Name: Red-White Spring Game
Time: Saturday, Noon (CDT)
TV: SEC Network
Location: Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium (Fayetteville, Ark.)
Format: Traditional, sort of. The first-stringers will all wear white, everyone else is in red. White scores count normal, Red scores count double. There will be a field goal shootout at the end of the first and third quarters with traditional scoring.

Arkansas wraps up a productive spring Saturday with its annual scrimmage. The Razorbacks are the last of the SEC’s 14 teams to conclude their spring workouts and they’ll do it with a noon CT scrimmage in Fayetteville.

The Razorbacks are coming off an 8-5 season that started slow but ended with huge wins over ranked SEC foes Ole Miss and LSU, and an impressive bowl victory. They’ve lost a lot of talent at the skilled positions – most notably quarterback Brandon Allen and running back Alex Collins – but have plenty of weapons back, especially at receiver.

Here are five things to watch closely during Saturday’s scrimmage:

1. Austin Allen going into the fall feeling good

Austin Allen won the quarterback job a week ago, but it’s still a situation worth watching under center. Allen, who understudied behind his brother Brandon the last two seasons after redshirting in 2013, has two years of eligibility left. Everyone would like to see him pick up right where Brandon left off last season, where he clicked well with new offensive coordinator Dan Enos.

Allen has stood out from the group of Rafe Peavey, Ty Storey and Ricky Town to win the job. He’s been the leader in the clubhouse since December, and that hasn’t changed.

“We had about four or five practices (last December) where it was just (the returning players) and he was head and shoulders above everybody else and that continued in the spring,” Arkansas coach Bret Bielema said Monday.

So to put the cherry on top of the spring, it would be nice for Allen to make some good throws on Saturday and move the offense down the field. Taking a feel-good vibe into the fall would be good. Peavey seems to have won the backup spot, but Storey is still nipping at his heels. It’s worth watching how well those two perform on Saturday for the Reds.

2. Offensive line shuffle finding some answers

It’s been musical chairs across the line all spring as several players have been getting good looks at multiple positions. Dan Skipper at right tackle is etched in stone, but the other four spots will see new faces lining up when the season starts. Frank Ragnow started often last year, but mostly at guard, and he’s likely moving to center in 2016.

Bielema is a big believer in starting the five best guys, so it’s still possible that Ragnow bounces around in the fall. But for now, it’s center – “being a big, fat point guard” he joked this week – and seeing how they mesh in the spring game is important. Several guys have done good work this spring and there will be plenty of rotating all day Saturday, and likely into the fall. They’ve been losing the battle to the defensive line during scrimmages, so this will be a good day to step up.

3. Wise still unstoppable on defense

No one has had a more impressive spring than defensive lineman Deatrich Wise. That’s bound to continue on Saturday and into the fall. Wise was so good in last Saturday’s scrimmage that Bielema had to take him out of the game, he was disrupting the offense so much. He repeatedly beat several linemen, even honorable mention all-SEC tackle Skipper.

“I just had to take him out of there today; he’s so disruptive I wanted to get some type of rhythm going,” Bielema said last Saturday after the scrimmage. “Only time I jumped in today. He spun inside and we lost contain on the one. But he has built his body up, he has built his mentality up. He finally jumped out of that adolescent period into adulthood. I really think he’s got all his ducks in a row for something special.”

Wise’s growth could make the Arkansas defensive line something special in the fall. There’s depth at every position and versatility among several guys as well. They should be fun to watch on Saturday.

4. Sprinkle emerging as a star

Jeremy Sprinkle was a more-than-competent compliment to Hunter Henry last year, and the two were probably the best one-two tight end punch in the country. It’s going to be interesting to see what kind of numbers Sprinkle posts this year with Henry off to the NFL. Henry had 51 catches for 739 yards last year, so that’s a good target for Sprinkle to duplicate.

“Jeremy Sprinkle is playing so well. He’s got incredible skill,” Bielema said earlier this week. “I think he’s an All-American tight end.”

The Razorbacks are still looking for reliable depth behind him, so it will be interesting who might emerge Saturday for the Red team during the scrimmage. There’s a spot to be won there, for sure.

5. Concerns at running back

The most glaring depth issues this spring are at running back. Sixth-year senior Kody Walker was penciled in as the starter at the beginning of the spring, but the oft-injured back broke his foot and will be out at least into the early summer. Bielema is confident he will be ready by September, but for now the Razorbacks are shorthanded.

Rawleigh Williams III is back from a horrible neck injury and has been cleared to play, but Bielema has kept a green jersey on him and hasn’t let him be tackled. No one else on the roster had any impact in 2015.

Top signee Devwah Whaley shows up in the fall, and his impact could be immediate if injury issues continue into the fall. It will be interesting to see who steps up on Saturday.