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"You have a lifetime guarantee on all repairs and paint for as long as you own your vehicle" All Major & Minor Repairs Auto Glass Replacement Free Estimates BOB MOREY'S AUTO BODY, INC. 1019 N Walton Blvd Ste 7 • Bentonville, AR 72712 479-271-7292 Mon-Fri 7:30am to 5:00pm. Proud Sponsor of Bentonville Athletics PREP RALLY: Class 7A THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2018 7 number of NCAA Division II schools, has started 21 of the Wolverines' 22 games at quarterback and enters his senior season with high school career totals of 331 of 509 passing for 5,397 yards and 56 touchdowns. Jackson, on the other hand, has be- come a two-time all-state player who has 120 receptions for 2,155 yards and 23 touchdowns over the last two sea- sons and drawn 14 scholarship offers from NCAA Division I schools. He re- cently trimmed his choices down to Arkansas, Auburn, Ole Miss, Missouri and Oklahoma State, although he said his recruitment remains open for the time being. "Somebody is going to get a steal with Will Jarrett," Pratt said. "I almost laughed when he was asked about the pressure he has on him. Will Jarrett is probably one of the few kids I've coached in 23 years that is Will Jar- rett. You get the same thing, whether we're up by 20, down by 20 or in a tie game. He has ice water in his veins. He doesn't feel pressure." "It's taken us a little while to get Jadon in the mode he needs to be. To see where he came from and where he is now is pretty phenomenal. He's a special player. I can remember when we were in the process of getting him right, I made a comment to him when he was a freshman. I said 'if you be- lieve in what we do, give us effort and buy into what we do, you'll be a house- hold name in Northwest Arkansas." LEARNING ON THE RUN Smallwood arrived from Pennsyl- vania last July and had about a month to learn the new offensive scheme at West. That was enough time for him to earn the starting position, then he finished the season with 784 yards and 10 touchdowns on 123 carries. "It was different with the no-huddle offense, learning all the signals and learning all the plays," Smallwood said. "It was the little things, and there was also the weight room. During my freshman and sophomore years, I nev- er lifted weights. I just did push-ups and stuff like that because my dad made me. So it was a big difference for me. "On my first day here, though, they made me feel like family. Nobody just pushed me to the side. They counted me right in." One of the biggest lessons Small- wood learned came without him mak- ing a single play in a game. Pratt didn't like how Smallwood was performing and wanted to teach him a lesson, so he made Smallwood sit on the side- lines the 7A-West Conference opener against Van Buren. Pratt did get his point across as Smallwood saw limited action the following week against Fayetteville, but he came back and had at least 100 yards rushing in four of the next six games. That included the game against Bentonville, where he had more than 100 yards rushing and receiving and scored twice. "He had some things to work out, and I sat him," Pratt said. "If he made a 20-yard run, he would act like he couldn't breathe or he was tired. In our style of offense, you have to be able to go. We wanted him to be able to run harder and be more physical. He wasn't very happy about it, and I wasn't happy about it either. "He's definitely the ideal back for our type of offense. He's a smaller, shorter, scatback-type of back that you can put out in routes. That makes things a whole lot better for us. He's also the type of guy that a defender can make one wrong angle, and he will take it to the house." Henry Apple can be reached at happle@ nwadg.com or on Twitter @NWAHenry. v Continued from preceding page NWA Democrat-Gazette/CHARLIE KAIJO Jadon Jackson (from left), Will Jarrett and Tyrese Smallwood pose for a portrait July 23 at Bentonville West High School in Centerton. "It's good to know if Jadon or one of the other receivers isn't there and the passing game isn't working, we have 'Rese right there to make big play after big play." — Will Jarrett