From late November to late January, Arkansas coach Bret Bielema flew around the world.
Or at least, his recruiting travels over that two-month span were nearly the equivalent of flying around the planet.
Bielema is poised to bring in one of the best recruiting classes in school history for 2016, and he’s had to do a lot of traveling to collect the talent.
Arkansas’ official website shared this information on Tuesday, which includes an interactive map to show Bielema’s journeys and the fact that he racked up 19,714 miles of air travel. You can also check out his six-week itinerary.
The map shows that Bielema’s longest distance traveled between two cities in one flight was 1,342 miles from Texarkana, Ark., to Riverside, Ca. In the five days from Nov. 29 to Dec. 3, the first week in his itinerary, he flew 5,153 miles.
Born and raised in Gainesville, Talal joined SDS in 2015 after spending 2 years in Bristol as an ESPN researcher. Previously, Talal worked at The Gainesville Sun.
