The unofficial start to each college football season is SEC Media Days. Thursday is when Arkansas will be featured this year, but the event got underway Monday.
One reason it’s a significant moment, aside from being the pinnacle of “talking season,” is that each team releases its media guide – which comes with an updated roster.
Most of the additions and departures are known by now, but the roster also features the latest weights for the players after going through an offseason weight lifting and conditioning program.
Of course, these numbers don’t tell us everything, as we don’t know each player’s specific goal or things like their muscle mass percentage, but they can tell us some things.
To spare you the work, Best of Arkansas Sports has painstakingly compared the roster in the 2024 Arkansas football media guide to those from the spring and last season. Here’s what we found…
Arkansas Weight Changes Since Spring Ball
These figures are based on each player’s listed weight on the spring roster.
Gains
1. OL Addison Nichols: +17 pounds
2. DL Kavion Henderson: +14
3. ^TE Spencer Henslee: +12
t-4. DL Ian Geffrard: +11
t-4. OL Zuri Madison: +11
t-6. TE Luke Hasz: +10
t-6. LB JuJu Pope: +10
t-6. ^OL Tommy Varhall: +10
t-9. OL Kobe Branham: +9
t-9. DL Kaleb James: +9
t-9. TE Ty Washington: +9
Losses
1. ^FB Kyle Thompson: -18 pounds
2. DL Quincy Rhodes Jr.: -10
3. WR Jaedon Wilson: -9
4. LS Eli Stein: -8
t-5. ^WR Luke Buchanan: -7
t-5. LB Carson Dean: -7
t-5. ^OL Brooks Edmonson: -7
t-5. DL Eric Gregory: -7
t-5. ^DL Jon Hill: -7
Arkansas Football Weight Changes since 2023 — Returnees/Transfers
These figures are based on each player’s listed weight on the 2023 roster.
Gains — Scholarship players
1. DL Quincy Rhodes Jr.: +30
2. DL Ian Geffrard: +21
3. DB Jaheim Singletary: +18
4. RB Tyrell Reed Jr.: +15*
t-5. QB Blake Boda: +14*
t-5. TE Var’keyes Gumms: +14
t-5. TE Luke Hasz: +14
t-8. DL Landon Jackson: +12
t-8. WR Bryce Stephens: +12
10. K Matthew Shipley: +11*
t-11. DL Cameron Ball: +10
t-11. WR Davion Dozier: +10
t-11. DL Eric Gregory: +10
t-11. OL Patrick Kutas: +10
Gains — Walk-ons
- ^OL Aaron Smith: +28
- ^DL Donovan Whitten: +26
- ^OL Tommy Varhall: +21
- ^QB Austin Ledbetter: +15**
- ^OL Tim Dawn: +12*
- ^LS Ashton Ngo: +12
- ^LS Max Schmidly: +10
Losses
1. RB Rashod Dubinion: -14
2. ^P Devin Bale: -13
3. ^K Kyle Ramsey: -11*
4. LS Eli Stein: -9
5. QB Malachi Singleton: -8
*Changes based on weight listed at previous school
**Change based on weight listed on 2023 Arkansas baseball roster
Freshman Weight Changes Since Signing Day
These figures are based on each player’s listed weight on the Arkansas football signing day announcement.
Listed from biggest gains to biggest losses
- LB JuJu Pope: +18
- LB Bradley Shaw: +18
- WR Krosse Johnson: +14
- LB Justin Logan: +13
- RB Braylen Russell: +13
- DB Selman Bridges: +12
- DB Tevis Metcalf: +12
- OL Kobe Branham: +11
- DL Kavion Henderson: +7
- DB Ahkhari Johnson: +7
- WR CJ Brown: +6
- LB Wyatt Simmons: +6
- QB KJ Jackson: +4
- DB Jaden Allen: +3
- DL Charlie Collins: -4
- OL Zuri Madison: -6
Arkansas Football Position-by-Position Weight Changes
Players are listed in order from heaviest to lightest, with the scholarship players grouped together. The first number in parentheses is their change since the spring and the second number is their change since the 2023 season.
^walk-on
Quarterback
- Taylen Green: 230 (+7 / +9*)
- Malachi Singleton: 224 (-1 / -8)
- KJ Jackson: 218 (-5 / 4*)
- Blake Boda: 214 (n/a / +14)
- ^Austin Ledbetter: 205 (-5 / +15*)
Running Back
Click here to read our 2024 position preview on the running backs.
