Arkansas Coach Chris Bucknam announced the signing of 12 athletes for the 2018-19 season on Thursday.
Vernon Turner, a Big 12 Conference champion in the high jump and two-time All-American at Oklahoma, headlines the signing class.
Travean Caldwell, a 2016 state decathlon champion at Crossett and NJCAA national championship qualifier at Arkansas Baptist College in Little Rock, is one of two Arkansans to join the Razorbacks along with Jon Conley. Conley, the son of former Razorback Mike Conley, will compete in the 100 meters and the long jump.
Other signees include Tre’Bien Gilbert of Converse, Texas (110- and 300-meter hurdles), Rashad Boyd of Houston (100 and 200 meters), Kevin Wilkinson of Moorpark, Calif. (800 and 1,500 meters), Trey Grayson of Glenpool, Okla. (400 and 800 meters), Carl Elliott of Fort Pierce, Fla. (200 meters, 110-meter hurdles, triple jump), and decathletes Kyle Costner of Brentwood, Tenn., Brittan Burns of Prior Lake, Minn., Daniel Spejcher of Bloomington, Ill., and Connor Holzkamper of Keller, Texas.