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Published Jul 27, 2023
Arkansas football 2023 projected depth chart: Defense
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Mason Choate  â€¢  HawgBeat
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The Arkansas football team has plenty of new faces for the 2023 season and the depth chart will look much different than it did during the 7-6 campaign in 2022 that was capped off with a Liberty Bowl win over Kansas.

To be fair, some of the impact players entering the season will be familiar names. KJ Jefferson and Rocket Sanders are the stars of the show for first year offensive coordinator Dan Enos.

On the defensive side of the ball, there are a lot of new additions via the transfer portal and the 2023 recruiting class. While some contributors from last year — Dwight McGlothern, Chris Paul Jr., Landon Jackson, etc. — are back, the new players will be relied on early and often.

With new defensive coordinator Travis Williams running the show, the Razorbacks are set to have a new-look defense when Week 1 rolls around.

"I imagine we'll see more aggressive but I don't want to be that aggressive," head coach Sam Pittman said Wednesday at SEC Media Days. "Man, they were Cover 0 a lot. I'm watching it and so when I interviewed him, I said, 'Hey, man, I want to go after people but every now and then, can you leave a guy in the middle of the field back there, you know.'

"Those type things have turnovers that come. Sometimes you think about, well, what about if your corner gets beat and they go score. His corners -- well, what happens if we hit the quarterback and the ball goes up in the air and we get it and go score a touchdown, too. I like that. I have a lot of confidence in him and we will certainly be more aggressive. That's just his nature and his style."

With fall camp quickly approaching, it's time for HawgBeat to list its pre-fall camp defensive depth chart. Listed below are the top names for each position on defense with explanation for why I made each choice and why some names might've been left off.

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