Injury update on Razorbacks quarterback KJ Jefferson

Arkansas quarterback KJ Jefferson exited Saturday’s game early in the second half with an apparent leg injury. The Razorbacks held on for a 20-10 win over Texas A&M as Jefferson came back late in the fourth quarter, helping deliver the win.

He finished the day 7 of 15 for 212 yards and two touchdowns. When he was not in the gamer, however, their offense was clearly not producing at the same level. Malik Hornsby completed just one pass and was not able to move the ball down the field.

While the prognosis of Jefferson’s injury hasn’t officially been announced, the quarterback reassured CBS Sports’ Jamie Erdahl his knee was fine.

“I’ts good. It’s good. It’s good,” he said after the game.

In the third quarter, Jefferson was scrambling out of bounds in the third quarter when he was pushed by an Aggies defender which sent him tumbling into the sidelines. Somewhere along the way, the Arkansas quarterback injured his leg.

Arkansas head coach Sam Pittman was not ready to give a major update on Jefferson’s injury, but he was impressed by the grit shown by his quarterback to return to the game.

“Well they want to win and it says A&M has a very physical football team,” Pittman said, whose team now improves to 4-0. But, they came back and KJ finished the game and I love that the offense stayed on the field at the end of the game.” 

Jefferson is a huge reason why the Razorbacks are the No. 16 team in the nation and ranked in the top 25 for the first time in more than five years. In their 40-21 win over archrival Texas, the 6-foot-3, 245-pound redshirt sophomore was 14 of 19 while racking up 73 yards on the ground on 10 carries.

Arkansas defense leads way past Texas A&M

Arkansas’ defense outplayed Texas A&M’s touted unit Saturday, enough to pull off the upset over the No. 7 Aggies.

It’s Arkansas’ first 4-0 start since 2003. A&M’s 11-game winning streak came to an end; the Aggies’ nine-game winning streak over the Hogs also ended.

Arkansas plays at Georgia next week in a matchup of unbeaten teams.

Texas A&M (3-1) came in allowing just 239.3 yards per game, but the Hogs served notice early that things would be different Saturday: The Hogs gained 16, 15, 12 and 23 on their first four plays on their way to a field goal. Arkansas then scored touchdowns on its next two drives for a 17-0 lead one minute into the second quarter.

Arkansas could be looking at its first top-10 ranking since 2012.

On3’s Mike Huguenin contributed to this report.