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Arkansas football: 2023 Depth Chart – Quarterbacks

As we near opening kickoff against Western Carolina, here’s where the Arkansas quarterback depth chart stands following fall camp.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

At least, that’s the case with Arkansas football in 2023 as [autotag]KJ Jefferson[/autotag] returns to lead the offense for a third season.

However, Jefferson won’t have a ton of familiarity surrounding him like in years past. He will have to adjust to a new offense under [autotag]Dan Enos[/autotag], who takes the reins as Arkansas offensive coordinator for the second time.

He also has a lot of new targets in the passing game and new faces protecting him at the tackle spots. Right behind him is another new, somewhat familiar to some Arkansas fans, face in junior transfer [autotag]Jacolby Criswell[/autotag].

As we grow ever closer to opening kickoff against Western Carolina, here’s a closer look at the updated depth chart for the Arkansas quarterback room.

Arkansas basketball: Projected rotation for 2023-24 season

Arkansas basketball’s roster is finally complete, so here’s a look at the most likely rotation for Eric Musselman’s roster next year.

[autotag]Eric Musselman[/autotag] was able to finalize his roster for next season with the addition of Memphis transfer, Chandler Lawson. Now that all of the pieces are in place, it’s time to look ahead and see what Arkansas basketball has with their roster.

Musselman is notorious for his short rotations of playing seven or – at maximum – eight guys for the majority of the minutes. That will most likely not change next year.

Arkansas has a lot of experienced guys – especially in the backcourt – that will be vying for extremely limited space at the top of the depth chart. We know Musselman will shake things up throughout the season, but here’s what I believe is the most likely rotation for Razorback basketball next season.

Arkansas Football: Offseason Depth Chart-Linebackers

The linebacker room is no longer thin, although it may not be packing the star power it had in 2022.

Defensive coordinator Barry Odom and linebacker coach Michael Scherer coached up one of the best linebacker groups in the country last season, headlined by Bumper Pool and Drew Sanders.

All parties are no longer in Fayetteville. Odom is in UNLV, taking Scherer with him. Pool completed his eligibility, and Sanders is in the NFL.

The linebacker group is not left with anything, though. New defensive coordinator Travis Williams will also coach the linebackers, a deep group with 12 players.

Chris Paul Jr. is the group veteran, and the newly acquired transfer Antonio Grier should be an apparent starter. The extent of how deep Williams will go in the rotation will depend on the progress of younger players and the potential addition of more transfers from the portal.

Arkansas Football: Offseason Depth Chart – Offensive Line

Arkansas needed to re-tool their offensive line this offseason, so here’s a glance at what the depth chart looks like ahead of next season.

We know that Arkansas will have a ton of weapons on offense next season, especially with the return of both KJ Jefferson and Rocket Sanders. However, that won’t mean much if the Razorbacks can’t get some solid play from another veteran-led offensive line.

In Arkansas’ projected two-deep, they’ll have three seniors, one junior and three sophomores, with five of them having SEC experience.

Offensive line coach [autotag]Cody Kennedy[/autotag] is entering his third full-time season in Fayetteville. Last year’s offensive line was a little more experienced than this year’s bunch following the departures of Ricky Stromberg (drafted to Washington in third round of NFL Draft) and Dalton Wagner (signed free agent deal with Las Vegas).

With Stromberg gone, Kennedy needed to do some re-shuffling up front to find an experienced center and help some new pieces fit seamlessly.

Here’s a glance at the two-deep for Arkansas’ offensive line entering next season.

Arkansas football: Offseason Depth Chart – Tight Ends

Arkansas’ tight ends are the least experienced group on the roster but have plenty of potential. Here’s how the depth chart looks for 2023.

[autotag]Arkansas football[/autotag]’s least experienced position group entering next season is, by far, tight end.

The tight end room was completely re-tooled in the offseason following Dowell Loggains’ exit to take the offensive coordinator position at South Carolina. Pittman swung for the fences by tabbing former Stanford tight end coach, [autotag]Morgan Turner[/autotag], to replace Loggains.

Turner brings an impressive resume with a proven track record of developing NFL-level tight ends, but will have quite the task in his first season at Arkansas.

The Razorbacks lost veteran tight end Trey Knox, who decided to follow Loggains to South Carolina following an impressive 2022 campaign. Without Knox, the Arkansas tight end room is short on experience. Turner will need to rely on a handful of talented, but severely inexperienced, guys in his first season with the Hogs.

Here’s what Arkansas’ tight end depth chart is looking like as we head into next season.

Arkansas football: Offseason Depth Chart – Quarterbacks

Dan Enos inherits a talented group of signal callers at Arkansas. Here’s a look at the QB depth chart entering the 2023 season.

[autotag]Arkansas football[/autotag] enters the 2023 season with plenty of new faces across the roster and the coaching staff.

