Today is the second date for national signings for college football, and the University of Arkansas has just released a summary of the combined signings for national signing day one and two.
Attached is information, including bios on each of 30 signees over both signing periods.
KEY NOTES
• The Razorbacks’ 2023 signing class consists of 20 high school athletes and 10 college transfers.
• Late signing class features five transfers and one high school signee. Each side of the ball is represented equally with three offensive players (2 WR, 1 TE) and three defenders (2 DB, 1 DL). The early signing class featured 14 defenders (6 DB, 4 DL, 4 LB) and 10 offensive players (4 OL, 2 QB, 2 WR, 1 RB, 1 TE).
•30 signees hailing from 13 different states – Texas (7), Alabama (3), Arkansas (4), Georgia (4), Florida (2), Michigan (2), Oklahoma (2), Illinois (1), Maryland (1), Mississippi (1), North Carolina (1), South Carolina (1) and Tennessee (1).
• Four in-state signees, including transfer quarterback Jacolby Criswell (Morrilton), defensive lineman Quincy Rhodes Jr. (North Little Rock), offensive lineman Joey Su’a (Bentonville) and Shamar Easter (Ashdown).
• 16 of the 23 December signees enrolled early and are already participating in offseason workouts. All five transfers in the late signing period have enrolled and are participating in offseason workouts for a total of 21 new Razorbacks this spring.
• No. 21 class nationally and No. 9 class in the SEC by Rivals. According to Rivals rankings, marks the first time with consecutive Top 25 recruiting classes since 2004-2005.
• No. 22 class nationally and the No. 9 class in the SEC by 247Sports, as of now best ranked overall class by 247Sports since 2015. According to 247Sports recruiting rankings, marks the first time since 2015-16 with consecutive Top 25 classes.
• No. 19 transfer class nationally and No. 6 transfer class in the SEC by 247Sports.
FEBRUARY SIGNING PERIOD
Player Pos. HT WT Hometown High School / Previous School
Tyrone Broden ^ WR 6-7 210 Detroit, Mich. West Bloomfield HS/Bowling Green State
Shamar Easter TE 6-5 230 Ashdown, Ark. Ashdown HS
Trajan Jeffcoat ^ DL 6-4 269 Columbia, S.C. Irmo HS/Missouri
Lorando Johnson ^ DB 6-0 193 Lancaster, Texas Lancaster HS/Baylor
Isaac TeSlaa ^ WR 6-4 215 Hudsonville, Mich. Unity Christian HS/Hillsdale College
Alfahiym Walcott ^ DB 6-2 211 Wilmington, N.C. Laney HS/Baylor
DECEMBER SIGNING PERIOD
Player Pos. HT WT Hometown High School / Previous School
Andrew Armstrong ^ WR 6-4 189 Dallas, Texas Bishop Dunne HS / Texas A&M-Commerce
Isaiah Augustave RB 6-2 205 Naples, Fla. Naples HS
Joshua Braun ^ OL 6-6 335 Live Oak, Fla. Suwannee HS / Florida
Jaylon Braxton ^ DB 6-0 180 Frisco, Texas Lone Star HS
Luke Brown ^ OL 6-6 320 Paris, Tenn. Henry County HS
Jacolby Criswell ^ QB 6-1 225 Morrilton, Ark. Morrilton HS / North Carolina
Carson Dean ^ LB 6-4 230 Frisco, Texas Hebron HS
Davion Dozier WR 6-4 195 Moody, Ala. Moody HS
Christian Ford DB 6-0 185 McKinney, Texas McKinney HS
Ian Geffrard DL 6-5 370 Mableton, Ga. Whitefield Academy
Antonio Grier ^ LB 6-1 220 Atlanta, Ga. Mays HS / USF
Dylan Hasz ^ DB 5-11 175 Bixby, Okla. Bixby HS
Luke Hasz ^ TE 6-3 245 Bixby, Okla. Bixby HS
Kaleb James DL 6-4 260 Mansfield, Texas Mansfield HS
RJ Johnson ^ DB 6-2 182 Locust Grove, Ga. Eagles Landing Christian Academy
TJ Metcalf ^ DB 6-1 185 Birmingham, Ala. Pinson Valley HS
John Morgan ^ DL 6-2 265 Upper Marlboro, Md. DeMatha Catholic HS / Pitt
Paris Patterson ^ OL 6-6 340 East St. Louis, Ill. East St. Louis HS
Quincy Rhodes Jr. DL 6-6 250 North Little Rock, Ark. North Little Rock HS
Alex Sanford LB 6-1 230 Oxford, Miss. Oxford HS
Malachi Singleton ^ QB 6-1 220 Kennesaw, Ga. North Cobb HS
Brad Spence ^ LB 6-2 225 Houston, Texas Klein Forest HS
Joey Su’a ^ OL 6-4 331 Bentonville, Ark. Bentonville HS
Dallas Young ^ DB 6-0 185 Gardendale, Ala. Gardendale HS
Note to Our Readers: The following story was sourced directly and in its entirety from the University of Arkansas Office of Communications, Kyle Parkinson.
