2021 Hula Bowl Preview
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The 2021 college football season is over, but post-season bowls will be occurring over the next few weeks. The five all-star games Mountain West players traditionally take part in are the Tropical Bowl, the East-West Shrine Game (although the game won’t be played), the Hula Bowl, the Collegiate Bowl, and the Senior Bowl. This post will focus on the Hula Bowl.
These events are used primarily as camps with a game at the end. Invited players get officially measured and weighed upon checking in. Then, there are a few days of practice with NFL coaches. The practice time for players is really at the heart of these events.
Hunter Yurachek January 7, 2021
Happy New Year!
Hope you had a wonderful holiday season and that 2021 is off to a great start wherever you and your loved ones are Calling the Hogs! Excitement is building on campus as our winter and spring sports begin to gear up for what will be a very busy spring semester.
Before we dive head long into the new semester a few notes to wrap up from the fall.
Texas Bowl Audible
As 2020 drew to a close, it offered yet another curve ball related to Razorback Football. Coach Sam Pittman had his team ready to board a plane headed to Houston for the Mercari Texas Bowl when we received word that the game would be canceled due to COVID-19 and other issues within the TCU football program. We were scheduled to play the Horned Frogs on New Year’s Eve in a game televised by ESPN.
Arkansas LB Grant Morgan selected to AFCA All-American 2nd Team Arkansas LB Grant Morgan records one of his 19 tackles in a win over Ole Miss. (Source: Razorback Athletics) By Jacob Pavilack - Razorback Athletics | December 31, 2020 at 6:13 PM CST - Updated December 31 at 6:13 PM
Arkansas redshirt senior LB Grant Morgan has been named to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) All-America Second Team.
Morgan becomes the first Razorback to earn All-America honors since OL Frank Ragnow in 2017. Heâs the first Arkansas defender since Ken Hamlin in 2002 to earn All-America status and first linebacker since Jermaine Petty in 2001.
He ranks second in the nation with 111 total tackles and third averaging 12.3 tackles per game â the most in the Southeastern Conference â and was named to the coachesâ and AP All-SEC First Team. The Greenwood, Ark. native also added five passes broken up, two quarterback hurries, one interception return for a touchdown, 2
Jacob Pavilack December 31, 2020
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas redshirt senior LB Grant Morgan has been named to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) All-America Second Team.
Morgan becomes the first Razorback to earn All-America honors since OL Frank Ragnow in 2017. He’s the first Arkansas defender since Ken Hamlin in 2002 to earn All-America status and first linebacker since Jermaine Petty in 2001.
He ranks second in the nation with 111 total tackles and third averaging 12.3 tackles per game – the most in the Southeastern Conference – and was named to the coaches’ and AP All-SEC First Team. The Greenwood, Ark. native also added five passes broken up, two quarterback hurries, one interception return for a touchdown, 2.0 sacks and a team-leading 7.5 tackles for loss to his season stat line. The Butkus Award, which honors the nation’s best linebacker, named Morgan a semifinalist.