ADRIO BAILEY
CLASS Senior
HEIGHT 6-6
WEIGHT 222
POSITION Forward
HOMETOWN Campti, La.
HIGH SCHOOL Lakeview
LAST SEASON Averaged 5.6 points and 3.0 rebounds.
THE SKINNY Bailey is the only Razorback going into his fourth season in the program. He’s a good athlete who runs the floor well but needs to limit his perimeter shots after hitting 2 of 12 3-pointers last season. He figures to play a key role as one of the team’s taller players and needs to utilize his strengths of rebounding, playing defense, moving the ball and finishing around the basket.
JIMMY WHITT
CLASS Fifth-year senior
HEIGHT 6-3
WEIGHT 175
POSITION Guard
HOMETOWN Columbia, Mo.
HIGH SCHOOL Hickman
LAST SEASON Averaged 12.3 points, 6.4 rebounds and 4.0 assists as a junior at SMU.
THE SKINNY Whitt is finishing his career at Arkansas after also starting it with the Razorbacks as a freshman during the 2015-16 season. After averaging 6.1 points in 17.2 minutes with 10 starts in his first go-around at Arkansas, Whitt transferred to SMU, where he started 66 games and averaged 33.2 and 35.1 minutes the previous two seasons after redshirting. Whitt is a good ball-handler and exceptional rebounder for a guard, but he’s hit just 16 of 65 on 3-pointers in his college career.
JEANTAL CYLLA
CLASS Fifth-year senior
HEIGHT 6-7
WEIGHT 215
POSITION Forward
HOMETOWN Lake Worth, Fla.
HIGH SCHOOL Lake Worth
LAST SEASON Averaged 13.7 points and 4.6 rebounds as a junior at North Carolina-Wilmington.
THE SKINNY Cylla is a graduate transfer who should help the Razorbacks with his all-around game. He hit 33 of 106 3-pointers last season but also will need to help inside and guard bigger players at times with Arkansas’ lack of size. He has played in 96 games, including 86 starts, at Florida Atlantic as a freshman and in two seasons at UNC-Wilmington, so he’s got plenty of experience. He’s a career 78.5% free-throw shooter (212 of 270).
MASON JONES
CLASS Junior
HEIGHT 6-5
WEIGHT 200
POSITION Guard
HOMETOWN DeSoto, Texas
JUNIOR COLLEGE Connors (Okla.) State College
LAST SEASON Averaged 13.6 points and 3.9 rebounds.
THE SKINNY Jones made a quick transition from JUCO ball to the SEC last season and twice scored 30 points — against Florida and Mississippi State. He hit 76 of 208 3-pointers (36.5%). He struggled at times with consistency and twice shot 1 of 10 from the field against Texas A&M and Ole Miss. As one of the Razorbacks’ bigger guards, they’ll need him to be a strong rebounder. He needs to get to the free-throw line as much as possible after hitting 115 of 143 attempts (80.4%) last season.
JALEN HARRIS
CLASS Redshirt junior
HEIGHT 6-2
WEIGHT 166
POSITION Guard
HOMETOWN Wilson, N.C.
HIGH SCHOOL Word of God Christian Academy
LAST SEASON Averaged 7.6 points, 5.6 assists and 2.9 rebounds last season.
THE SKINNY Harris had 189 assists and 66 turnovers to rank second in the SEC and 15th nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio at plus-2.9. He can push the ball and penetrate to get to the basket or dish off to teammates, but needs to improve his perimeter shooting after hitting 8 of 69 (11.6%) 3-point attempts last season. Harris worked hard on his jump shot in the off-season and said he’s changed his technique and is now going straight up rather than leaning back, which has helped his accuracy. He transferred to Arkansas after playing at New Mexico as a freshman.
JD NOTAE
CLASS Junior
HEIGHT 6-2
WEIGHT 185
POSITION Guard
HOMETOWN Covington, Ga.
HIGH SCHOOL Newton
LAST SEASON Averaged 15.4 points and 6.2 rebounds at Jacksonville (Fla.) University.
THE SKINNY Notae is redshirting this season after transferring from Jacksonville, where in 60 games the previous two seasons he played in 60 games and averaged 15.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.7 steals. He showed an ability to score against high level competition with 17 points against Notre Dame and 15 against Indiana last season and 22 against Michigan and 19 against North Carolina State as a freshman.
ABAYOMI IYOLA
CLASS Junior
HEIGHT 6-9
WEIGHT 210
POSITION Forward
HOMETOWN Atlanta
HIGH SCHOOL Green Forest-McCalep Christian Academy
LAST SEASON After 10.8 points and 7.6 rebounds at Stetson.
