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Colts worked out four WRs before training camp

The Colts worked out four WRs on Monday.

The Indianapolis Colts held a tryout for four free-agent wide receivers Monday ahead of the start of 2022 training camp, per the league’s transaction wire.

With second-year wideout Mike Strachan starting camp on the PUP list, it isn’t a surprise to see the Colts checking out the talent that’s available on the market.

The four wide receivers included Isaiah Ford, John Hurst, Ishmael Hyman and Tyson Morris.

Of the quartet, Ford has the most NFL experience. He has played in 37 games while making three starts since entering the league in 2018.

Hurst and Hyman have bounced around the league a bit mostly on practice squads while Morris went undrafted during the 2022 NFL draft.

The Colts may make a move at wide receiver, and players like T.Y. Hilton, Julio Jones and Odell Beckham Jr. are still available as well.

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Beyond the box score: Why Arkansas beat Penn State in Outback Bowl

Arkansas used a massive running game, a stout defense and KJ Jefferson to dispatch Penn State in the Outback Bowl.

Arkansas coach Sam Pittman wasn’t going to change horses midstream. He was going to dance with the girl he brought. He was, well, all of those other cliches.

The Razorbacks stuck to what they did best all throughout the 2021 season and made Penn State pay in the Outback Bowl, 24-10.

Quarterback KJ Jefferson, like he was all season long, was the biggest reason why. But he was hardly alone. Wide receivers like Tyson Morris and De’Vion Warren stepped up in their final games as Razorbacks players in the stead of Treylon Burks. Arkansas’ running back balance, which had all year long, continued in dominant fashion. And the Hogs defense made Penn State one-dimensional and took advantage late.

It all added up to one of the most complete games of Arkansas’ season and a nearly perfect capper to Arkansas’ best season in a decade.

Morris yet to arrive to Tampa, but Hogs mostly healthy for Outback Bowl

Arkansas is missing its top wide receiver as practice in Florida are underway for the Outback Bowl.

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Arkansas wide receiver Tyson Morris, the team’s leading receiver after Treylon Burks opted out of the Outback Bowl, was not with the team in Florida on Monday because of an undisclosed illness.

Razorbacks coach Sam Pittman said during his press conference Monday that he expected Morris to be cleared by the end of the week and he could join the team as soon as Wednesday. Tom Murphy of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported that Morris was absent because of the flu.

“I’m supposed to not tell you exactly all those things,” Pittman said. “I think that’s a privacy for the kid. I can tell you that depending on the different rulings, we’ll know this afternoon whether he can be here to practice on Wednesday or whether his first real speed action will be on Saturday.”

Otherwise, Arkansas was mostly healthy as they began game week preparation for Penn State in the bowl on January 1. Defensive Mataio Soli was injured during a scrimmage before Christmas and, per Murphy, had his knee wrapped during practice earlier this week. Freshman tight end Zach Lee was also not seen practicing, but Pittman said he anticipated the team being full-go by the end of the week.

Morris finished the regular season with 21 catches for 305 yards and two touchdowns. All three numbers ranked second on the roster behind Burks, who opted out earlier in December as a projected first-round NFL draft pick.

The Outback Bowl is Arkansas’ first in the state of Florida since the Capital One Bowl in 2007 and the meeting against the Nittany Lions is the first in school history.

Warren, Morris out to change it: “People do not respect Arkansas”

De’Vion Warren and Tyson Morris have been through a lot during their combined 11 years of college football.

Tyson Morris has less than a week left in his college football career. Six years worth of blood, sweat and tears will culminate Saturday when Arkansas plays Penn State in the Outback Bowl.

De’Vion Warren has five years of equity put into the Arkansas program. He, too, has just the final game left.

Come January 1, the eyes of Razorbacks Country will be on them, too, perhaps more now than ever, even with their 11 years combined college-football experience. Morris and Warren are arguably the top two wide receivers on the team now that Treylon Burks declared he would be skipping the bowl for the NFL draft.

Warren has been in Fayetteville for all five of his years. And he, for one, is ready.

“I’ve been here since Coach (Bret Bielema) was here,” he said. “We have had ups and downs as a team, but being able to have the success we have, it’s been amazing. It’s been great. I’m happy that I’ve been here to help with the rebuild and being part of it. It’s just been a good thing for me.”

Warren caught 13 passes for 219 yards this season, not far off the 15 for 278 he had last year. He is known quantity.

Morris is a bit different. He began his career at Division II Central Oklahoma before he, the Fayetteville High grad, realized he truly could play for the Razorbacks. In 2021, he nearly exceeded his career output to that point by catching 21 passes for 305 yards and two touchdowns.

The Fayetteville native and the man who played for three different coaches know this is the end. They aren’t going to slack for Arkansas’ bowl, either. It’s their final shot.

“Some teams take (bowl games) lightly,” Warren said. “We don’t take any game lightly, so for us it’s another game that we have to go out there and earn respect. In college football, people do not respect Arkansas.”