Sam Pittman calls Beaux Limmer 'a freak of nature'

As the Arkansas Razorbacks come off of their first nine plus win season since 2011, they’re looking to keep raising the bar going into this year. Off season work leads to in season success, and when head coach Sam Pittman was asked who stood out in his eyes this offseason during workouts, he pointed to redshirt junior offensive lineman Beaux Limmer.

“Beaux Limmer, I mean he’s a freakish type guy, he’s strong in a squat and a bench all these things. He’s kind of a freak of nature type guy you know, he stood out. That’s the one I would say right now that I can recall that I thought really was unbelievable. There’s a lot of them, but he’s the one I want to talk about,” Pittman said.

Limmer is a 6-foot-5, 300 pounder out of Tyler, Texas who was ranked one of the top 100 players in the state in his 2019 recruiting class according to On3 Consensus. Limmer has been seeing the field since his freshman year, where he saw action if four different games. Last season, Limmer appeared in all 13 games for the Razorbacks and started in the last 11 of them. He was a key contributor in Arkansas effective ground attack that lead the SEC and all Power 5 schools in rushing, averaging 227.8 yards per game.

The Razorbacks return all five starters from last years offensive line, as they hope to continue to lean on Limmer and the rest of their players up front clear the way for their stable of ball carriers.

Sam Pittman weighs in on the notion that more people need to dislike him

Arkansas head coach Sam Pittman has one of the most admired personalities in all of college football. Pittman is commonly referred to as the kind of guy ‘you’d want to have a beer with’, and at his press conference to open up fall camp was asked about his ‘non threatening’ persona and if he needed more people to dislike him. 

“It’s not me versus Jimbo or me versus Nick Saban, it’s our team versus their team and that’s how I always kind of looked at it. I like the guys, I like the head coaches in the SEC but I kind of want to mind my own business. I ain’t worried about somebody’s else’s business, I’m just worried about mine and our team and what we do and I think you can cause some friction and some problems whenever you worry about somebody else’s team. If I want to worry about their team I’d go interview for the job you know? That ain’t got nothing to do with me, so that kind of how I feel about it. You know I rant but I don’t know, I just answer your questions and I am who I am so some people like it, some people don’t,” Pittman said.

Pittman is always good for an amusing sound bite, and seems like he won’t be giving out any apologies for being himself anytime soon. But however you feel about Pittman’s personality, his production at Arkansas can’t be denied. His first season in 2020 with the Razorbacks was tough, finishing 3-7. But Pittman quickly followed that with a 9-4 finish last season, along with their first bowl victory since the 2015 season. 

Pittman and the Razorbacks are hoping to keep that momentum going as they open up the season against Group of Five powerhouse Cincinnati at home September 3.