THE SKINNY Iyola is redshirting this season after transferring from Stetson, where Arkansas assistant Corey Williams was his head coach. He played in 63 games in two seasons at Stetson and averaged 10.4 points, 6.9 rebounds and had 58 blocked shots. Last season he scored a career-high 26 points against South Florida and matched his career-high with 13 rebounds against VMI.
EMEKA OBUKWELU
CLASS Junior
HEIGHT 6-8
WEIGHT 230
POSITION Forward
HOMETOWN Plano, Texas
HIGH SCHOOL Plano West
LAST SEASON Redshirted last season after transferring from the University of Texas-Tyler.
THE SKINNY Obukwelu is a walk-on who averaged 19.6 points and 7.8 rebounds as a sophomore at UT-Tyler, which is an NCAA Division II school that plays in the Lone Star Conference. As a freshman he averaged 6.8 points and 3.8 rebounds.
TY STEVENS
CLASS Junior
HEIGHT 6-2
WEIGHT 187
POSITION Guard
HOMETOWN Republic, Mo.
HIGH SCHOOL Republic
LAST SEASON Averaged 1.5 points.
THE SKINNY Stevens is a walk-on who played two minutes in two games last season. He scored all three of his points on the season on a three-point play in the Razorbacks’ 84-48 victory at Vanderbilt. He joined the Razorbacks after walk-on tryouts in the fall of 2018.
ISAIAH JOE
CLASS Sophomore
HEIGHT 6-5
WEIGHT 175
POSITION Guard
HOMETOWN Fort Smith
HIGH SCHOOL Northside
LAST SEASON Averaged 13.9 points and 2.8 rebounds.
THE SKINNY Joe hit 113 3-pointers last season to set an Arkansas school record and SEC freshman record. His 41.4% on 273 3-point attempts led the SEC. He hit 60 3-pointers against SEC teams. With Arkansas’ lack of size, Joe’s perimeter shooting should play an even larger role on the team this season. He scored a career-high 34 points against Florida International. Also a strong defender, Joe led the Razorbacks with 51 steals and 27 charges taken.
DESI SILLS
CLASS Sophomore
HEIGHT 6-1
WEIGHT 196
POSITION Guard
HOMETOWN Jonesboro
HIGH SCHOOL Jonesboro
LAST SEASON Averaged 5.3 points and 1.3.
THE SKINNY Sills became a major contributor late last season. Starting the final eight games, he averaged 10.1 points and hit 18 of 28 3-pointers. He scored a career-high 18 points before fouling out in the Razorbacks’ season-ending 63-60 loss at Indiana and scored 15 at Kentucky. For the season Sills hit 29 of 63 3-pointers (46.0%). He needs to improve his ball-handling after having 58 assists compared to 53 turnovers last season. He’s also a strong defender.
REGGIE CHANEY
CLASS Sophomore
HEIGHT 6-8
WEIGHT 222
POSITION Forward
HOMETOWN Tulsa, Okla.
HIGH SCHOOL Findlay Prep, Henderson, Nev.
LAST SEASON Averaged 5.4 points and 3.5 rebounds.
THE SKINNY Chaney will play a major role as the Razorbacks’ most talented big man. He’ll be counted on for increased playing time after averaging 16.3 minutes last season. He shot 55.3% from the field (83 of 150) last season while scoring mostly around the basket, but has worked to improve his mid-range jumper. He moves well for a big man and has shown the ability to defend guards as well as forwards. It’s critical he stay out of foul trouble given Arkansas’ lack of size.
ETHAN HENDERSON
CLASS Sophomore
HEIGHT 6-8
WEIGHT 210
POSITION Forward
HOMETOWN Little Rock
HIGH SCHOOL Parkview
LAST SEASON Averaged 0.9 points and 1.0 rebounds.
THE SKINNY Henderson played in only 51 minutes in 12 games last season, but given a shot in the Razorbacks’ NIT game at Providence, he came came through with six points and five rebounds in 18 minutes. If Henderson shows he’s ready, he could play a more significant role this season because he’s the tallest eligible scholarship player on the team along with Reggie Chaney.
CONNOR VANOVER
CLASS Sophomore
HEIGHT 7-3
WEIGHT 225
POSITION Forward
HOMETOWN Little Rock
HIGH SCHOOL Findlay Prep, Henderson, Nev.
LAST SEASON Averaged 7.5 rebounds and 3.0 rebounds at California.
THE SKINNY Arkansas has appealed to the NCAA for a waiver to allow Vanover to be eligible this season as he transferred from Cal, but as of press time there had been no decision on his status announced. If the waiver is denied, Vanover will redshirt this season and have three seasons of eligibility remaining. In his last 10 games at Cal as a freshman, he averaged 12.8 points and 5.0 rebounds. He scored a career-high 24 points against Stanford.