UPDATED 7:38 p.m. 4/28/2013
Profiles and information on Terron Armstead (UAPB OL drafted by the New Orleans Saints), Knile Davis (Arkansas RB drafted by the KC Chiefs), Tyler Wilson (Arkansas QB drafted by the Oakland Raiders), Cobi Hamiton (Arkansas WR drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals), Chris Gragg (Arkansas TE to the Buffalo Bills), Ty Powell (Harding University DE to the Seahawks), Don Jones (DB Arkansas State University Red Wolves to the Miami Dolphins) are on this page.
Here is video of the teleconference with Tyler Wilson after his selection by Oakland.
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The waiting is over for three Arkansas football players, as the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft produced two picks, Terron Armstead (OL UAPB Golden Lions) to the New Orleans Saints; Knile Davis (RB University of Arkansas Razorbacks) to the Kansas City Chiefs. Tyler Wilson (QB Razorbacks) was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the fourth round Saturday.
For those who followed the NFL Combine earlier this year, Armstead’s selection was not a surprise. He turned in speedy numbers for an offensive lineman and established himself as a dedicated football player who has the opportunity to make an impact in the NFL.
Terron Armstead (6’5, 306 lbs) becomes the 504th player from a SWAC member institution taken in the NFL Draft and the first player since 2011 and is a three-time All-SWAC team selection.
To cap his collegiate career, he helped lead UAPB to the 2012 SWAC Football Championship title, its second conference title overall in football. He helped UAPB finish
first in the SWAC rushing offense (204.7 ypg) and second in sacks against. In his senior season, he started all 12 games, playing in a total of 32 games during his career.
At the 2013 NFL Combine, Armstead ran a remarkably fast 4.71 sec 40-yard dash, which is the fastest 40 yard dash time of any offensive lineman at the combine since it first began in 1982.
Armstead is also an eight-time individual champion in indoor and outdoor track & field.
[tweet https://twitter.com/blindside_2/status/327968694816886784]Here is an official transcript with Terron Armstead from the New Orleans Saints after his draft selection. Audio of the interview is available here.
How much were you in touch with the Saints throughout this process?
“The Saints have always been one of the teams I believe I can fit right in with. I’m so excited right now I really can’t explain my feelings. I’m so anxious to get down to New Orleans and so ready to put on that black and gold again.”
Sean Payton has said plenty of times that left tackle is open competition, how does that make you feel?
“Definitely music to my ears. I’m a serious competitor, real serious. I’m going to come in and I’m looking to fight for the job day one.”
You said, ‘black and gold again’, what do you mean by that?
“Arkansas-Pine Bluff is black and gold, so I don’t have to change my color scheme.”
Did you run a 4.65 at the combine?
“Yes sir, the unofficial.”
Do you get a lot of your speed from track and being a shot putter?
“A whole lot of it was God given, really just naturally talented. I worked on my speed over the years but I have to give a lot of it to God given ability.”
Why did you turn down Division I offers?
“I lost a lot of my Division I recruitment because of my ACT scores being so late after signing day, a lot of the smaller schools were coming at me and being able to do track at Arkansas-Pine Bluff was a deciding factor in why I chose Arkansas-Pine Bluff and I believe it helped me tremendously. It was a humbling experience going to a smaller school and I thought I was going to go big out of high school, so it’s been a longer road but I just kept fighting.”
What made you believe you could get to this point coming out of Arkansas-Pine Bluff?
“I never doubted, I never doubted myself. I saw myself going big out of high school and when I didn’t I kind of questioned it for a minute, but I kept fighting trying to get better as a player, learn more about the game, and I never doubted myself.”
I know a lot of people started noticing you at the East West Shrine game, then to the Senior Bowl and then you were successful at the NFL Combine, discuss that process.
“The East West Shrine game was definitely a huge opportunity for me especially coming from a small school getting a chance to go against some bigger competition. The biggest question coming out of my school was the level of competition so having that opportunity that I went down with a chip on my shoulder of course and just tried to answer the question about level of competition. Then I went to the Senior Bowl the next week and tried to continue the same thing and I believe I just topped it off at the Combine and I got to show all the teams my athleticism.”
Have you thought about coming from a small school and now possibly blocking for a guy like Drew Brees
and the New Orleans Saints?
“Yes sir, I’m really excited about blocking for one of the greats of all time Drew Brees, I’m really really excited about that.”
Did you grow up a football fan of any particular pro team?
“I’m from the St. Louis area, so when I was growing up I was a fan of the greatest show on turf.”
What is your timeline for playing?
“I really don’t see myself sitting out. I love to play, I love the game of football, I love being on the field and I have a problem sitting on the bench. I know I have a lot to learn and I’m willing and ready to learn as fast as I can, as fast as I possibly can to get on the field.”