- Braylen Russell: 253 (+1 / +13*)
- Ja’Quinden Jackson: 233 (-2 / +5*)
- Tyrell Reed Jr.: 210 (n/a / +15*)
- Rashod Dubinion: 199 (0 / -14)
- Rodney Hill: 186 (n/a / -4)
- ^Kyle Thompson: 262 (-18 / -5) — listed as a fullback
- ^Jezreel Bachert: 217 (0 / +5)
- ^Cade Fields: 217 (+2 / n/a)
- ^Emmanuel Crawford: 178 (+3 / +3)
Tight End
- Andreas Paaske: 263 (+1 / +8)
- Ty Washington: 249 (+9 / +5)
- Var’keyes Gumms: 244 (0 / +14)
- Luke Hasz: 240 (+10 / +14)
- Shamar Easter: 227 (0 / -3)
- ^Spencer Henslee: 248 (+12 / n/a)
- ^Luke Johnston: 241 (+2 / +6)
- ^Maddox Lassiter: 239 (+1 / +7)
Wide Receiver
Click here to read our 2024 position preview on the wide receivers.
- Isaac TeSlaa: 218 (+2 / +4)
- Davion Dozier: 205 (+2 / +10)
- Khafre Brown: 204 (n/a / +9*)
- Andrew Armstrong: 202 (+3 / +1)
- Tyrone Broden: 202 (+4 / +5)
- Dazmin James: 194 (-2 / +9)
- CJ Brown: 191 (-3 / +6*)
- Bryce Stephens: 187 (-1 / +12)
- Krosse Johnson: 184 (n/a / +14*)
- Isaiah Sategna: 183 (0 / +5)
- Jaedon Wilson: 177 (-9 / -1)
- Jordan Anthony: 160 (-2 / 0*)
- ^Monte Harrison: 228 (n/a / n/a)
- ^Rykar Acebo: 200 (-3 / +8)
- ^Kamron Bibby: 186 (-2 / +3)
- ^Luke Buchanan: 183 (-7 / n/a)
- ^Walker Catsavis: 180 (+4 / n/a)
- ^Jace Petty: 171 (0 / +8)
- ^Zach Taylor: 169 (n/a / n/a)
Offensive Line
- Joshua Braun: 346 (-3 / +5)
- Kobe Branham: 334 (+9 / +11*)
- Ty’Kieast Crawford: 325 (+6 / +8)
- Addison Nichols: 323 (+17 / -4*)
- Fernando Carmona: 321 (-3 / -4*)
- Keyshawn Blackstock: 319 (-6 / +9*)
- Patrick Kutas: 313 (+1 / +10)
- Josh Street: 312 (-1 / +4)
- Luke Brown: 311 (+7 / -2)
- Joe More: 310 (n/a / +4*)
- Zuri Madison: 309 (+11 / -6*)
- Amaury Wiggins: 306 (-2 / -4)
- E’Marion Harris: 300 (+6 / +3)
- ^Tommy Varhall: 347 (+10 / +21)
- ^Tim Dawn: 318 (+7 / +12)
- ^Brooks Edmonson: 313 (-7 / +2)
- ^Alex Johnson: 289 (n/a / n/a)
- ^Aaron Smith: 288 (-2 / +28)
- ^Jonas Nantze: 285 (n/a / n/a)
Defensive Line
- Ian Geffrard: 391 (+11 / +21)
- Cameron Ball: 321 (+6 / +10)
- Eric Gregory: 317 (-7 / +10)
- Keivie Rose: 312 (0 / +9)
- Landon Jackson: 281 (-1 / +12)
- Quincy Rhodes Jr.: 280 (-10 / +30)
- Anton Juncaj: 273 (-2 / 0*)
- Nico Davillier: 272 (+1 / -1)
- Kaleb James: 269 (+9 / +9)
- JJ Hollingsworth: 265 (-5 / -6)
- Kavion Henderson: 260 (+14 / +7*)
- Charlie Collins: 257 (+5 / -4*)
- ^Elijah Brown: 380 (n/a / n/a)
- ^Jon Hill: 254 (-7 / +4)
- ^Donovan Whitten: 246 (+4 / +26)
Linebacker
Click here to read our 2024 position preview on the linebackers.
