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Published Mar 8, 2017
2017 Razorback Tight End Snapshot
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Trey Biddy  •  HawgBeat
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TIGHT ENDS

87 Jack Kraus RS-JR 6-5, 252 Bentonville, Ark. Bentonville HS

0 Jeremy Patton JR 6-6, 236 Indianapolis, Ind. Arizona Western College

40 Jamario Bell RS-SO 6-5, 252 Junction City, Ark. Junction City HS

44 Austin Cantrell RS-SO 6-4, 269 Roland, Okla. Roland HS

81 Will Gragg R-SO 6-4, 254 Dumas, Ark. Dumas HS

85 Cheyenne O’Grady R-SO 6-4, 251 Fayetteville, Ark. Fayetteville HS

89 Grayson Gunter SO 6-6, 232 Madison, Miss. Madison Central HS

NOTABLE WALK ON TEs

38 Blake Kern RS-FR 6-6, 240 Lamar, Ark. Lamar HS

Arkansas has big shoes to fill at tight end with the loss of Jeremy Sprinkle last year...though they have had big shoes to fill every year over the last three seasons.

Jeremy Sprinkle is a good bet to get drafted in late April, which would make him the third drafted tight end in as many years out of Arkansas, but he was injured a significant part of last season and also missed the bowl game due to a shoplifting incident.

Austin Cantrell already had a role as the team's move tight end (F), but he stepped into a larger role due to Sprinkle's ankle injury as the in-line guy (Y). Cantrell has always been a load to bring down, and he really packs a punch. The area in which he improved the most last season was running after the catch (see the 33-yard catch-and-run in the

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