SWAC in the NFL Draft Notes on Armstead
- The last player from the SWAC selected during the NFL Draft – Frank Kearse (DT – Alabama A&M – 2011 – Miami Dolphins)
- The last offensive lineman selected from the SWAC in the NFL Draft – Courtney Van Buren (G – Arkansas-Pine Bluff – 2003 – San Diego Chargers)
- Van Buren is also the last player to be drafted out of UAPB going as the 80th pick overall in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft
- Armstead becomes the 52nd lineman and the 37th offensive tackle selected from the SWAC
- The last offensive tackle from a SWAC member school selected in the NFL Draft – Toby Myles (T – Jackson State – 1998 – New York Giants). Myles was selected in the fifth round, 147th overall.
- Armstead joins notable UAPB draft picks such as Chris Akins (Green Bay Packers – 1999) and L.C. Greenwood (Pittsburgh Steelers – 1969)
Knile Davis
Davis had one year of college eligibility left, but opted to leave early for the NFL Draft. Jim Harris discusses that decision here.
He was drafted 96th overall by the Kansas City Chiefs during the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft Friday. Draft coverage continues with Rounds 4-7 Saturday and we will update this post as Arkansas football players are selected.
Davis appeared in 36 games with 15 starts for the Arkansas Razorbacks during his college career, rushing 349 times for 1,862 yards and 19 touchdowns and catching 32 passes for 297 yards and two touchdowns.
His 21 total touchdowns are tied for 15th on Arkansas’ all-time career list.
In 2010, he was a first-team All-SEC performer after leading the conference’s running backs with 1,322 rushing yards. His rushing yards total ranked as the fourth-highest single-season output in school history and made him the 10th Razorback to post a 1,000-yard rushing season. Also that season, his 6.48 yards-per-carry average led the NCAA among running backs that carried the ball at least 200 times. He was voted a team captain in 2011 and again in 2012 after he missed the entire 2011 season due to an injury.
[tweet https://twitter.com/BoobieKnile_Era/status/327983888133677057]Tyler Wilson
Tyler Wilson’s Records at Arkansas (29)
Passing Yards-Career (7,765, 2008-12) Completions-Career (593, 2008-12)
Completion Percentage-Career (62.6, 2008-12) 350-Yard Pass Games-Career (7, 2008-12) Consecutive Pass Attempts Without Int. (184, 2011) 350-Yard Pass Games-Season (5, 2012)
Pass Completions-Season (277, 2011)
Pass Attempts-Season (438, 2011)
Total Plays-Season (498, 2011)
Pass Yards-Game (510 vs. Texas A&M, 10/1/11)
Pass Completions-Game (32 vs. Mississippi State, 11/19/11) Pass Touchdowns-Game (5 vs. Kentucky, 10/13/12)
Pass Attempts-Game (59 at Texas A&M, 9/29/12)
Total Yards-Game (481 at Texas A&M, 9/29/12)
Total Plays-Game (62 at Texas A&M, 9/29/12)
Pass Yards-Home Game (419 vs. Rutgers, 9/22/12)
Pass Completions-Home Game (32 vs. Mississippi State, 11/19/11) Pass Touchdowns-Home Game (5 vs. Kentucky, 10/13/12)
Total Yards-Home Game (426 vs. Rutgers, 9/22/12)
Pass Completions-Road Game (29 at Texas A&M, 9/29/12) Pass Attempts-Road Game (59 at Texas A&M, 9/29/12) Total Yards-Road Game (481 at Texas A&M, 9/29/12) Total Plays-Road Game (62 at Texas A&M, 9/29/12)
Pass Completions-Conf. Game (32 vs. Mississippi State, 11/19/11) Pass Touchdowns-Conf. Game (5 vs. Kentucky, 10/13/12)
Pass Attempts-Conf. Game (59 at Texas A&M, 9/29/12)
Total Plays-Conf. Game (62 at Texas A&M, 9/29/12)
Pass Yards-Season Opener (367 vs. Jacksonville State, 9/1/12) Pass Touchdowns-Season Opener (3 vs. Jacksonville State, 9/1/12)
Tyler Wilson Bio:
Tyler Wilson
QB, 6-3/220
SR-4L
Greenwood, Ark./Greenwood HS
CAREER SUMMARY: Wilson became the first Razorback in school history to be named first-team All-SEC quarterback when he was selected to the first team on the AP and coaches’ teams in 2011. He broke 29 school records, including career passing yards, career completions and career completion percentage, and has three of the top five single-game completions totals and the top-two spots on the school’s single-game passing yards and total offense yards lists. He was 593-of-948 passing for 7,765 yards and 52 touchdowns. He ranked fifth on the SEC’s all-time career total offense per play list with an average of 7.30, his career completion percentage of 62.6 was sixth in conference history and his pass efficiency rating of 144.0 was ninth on the SEC’s career list. In addition to his school records, he also left UA ranking second on the school’s career pass attempts list, second on the total offense yards list with 7,721, third on the total offense per play list, fourth on the career touchdown passes list, fourth on the touchdown responsibility list with 56 and fourth on the total offense plays list with 1,058.
