Arkansas Football 2023 Spring Preview: Running Back
With Arkansas' spring football practice starting on March 9, it's time to begin previewing positions for the 2023 Razorbacks.
The Hogs currently sit with 76 scholarship players going into spring ball, which leaves nine open spots to fill when the transfer portal opens back up in May.
Head coach Sam Pittman's squad lost a lot as far as numbers go, but few played a significant amount during their time in Fayetteville. Arkansas added the nation's No. 20 2023 freshman class on Rivals with 20 incoming freshman, and it also added 10 talented transfers from the transfer portal.
We continue our spring preview with a position group that is one of the strongest in the SEC — running back...
Returning: Dominique Johnson (redshirt junior), Raheim Sanders (junior), AJ Green (junior), Rashod Dubinion (sophomore)
Newcomers: Isaiah Augustave (freshman, enrolling after spring)
Arkansas returns its three main running backs from the 2022 season for this spring. Aside from walk-ons, they will be the only ones working in running back coach Jimmy Smith's group, as Dominique Johnson will likely still be recovering from a torn ACL and freshman Isaiah Augustave isn't an early enrollee.
While the expectation is that Raheim "Rocket" Sanders will hold down the No. 1 running back slot, how will the duo of AJ Green and Rashod Dubinion split time? HawgBeat breaks it down:
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