Tag: Ashton Bethel-Roman

Former 4-star Arkansas wide receiver commit signs with Texas A&M

Former Arkansas commit officially signs with Texas A&M

Texas A&M picked up a new member of their 2024 class Wednesday during national signing day when Ashton Bethel-Roman announced his commitment to the Aggies. Bethel-Roman also signed with the Aggies.

A former Arkansas commit who originally signed with the Razorbacks in December, Bethel-Roman was released from his national letter of intent earlier this year and officially committed to Texas A&M on Wednesday.

An in-state prospect, Bethel-Roman is a four-star wide receiver on the 247Sports composite out of Ridge Point High School in Texas. Bethel-Roman posted an impressive high school career that included 2,000-plus receiving yards and 15-plus touchdowns across the past three seasons combined.

Bethel-Roman’s commitment continues what has been a noteworthy day for the Aggies. Five-star commit Terry Bussey announced Wednesday morning he was signing with Texas A&M.

Bethel-Roman is signee No. 17 this cycle for the Aggies, as well as the third wide receiver alongside fellow four-stars Izaiah Williams and Ernest Campbell.

Arkansas four-star signee backs out of joining Razorbacks

The top-ranked offensive player in Arkansas’ recruiting class was granted his release this week.

One of the top-ranked signees in Arkansas football’s Class of 2024 has been released from his letter of inent as of Thursday.

Wide receiver Ashton Bethel-Roman, the top wide receiver who signed with Arkansas back in December, was released from that commitment, per a report by WholeHogSports. Bethel-Roman, from Texas, was a four-star recruit, was the No. 3 player in Arkansas’ signing class.

Bethel-Roman was recruited most heavily by former Arkansas wide receivers coach Kenny Guiton. Guiton finished the season as Razorbacks offensive coordinator following the firing of Dan Enos midseason. The Hogs then hired Bobby Petrino to be the team’s full-time offensive coordinator at season’s end and Guiton left Arkansas to take the wide receivers coaching gig at Wisconsin.

It’s unclear where Bethel-Roman will sign, though, according to the report, he is expected to sign next week. Wisconsin was not initially high on his radar.

Arkansas is returning every significant member of its wide receiving corps from 2023 and also signed Jordan Anthony, formerly of Texas A&M, from the transfer portal in the offseason. Those additions should help ease the blow in the short term.

Ronnie Fouch was hired in January to take over Guiton. Fouch worked previously at Missouri State for Petrino.

4-star wide receiver Bethel-Roman commits to Arkansas

Arkansas added another top-flight wide receiver to its 2024 class on Tuesday, as Ashton Bethel-Roman committed to the Razorbacks.

Arkansas got an Independence Day gift Tuesday afternoon when Ashton Bethel-Roman made his pledge.

The 4-star wide receiver from Missouri City, Texas chose the Razorbacks over a host of other schools.

Bethel-Roman also made official visits to Oregon and Texas Tech before ultimately deciding on Arkansas.

He is the son of Mark Roman, who played for LSU from 1996-2000 and was all-SEC for the Tigers.

Rivals.com has him in their top 250, while On3 Sports rates him as the No. 12 receiver in the country and No. 83 overall player in the 2024 class.

Bethel-Roman caught 37 passes for 892 yards and 8 touchdowns during the 2022 season.

He joins Courtney Crutchfield of Pine Bluff and Bentonville’s CJ Brown as receiver signees in the 2024 class.