After the storms settled on Arkansas' 38-24 win over Ole Miss Saturday, there were three more lightening strikes waiting in the wings. Arkansas had one of it's best recruiting weekends of the year as they pulled in verbal pledges from three highly sought after recruits.
The first of the three to commit was highly touted tight end Chris Barnett. Barnett(6'6" 250 4.6) out of Hurst, Tx is one of the best hauls of the class. Barnett has great hands and has continued to work on his blocking this season. Barnett held offers from schools such as Oklahoma, USC, Alabama, Florida St., Notre Dame, Miami, and many more. Barnett is ranked by rivals.com as the 28th best prospect in Texas and the 212th ranked overall prospect in the country.
The second commit of the weekend came yesterday afternoon when WR Quinta Funderburk ended his recruiting process. The Chesapeake, VA product made the 22nd commitment of the class. Funderburk(6'5" 205 4.5) is the 8th best prospect out of Virginia, and is considered the best WR in the Northeast portion of the country. Funderburk on the season has 42 catches for 982 yards and 9 TDs. The WR prospect also had offers from Alabama, West Virginia, Virginia Tech, USC, Florida, Michigan, among a host of others.
Finally, the weekend closed out as Arizona prep star Kelvin Fisher Jr. gave the coaching staff a call to tell them he was finished with his recruitment and wanted to be a Razorback. Fisher(5'11" 175 4.5) is projected at safety on the next level. Fisher is the 8th ranked prospect out of Arizona and is the 3rd prospect Arkansas has pulled from that state this year. Fisher had offers from Boise State, Arizona State, Duke, West Virginia, Washington, Oregon, among others.
