Arkansas Football: 3 reasons Rich Rodriguez should be next head coach

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EUGENE, OR – NOVEMBER 18: Head coach Rich Rodriguez of the Arizona Wildcats has some words with safety Scottie Young Jr. #19 of the Arizona Wildcats during the first half of the game against the Oregon Ducks at Autzen Stadium on November 18, 2017 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images) /

2. Understands unique recruiting base

Arkansas is a school that sits in the midst of very fertile recruiting grounds. They are north of Texas and northwest of Louisiana. Arkansas, however, doesn’t always get the best from those states. Usually the Razorbacks get the leftovers from Texas, Texas A&M, LSU and Alabama. They get the guys the big boys either didn’t recruit, or didn’t recruit heavily.

When you are in a state that doesn’t product many Power Five-caliber athletes, you are dipping into other recruiting pools. Doing that means fit is huge.

Rich Rod gets recruiting in unique places. He’s found diamonds in the rough in Shaun King at Tulane, Pat White (who wasn’t a quarterback as a recruit), Khalil Tate and Denard Robinson.

Although both Tate and Robinson were both four-stars, they were really raw when they came to campus. Rodriguez never brought in a top-10 recruiting class at Arizona or West Virginia, he found guys that fit his system.

That’s what he can bring as a recruiter and player developer to Arkansas.

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