2012: He started all 11 games in which he played, missing the Alabama game due to an injury, and finished the season 249-of-401 passing for 3,387 yards and 21 touchdowns. He broke the Arkansas single-season record with five 350-yard pass games and also was named a finalist for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and to the SEC Community Service Team. His completions total ranked third on UA’s single-season list, while his passing yards, pass attempts, 3,394 total offense yards and 442 total offense plays were the fourth-highest single-season totals in school history and his completion percentage of 62.1, passing touchdowns and average of 7.68 yards of total offense per play ranked fifth. He led the SEC and ranked 10th in the NCAA with an average of 307.9 passing yards per game, and he ranked second in the conference and 15th in the country with an average of 308.5 yards of total offense per game. His 249 completions were tied for the third-highest total in the SEC and 36th in the NCAA.
His total offense per play average tied for fourth in the SEC and 14th in the NCAA, and his average of 8.45 yards per pass attempt was fifth in the conference and tied for 16th in the nation. He also ranked sixth in the SEC in pass efficiency rating. He tied the Arkansas single-game record with five passing touchdowns and tied for third on UA’s single-game touchdown responsibility list in a weather-shortened 49-7 victory vs. Kentucky. He finished the game 23-of-31 passing for 372 yards and five touchdowns and also rushed one time for five yards.
He broke the Arkansas single-game records for total plays with 62 and pass attempts at Texas A&M. He was 29-of-59 passing for 373 yards and one touchdown, also breaking UA single-game records for completions in a road game and producing the fifth-highest single- game completions total in school history. He was 20-of-39 passing for 419 yards and three touchdowns while adding seven yards on two rushes vs. Rutgers, the fourth-highest single-game passing yards total and eighth-highest single-game total offense yards total in the SEC in 2012. His totals vs. Rutgers also ranked as the second-highest single-game totals for passing yards and total offense yards in school history. He opened the season with 367 passing yards and three touchdowns as part of a 19-of-27 performance in the 49-24 win vs. Jacksonville State, breaking the UA record for passing yards in a season opener and tying the school record for passing touchdowns in a season opener.
He was 11-of-20 passing for 196 yards and two touchdowns in the first half vs. ULM before being forced to sit out the second half due to injury. He was 22-of-29 passing for 230 yards and adding 10 yards on four rushing attempts in the 24-7 victory at Auburn. He was 24-of-43 passing for 297 yards and two touchdowns vs. Ole Miss. He was 21-of-31 passing for 272 yards and gained one yard on three rushes in the 19-15 win vs. Tulsa. He was 26-of-41 passing for 277 yards at No. 12 South Carolina, during which he broke the UA record for career completions. He was 23-of-29 passing, the sixth-highest single- game completion percentage mark in school history, for 225 yards and two touchdowns while adding 10 yards on seven rushes at Mississippi State. He ended his career with a 31-of-52 passing performance for 359 yards, breaking the UA career passing yards record, and one touchdown while rushing for a season-high 38 yards on nine carries vs. No. 8 LSU. His 61 total offense plays ranked as the second-highest single-game total in school history, and his completions and pass attempts were tied for second on the school’s respective single-game lists. Following the season he was selected to play in the Senior Bowl, where he was 8-of-11 passing, leading the South Team in compeltions, for 40 yards as the South earned a 21-16 win.
2011: In his first season as a starter, Wilson started all 13 games after being selected as a team captain and led the Razorbacks to 11 wins, which tied the school’s single-season record and was just the third time in school history with 11 wins. He was named first-team All-SEC by the AP and coaches, which made him the first Razorback in school history to be named first-team All-SEC quarterback. Wilson finished the season 277-of-438 passing for 3,638 yards and 24 touchdowns with six interceptions, becoming just the second Razorback in school history to pass for 3,000 yards in a season.
His completions and attempts totals were single-season school records. His passing yards total ranked as the second-highest single-season mark in school history and the eighth-highest single- season total in SEC history, while his 63.2 completion percentage was the third-highest single-season total in school history. He was responsible for 28 touchdowns, which ranked as the third-highest single-season total in school history, and his passing touchdown total ranked fourth on UA’s single-season list. He broke Arkansas’ single-season record with 498 plays of total offense and his 3,635 yards of total offense ranked as the second-highest single-season total in school history and was the 10th-highest single-season total in SEC history. Wilson’s attempt-to-interceptions ratio of 1:73 was the third-best in SEC history with a minimum of 300 attempts and fourth-best in conference history with a minimum of 200 attempts. He was a finalist for the Manning Award and the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and a semifinalist for the Davey O’Brien Award.
