Drew Sanders. Dwight McGlothern. Latavious Brini. Landon Jackson Jr. Alabama. LSU. Georgia.
Arkansas picked up its fair share of impact players from the transfer portal in the offseason. All four of the aforementioned played in the SEC, at powerhouse schools (LSU wasn’t a powerhouse last year, but you get it). One name slid a bit under the radar, though.
Not anymore.
Jordan Domineck is a big reason the Razorbacks lead the country in sacks. The Georgia Tech transfer has four, second on the team behind Sanders. And he’s doing it from a reserve spot.
Coach Sam Pittman recruited him for a reason, after all. And the coach knew pretty quick, before he had even met him, he was getting a good one.
“His parents to be perfectly honest with you. His mannerisms over the phone,” Pittman said. “You’re phone recruiting. We never had met him before. Talking to his mom and dad, they’re classy people, wonderful people. He’s a guy that just wanted to compete in this league.”
Domineck was shell-shocked, initially, Pittman said, when he arrived in Fayetteville. The Razorbacks run their program quite a bit differently than Georgia Tech. It took a while for Domineck to adjust.
But he was a guy who had more than 70 tackles and 7 1/2 sacks his last two years with the Yellow Jackets. Once he adjusted, things would be fine.
“There wasn’t a problem at Georgia Tech,” Pittman said. “It was about ‘Look, I’ve got an opportunity to go to the SEC. I’d like to see if I’m good enough to play in the SEC.’”
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