Bishop (3* CB) flips to Arkansas

[Big4Dawg]

https://247sports.com/player/ladarrius-bishop-91563

This one hurts

[ShotgunDawg]

We’ll be fine.

He is a nice player, but the previous staff at Arkansas didn’t even make him a priority. He may turn out to be good, but would appear to be anything but a guy we can’t find a replacement for.

[Commercecomet24]

We also have to make some room
for some soon to be commits

[Big4Dawg]

Who & Harria already had spots.

I haven’t heard any new names yet from the new staff.

[Commercecomet24]

Who & Harria already had spots.

I haven’t heard any new names yet from the new staff.

No we still had to make room. Go check out the recruiting thread all the numbers are there.

[dawgday166]

Harris and maybe Nelson I'm guessing.

[msstate7]

Harris and maybe Nelson I'm guessing.

Who is Nelson?

[Todd4State]

Hey Jaylon Reed! You can come back now.

[Jack Lambert]

We’ll be fine.

He is a nice player, but the previous staff at Arkansas didn’t even make him a priority. He may turn out to be good, but would appear to be anything but a guy we can’t find a replacement for.

How do we know Joe didn't ask him to gray shirt?

[Commercecomet24]

Who is Nelson?

Nero Nelson but understand he may not make it in time due to grades.

[Bothrops]

https://247sports.com/player/ladarrius-bishop-91563

This one hurts

Losing a recruit to Arkansas is only ok if they are from Arkansas.

[msstate7]

Nero Nelson but understand he may not make it in time due to grades.

Wow, he totally slipped my mind

[Cooterpoot]

Neither Reed nor Nelson are SEC caliber players.

[Commercecomet24]

Neither Reed nor Nelson are SEC caliber players.

Agreed.

[HoopsDawg]

Neither Reed nor Nelson are SEC caliber players.

You can wonder that about any player Mullen hasn't gone after.

[Spiderman]

We’ll be fine.

He is a nice player, but the previous staff at Arkansas didn’t even make him a priority. He may turn out to be good, but would appear to be anything but a guy we can’t find a replacement for.

That may be why they got fired.

Bishop is a legit 4.4 guy. We need all those we can get. It does hurt.

[Maroonthirteen]

Guys, if The Razorbacks seriously want a kid that is a native Arkansan, 99% of
The time, they will get the kid. Arkansas is a very united state when it comes to backing the razorbacks.

[Irondawg]

The odd thing here is how quickly it happened. I'm sure losing our staff evened the field, but he flipped really fast. Has ARK even hired their defensive staff yet.

Guess he or mama really wanted to be closer to home. I thought we'd be in a battle with the new staff but thought it would drag out to official visits, etc.

[ShotgunDawg]

That may be why they got fired.

Bishop is a legit 4.4 guy. We need all those we can get. It does hurt.

I doubt Bielema was that bad of an evaluator.

Bishop may turn out good, but if he was a legit prospect, there is no way Arkansas barely recruits him.

[ShotgunDawg]

The odd thing here is how quickly it happened. I'm sure losing our staff evened the field, but he flipped really fast. Has ARK even hired their defensive staff yet.

Guess he or mama really wanted to be closer to home. I thought we'd be in a battle with the new staff but thought it would drag out to official visits, etc.

Where he lives is over 4 hours from Fayetteville.

I think he wanted to go to Arkansas but they didn’t push him. New staff comes in and needs to make a splash and choose him as the splash they could get.

If he was a can’t miss prospect, Bielema would’ve been all over him.

[Ifyouonlyknew]

I doubt Bielema was that bad of an evaluator.

Bishop may turn out good, but if he was a legit prospect, there is no way Arkansas barely recruits him.

He's legit. They recruited Bishop very hard at 1st he didn't immediately jump in the boat so they started recruited other DB's.

[ShotgunDawg]

He's legit. They recruited Bishop very hard at 1st he didn't immediately jump in the boat so they started recruited other DB's.

So Arkansas moved on from a legit in-state prospect that easily?

Hmmm

I’ve seen this kid play live, so I don’t need to be told how legit he is. He is a nice player that I wanted but this isn’t meltdown situation. In fact, the kid’s uncle told me he was a safety at the next level.

[Ifyouonlyknew]

So Arkansas moved on from a legit in-state prospect that easily?

Hmmm

I’ve seen this kid play live, so I don’t need to be told how legit he is. He is a nice player that I wanted but this isn’t meltdown situation. In fact, the kid’s uncle told me he was a safety at the next level.

Who's melting? You're the 1 in every thread trying to make it seem like it's not a loss. It's a loss no question. It's not a class killer or anything but it hurts.

[ShotgunDawg]

It's not a class killer or anything but it hurts.


Now that proper perspective has been achieved, I’m done talking about it.

[Brahmabull]

As previously stated, going into the last two weeks, we were about 6 schollies committed over our number.

[Coach34]

JoMo wants to go "clean slate" with current team members whereas Mullen had planned to make some cuts to the roster. Numbers are tight and its looks like it will be after Spring when cuts are made. There wont be any choice

[Maroonthirteen]

Where he lives is over 4 hours from Fayetteville.


Doesn?t matter. Texarkana (nearest big town) is a Razorback town. The whole damn State is pro Razorback.

The kid wanted to be a Razorback obviously.

Edit to say: never mind. If you have watched the kid live and talking to uncles....you haven some insight

[Pollodawg]

The fact is things like this happen with coaching staff turnover. We’ll get by.

[ShotgunDawg]

JoMo wants to go "clean slate" with current team members whereas Mullen had planned to make some cuts to the roster. Numbers are tight and its looks like it will be after Spring when cuts are made. There wont be any choice

As he should. Plus, he would rather have more spots in a class that he evaluated rather than a class he did not recruit & evaluate

[Homedawg]

No we still had to make room. Go check out the recruiting thread all the numbers are there.

This^ but the low numbers at cb are bothersome.

[Coach007]

Who & Harria already had spots.

I haven?t heard any new names yet from the new staff.

Deontai Williams will get that spot

[Coach007]

Then there is Casey Hughes Jr that may come in

[mo7888]

Deontai Williams will get that spot

This

[archdawg]

Is Williams a S or CB?

Is this Hughes Jr the guy at Utah? What's his story - grad transfer?

[WPS]

I doubt Bielema was that bad of an evaluator.

Bishop may turn out good, but if he was a legit prospect, there is no way Arkansas barely recruits him.

Bielema didn't offer an in-state CB in last year's class who ended up getting PT as a freshman at Oklahoma. Tre Norwood. He made some weird recruiting decisions sometimes.

From what I understand we only have 3 spots for DBs in this class since we took 6 last year and we were taking whomever committed first but we got 3 before Bishop made his decision. After Bielema was fired, 4* BJ Hanspard decommitted and a spot opened up.

[Commercecomet24]

This^ but the low numbers at cb are bothersome.

Agree on that. CB is a definite need.