He broke Arkansas’ record for consecutive passes without an interception by throwing 184 passes, stretching from the second quarter at Alabama to the second quarter vs. South Carolina, between interceptions. His streak also ranked as the sixth longest in SEC history. Wilson led the SEC and ranked 16th in the NCAA with his average of 279.8 passing yards per game and led the SEC and ranked 23rd in the NCAA with his average of 279.6 yards of total offense per game. His completions total was the highest in the SEC and ranked 25th in the NCAA, and his 24 touchdown passes ranked second in the conference and 32nd in the nation. Wilson’s pass efficiency rating of 148.35 led the SEC and ranked 22nd in the NCAA, and his completion percentage ranked third in the SEC. He ranked third in the SEC and was tied for 13th in the NCAA with his average of 13.13 yards per completion, and his average of 8.31 yards per pass attempt ranked second in the SEC and tied for 18th in the NCAA. He led the SEC and ranked seventh in the NCAA with 94 passes of at least 15 yards and led the SEC and ranked eighth in the country with 33 passes of 25-plus yards. His 61 passes of 15-plus yards in the first half led the conference and ranked fourth in the NCAA, and his 2,179 first-half passing yards led the SEC and was 10th in the nation. He also led the SEC and ranked eighth in the NCAA with 1,261 passing yards in the second quarter.
Wilson opened the season with the ninth-highest single-game completion percentage in school history with an 18-of-24 performance for 261 yards and two touchdowns in a 51-7 win vs. Missouri State. He was 18-of-26 passing for 259 yards and one touchdown through the air and also added 48 rushing yards on five carries in a 52-3 victory vs. New Mexico. Wilson passed for 303 yards and two touchdowns while completing 23-of-36 passes in the 38-28 win vs. Troy. At No. 3 Alabama, he was 22-of-35 passing for 185 yards and two touchdowns. Wilson was named SEC co-Offensive Player of the Week after breaking the Arkansas school record with 510 passing yards while leading the Razorbacks from an 18-point halftime deficit to a 42-38 victory vs. No. 14 Texas A&M inside Cowboys Stadium. He finished the day 30-of-51 passing for 510 yards and three touchdowns, breaking the UA record for pass attempts and producing the fifth 500-yard passing game in SEC history and first since 2001. His passing yards total was the highest in the SEC and the fourth-highest single-game total in the NCAA in 2011. He also broke the Arkansas single-game record with 481 yards of total offense, which was the most in the SEC and 12th-highest single-game total in the NCAA, and with 57 plays of total offense against the Aggies.
Wilson completed a career-high 18 consecutive passes in Arkansas’ 38-14 win vs. No. 15 Auburn, which tied for the third-longest overall streak in SEC history and tied for the second-longest single-game streak in conference history. He finished the game against the Tigers 24-of-36 passing for 262 yards and two touchdowns through the air and also added one rushing touchdown. Wilson was 13-of-28 passing for 232 yards and rushed for two touchdowns in the 29-24 win at Ole Miss in which he led the team back from a 17-point deficit. He completed 27-of-43 passes for 316 yards and one touchdown in a 31-28 win at Vanderbilt, leading the Razorbacks back from 14 points down. He was 20-of-37 passing for 299 yards and two touchdowns, including a career-long-tying 68 yarder, in the 44-28 win vs. No. 10 South Carolina. He completed 16-of-26 passes for 224 yards and three touchdowns in a 49-7 win vs. Tennessee. Wilson was named SEC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in Arkansas’ 44-17 victory vs. Mississippi State in which he broke the school record with 32 completions, bettering the previous record of 31 that had stood since 1971. He finished the game 32-of-43 passing for 365 yards and three touchdowns. At No. 1 LSU, Wilson was 14-of-22 passing for 207 yards and one touchdown. He was named Offensive MVP of the Cotton Bowl after he was 20-of-31 passing for 216 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions while leading the Razorbacks to a 29-16 win vs. No. 11 Kansas State.
