Closer look at Arkansas's 2021 RB offers

The Arkansas Razorbacks will have a somewhat packed running back room in 2020 but graduating Rakeem Boyd and TJ Hammonds will free up room for a new addition or two in the 2021 class.

So far, new Arkansas running backs coach Jimmy Smith has sent out 15 offers to prospects in eight different states. The staff as a whole has offered 170 2021 recruits and counting.

A former high school head coach in Georgia, Smith's main recruiting territories naturally include the Peach State, as well as Texas, south Florida, central Alabama and south Arkansas.

Here's a closer look at the running backs Arkansas has offered and their recruitment:

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Alabama native, 4-star running back Armoni Goodwin began receiving DI interest after a 1400-yard season as a sophomore. He committed to Auburn a month and a half after the Tigers offered him last summer, then sustained an ACL/MCL injury just three games into his junior season. Goodwin just went back to visit Auburn at the end of the contact period. He's racked up offers from 10 DI programs.

The third highest-ranked of Arkansas's RB offers, Evan Pryor hails from North Carolina, a rare recruiting ground for the Razorbacks. Pryor had over 2,000 all-purpose yards as a junior. He holds 30 Division-I offers and cut a list of favorites down to six on Feb. 13: UNC, Georgia, Penn State, Ohio State, USC and Oklahoma. He chose Ohio State on March 16.

Arkansas was late to the party on Henderson who received over 40 Division-I offers before following Pryor and committing to Ohio State on March 27. The Virginia native rushed for 2,424 yards and 42 touchdowns, leading Hopewell to an undefeated 15-0 season in his junior year. He also had 18 receptions for 283 yards and five more touchdowns.

Arkansas got a visit this spring, March 7, from Lufkin, Texas native Caleb Berry. Arkansas offered Berry under Chad Morris and Jeff Traylor, then re-extended the offer on January 16.

He picked up four early offers from Arkansas, UTSA, Nebraska and Illinois State and he's added Texas State, Houston and Louisiana Tech in February. The East Texas running back took a junior day visit to Nebraska already and wants to go back. Berry put up over 600 yards rushing and 11 touchdowns before the Panthers went down in the first round of playoffs.

Texas all-purpose running back Cam'Ron Valdez shows off his speed right off the bat in his junior highlights and it's clear why he's a Rivals250 member. He has more than 20 Division-I offers so far but is being slept on by the majority of top programs including Baylor, A&M and Texas. He's already got plans in the books to officially visit Oklahoma State and Texas Tech this spring/summer and the Razorbacks hope to get him on campus on March 7 to work their way into the mix. All of Valdez's FutureCasts are in for the Red Raiders as he's visited Lubbock on three separate occasions already including in January of this year. Valdez plays in Rockdale, Texas, midway between Austin and College Station. The clock is already ticking for the 4-star who says he wants to make a decision this summer.