Arkansas Razorbacks head coach Sam Pittman may have just saved his job even more after getting recruit to flip Hogs
Early national signing day was this week, on Wednesday, to be exact, and the Arkansas Razorbacks are staring at one of their worst recruiting classes in some time despite having a few four-stars. Sam Pittman was on the hot seat not only for the mediocre season they put together in 2024 but also because his […]
Early national signing day was this week, on Wednesday, to be exact, and the Arkansas Razorbacks are staring at one of their worst recruiting classes in some time despite having a few four-stars. Sam Pittman was on the hot seat not only for the mediocre season they put together in 2024 but also because his recruiting hasn't been great.
This class is at the bottom of the SEC, maybe above just a few teams. And they are in the low 30s nationally, which may sound good, but it's not. You have smaller schools with probably less money that are above them. This is their worst recruiting class since 2010 when Bobby Petrino had a bad year recruiting.
But, they did do something that should help Sam Pittman's case for keeping his job past 2025.
There have already been reports that Pittman will be the head coach for the Hogs in 2025, but after that is still up in the air. Getting a big-time recruit in could really flip the switch on that, and force the Hogs to keep Pittman in town for another few years to ensure that his big recruit stays as well.
On National Signing Day on Wednesday, a lot of flips happened, or kids who were committed to one school flipped to another one on signing day. The Hogs got a big-time player that way.
We all know Nico Iamaleava, the young quarterback who plays at Tennessee. He's pretty good despite his somewhat off-game in this year's loss to the Razorbacks. Well, his little brother is good, too, and he's rated four stars by every recruiting site.
Madden Iamaleava, Nico's little brother, was committed to UCLA, but on Wednesday, flipped to the Hogs, out of nowhere. Iamaleava, a four-star quarterback nationally, is a stud, and a guy that a lot of schools wanted. He had offers from Tennessee, SMU, TCU, and UCLA, of course.
To get him to flip is huge, and the Hogs now have a freshman quarterback who has the name and star power as well.