2010: He appeared in six games for the Razorbacks and finished the season 34-of-51 passing for 453 yards and four touchdowns
with three interceptions. He became just the ninth quarterback in Arkansas history to throw for 300 yards in a game when he came on in relief of an injured Ryan Mallett in the second quarter at No. 7 Auburn. In less than three full quarters against the Tigers, Wilson passed for a then-career-high 323 yards, including a then-career-long 54-yard completion, and a career-high four touchdowns. His touchdown total was tied for the fourth-highest single-game output in school history, and his passing yardage was the 14th-best single- game performance by a Razorback. His four passing touchdowns tied for the third-highest single-game output in the SEC in 2010, and his passing yards were the 12th-best single-game total in the conference. His four touchdowns were the most the Tigers had allowed
at home since 2000, and his 332 passing yards were the most given up by an Auburn defense inside Jordan-Hare Stadium since 2001. The next week, he again stepped in for an injured Mallett and was 3-of-5 passing for 71 yards while finishing off a 38-24 win vs. Ole Miss. He was 4-of-5 passing for 36 yards in the Razorbacks’ 58-21 victory vs. UTEP. He completed one pass for eight yards in UA’s 49-14 win vs. Vanderbilt and opened the season with one completion for six yards in a 44-3 victory vs. Tennessee Tech. He played the final two offensive series but did not attempt a pass in Arkansas’ 41-20 win at No. 18 South Carolina.
2009: Wilson played in five games for Arkansas including action against Alabama. He finished the season 22-of-36 with 218 yards and two touchdowns. Wilson passed for a total of 138 yards on 13-of-19 passing and both touchdowns in the season opener against Missouri State. At Alabama, he completed 4-of-6 passes for 31 yards. He saw plenty of time in the victory over Eastern Michigan and was 5-of-11 for 49 yards.
2008: He played in two games, completing 11-of-22 passes for 69 yards and a touchdown with two interceptions. He was 4-of-7 for 27 yards with a touchdown and an interception against Alabama, and 7-of-15 for 42 yards with an interception the following week at Texas. He missed the remainder of the season due to an illness and received a medical hardship to make him a redshirt freshman. His touchdown against Alabama was a 10-yard toss to Michael Smith.
HIGH SCHOOL: He turned in one of the most prolific high school careers in Arkansas history, passing for more than 8,000 yards and 93 touchdown passes. He also completed 62 percent of his passes during his high school tenure. As a senior, he led Greenwood High School to its third straight state title-second with Wilson starting at quarterback-while passing for 3,939 yards and 42 touchdowns for coach Rick Jones. He was named the MVP of the 5A state championship game. He was also named as one of two quarterbacks on the Associated Press Super Team following his senior season after completing 294-of-473 passes. He also rushed 65 times for 199 yards and four touchdowns. He was recognized with the Landers Award as the state of Arkansas’ top player and selected an all-conference and all-state performer. He was a 2007 all-state selection. As a junior, he completed 294-of-434 passes for 4,222 yards and 50 touchdowns. The No. 9 pro-style quarterback in the nation, as rated by Rivals, he was also ranked the No. 5 overall recruit in the state of Arkansas by the same scouting service. He was rated No. 10 overall in the state by the HawgSports.com Natural 21 rankings and No. 6 by Hawgs Illustrated. He was ranked, by Scout, as the No. 35 quarterback in the nation and the No. 7 player in Arkansas. He was also recruited by Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri and Nebraska.
PERSONAL: Born Aug. 16, 1989, he is the son of Don and Suzy Wilson. He is majoring in sports management and earned a place on the Athletic Department Honor Roll for his work in the classroom in the fall of 2009 and the Razorback Honor Roll in the fall of 2012. He was named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll in 2011.
Cobi Hamilton
Cobi Hamilton
WR, 6-3/209
SR-4L
Texarkana, Texas/Texas HS
CAREER SUMMARY: Hamilton appeared in 51 games and made 30 starts. He caught a 18 touchdowns. His receiving yards total was third on Arkansas’ all-time career list and 10th on the SEC’s all-time career list, and his receiving touchdowns total ranked fourth in school history. His five 10-catch games are the most in school history, and his eight 100- yard receiving games also ranked fourth on UA’s all-time list. He made at least one reception in each of the last 34 games of his career.
2012: Hamilton received third-team All-America accolades by the Associated Press, was a unanimous AP first-team All-SEC selection, was voted a first-team All-SEC performer by the conference’s coaches and was named a semifinalist for the Biletnikoff Award as he produced the greatest season by an Arkansas receiver and one of the best seasons in SEC history by a pass catcher. Hamilton broke UA records with 90 catches, tied for the fourth-highest single-season total in SEC history, and 1,335 yards, the fourth-best season in SEC history, and also set a UA single-season mark with five 10-catch games.
He recorded four 100-yard receiving games, tied for third on UA’s single-season list, and his yards-per-catch average of 14.8 was ninth in SEC history with a minumum of 75 catches. His average of 111.3 receiving yards per game, which was the seventh-best single-season average in SEC history, led the conference and ranked fifth in the NCAA. Hamilton also topped the SEC and was tied for 14th in the country with an average of 7.5 catches per game. Against FBS competition only, he averaged 120.2 receiving yards per game to lead the conference and rank fourth in the nation.
