2020 Arkansas Camp Preview: Wide Receiver

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Arkansas is at a historic low point. Coming off back-to-back 2-10 seasons, the Razorbacks have a new head coach after firing Chad Morris just 22 games into his disastrous tenure in Fayetteville.

They replaced him with a familiar name, but one who hasn’t been a head coach since leading a junior college team in the early 1990s and hasn’t even been a coordinator at the FBS level. Sam Pittman does have a reputation as an excellent recruiter and developer of offensive linemen, giving the Arkansas fan base at least some hope that he’ll be able to stabilize the program.

As if that wasn’t already a big enough challenge, Pittman is dealing with unprecedented circumstances during his first offseason. Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, he and his almost entirely new staff lost all of spring practice, as well as a chunk of offseason conditioning.

The team reconvened in Fayetteville in June to begin working out and has recently started walk-through practices with the coaching staff on the field. Despite the season being pushed back three weeks to Sept. 26, Arkansas is still scheduled to begin fall camp Aug. 7.

Between now and then, HawgBeat will preview each of the Razorbacks’ position groups, breaking down the returning players and additions, providing the top storylines, and projecting a depth chart ahead of this critical stretch.

Next up are the wide receivers…

Returning players: Tyson Morris (r-sr.), De’Vion Warren (sr.), Koilan Jackson (r-jr.), Kendall Catalon (r-jr.), Mike Woods (jr.), Peyton Ausley (r-so. - walk-on), Treylon Burks (so.), Trey Knox (so.), Shamar Nash (r-fr.), Karch Gardiner (r-fr. - walk-on), John David White (r-fr. - walk-on)

Additions: Jaqualyn Crawford (r-so. - transfer who will sit out 2020), Darin Turner (fr. - 2020 signee), Harper Cole (fr. - walk-on), Kevin Compton (fr. - walk-on)