Arkansas kicked off their 2007 football season with practice today in Fayetteville. It was pretty darned hot. So when the media was told to leave (in a nice way) after an hour and a half of shooting I was more than happy to retreat back to the bureau and its wonderful air-conditioned environment. Unfortunately I can only show you this small selection of photos that were published in TMN and Hawgs Illustrated. The lead photo is Alex Tejeda, a freshman kicker from Springdale high school. From what I heard he had a pretty good practice. Arkansas needs a good kicker. Seems like the Hawgs have lived and died by their kickers over the past few years. Let's not even talk about their OT curse.
A lot of attention was on the class of freshmen quarterbacks at today's practice. Brian Reader (4), Nathan Dick (10), and Joe Chaisson (14) were already hard at work trying to impress offensive coordinator David Lee.
Of course Darren McFadden was the star on the practice field. McFadden worked on the Wildcat Package with offensive coordinator David Lee and his threat of running talent Peyton Hillis (pictured), Felix Jones and Michael Smith.
The defensive secondary had several fresh faces within its ranks on Saturday. Freshman Jermaine Love of Garland, Texas runs through drills with defensive coordinator Reggie Herring.
And you can't end a first day of practice post without a photo of coach Houston Nutt. You know he had to have been thrilled to be out on the field focusing on football and not dealing with all the OTHER issues that have plagued the program since the end of last season.
Go Hogs!
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