Arkansas has been putting the finishing touches on their first official visit weekend ahead of traditional national signing day and it's shaping up to have several potential commitments.
The Hogs will host 13 2020 football prospects on January 17-19 and while three of them are already committed or signed to the class, the remainder are still up for grabs.
The recruits will be given tours of the facilities, they'll have meeting about academics, have a one-on-one meeting with head hog Sam Pittman, attend the Kentucky basketball game on Saturday and take photos in the Razorback uniform. Commits Jashaud Stewart, Nick Turner and Jaqualin McGhee will be on hand to help recruit some of their future classmates and all the prospects will be entertained by current player hosts.
The Transfer
The Razorbacks are welcoming former Florida starter Feleipe Franks on Friday for a brief visit before he decides whether or not to enroll on the spring semester deadline. Franks has also visited one of his former recruiters, Les Miles, at Kansas but, at the moment, I give Arkansas the edge with a high chance of keeping him in Fayetteville for his fifth year. Franks will have the possibility of gaining a 6th year of eligibility next year after breaking his ankle three games in to 2019.
The Former Commits
Arkansas is hosting two former commits from East Texas this weekend. Both promptly decommitted within a week after Chad Morris was fired but told Rivals they'd be interested in rejoining the class depending on how the staff shook out.
Sam Pittman held on to just one member of Chad Morris's coaching staff, Justin Stepp, and he'll have the task of wooing Savion Williams back into the class.
Williams looks like the most likely candidate to recommit on or after this official as he's cut his list down to three: Arkansas, SMU and TCU, but he could very well wait until National Signing Day to announce. Either way, I like Arkansas's chances of adding the 3-star wide receiver back into the class. Arkansas will welcome a 4-star Bama commit (Javon Baker) next weekend, so the pressure will be on to save Williams' spot in the 2020 class.
Allen Horace will meet his potential new position coach for the first time in person this weekend and Jon Cooper will try to keep him away from UTSA and (now) Ole Miss. The 3-star tight end had originally planned to visit Maryland but a late offer from the Rebels was apparently more enticing. Horace will see his former lead recruiters Barry Lunney and Traylor next weekend and then head over to see Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss. I think it's unlikely that Horace recommits to Arkansas until he's taken his other official visits and has a chance to weigh the pros and cons.