- Brad Spence: 243 (+3 / +3)
- Kaden Henley: 237 (+5 / +9)
- Stephen Dix Jr.: 235 (n/a / -2*)
- Bradley Shaw: 233 (n/a / +18*)
- Carson Dean: 231 (-7 / -1)
- Justin Logan: 226 (0 / +13*)
- Alex Sanford: 225 (-1 / -5)
- Larry Worth III: 224 (n/a / +4*)
- Xavian Sorey Jr.: 223 (-1 / +3*)
- Wyatt Simmons: 219 (n/a / +6*)
- JuJu Pope: 213 (+10 / +18*)
- ^Brooks Both: 231 (+5 / +1)
- ^Mason Schueck: 224 (+1 / +5)
- ^Brooks Yurachek: 224 (+3 / +6*)
- ^Preston Davis: 220 (n/a / n/a)
- ^Joseph Whitt: 204 (n/a / n/a)
Defensive Back
- Miguel Mitchell: 219 (+4 / +4*)
- Anthony Switzer: 219 (n/a / +9*)
- Jayden Johnson: 205 (0 / +1)
- TJ Metcalf: 202 (+3 / +2)
- Dallas Young: 197 (+1 / 0)
- Tevis Metcalf: 193 (+1 / +12*)
- Doneiko Slaughter: 193 (+1 / +3*)
- Jaylon Braxton: 190 (0 / +6)
- Marquise Robinson: 190 (-5 / +6*)
- Hudson Clark: 189 (-1 / +4)
- Jaheim Singletary: 188 (-3 / +18)
- Dylan Hasz: 188 (-6 / +4)
- Ahkhari Johnson: 186 (+7 / +7*)
- Christian Ford: 184 (+5 / -1)
- Kee’yon Stewart: 184 (0 / -1)
- Selman Bridges: 175 (+1 / +12*)
- Jaden Allen: 166 (-1 / +3*)
- ^Anton Pierce: 208 (-3 / +3)
- ^Braylon Watson: 198 (-2 / -5)
- ^Jabrae Shaw: 194 (+3 / -1)
- ^John Paul Pickens: 186 (+1 / +1)
- ^Landon Phipps: 185 (-3 / -2)
- ^Aidan McCowan: 164 (+2 / +9)
Special Teams
- LS Eli Stein: 225 (-8 / -9)
- K Matthew Shipley: 201 (+6 / +11*)
- ^LS Ashton Ngo: 236 (-1 / +12)
- ^P Sam Dubwig: 228 (+3 / n/a)
- ^LS Max Schmidly: 210 (+2 / +10)
- ^K Vito Calvaruso: 204 (-6 / n/a)
- ^P Devin Bale: 203 (-5 / -13)
- ^K Kyle Ramsey: 201 (n/a / -11*)
- ^K Charlie Von Der Meden: 180 (n/a / n/a)
Arkansas Football Roster Changes
A handful of Arkansas football players have changed their number or position since spring ball, plus several have joined or left the program.
Number Changes
- WR Isaiah Sategna: No. 16 —> No. 6
- DB Kee’yon Stewart: No. 25 —> No. 1
- ^TE Spencer Henslee: No. 89 —> No. 31
Position Changes
- ^Rykar Acebo: QB —> WR
- ^Kyle Thompson: DL —> FB
Additions Since Spring Ball
- QB Blake Boda
- WR Khafre Brown
- LB Stephen Dix Jr.
- RB Rodney Hill
- WR Krosse Johnson
- OL Joe More
- RB Tyrell Reed Jr.
- DL Danny Saili
- LB Bradley Shaw
- LB Wyatt Simmons
- DB Anthony Switzer
- LB Larry Worth III
- ^LB Preston Davis
- ^WR Monte Harrison
- ^OL Alex Johnson
- ^OL Jonas Nantze
- ^K Kyle Ramsey
- ^WR Zach Taylor
- ^K Charlie Von Der Meden
- ^LB Joseph Whitt
Departures Since Spring Ball
- RB Isaiah Augustave
- QB Jacolby Criswell
- P Max Fletcher
- DB Lorando Johnson
- DB RJ Johnson
- OL Paris Patterson
- ^RB Keegan Atkins
- ^K Kyle Gallegos
- ^OL Kai Hamilton
- ^WR Christopher Sykes
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