2012
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RAZORBACK GAME NOTES
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS • Tyler Wilson leads the SEC and ranks third in the NCAA with 60 passes of 15 or more yards in the first half. His total of 89 passes of 15+ yards leads the conference and ranks seventh in the country. He also leads the SEC and is tied for 12th in the country with 30 passes of 25 or more yards.
• Jarius Wright’s 281 receiving yards vs. Texas A&M are the most in the SEC and rank as the third-highest single-game output in the NCAA in 2011, and his 13 receptions vs. the Aggies are tied for the most in the SEC and the 14th-highest single-game total in the NCAA this season.
• Tyler Wilson leads the SEC and ranks ninth in the NCAA with 2,096 passing yards in the first half. He also leads the SEC and ranks 10th in the NCAA with 1,198 second-quarter passing yards and is second in the conference and 18th in the nation with 898 passing yards in the first quarter.
• Jarius Wright collected 281 all-purpose yards vs. Texas A&M, which is the highest total in the SEC this season and the fifth-highest single-game total in school history. His all-purpose yardage also ranks as the 29th-highest single-game output in the NCAA in 2011.
• Brandon Mitchell is 22-of-32 passing for 271 yards and two touchdowns this season. He also has collected 58 yards and two touchdowns on 15 rushes.
• Jarius Wright recorded consecutive 100-yard receiving games after collecting 135 yards on 10 receptions at Vanderbilt and 103 yards on four catches vs. South Carolina. He has nine 100-yard receiving games in his career, tied for the secondhighest total in school history, and four this season, which is second in the SEC and is tied for the third-highest single-season total in UA history.
• Arkansas has thrown for 300 or more yards in 25 of 49 games under head coach Bobby Petrino. Prior to his arrival, Arkansas had thrown for 300 or more yards 16 times in school history.
Receivers and tight ends
• Jarius Wright and Joe Adams earned first-team All-SEC acclaim in 2011. Wright was named a first-team wide receiver by the AP and Coaches, while Adams earned the first-team allpurpose slot by the AP and Coaches, who also named him the first-team return specialist. • Jarius Wright holds Arkansas’ career receptions record with 165. He broke the previous record of 153 by Anthony Eubanks as part of a five-catch performance vs. Tennessee.
• Cobi Hamilton recorded the fourth 100-yard receiving game of his career, tied for ninth all-time at Arkansas, against New Mexico with 132 yards and one touchdown on five receptions. • Joe Adams has made at least one catch in 45 of his 46 career games. He has made multiple grabs in 35 of those games.
• Jarius Wright leads the SEC and ranks 23rd in the NCAA with his average of 93.5 receiving yards per game. He also leads the SEC with his 5.7 receptions-per-game average. Wright is third in the conference in touchdown scoring and eighth in the conference in overall scoring with an average of 6.2 points per game. • Jarius Wright was named SEC co-Offensive Player of the Week after he set an Arkansas record with 281 receiving yards on a school-record-tying 13 receptions vs. Texas A&M. Wright’s receiving yards total is the second-highest in SEC history trailing only the conference record of 293 held by Josh Reed, who collected his yards on 19 catches in 2001. • Joe Adams is fourth in the SEC with his average of 4.1 receptions per game and sixth with 52.5 receiving yards per game. Chris Gragg is tied for ninth in the conference with his average of 3.3 receptions per game. Adding SEC leader Jarius Wright, Arkansas is the only school to have multiple receivers ranked in the top 10 in the conference in receiving yards per game and receptions per game. • Jarius Wright holds the Arkansas single-season records for receptions (63), receiving yards (1,029) and touchdowns scored (11-tie). His receiving touchdowns lead the SEC and are tied for 12th in the NCAA. • Jarius Wright’s average of 21.6 yards per catch vs. Texas A&M (13 receptions for 281 yards) is the second-highest singlegame yards-per-catch average (min. 10 catches) in SEC history.
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• Joe Adams ranks fourth on UA’s all-time career 100-yard receiving games list with seven, including two this season, and Greg Childs is tied for sixth with five.
Jarius Wright was named first-team All-SEC after breaking UA single-season records with 63 receptions and 1,029 receiving yards this season.