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Yesterday, Arkansas welcomed a non-traditional recruit. Monte Harrison, a former MLB player, is supposedly a preferred walk-on who has committed to the Razorbacks.
A college football team doesn’t often get a commitment from a player who is ten years older than the majority of freshmen. Actually, he didn’t play football until 2013.
Without a doubt, Harrison was an athlete in the past. After high school, he committed to play at Nebraska as a four-star receiver. Rather, he chose to enter the MLB draft immediately following graduation and was a 28-year-old freshman who never played a down of collegiate football.
He bounced throughout minor league systems from 2014 to 2023, averaging.240 with 336 RBIs and 90 home homers. He got called up to the main leagues and played for the Marlins and Angels. He finished his major league career with a batting average of.176, six RBIs, and two home runs.
With Harris
on, one thing Arkansas is definitely getting is speed. Harrison scored on a double to left-center field to get from first to home in the X (Twitter) post below.
When Sam Pittman made the offer to Harrison, he may have had former Oklahoma State quarterback Brandon Weeden in mind. Weeden also played four years of high school ball before declaring for the MLB draft. He went on to become one of Oklahoma State’s finest quarterbacks. Harrison is a favored walk-on, so Arkansas supporters can afford to take a considerably smaller risk than Weeden did when he opted to try out for the team again.
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Three things to know about Cam Little for the 2024 NFL Draft
With our “3 things to know” series, learn more about the new Jaguars arrivals from the weekend.
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It’s time to evaluate the Jacksonville Jaguars’ performance now that the 2024 NFL Draft has concluded. Has Trent Baalke brought the Jaguars back five years or did he just give a masterclass? In all honesty, we won’t find out for a while. However, we can learn a little bit more about the newest team members. In our next mini-series of in-depth analyses, we’ll be sharing three things you should know about Cam Little, K, Arkansas:
It’s not often for kickers to declare early for the NFL Draft, but maybe Cam Little thought he had done everything he could in Fayetteville. With an 82.8% field goal percentage, the former Razorback departs Arkansas as the most accurate kicker in program history. Throughout his collegiate career, he has never missed an extra point and has made 34 out of 36 field goals that were less than forty yards. The Shrine Bowl took note of Little due to his remarkable consistency, and director Eric Galko lavished praise on him, placing him at the head of his position group:
“We weren’t the only NFL team to believe he was the greatest kicker available in the draft. Extremely accurate at less than 40 yards, and undoubtedly very accurate at 50 yards as well. However, he won’t let a short kick for Jacksonville go away. He was among the finest in college football last year and has been one of the better kickoff kickers in the draft this year.
It’s interesting to note that Little has the leg for large kicks as well. In addition to kicking off the 55-yarder with ease, his former head coach of the Razorbacks, Sam Pittman, claimed that Little had hit a 68-yarder during practice. The Jaguars will be hoping he takes that game-winning mentality to Jacksonville. He has been a campus legend in Fayetteville since he landed a game-winning, overtime boot against LSU as a freshman.
For twenty years, Little may very well be the Jaguars kicker.
Did you realize that the Jaguars have used 16 different kickers since the 2019 season ended? Yes, thirteen legs over the course of four seasons. The team’s performance has suffered as a result of the position’s inconsistency; over those four seasons, its field goal percentage has ranked 31st in the league. It was therefore not shocking to see the front administration address kicker throughout the offseason.
With former Denver Broncos kicker Will Lutz withdrawing his deal with the Jaguars, things didn’t start off well. However, Trent Baalke changed course and signed Joey Slye from the Washington Commanders before cutting him after Cam Little was drafted. Little was the third kicker selected during selection weekend; all three were selected on day three, within ten choices of one another, indicating a growing recognition of the position’s significance. He will now face Riley Patterson in training camp; if he prevails, he may be able to remain in Jacksonville for a while.
Little, who is only twenty years old, was the youngest kicker selected in NFL history. A roster place is by no means assured when you are selected in the sixth round, but given that most kickers are signed as undrafted free agents following the draft, it appears Trent Baalke has some faith in Little’s ability to provide some stability at the position. Given his durability at the position, Little has a reasonable chance of playing for the Jaguars for the next twenty years if he performs even remotely as well as he did in college!
A big charity guy
Even though Cam Little has been extremely successful in his college career, he still uses his accurate and powerful leg to assist those who are less fortunate than himself. Little started his charity partnership with the Down Syndrome Connection of North West Arkansas during his freshman season. He pledged to donate $10 for each field goal he kicked that year.
Little had made 33 field goals in his first two years. But as 2023 approached, he went above and beyond, boosting the donation to an amazing $50 per field goal and giving the organization 100% of the proceeds from the sale of his jersey. He tells why the cause is very dear to him:
“I’ve grown up around my little cousin, who has Down syndrome, since I was five or six years old. He lives back in Oklahoma City. Giving back to an association like that is really personal to me, especially because he is now seventeen and I am the same age. My goal is to kick as many people as I can and give that association as much money as I can.
Through field goals alone, Cam Little was able to raise $1,330 in donations, and his social media presence inspired others to contribute as well, more than tripling that amount. The funds raised directly supported DSCNWA’s efforts to provide age-appropriate programming that enhances participants’ independence and life skills. A wonderful act of kindness.
