Monday recruiting tidbits

Family ties to Arkansas has junior offensive lineman Pat Allen interested in the Hogs.

Junior college receiver Dominique Reed of Coffeyville Community College is expected to arrive in Fayetteville today for the start his official visit. He unofficially visited the Razorbacks on July 24.

He reports scholarship offers from Arkansas, Arkansas State, La-Lafayette, Southern Miss, Central Arkansas and Bowling Green

Highly recruited offensive lineman Pat Allen, 6-5, 280, 5.0 of Reisterstown, (Md.) Franklin plans to officially visit Arkansas for the Oct. 11 Alabama game. He said his relationship offensive line coach Sam Pittman was a big reason for his desire to visit. He said Pittman was very upfront with him.

Allen said offensive line graduate assistant Eric Mateos started communicating with him during the early stages of the recruiting process. His father is from the Natural State.

He has 29 scholarship offers, including Arkansas, Florida State, Southern Cal, Rutgers and Tennessee. In addition to the Hogs, he plans to officially visit Michigan, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Georgia. Video highlights CLICK HERE

Defensive back Deshawn Raymond, 6-2, 182 of Metarie, La. East Jefferson has Arkansas in his top five because of his relationship with receivers coach Michael Smith. LSU, TCU, Miss. St., and Georgia are also in his top five.

He and Smith have been talking about an official visit to Fayetteville. Video highlights CLICK HERE

Junior cornerback Tre Jackson, a Florida commitment, plans to make an official visit to Arkansas during his senior year.

Jackson, 5-10,180, 4.42 of Baton Rouge, (La.) University Lab also praised Smith for his recruiting. He said the Hogs want him to play slot receiver and cornerback. Arkansas is the only school recruiting him to play both sides of the ball.

He has offers from Florida, Miss. St., Southern Miss, La.-Lafayette and Tulane.

Jackson, whose father, Jack played for Florida, said Arkansas wants to see him on campus before extending an offer. Video highlights CLICK HERE

There is mutual interest between Arkansas and offensive lineman Josh Allen, who signed with North Carolina in Feb.

Allen, 6-3, 305 pounds, 5.1 seconds in the 40-yard dash, played for Jacksonville (Fla.) University Christian School and had more than 20 scholarship offers, including Arkansas, North Carolina, Florida State, Georgia and Nebraska.

North Carolina hasn't approved him academically. The earliest he could join the Hogs on scholarship would be for the 2015 class.

Brad Winton of Jucorecruiting.com reported last week that forward Malik Dime, 6-10 of Indian Hills C.C. plans to take official visits to official visits to USC August 29, Iowa State Sept. 5, Arkansas Sept 19 & Washington Sept 27.

Defensive end Gabriel Campbell, 6-6, 250 of Yazoo, Miss. said there's a good chance he visits Arkansas. He said he's talking to defensive coordinator Robb Smith, defensive line coach Rory Segrest and receivers coach Michael Smith. Video highlights CLICK HERE

As reported July 29, defensive end Reggie Walker, 6-2, 230, 4.56 of Ponchatoula, La. plans to take an official visit to Arkansas. He has approximately 18 scholarship offers, including Arkansas, Florida, Arizona State, Kansas, Kansas State and Texas Tech.

As of now, it's looking very good for the Hogs.

11:02 update

Junior college receiver Dominique Reed will not be visiting now.