Sam Pittman's Hogs prove relationships trump money
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Strip away your feelings about NIL and transfer portal activity. Previous bonds made between athletes and coaches still matter in the current landscape of college football.
Sure, some opportunities have financial motives, just look at the headlines on ESPN, but guys still transfer for familiarity. Arkansas signed Jac'Qawn McRoy, Kani Walker, Raylen Sharpe, Jaden Platt and Courtney Crutchfield who all had previous relationships in some capacity with Razorbacks staff members.
The Arkansas to South Carolina pipeline continued last offseason as running back Raheim "Rocket" Sanders moved closer to home to become a catalyst for a nine-win team. Fast forward to this offseason, Loggains took his first head coaching job at perineal Group of Five conference powerhouse Appalachian State, leading the Mountaineers' to a Top 3 portal class among Sun Belt Conference programs.
Brad Spence, a Houston native, spent his first two seasons at Arkansas where he performed well despite being ranked outside the Top 100 among class of 2023 linebackers. He allowed his high school offer list of 32 teams do the talking which included Texas, LSU, SMU, Utah, Arizona State, Cal, Kansas, Kansas State and Mississippi State.
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