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Arkansas Football: 3 reasons Feleipe Franks will flourish with Razorbacks

By Dante Pryor

MIAMI, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 30: Feleipe Franks #13 of the Florida Gators looks on against the Virginia Cavaliers during the first half of the Capital One Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium on December 30, 2019 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
MIAMI, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 30: Feleipe Franks #13 of the Florida Gators looks on against the Virginia Cavaliers during the first half of the Capital One Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium on December 30, 2019 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /
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ARLINGTON, TEXAS – SEPTEMBER 28: Rakeem Boyd #5 of the Arkansas Razorbacks runs the ball against the Texas A&M Aggies in the second quarter during the Southwest Classic at AT&T Stadium on September 28, 2019, in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TEXAS – SEPTEMBER 28: Rakeem Boyd #5 of the Arkansas Razorbacks runs the ball against the Texas A&M Aggies in the second quarter during the Southwest Classic at AT&T Stadium on September 28, 2019, in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /

2. There’s plenty of talent in Fayetteville

Believe it or not, the cupboard is not bare in Fayetteville. Chad Morris’ stint at Arkansas did not work because he did not evolve offensively. However, he did recruit well considering he lost every conference game as head coach.

Morris was hired before the 2018 season so he was responsible for recruiting the 2018 and 2019 classes. According to 247Sports, those classes were 49th and 23rd, respectively. Certainly not bad for a team that went 4-20  during that stretch.

We know Briles wants to run the football. He has Rakeem Boyd coming back for his senior season.

Feleipe Franks also has some weapons to catch some passes as Treylon Burks, Mike Woods and Trey Knox are some of the young receivers on the depth chart. The system Briles uses will take advantage of the speed of those young receivers and Franks is competent enough to get them the football.

There’s no doubt he’s heading in the deep waters of the SEC West, but Franks has the weapons to make some of the games competitive.

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