Hamilton also ranked fifth in the SEC in all-purpose yards, averaging 111.3 yards per game, and his 303 all-purpose yards vs. Rutgers were the most in a game in the SEC and tied for 20th-most in the NCAA in 2012. He broke the SEC and Arkansas single-game receiving yards records with 303 vs. Rutgers, tied for the 16th-highest single-game receiving yards total in NCAA history, on 10 receptions with an Arkansas-record-tying three touchdowns. He followed his Rutgers performance with an 11-catch, 162-yard day at Texas A&M, breaking the UA record for receiving yards in consecutive games with 465. He opened the season with two catches for 13 yards in limited action in a 49-24 win vs. Jacksonville State. He caught six passes for 99 yards and one touchdown vs. ULM and had two catches for 14 yards the next week vs. No. 1 Alabama. He made seven receptions for 86 yards in the 24-7 win at Auburn and eight for 77 the next week in a 49-7 victory vs. Kentucky. He made a career-high 12 catches for 146 yards vs. Ole Miss and collected 11 catches for 177 yards, breaking the Arkansas career receiving yards record, in the 19-15 victory vs. Tulsa. He caught four passes for 72 yards yards at No. 12 South Carolina and had seven catches for 88 yards and one touchdown at Mississippi State. Hamilton ended his season with 10 catches for 98 yards vs. No. 8 LSU. Following the season, he was selected to play in the Senior Bowl and made one three-yard catch for the South Team in a 21-16 win.
2011: Named to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List prior to the season, Hamilton saw action in all 13 games with 12 starts and made 34 receptions for 542 yards and four touchdowns. His average of 15.9 yards per catch ranked fifth in the SEC, and his 41.7 receiving yards per game ranked 12th in the conference. He totaled a season-high 132 yards on a season-high five catches with one touchdown in the 52-3 win vs. New Mexico after catching three passes for 38 yards in the season-opening 51-7 victory vs. Missouri State. He tied his season high with five receptions for 82 yards in a 38-28 win vs. Troy.
At No. 3 Alabama, he caught one pass for a 19-yard touchdown. He made three receptions for 47 yards in the come-from-behind 42-38 win vs. No. 14 Texas A&M and made one catch for 22 yards the next week in a 38-14 victory vs. No. 15 Auburn. He recorded one catch in each of the next two games, earning 20 yards in the 29-24 win at Ole Miss and 18 yards in the 31-28 win at Vanderbilt. He caught three passes totaling 19 yards in the 44-28 victory vs. No. 10 South Carolina and made two catches for eight yards the next week in a 49-7 win vs. Tennessee. He caught four passes for 36 yards and one touchdown in the 44-17 victory vs. Mississippi State. At No. 1 LSU, he made two receptions for 75 yards, including a season-long 60 yarder. He capped his junior season with three catches for 26 yards and one touchdown as Arkansas defeated No. 11 Kansas State 29-16 in the AT&T Cotton Bowl.
2010: He appeared in all 13 games with five starts for the Razorbacks and finished the season with 32 catches for 630 yards and six touchdowns, at the time all single-season career highs. His touchdown total tied for the team lead. He was tied for fifth in the nation with four receiving touchdowns against ranked opponents, and he ranked sixth in the NCAA with 466 receiving yards against ranked opponents. His average of 22.2 yards per reception against ranked foes was second in the SEC and 10th in the country. He had a then-career-high 164 receiving yards with two touchdowns, including a career-long 85 yarder that tied for the sixth-longest passing touchdown play in school history and tied for the third-longest passing play in the SEC and 10th-longest passing play in the NCAA in 2010, on three receptions in Arkansas’ 31-23 win vs. No. 6 LSU. His final catch against the Tigers was an 80-yard touchdown on the last play of the second quarter to give the Razorbacks a 21-14 halftime lead. In the season opener, Hamilton caught two passes for 40 yards and one touchdown as the Razorbacks earned a 44-3 win vs. Tennessee Tech.
