It’s a safe bet that Texas A&M-Commerce’s offseason program isn’t quite as hardcore as Arkansas’.
New Razorbacks wide receiver Andrew Armstrong is discovering that first-hand. After gaining more than 1,000 yards receiving and scoring 13 touchdowns last year at the FCS level with Commerce, plenty of FBS teams came calling when Armstrong hit the transfer portal.
Arkansas lost its top four receivers, too, so the Hogs were a fit in multiple ways for Armstrong, who said he’s glad to have the spring to get used to things at the higher level.
“That first day of workouts it was like, I’ve never felt lightheaded during a workout,” Armstrong said. “Like lifting, we didn’t even run. It was straight lift, and I was in there feeling like I was about to pass out.”
Armstrong joins with Isaac TeSlaa and Tyrone Broden as newcomers from the portal out wide for the Hogs. Alongside side returners Jaedon Wilson, Bryce Stephens, Samuel Mbake and Isaiah Sategna, coach Sam Pittman has plenty of options for rebuilding his receiving corps.
Expect Armstrong to be in that top four.
“That my main thing I’m trying to lock into, the playbook,” he said. “I’m starting to really zone in on it. I’ve been at home every day for like 45 to an hour looking at it every day in my playbook.”
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