Landon Jackson Make ESPN Early All-American List; Nobody Else

When I saw ESPN's Chris Low wrote his way-too-early All-Americans for next year, it was a curiosity view more than expecting much. There isn't anybody on this Arkansas team very many people are putting on these preseason teams.

Seeing Razorbacks defensive end Landon Jackson on the second team at defensive end was a little surprising. Maybe I'm the only person in the state of Arkansas that was but, yeah, it caught me a little off-guard.

What wasn't surprising was the number of first-team All-Americans that the Hogs will be facing this season. Six players on other teams will be seeing the Razorbacks this year. Those are just the first-teamers. A couple of more guys are on the second team.

Alabama being off the Arkansas schedule makes a difference on lists like this. Nick Saban didn't leave Kalen DeBoer without any players. But that's everybody else's problem for the Razorbacks this year. The only problem is now they picked up Texas in the process while Ole Miss and Missouri are rolling along very well now.

Hogs coach Sam Pittman's problem is trying to get a team that can compete with all that. In a day and age where getting those players everybody is having to learn from the same starting point and openly where money suddenly directly matters, Arkansas is behind. That's the biggest problem.