Sam Pittman reveals one position of concern coming out of Arkansas spring game

Coming out of the recent Arkansas spring scrimmage, Razorbacks head coach Sam Pittman is still evaluating his roster. As his team heads into the summer months, Pittman is a little concerned about where Arkansas stands in the wide receiver room.

Arkansas had three wide receivers with at least 300 receiving yards last season, and only one returns. The Razorbacks’ most productive receiver last year – Treylon Burks – is about to become a first round selection in the 2022 NFL Draft. With Burks, who had 66 receptions for 1,104 yards and 11 touchdowns, now gone, Pittman is looking for not only a new top receiver in the Arkansas offense, but more depth at the position as a whole.

“Well, we’re thin,” Pittman said of the Arkansas wide receiver room. “Last year we had Burks as your bell cow, as your go-to guy. I don’t know that we’ve found that yet. I mean we’re closer, I think (Jadon) Haselwood has that role. But I think he’ll be a lot better too once he gets through summer and understands everything.”

Pittman addresses some other weapons in Arkansas’ wide receiver room

In addition to Haselwood, Pittman sees some other young players in the wide receiver room that are poised for bigger roles in the Arkansas offense next season. One of those receivers is Quincey McAdoo.

“He’s young, he doesn’t know exactly what to do yet,” Pittman said. “But he’s a talented kid. He can catch the ball, he can run routes. So he’s getting better. Warren Thompson’s had a pretty good spring. A guy I like a lot is Ketron Jackson, I like him a lot. But sometimes you’ll go through practice and we’re not getting a ball. At times, there’s not a lot of production. But I think he’s a really good player.

“And then Bryce Stephens is continuing now to catch the ball better and that was really his – we had to catch the football. So I think we have enough receivers to have a quality room in the SEC. We just don’t have at on of depth in there and we don’t have a lot of proven guys. So we’ll have to keep working that.”

Even with Burks in the fold, Arkansas finished with one of the SEC’s worst passing offenses last season. The Razorbacks finished in the bottom third of the conference with 213.9 passing yards per game. Arkansas still finished in the upper half of the SEC with 441.7 yards per game and 30.9 points.