While Arkansas football has fallen on hard times over the last decade, the program has still boasted some impressive signal-callers in its illustrious history.
Saying that Bobby Petrino's exit from the University of Arkansas in 2012 was unceremonious would be the understatement of the century. After leading the Razorbacks to back-to-back season with at least 10 wins, all seemed well for Petrino and Arkansas.
The quarterback who came back to Arkansas to help lift his home-state Razorbacks to new heights created a larger-than-life image with a blaze of success and then died too soon last summer.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – If Arkansas fans are wondering which direction new offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino is thinking about taking things at the quarterback position, his first new offer may have provided a telling tip.
It was a tough offseason for the Arkansas Razorbacks as it related to the loss of two prominent alumni. Quarterback Ryan Mallett, who played at Arkansas in 2009 and 2010, died tragically in a drowning accident at 35 years old.
Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden said that there were some "misperceptions" regarding potentially dangerous conditions on the Destin, Fla. waters and the event was a "tragic accident," rather than due to the tides.