One of the biggest shake-ups in the offseason was offensive coordinator Kendal Briles leaving Fayetteville for TCU and being replaced by “quarterback whisperer” [autotag]Dan Enos[/autotag]. Enos, returning for his second stint as Arkansas’ offensive coordinator, inherits one of the better quarterback rooms since [autotag]Sam Pittman[/autotag] took over at Arkansas in 2020.

[autotag]KJ Jefferson[/autotag] is back for one last ride leading the Arkansas offense, but this year he will have some reliable depth behind him. Morrilton (Ark.) native [autotag]Jacolby Criswell[/autotag] returns to the natural state after spending three seasons at North Carolina as a back-up. [autotag]Cade Fortin[/autotag] is the back for another season and true freshman [autotag]Malachi Singleton[/autotag] rounds out a pretty talented quarterback room.

As we head into the summer portion of the Arkansas football’s offseason, here’s a closer look at each quarterback and the projected depth chart for next season.

Arkansas vs. Liberty: Official Razorbacks depth chart

The official Arkansas depth chart for the Hogs’ game against Liberty has been released.

At the beginning of the season, Arkansas and Liberty probably wasn’t a game seen as too important on many Hogs fans’ radars.

But Saturday when Hugh Freeze brings his Flames to Fayetteville, the Razorbacks can book bowl-eligibility. And suddenly, with Liberty at 7-1, the game is a lot more interesting than it looked in August.

Freeze has plenty of familiarity with Arkansas. He coached Ole Miss from 2012-16. He even told his Flames players to prepared for the Hog Call early and often. The Razorbacks won three of the five meetings against the Rebels during the time Freeze was coach.

Liberty entered the Top 25 in both major polls last week at No. 23. Their visit to Fayetteville is the first in school history.

Little changed for Arkansas in the two-deep. Coach Sam Pittman announced Monday that last year’s starting running back Dominique Johnson would miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL, but Johnson had played only sparingly this season as he was working his way back from an initial injury to his knee suffered late in the 2021 season.

You can see the entire depth chart for the game against the Flames below.

Hogs Depth Chart: Adding pressure to the Quarterback Focus for DL

First Year defensive line coach, Deke Adams, will look to take a deep defensive line group to sack land.

The Hogs finished second to last in the SEC in sacks, ahead of only Vanderbilt with 25. It’s an interesting contrast to the offensive line that may have been the best in the SEC a year ago.

The last time the Razorbacks finished in the top half of the conference in sacks since 2011 when they finished 5th in the conference with 29 sacks.

This year’s unit loses three starters from a year ago, DT John Ridgeway, hybrid DT/DE Markell Utsey, and defensive end Tre Williams.

Redshirt sophomore Taurean Carter was expected to be a starter at defensive tackle but suffered a knee injury during spring camp. Carter played in all 13 games this year and eight in his first year.

The Razorbacks are expected to run a four-man group on the defensive line, which means two DTs and two DEs. So the amount of players needed for depth is there, but who will step up?

Could Warren Thompson be Arkansas’ breakout player on offense?

Arkansas wide receiver Warren Thompson is often overlooked when it comes to the Hogs wideout hierarchy. He shouldn’t be.

Not often are redshirt seniors considered one of the most likely players to have a breakout season on their team.

But Warren Thompson hasn’t exactly had the most normal careers.

The Florida native started his career with Florida State where had 11 total catches in his first two seasons. He transferred to Arkansas but joined the team as a walk-on initially. His 19 grabs last year – which make him the leading returner on the team at wide receiver – have led him to being a fixture on the Razorbacks top crew this fall.

“He’s always been very talented, but he’s catching a contested ball and catching some where you go, ‘Man, how’d he catch that one?'” Arkansas coach Sam Pittman said.

At 6-foot-3, Thompson can be a possession receiver and possibly more in 2022. His 19 catches last year went for 304 yards. Two of them were touchdowns.

His comfort level a year later has improved. Pittman said Thompson took some time adjusting to life outside of his home state upon arrival.

“I think he’s in a really good space,” Pittman said. “I think he’s comfortable. I think he went through a year last year where he didn’t know if he wanted to be here, go home, who’s my friends?”

That isn’t the case anymore and Jefferson, Pittman and the whole Arkansas offense are reaping the benefits.

“He had a lot of things going on, I think, last year. You’d have to talk to him. But I think he’s in a good space,” Pittman said.

Arkansas depth chart: Expect the best season from Arkansas tight ends in a long time

Arkansas has both natural pass-catchers and natural blockers at the tight end spot this year.

Tight end has been a staple position at Arkansas for the better part of the last 20 years.

Hunter Henry and DJ Williams were naturals for the spot as soon as they arrived in Fayetteville. Others were converts. AJ Derby. Chris Gragg.

In 2022, Arkansas will have both at the top of its depth chart as the Razorbacks look to return to the position to its pass-catching glory of the last decade.

Arkansas coach Sam Pittman and tight ends coach Dowell Loggains aren’t short on bodies. The Hogs are loaded with potential both young and old at the unit and given the changes some of the returners made, it could be group’s most successful season in the last several.

This is how the tight end hierarchy shakes out this season.