Smith / Brock Burns
LG: Amaury Wiggins / Paris Patterson / Cole Carson
C: Beaux Limmer / Josh Street / Eli Henderson
RG: Josh Braun / Brooks Edmonson / Kai Hamilton
RT: Patrick Kutas / Ty'Kieast Crawford / Luke Johnston
DEFENSE (First Team/Second Team/Third Team)
DE: Landon Jackson / Zach Williams / Nico Davillier
DT: Eric Gregory / Tank Booker / Ian Geffrard
DT: Taurean Carter / Keivie Rose / Cam Ball
DE: Trajan Jeffcoat / John Morgan / Quincy Rhodes
LB: Jordan Crook / Brad Spence / Mani Powell
LB: Jaheim Thomas / Brooks Both / Alex Sanford
CB: Dwight McGlothern / LaDarrius Bishop / Aidan McCowan
CB: Jaheim Singletary / Kee’yon Stewart / Courtney Snelling
S: Jayden Johnson / Malik Chavis / TJ Metcalf
S: Al Walcott / Hudson Clark / Dylan Hasz
Nickel: Lorando Johnson / Jaylen Lewis / Jabrae Shaw
Fastball play-by-play
FIRST TEAM
- KJ Jefferson drops, looks like scheduled QB draw, at right edge, good yardage
~ Jefferson rolls right, throws at right flats and picked off by Jayden Johnson
~ Rocket Sanders runs at right tackle
~ Jefferson swing pass on right end, bobbled and caught by Sanders after Al Walcott tries to break it up
SECOND TEAM
- AJ Green runs at left guard
~ Jacolby Criswell pass complete to Ty Washington on left side
~ Criswell pass complete on right edge to Isaac TeSlaa
~ Criswell rolls right, hits Washington with sidearm throw
THIRD TEAM
- Cade Fortin pass complete to Dazmin James on right edge, pivots and good gain
~ Isaiah Augustave runs at right edge
~ Malachi Singleton hits Chris Rhodes on a crossing
~ Singleton pass complete to Dazmin James on right side
Two-on-two slot takeaways
The final period of the media viewing portion featured quarterbacks throwing to receivers and running backs with defensive backs and linebackers dropping in coverage. The quarterbacks threw from midfield...
~ Jacolby Criswell threw a touchdown to Dazmin James on the right sideline. The ball was a 35ish-yard laser in double coverage.
~ Criswell had a pass broken up by Jayden Johnson that should've been intercepted. Johnson has had a few good practices in a row.
~ Criswell found Andrew Armstrong for a touchdown on the left sideline after Armstrong burned Al Walcott.
~ KJ Jefferson threw a touchdown to Isaac TeSlaa over the middle. LaDarrius Bishop was beat badly by TeSlaa.
~ Cade Fortin found Isaiah Sategna for a crosser over the middle and Sategna broke TJ Metcalf's ankle with a direction-changing juke from left to right.
~ Hudson Clark had a nice pass break up on a pass from Malachi Singleton intended for Dazmin James over the right side.
