A Closer Look at Arkansas's Early 2020 Tight End Offers
The Razorbacks have already offered nine 2020 tight ends, seven of which remain uncommitted. Florida native Dominic Mammarelli committed to Miami and Michael Mayer committed to Notre Dame. Here's a closer look at the remaining targets' recruitments so far:
A rare offer from the Hogs out in the Northwest but a very talented prospect, D'Andre Rogers is ranked as the fourth . best tight end in the nation out of Sammamish, Washington. He's quick, he's aggressive and he was a complete mismatch for opponents. Rogers has picked up a lot of steam as a junior and even picked up big offers from his region like Oregon. Rogers doesn't have plans yet to visit Arkansas.
TOP OFFERS: Arkansas, Alabama, LSU, USC
CHANCES TO LAND: Low
Just like the 2019 class, the Razorbacks have also offered the no.1 ranked tight end in the 2020 class, Las Vegas native Darnell Washington. Washington is a two-way player at Desert Pines and he recorded three sacks at defensive end as a sophomore. Not only is Washington huge at 6-foot-7, he's also incredibly athletic. He holds 25 Division-I offers already and was recently bumped to a 5-star and the no. 16 prospect in the nation. An early list of Washington's standout schools includes Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, USC, Michigan, Minnesota and Texas. During his junior season he also picked up offers from Clemson and Florida State, and an offer to play both basketball and football at Oregon State.
TOP OFFERS: Alabama, Georgia, Auburn, Oregon, Oklahoma, Texas, Michigan, Arkansas
CHANCES TO LAND: Low
The Razorback staff has been on Elijah Yelverton for awhile and he's already got a lot of love for Arkansas. Yelverton plays for a very impressive Bishop Dunne team in Dallas and the Arkansas coaches began establishing a relationship with him back when they were at SMU. He's got 18 offers already and says he's kept in closest contact with Michigan, LSU and Oklahoma State so far. He visited LSU this season and picked up his most recent offer from Minnesota in December. Yelverton took his first visit this year to TCU.
TOP OFFERS: Michigan, LSU, Arkansas, Nebraska, Baylor, TCU
CHANCES TO LAND: Decent
Arkansas tight ends coach Barry Lunney got on this McKinney, Texas native early and the 5.5 3-star picked up his offer after impressing the coaches in person at camp this summer. Frazier has an impressive frame at 6-foot-5 and he had three offers before the season from Arkansas, Oklahoma State and Purdue. He picked up offers from Vanderbilt, Iowa State and SMU as a junior and continues to pick up offers this winter. He visited Arkansas this season and will be back this spring. He wants to take an official visit in the Fall. Frazier took his first visit this year to TCU.
TOP OFFERS: Arkansas, Oklahoma State, Purdue, Vanderbilt, TCU
CHANCES TO LAND: Good
Tight end (and defensive end) Allen Horace out of Crockett High School received his offer from the Hogs in June of 2018, it was his third offer. He now holds six including several Texas universities but he wants to visit Arkansas this spring before working out official visit plans. He won all-district honors on both sides of the ball while scoring nine touchdowns on 29 receptions at tight end.
TOP OFFERS: Arkansas, Baylor, Houston, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Nebraska
CHANCES TO LAND: Good
Donavon Johnson is one of the newest Arkansas tight end offer and he's already come to visit for the Hogs' second prospect day of the 2020 cycle. He's got seven offers now with the latest being from Arkansas, Louisiana Tech and North Texas.
TOP OFFERS: Nebraska, Arkansas, Arizona State, North Texas, Colorado
CHANCES TO LAND: Decent
The Razorbacks stepped way out of their recruit territories to offer Colorado tight end Kole Taylor. Taylor has three offers so far from Missouri, Arkansas and Colorado and has been to visit Colorado as well as Nebraska, UCLA and Utah. It's still early for this 6-foot-6 mountain kid.
TOP OFFERS: Arkansas, Colorado, Missouri
CHANCES TO LAND: Low
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