He caught three passes for 25 yards in Arkansas’ 31-7 victory vs. ULM. He had five receptions for 98 yards and one touchdown, from 71 yards out, in Arkansas’ 24-17 victory vs. Texas A&M. Hamilton broke UA’s single-game kickoff returns record with eight at No. 7 Auburn, which also is tied for third on the program’s school-record 175 passes for 2,854 yards and single-game total returns list. His 142 kickoff return yards against the Tigers was the ninth-highest single-game total in school history. He also grabbed two receptions for 18 yards in the game. He gained 46 yards on two receptions in UA’s 38-24 win vs. Ole Miss. He earned his first 100-yard receiving game of the season when he hauled in a season-high seven passes for 111 yards and one touchdown in UA’s 41-20 win at No. 18 South Carolina. He hauled in one pass for 16 yards in a 49-14 win vs. Vanderbilt. He grabbed one touchdown on three receptions totaling 37 yards in Arkansas’ 58-21 victory vs. UTEP. His three catches went for 54 yards in the Razorbacks’ 38-31 double-overtime win at No. 22 Mississippi State. In the Allstate Sugar Bowl vs. No. 6 Ohio State, Hamilton made one catch for 21 yards.
2009: He played in all 13 games with a start at No. 1 Florida. Hamilton had 19 catches for 347 yards and three touchdowns. He also had four special teams tackles, all solo stops. He was fifth on the team in receptions, fifth in yardage, third among players with four or more catches with 18.3 yards per reception and tied for fourth in touchdowns. He was second in the nation with an average of 38.2 yards per reception in the third quarter and was second among SEC freshmen with five receptions of at least 25 yards. He opened his career with four receptions for 56 yards and a one-yard touchdown reception from Tyler Wilson against Missouri State. He had one catch against both Georgia, along with a 50-yard kickoff return, and Alabama, and no receptions the following week against Texas A&M, but followed with three for 42 yards in the win over Auburn. He made four catches for 73 yards against Eastern Michigan. He had one catch against both South Carolina and Troy, and then three for a season-high 131 yards with two touchdowns against Mississippi State from distances of 64 and 58 yards. He closed the season with an 11-yard reception in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl victory over East Carolina.
HIGH SCHOOL: He played for coach Bobby Norton at Texas High where he set the Tigers’ single-season receiving yardage record as a senior with 64 receptions for 1,071 yards and 14 touchdowns. He was ranked the No. 63 receiver in the country by Rivals.com and No. 108 by Scout.com. He was all-district and all-area. He was also listed as the No. 64 recruit in Texas by Rivals.com. He was named the All-Northeast Texas Offensive Player of the Year. As a junior, he had 29 receptions for 726 yards and seven touchdowns. He was a high school teammate of former Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett. He finished fourth in the 200 meters at the AAU National Junior Olympics (21.41). He was also recruited by Auburn, Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Texas and TCU.
PERSONAL: Born Nov. 13, 1990, he is the son of Gene and Deborah Hamilton. Both of his parents graduated from Arkansas, and his mother played basketball in the late 1970s. She is recognized, along with Joy Dillard, as the first African-American women’s basketball varsity athlete at UA. Cobi is majoring in sociology.
Chris Gragg
Chris Gragg
TE, 6-3/236
SR-4L
Warren, Ark./Warren HS
CAREER SUMMARY: Gragg played in 43 games with 20 starts and made 72 receptions for 1,003 yards and seven touchdowns.
2012: Gragg missed the majority of the season due to an injury, but started all five games he played and ended the year with 22 catches for 289 yards and a career-high three touchdowns. His touchdowns total tied for second on the team, while his receptions ranked third and his yards were fourth among Razorbacks. Gragg opened the season with seven catches for 110 yards and a career-high two touchdowns in the 49-24 win vs. Jacksonville State. He followed the next week with seven more catches for 83 yards vs. ULM. He caught three passes for 33 yards vs. No. 1 Alabama and had two catches for eight yards the next week vs. Rutgers before being injured in the first quarter. He returned vs. Ole Miss and made three receptions for 55 yards and one touchdown before suffering another injury in the second quarter that would end his season.
2011: Gragg played in all 13 games with eight starts and caught 41 passes, the third-highest total on the team, for 518 yards, which ranked fourth among the Razorbacks, and two touchdowns. His average of 3.2 receptions per game was tied for 11th in the SEC, and his average of 39.8 receiving yards per game ranked 14th in the conference. He made a career-high eight receptions for a career-high 119 yards and one touchdown in the 44-17 win vs. Mississippi State. He opened the season with four receptions for 18 yards and one touchdown in a 51-7 victory vs. Missouri State.
He caught four passes for 68 yards in the 38-28 win vs. Troy and also made four receptions, totaling 31 yards, the next week at No. 3 Alabama. Gragg made two receptions for 31 yards in a 42-38 come-from-behind victory vs. No. 14 Texas A&M. He caught three passes for 17 yards in a 38-14 win vs. No. 15 Auburn and had three catches for 39 yards in a 29-24 win at Ole Miss. He caught five passes for 62 yards in the 31-28 victory at Vanderbilt. He totaled 55 yards on three receptions in a 44-28 win vs. No. 10 South Carolina and made two receptions for 17 yards in the 49-7 win vs. Tennessee. At No. 1 LSU, he hauled in two catches for 35 yards. He ended the season with one reception for 26 yards in a 29-16 defeat of No. 11 Kansas State in the AT&T Cotton Bowl.
