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Jason
PEACOCK
OT, 6-4, 305, SR-1L Milledgeville, Ga. Baldwin HS/Citrus (Calif.) College
CAREER SUMMARY: Peacock has seen action in all 13 games at Arkansas with nine starts after transferring prior to his junior season.
BEFORE ARKANSAS: After playing two seasons in the junior college ranks, Peacock made his move to Arkansas. The physical lineman earned second-team All-Central Conference honors while playing for junior college head coach Ron Ponciano. He was a Citrus teammate of current UA offensive lineman Chris Stringer. Peacock earned all-state honors from the Georgia Sportswriters Association for his performance at Baldwin High School under head coach Jesse Hicks. In 2008, Baldwin advanced to the state quarterfinals of the Class AAA playoffs. Peacock sided with the Razorbacks after also considering Arizona, Houston, Mississippi State, New Mexico and Utah. He enrolled at Arkansas in the spring of 2011. PERSONAL: Born Jan. 12, 1989, he is the son of Jason and Cathy Peacock. He is majoring in sociology.
LB, 6-1, 220, FR-RS Lee’s Summit, Mo. Lee’s Summit West HS
2011: Poeschl worked with the UA scout team while redshirting. HIGH SCHOOL: He was a Class 5A first-team all-state performer, the conference’s Defensive Player of the Year and a Kansas City secondteam all-metro selection in his senior season, where he helped lead the Titans to a state championship and 14-1 record. That year, the defense allowed just 14.5 points per game and recorded two shutouts while holding 10 opponents to 14 points or less. Poeschl also was a two-time state qualifier in wrestling. He was coached at Lee’s Summit West by Royce Boehm. PERSONAL: Born July 4, 1993, he is the son of Jakie and Rick Poeschl. His father lettered at linebacker for University of NebraskaOmaha from 1979-82 and was a co-captain on the 1982 team and his uncle, Randy, was drafted by the Cleveland Browns after playing defensive tackle at the University of Nebraska. Ben is majoring in political science.
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Houston
PRUITT
S, 5-11, 192, JR-SQ Springdale, Ark. Har-Ber HS
2011: Pruitt worked with the UA scout team but did not see any game action. HIGH SCHOOL: He was a two-sport star for Har-Ber High School, excelling in football and baseball, and left holding the school’s career tackles record with 254. He was an all-state defensive back as a senior, when he helped lead the Wildcats to the Class 7A state championship with 55 tackles and three interceptions on defense in addition to rushing 28 times for 220 yards and two touchdowns and catching three passes for 91 yards and one touchdown. During his junior season, he collected 96 tackles, four interceptions and 10 pass breakups while Har-Ber advanced to the state semifinals and posted a 10-3 record. As a sophomore, he was named the Northwest Arkansas Sophomore of the Year and an allconference performer after he recorded 103 tackles, seven interceptions, nine pass breakups and three fumble recoveries while the Wildcats played to the state championship game and a 10-3 record. Pruitt was coached at Har-Ber by Chris Wood.
RAZORBACK PLAYERS: Returning Players
2011: Peacock played in all 13 games and started the last nine as part of a line that allowed the offense to break 16 game or season school records. Arkansas led the SEC in total offense, passing offense and scoring offense to become just the fifth different school, and first since 2001, to lead the conference in all three categories in a single season and became the sixth team in conference history, and second since 1992, to lead the SEC in passing offense for three straight seasons. The Razorbacks ranked 13th in the country with their average of 300.7 passing yards per game, 15th in the nation with an average of 36.8 points per game and 29th in the NCAA with an average of 438.1 yards of total offense per game. Quarterback Tyler Wilson broke nine UA records and led the SEC in passing and total offense while becoming the first Razorback to be a first-team All-SEC selection at quarterback. Wide receiver Jarius Wright also earned first-team All-SEC honors after he broke seven school records and led the conference in receiving yards per game with an average of 93.1 to rank 18th in the country and in receiving touchdowns with 12, a total that tied for seventh in the NCAA. The Razorback offense posted the second-best single-season total in school history for completions (299), passing yards (3,909), passing yards per game (300.7), first downs (279) and passing first downs (166) while totaling the third-highest total offense yardage total (5,695) and thirdbest total offense per play average (6.45).
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Ben
PERSONAL: Born Oct. 4, 1991, he is the son of Debbie and Tim Pruitt. He was redshirted as a true freshman pitcher on the UA baseball team in 2011. He is majoring in kinesiology.
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