Wednesday recruiting tidbits

Pine Bluff junior tight end Will Gragg received 83 handwritten letters from Arkansas on Tuesday.

Arkansas overflowed junior tight end Will Gragg's mailbox with 83 handwritten letters on Tuesday. He said the letters were from all of the coaches, including Bret Bielema.

Gragg, 6-4, 238, 4.7 of Pine Bluff said only half of the letters were able to fit into the mailbox so the mailman put the rest under the carport.

He also received 23 letters from Alabama, 17 from Ole Miss, 8 from Notre Dame and 5 from Miami.

Gragg said tight ends coach Barry Lunney Jr. told him the Hogs were going to whatever it takes to keep him and other in-state prospects in the state.

Junior tight end-defensive end JaMario Bell, 6-6, 230, 4.7 of Junction City said on Twitter that he received 37 letters from the Hogs on Monday.

Arkansas tight end commitment Jack Kraus of Bentonville graded out at 86% and had 4 knockdowns in Friday's win over Kansas City Rockhurst.

Highly regarded junior offensive lineman Rob Dowdy 6-7, 285, 5.0 seconds in the 40 yard dash, of Westerville South High School in Ohio and his mother will attend the Texas A&M game on Sept. 28. He visited the Hogs during the Elite Prospect Camp in July.

He has eight offers, including Arkansas, Kentucky, Georgia Tech, Illinois, West Virginia and Indiana. The Hogs lead for him.

Junior offensive lineman Keaton Sutherland, 6-5, 260 of Flower Mound, Texas, Marcus has added an offer from Texas Tech. He also has offers from Arkansas, TCU and Oklahoma. He plans to attend the A&M game.