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Report: Arkansas wide receiver out for season

Arkansas sophomore wide receiver suffers major injury during scrimmage and will miss the rest of this season.

[autotag]Arkansas football[/autotag] suffered their first major loss of the season following their first scrimmage of fall camp this past Saturday.

According to a team representative, sophomore wide receiver [autotag]Sam Mbake[/autotag] will miss the entire 2023 season with a knee injury. He suffered the injury during Saturday’s scrimmage. Following the scrimmage, Mbake posted to social media stating that fans would “have to wait a lil longer” and “trust the process” which may have indicated the severity of his injury.

The 6-3, 205-pound Georgia native arrived at Arkansas as part of the 2022 recruiting class where he was a consensus four-star prospect. He appeared in nine games last season, but the majority of that time was spent on special teams.

Entering this season, Mbake was making great strides throughout spring and fall camp. [autotag]Sam Pittman[/autotag] singled out his performance following their first practice in full pads last week. Mbake was routinely getting reps with the first team and figured to at least be part of the wide receiver rotation entering this season.

Arkansas has some solid depth to help fill the void left by Mbake’s injury, but it’s still a tough blow to a position group that lost 72.5% of last year’s production.

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Razorbacks’ first scrimmage of fall camp shows depth will be tested once again

Following the first scrimmage of fall camp, injuries provide a reminder of how important depth will be to Arkansas’ success this season.

Life in the SEC is a grind but the most successful teams are the ones that can handle the grueling demands of playing in college football’s best conference.

This is usually brought up when talking about the quality of teams in the conference and difficult schedules that come from that – a problem Arkansas fans are all too familiar with. However, the other issue that comes with playing in the SEC is depth. As mentioned before, the best teams in the SEC are almost always the ones that have the depth to handle injuries at key positions.

Last year, Arkansas saw firsthand how injuries can pile up and railroad an entire season. When the injury bug reared its’ ugly head in the secondary and to starting quarterback [autotag]KJ Jefferson[/autotag], the Razorbacks were pretty much done for.

[autotag]Sam Pittman[/autotag] knows that in order to compete in the SEC you have to have starting-level talent in the two-deep, and sometimes even three-deep, of your depth chart. That was what Pittman set out to accomplish this offseason.

Saturday, the Razorbacks held their first scrimmage of fall camp. The running backs showed out and the defensive line made life difficult on the quarterbacks, but unfortunately the team suffered some injuries at key positions.

“We did have a couple of guys get banged up out there with [autotag]Sam Mbake[/autotag] and [autotag]Nathan Bax[/autotag],” Pittman said to the media following Saturday’s practice. “At this time I don’t know the full extent of either one of their injuries.”

Later that evening, Mbake posted on social media that fans would “have to wait a lil longer” and to “trust the process” which might indicate that he will miss an extended period of time with this injury. Pittman also mentioned that projected starting linebacker [autotag]Chris Paul Jr.[/autotag], left tackle [autotag]Devon Manuel[/autotag] and defensive tackle [autotag]Tank Booker[/autotag] were all three held out of action due to injuries.

Wide receiver, tight end, linebacker and offensive line are areas of concern for Arkansas this season, meaning health could play an important role in the level of success for those position groups. For the first time in a really long time, defensive line has the luxury of depth.

Pittman did say that if it was an actual game, then the trio of Paul, Manuel and Booker likely would’ve played. While that is a positive sign, seeing injuries in key areas should hammer home the importance of depth and having guys be able to step up.

It’s certainly not the last time this season that Pittman’s Hogs will face adversity due to injuries, let’s just hope that they’re better prepared to handle that than a year ago.

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Did UGA recruiting target Samuel Mbake hint at commitment date?

The Georgia Bulldogs offered a scholarship to 2022 wide receiver Samuel Mbake in August, now he may have set his commitment date.

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The Georgia Bulldogs offered a scholarship to 2022 wide receiver Samuel Mbake in August. Now, Mbake is getting ready to make a decision on where he will play college football.

Mbake is considered a four-star prospect and is rated as the No. 42 wide receiver in his class. He’s a rising junior in high school.

The talented receiver plays football for Brockwood High School in Snellville, Georgia. The offer is a dream come true for Mbake, who plays high school ball in the same town as Georgia legends David Pollack and David Greene.

At six-foot-three and weighing 205 pounds, Mbake has great size for an outside wide receiver. He’ll be a recruit to watch moving forward.

Here’s Mbake’s Tweet, where he may be hinting at his commitment date of Aug. 21. This could also be for his high school season opener, if Brockwood opens the year on a Saturday.

 

Mbake has received recruiting attention from schools like FSU, Miami, Florida, Georgia Tech, Penn State, and more. We’ll keep you updated throughout his recruitment and on other 2022 prospects.

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UGA football offers scholarship to WR Samuel Mbake

The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to 2022 wide receiver Samuel Mbake.

The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to 2022 wide receiver Samuel Mbake. Mbake is considered a four-star prospect. He’s a rising junior in high school.

The talented receiver plays football for Brockwood High School in Snellville, Georgia. The offer is a dream come true for Mbake, who plays high school ball in the same town as Georgia legends David Pollack and David Greene.

At six-foot-three and weighing 205 pounds, Mbake has great size for an outside wide receiver. He’ll be a recruit to watch moving forward.

Here’s how Mbake reacted to his offer from the University of Georgia via Twitter:

Mbake has received recruiting attention from schools like FSU, Miami, Florida, Georgia Tech, and more. We’ll keep you updated throughout his recruitment and on other 2022 prospects.

Georgia currently has two commitments in the class of 2022. For now, Kirby Smart and his staff are focusing more on the class of 2021.

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Wisconsin offers two four-star 2022 wide receivers

Paul Chryst and the Wisconsin Badgers continued their recruiting push yesterday by extending offers to two top wide receivers in the…

Paul Chryst and the Wisconsin Badgers continued their recruiting push yesterday by extending offers to two top wide receivers in the class of 2022, C.J. Williams and Sam M’Bake.

Williams is a four-star prospect from Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California and is currently ranked by 247Sports as the 2022’s No. 31 overall prospect, the No. 4 wide receiver and the No. 5 player from his state.

Williams’ other offers include Alabama, Ohio State, Auburn and Arkansas.

The second recruit offered by Chryst, M’Bake, is a four-star recruit out of IMG Academy. The Georgia native is the No. 24 wide receiver prospect in his class and the No. 27-ranked recruit from his state according to 247Sports.

His other offers include Arizona State, Florida, Colorado and Arkansas.

The offensive future looks bright with Graham Mertz and Jalen Berger set to burst onto the scene in the coming years. Were Wisconsin to land one or both of these players they would create an offensive attack to be reckoned with, and one that may finally be able to play toe-to-toe with Ohio State.