HIGH SCHOOL: Hurd decided to walk on at Arkansas rather than take a scholarship offer at other schools. He also received interest from SMU. He was a second-team Class 5A District 1 selection as a senior. PERSONAL: Born Oct. 20, 1990, he is the son of Paul and Cathy Hurd. He is majoring in biology and was named an Academic Champion for maintaining a 4.0 GPA in the fall of 2009. He was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll and the Razorback Honor Roll in the fall of 2010.
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2011: Jarvis appeared in two games, the 44-28 win vs. No. 10 South Carolina and the 49-7 victory vs. Tennessee, but did not record any statistics. 2010: He did not see any game action while working with the Arkansas scout team. HIGH SCHOOL: A team captain, Jarvis earned first-team All-District 13-3A honors at wide receiver for Lovejoy High School in 2008, making 46 catches for 606 yards and four touchdowns. Jarvis helped lead Lovejoy to an appearance in the 2008 Texas Class 3A Division I state championship playoffs. He also participated in track and field. PERSONAL: Born March 27, 1991, he is the son of Michael and Sue Jarvis. He is majoring in business economics. He was named to the Razorback Honor Roll and the SEC Academic Honor Roll for his work in the classroom in the fall of 2011.
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RB, 5-9, 213, SR-3L Texarkana, Ark. Arkansas HS
CAREER SUMMARY: Johnson enters the 2012 season as the SEC’s active leader in all-purpose yards with 4,104, career kickoff return yards with 2,475 and total return yards with 2,475. His kickoff return yards total is an Arkansas record and ranks fifth all-time in the SEC, and his all-purpose yardage total ranks fourth in school history. He also holds the UA record with 102 career kickoff returns and is tied for fourth on the SEC’s all-time career list with three kick returns for touchdowns. His career kickoff return average of 24.26 yards ranks fifth in school history. He has appeared in 38 games and made 10 starts, rushing 208 times for 1,279 yards and five touchdowns and catching 38 passes for 350 yards and two touchdowns. 2011: Johnson appeared in 11 games with six starts and was named second-team All-SEC all-purpose player by the Associated Press after he ranked in the top 10 in the conference in all-purpose yards per game,
2010: He was named to the Doak Walker Award Watch List and appeared in two games for the Razorbacks before suffering a season-ending injury vs. ULM that led to a medical redshirt. Before being injured, he collected 83 rushing yards and one touchdown on nine carries and returned three kickoffs for 78 total yards. Johnson rushed three times for 60 yards and one touchdown and returned two kickoffs for a total of 50 yards with a long of 32 in Arkansas’ season-opening 44-3 win vs. Tennessee Tech. His touchdown rush was the first of the season for the Razorbacks, marking the second straight season he scored the first touchdown for UA. In Arkansas’ 31-7 win vs. ULM, he rushed six times for 23 yards and returned one kickoff for 28 yards before being injured.
RAZORBACK PLAYERS: Returning Players
WR, 5-8, 171, JR-1L Fairview, Texas Lovejoy HS
kickoff return average and rushing yards per game. He finished the 2011 season with 106 rushes for 670 yards and three touchdowns, 24 receptions for 255 yards and two touchdowns and 18 kick returns for 461 yards and one touchdown. His average of 126.0 all-purpose yards per game ranked second in the SEC and 49th in the NCAA, while his average of 25.61 yards per kickoff return, the third-highest single-season average in Arkansas history, was third in the conference and 29th in the country and his 60.1 rushing yards per game were seventh in the SEC. His average of 6.32 yards per carry was the highest in the SEC among runners with at least 100 carries, fourth overall in the conference and the seventh-highest single-season rushing average in school history. He also ranked fourth in the conference with a 6.33 yards-per-carry average against SEC opponents. He accumulated 1,386 all-purpose yards, the 12th-highest single-season total in school history. He made his season debut in the 38-28 win vs. Troy after missing the first two games and rushed four times for 20 yards and returned two kickoffs for 54 yards. At No. 3 Alabama, he scored the first receiving touchdown of his career as part of a two-catch, 21-yard performance and returned five kickoffs for 105 yards. He totaled 198 all-purpose yards in the come-from-behind 42-38 victory vs. No. 14 Texas A&M as he rushed eight times for 54 yards, caught a career-high four passes for a career-high 69 yards and returned four kickoffs for 75 yards. He rushed 12 times for 42 yards and caught three passes for 49 yards and one touchdown in a 38-14 win vs. No. 15 Auburn. He was named SEC Offensive Player of the Week after he carried the ball 15 times for a career-high 160 yards and one touchdown and caught two passes for 14 yards in the 29-24 win at Ole Miss. He rushed nine times for 52 yards, caught one 26-yard pass and returned four kickoffs for 63 yards in the 31-28 victory at Vanderbilt. He was named SEC Special Teams Player of the Week and to the Paul Hornung Award Weekly Honor Roll after returning two kickoffs for 130 yards, including a 98-yard touchdown, rushing 15 times for 86 yards and making four receptions for 36 yards in the 44-28 win vs. No. 10 South Carolina. His 252 all-purpose yards against the Gamecocks ranked as the eighth-highest single-game total in school history. The next week, he scored a career-high two rushing touchdowns, including a careerlong 71 yarder, as part of an 11-carry, 97-yard performance and caught four passes for 43 yards in a 49-7 victory vs. Tennessee. He rushed 14 times for 98 yards and returned one kickoff for 34 yards in the 44-17 win vs. Mississippi State. At No. 1 LSU, he gained 31 yards on 10 rushes. He concluded his junior season with five rushes for 33 yards and two receptions for two yards as Arkansas defeated No. 11 Kansas State 29-16 in the AT&T Cotton Bowl.
2009: He played in all 13 games with starts at No. 1 Florida and in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl against East Carolina. He was 28th in the nation and ninth in the SEC with 25.78 yards per kickoff return, and 75th nationally and ninth in the league with 111.15 yards of total offense per game. He returned 40 kickoffs for a school-record 1,031 yards and the touchdown, and became the career leader with 1,936 kickoff return yards. He had 57 rushes for 342 yards. His season total of 1,445 allpurpose yards ranked 10th on UA’s single-season list. He returned the season-opening kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown against Missouri
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