Second-year Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema is busy trying to wrangle in his second recruiting class on the heels of a 6-6 mark.
The Razorbacks learned its bowl destination on Sunday — the Texas Bowl against Texas — and Bielema stressed the importance of the Hogs’ bowl game on recruiting in the state of Texas.
With Arkansas’ new Big Ten style of play under Bielema, how are recruits responding?
Let’s take a look at the Razorbacks’ current class.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Saturday Down South’s references to recruiting rankings are to 247Sports.com industry composite ranking.
| NAT RANK | PLAYER | H.S. (CITY, STATE) | STAR | POS | HGT | WGT |
| 142 | Hjalte Freholdt | IMG Academy (Bradenton, FL) | 4 | DT | 6’4” | 282 |
| 154 | K.J. Hill | North Little Rock (North Little Rock, AR) | 4 | WR | 6’0” | 190 |
| 199 | Will Gragg | Dumas (Dumas, AR) | 4 | TE | 6’4” | 245 |
| 202 | Jamario Bell | Junction City (Junction City, AR) | 4 | TE | 6’6” | 225 |
| 226 | Ty Storey | Charleston (Charleston, AR) | 4 | PRO | 6’3” | 216 |
| 293 | C.J. O’Grady | Fayetteville (Fayetteville, AR) | 4 | TE | 6’4” | 230 |
| 351 | Zach Rogers | Hebron (Carrollton, TX) | 3 | OG | 6’2” | 297 |
| 21 | Jeremiah Ledbetter | Hutchinson CC (Hutchinson, KS) | 3 | DT | 6’3” | 281 |
| 541 | Rawleigh Williams III | Bishop Lynch (Dallas, TX) | 3 | RB | 5’10.5” | 195 |
| 553 | Austin Cantrell | Roland (Roland, OK) | 3 | TE | 6’4.5” | 249 |
| 580 | Colton Jackson | Conway (Conway, AR) | 3 | OT | 6’6” | 291 |
| 608 | LaMichael Pettway | Nashville (Nashville, AR) | 3 | ATH | 6’3″ | 200 |
| 762 | Daytreion Dean | Northside (Fort Smith, AR) | 3 | DT | 6’2.5” | 260 |
| 765 | Deon Stewart | Highland (Hardy, AR) | 3 | WR | 6’1″ | 165 |
| 817 | Dre Greenlaw | Fayetteville (Fayetteville, AR) | 3 | S | 6’1” | 220 |
| NA | Derrick Graham | Hardee (Wauchula, FL) | 3 | OLB | 6’4″ | 208 |
| NA | Blake Johnson | Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos, CA) | 3 | P | 6’1” | 190 |
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