The Recruiting Guy

Wednesday recruiting tidbits

Junior receiver Isaiah Graham is an elusive playmaker the Hogs hope to sign.

Arkansas receiver coach Michael Smith visited Bastrop high school in Louisiana on Tuesday to check on junior receiver Isaiah Graham.

Graham, 6-1, 175, 4.53 seconds in the 40 yard dash, of Bastrop, La. is a major target of the Hogs and has 10 scholarship offers from schools like Arkansas, Miami, Texas Tech, Tennessee, Tulsa and TCU. He visited Fayetteville several times and plans a return trip on March 7 for the LSU basketball game.

Arkansas was the first school to offer Graham.

Smith visited the school of junior running back Devin White on Monday.

White, 6-2, 235, 4.47 of Springhill North Webster visited the Hogs for the Ole Miss game and to see his cousin, freshman receiver Jared Cornelius.He has scholarship offers from schools like Arkansas, LSU, Alabama, Nebraska and Ole Miss. ESPN rates him the No. 13 athlete and the No. 178 overall prospect in the 2016 class.

Arkansas guard signee Jimmy Whitt of Columbia, (Mo.) Hickman is averaging 32 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals a game.

Junior cornerback Andraez Williams of Shreveport Calvary Baptist Academy said he and his brother, Rodarius, who is also a junior defensive back plans to visit Arkansas for a basketball.

Calvary Baptist Academy also has highly regarded cornerback Chanse Sylvie and quarterback Shea Patterson. Sylvie has offers from Mississippi State, Texas Tech, Louisiana Tech, Tulane, Army, Northwestern and Utah. He attended an Arkansas camp last summer and has plans to return this year.

Patterson has numerous offers, including Arkansas. He's rated the No. 3 pocket-passer in the 2016 class by ESPN.

As reported on Tuesday, linebacker Kendrick Jackson, an Arizona commitment, is expecting Coach Bret Bielema to visit his school today.

Jackson, 6-0, 237, 4.8 seconds in the 40 yard dash, of Haynesville High School has 10 offers.

3:29 update

I feel pretty comfortable in saying safety Brandon Scott of Destrehan, La. will officially visit this weekend. Bielema might have visited the school this morning. I'm trying to confirm that.

8:31 update

Bielema and defensive coordinator Robb Smith visited with linebacker Kendrick Jackson, 6-0, 237, 4.8 of Haynesville, La. today. Jackson also said he talked to receiver coach Michael Smith and linebackers coach Vernon Hargreaves on the phone today.

He said they're working on the details of his visit.