2010: He appeared in all 13 games with four starts for the Razorbacks and finished the season with eight receptions for 171 yards and two touchdowns. His starts came in the season-opening 44-3 win vs. Tennessee Tech, the 38-24 win vs. Ole Miss, the 41-20 victory at No. 18 South Carolina and the 31-23 win vs. No. 6 LSU. He made his first catch of the season in Arkansas’ 31-24 win at Georgia, hauling in a 57-yard touchdown on 3rd-and-1. He also made two catches for 54 yards in the Razorbacks’ 49-14 win vs. Vanderbilt. He had a then-career-high four receptions for 44 yards and one touchdown in UA’s 58-21 victory vs. UTEP. He made one 16-yard reception in the Allstate Sugar Bowl vs. No. 6 Ohio State.
2009: He received a medical redshirt after suffering a dislocated left ankle during a preseason practice on August 12.
2008: Gragg had three starts and played in all 12 games at wide receiver in 2008. His starts came against Western Illinois, Auburn and Ole Miss. He had one catch on the year for 25 yards, which came at a clutch time against ULM. The 25-yard reception on a pass from Casey Dick came on a 4th-and-1 play late in the game with the Razorbacks trailing. Following Gragg’s first-down catch, Arkansas culminated the drive with the game-winning touchdown.
HIGH SCHOOL: As a senior at Warren High School, he tallied 28 receptions for 420 yards and eight touchdowns for coach Bo Hembree. He was rated as the No. 15 overall player in the state by Rivals.com. He was ranked No. 14 overall in the state of Arkansas by the HawgSports.com Natural 21. He was rated as the No. 148 receiver in the nation by Scout.com.
PERSONAL: Born June 30, 1990, he is the son of Kelvin and Tenita Gragg. He is majoring in sports management and was named to the Athletic Director’s List for the fall of 2009. He was a member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll and the Razorback Honor Roll in the fall of 2011.
Ty Powell
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| 2012: Preseason second team All-Sun Belt Conference selection by Athlon’s…College Footbal Performance Awards national Special Teams Player of the Year Watch List.2011: Named the Sun Belt Conference Special Teams Player of the Week twice…Recorded a career-high 54 tackles, the fourth most on the team, from his nickel postion…Also posted 6.5 tackles for loss, which were the fifth most on a defense that ranked No. 8 in the nation in the stat…Recorded 1 interception, 1 sack, 3 pass break-ups and 1 blocked kick…Played in every game, including 10 as a starter..Blocked a punt and returned it for a touchdown gainst ULM and returned a block fro a score against Troy…Recorded a career-high 10 tackles agaisnt Troy and posted at least 5 tackles in 5 games…Recorded at least a partial tackle for loss in 8 games…Finisehd the GoDaddy.com Bowl with 8 tackles, which tied Brandon Joiner for the most on the team.MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST: A 2-star recruit by Rivals.com, Jones took a redshirt season in 2008 and played running back for the Red Wolves in 2009 before transferring to Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College for the 2010 season . . . Jones played safety last season for the Bulldogs, recording 39 tackles and three tackles for loss in seven games played . . . The Bulldogs finished No. 3 in the final NJCAA poll with a 10-2 record.ARKANSAS STATE (2009): While with the Red Wolves, Jones rushed for 149 yards and two touchdowns on 24 attempts . . . He also recorded 12 receptions for 146 yards and another touchdown.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played both running back and defensive back at Hazelwood High School before originally signing with A-State in 2008 . . . The state track and field champion in the 100, 200 and 400-meter events, Jones rushed for 1,853 yards and 22 touchdowns his senior campaign. PERSONAL: Born May 14, 1990 . . . Son of Don and Amberlene Jones. |
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Other Arkansas football players expected for draft consideration this year include Arkansas State University Red Wolves Don Jones, Josh Jarboe and Ryan Aplin.
A list of Arkansas football players who participated in the NFL Combine with an NFL analysis is below.
| Player | Position | School | Analysis |
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| Ty Powell | DE | Harding University | Analysis |
| Terron Armstead | OT | UAPB | Analysis |
| Alvin Bailey | OG | University of Arkansas | Analysis |
| Dylan Breeding | P | University of Arkansas | Analysis |
| Knile Davis | RB | University of Arkansas | Analysis |
| Chris Gragg | TE | University of Arkansas | Analysis |
| Cobi Hamiltion | WR | University of Arkansas | Analysis |
| Tyler Wilson | QB | University of Arkansas | Analysis |
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