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Originally Posted by
Bully13
I've often wondered why AR doesn't produce more H.S. talent. the pigs always seem to have a roster full of TX, OK & other states. same goes for TN.
The talent in Arkansas is very top heavy. Normally the top 3ish in the state are as good as any other, but then it falls off a cliff. In the last 10 years, players from Arkansas have won the Doak Walker, Rimington, Mackey (x2) and Johnny Rogers (best return man) awards and another was a top 10 NFL draft pick. That's really not too bad but once you get past that most years the rest are Sun Belt or FCS quality. Northwest Arkansas has a small black population, and Little Rock has gotten away from producing as many football players and instead is producing some really good basketball players every year.
With that said, our best years in the SEC have been when our starters were mostly from Arkansas. Petrino's teams were so good because we had 4 in-state WRs in the same class that all made the NFL, THREE from the same high school. That will probably never happen again.
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