Arkansas’ special teams will lose one of its familiar faces next season as punter Reid Bauer announced plans on Tuesday to enter the transfer portal.

“Excited to announce I will be entering the transfer portal as a grad transfer with 1 year of eligibility. Thank you Arkansas for some of the best years of my life, I will forever be a hog!”

Bauer, who is from Magnolia, Texas, is the first special teams departure of the 2022-23 offseason.

In parts of 5 seasons at Arkansas, Bauer made 179 punts for more than 7,500 yards. He averaged 42 yards per punt in his Razorback career, including a career-best 44.6 in 2022, even though he didn’t see action until the sixth game of the year.

Last season, he won the Peter Mortell Holder of the Year award after kicker Cam Little and long snapper Jordan Silver helped Arkansas’ field goal and extra point operation convert 20-of-24 field goal attempts and all 46 extra point attempts.