NWADG College Football

43 NWA COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW | 9.20.2020 COLLEGE FOOTBALL P R E V I E W 1601 SW A Street Bentonville, AR 72712 479-273-7786 2125 East Main St., Ste. 13 Siloam Springs, AR 72761 479-524-8400 ARAUNP42454 *Farm Bureau® Mutual Insurance Co. of Arkansas, Inc. *Southern Farm Bureau® Casualty Insurance Co. *Southern Farm Bureau® Life Insurance Co., Jackson, MS FaveRates.com 3184 N College Ave • Ste 1 • Fayetteville, AR 72703 479-444-6300 • www.golfusa.com Located in the Office Depot/Hobby Lobby Shopping Center We are as GOLF as it gets! Come experience our 2 State of the Art Foresight GC2 Launch Monitors Offering the absolute best in digital performance enhancing analysis and our exclusive fitting system, techniFIT We offer custom club fitting, an indoor practice range, full digital simulator with excellent customer service and a HUGE inventory selection! The Tour Grind is our Fill Certified Mitchell Repair Shop - from basic grip installations, loft and lie adjustments, re-shafting and more TEXAS WR TARIK BLACK (Michigan) Black dealt with injuries for much of his three seasons at Michigan but played 12 games last season and caught 25 passes for 323 yards and one touchdown. He joined Texas as a graduate transfer and has garnered plenty of praise in preseason camp. The Longhorns could use Black after losing Devin Duvernay (106 catches, 1,386 yards, nine TDs) and Collin Johnson (38- 559-3) from last year's team. BAYLOR OT JAKE BURTON (UCLA) Burton, a two-year starter at UCLA, decided to transfer to Baylor when the Pac-10 opted to postpone its season. He just enrolled at Baylor last month and may need some time to catch on, but he is talented enough to compete for a starting spot at right tackle. Baylor gave up 38 sacks last season. FLORIDA STATE RB JASHAUN CORBIN (Texas A&M) Although he played only two games last year before a hamstring injury knocked him out of the rest of the season, Corbin rushed for 483 yards in 14 career games at Texas A&M. He should boost a backfield looking to replace Los Angeles Rams second-round pick Cam Akers. When he was at Memphis, new Florida State coach Mike Norvell had a knack for developing outstanding running backs such as Darrell Henderson, Patrick Taylor and Kenneth Gainwell. Corbin also is a quality kick returner. AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser Virginia Tech wide receiver Damon Hazelton (14) catches a touchdown pass as Florida State defensive back Levonta Taylor (1) covers during an NCAA college football game in Tallahassee, Fla., Monday, Sept. 3, 2018. LSU LB JABRIL COX (North Dakota State) Cox collected 258 career tackles - 32 for loss - plus 14 sacks and six interceptions while helping North Dakota State go 45-1 and win three Football Championship Subdivision titles over the last three years. He's now trying to help LSU win a second straight College Football Playoff championship. LSU certainly could use him after its linebacker corps lost first-round draft picks K'Lavon Chaisson and Patrick Queen as well as third-round selection Jacob Phillips. MISSOURI WR DAMON HAZELTON (Virginia Tech) Hazelton is coming to Missouri as a graduate transfer after catching eight touchdown passes each of the last two seasons at Virginia Tech. Hazelton had 31 receptions for 527 yards last season after catching 51 passes for 802 yards in 2018. Missouri is Hazelton's third school. He caught 51 passes for Ball State in 2016 before transferring to Virginia Tech. Missouri's receiving corps also could get a boost from Keke Chism, a transfer from Division II Angelo State. NOTRE DAME WR BEN SKOWRONEK (Northwestern) Skowronek caught 45 passes in back-to-back seasons for Northwestern in 2017 and 2018 before an injury caused him to play just two games last season. The graduate transfer brings experience to a receiving corps that must replace Pittsburgh Steelers second-round draft pick Chase Claypool and won't have Kevin Austin for at least part of the season due to a broken foot. Notre Dame also is hoping former Ohio State reserve safety Isaiah Pryor can help out the secondary.

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