Each week throughout the season, HawgBeat took a closer look at Arkansas' games with the help of Pro Football Focus. The analytics website keeps track of snap counts and grades each player on a scale of 0-100, among other things.
Here is an analysis of the Razorbacks' defense in regular season ahead of their appearance in the Outback Bowl...
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Team Grades (SEC / FBS rank) --> 2020 --> 2019
~Overall: 83.2 (8th / 50th) --> 69.1 --> 68.9
~Defense: 71.2 (12th / 79th) --> 63.0 --> 67.2
~Run defense: 68.5 (10th / 71st) --> 52.7 --> 65.9
~Tackling: 71.6 (7th / 47th) --> 56.2 --> 66.9
~Pass rush: 77.4 (10th / 57th) --> 63.0 --> 71.1
~Coverage: 68.9 (10th / 70th) --> 73.4 --> 62.3
