Arkansas wide receiver Bryce Stephens enters transfer portal

Arkansas likely would not have beaten Bobby Petrino and Missouri State without Bryce Stephens.

Bryce Stephens may not have had a significant role on the Arkansas football team in 2023, but he will always hold a place in Razorbacks’ memories.

The sophomore wide receiver/punt returner entered the transfer portal Thursday after appearing in only three games for the Hogs in the fall.

” I would like to thank the most high for letting me play the game I love,” Stephens wrote in his announcement. Coach Pittman, coach Guiton and the rest of the coaching staff for pushing me to be the best version of myself that I can be.”

Stephens, however, made perhaps the biggest play of Arkansas’ 2022 season. With the Razorbacks trailing in the fourth quarter against Bobby Petrino’s FCS Missouri State team, Stephens returned a punt 82 yards to the end zone to provide Arkansas its go-ahead score.

Isaiah Sategna took over punt-return for duties for the Razorbacks in 2023 and Stephens did not end up registering any statistics during the season. The year before, he had nine catches for 109 yards and 13 punt returns for 149 yards and the score.