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When Springdale offensive lineman Mitch Smothers visited Arkansas last Saturday, he thought there was a chance he might get a scholarship offer.
The chance soon became a reality when Smothers sat next to Arkansas Coach Bobby Petrino after halftime of the Auburn basketball game in Bud Walton arena and Petrino told him of the offer.
Smother, 6-4, 290, 5.1 has been attending Arkansas games since he was 6. The news of him receiving an offer was well received by his family.
“They’re all Razorbacks too and they want me to go there,” said Smothers, who reports a 370-pound bench press, 480 squat and 4.7 pro-shuttle time. “But they’re telling me to consider all of my options.”
Smothers, who graded out at 92 percent and had 111 pancake blocks while allowing only one sack, is drawing strong interest from Missouri and Kentucky. Both schools have said they will offer if he visits during their junior days.
Arkansas’ academic program along with weight room stood out to Smothers during the day-long visit.
“I was real impressed with their weight and conditioning program,” he said. “They evaluate where you are, like your flexibility. If you have bad flexibility then they’ll work on that and if you need to gain or lose weight.”
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I feel good about him being a Razorback and committing soon.
This next class is going to be very special! I hope these young people get on board quickly so they don’t miss out.
How special it would be to bring all these very special Ark athletes to the hill and for them together along with some out of state players to bring a National Champ to Ark. To have a group of Ark raised athletes this strong is so special. It will be something they can cherish forever ! Wow what a class 2011 will be ! I hope we land every one of them ! Go Hogs !
I think some day Ark football discussions will be catagorized as before the class of 2011 or after the class of 2011 ! This class will change the face of Razorback football forever !
Petrino is setting up the chess board guys, just a few more pieces to go! The 2011 class might be one of the best in Arkansas history! I’m getting excited!
Sounds like he is a Hog and should just go ahead and join Allen and Dean, and just commit.
We have offers to a lot of big OL so he doesn’t need to wait too long.
We have offered three 7A-West OLineman, whats up with that? All
three play against each other, and may end up on the same team.
Arkansas is loaded up this year with Olineman around the state.
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