Tom Murphy is a reporter for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. A graduate of Louisiana Tech University, he is a member of the Football Writers Association of America, and voter for the Heisman Trophy and AP Top 25 football poll. Murphy was the 2017 Arkansas Sportswriter of the Year.
Arkansas recruiting director leaving for Auburn
By:
Tom Murphy
Published: Wednesday, January 27, 2021
FAYETTEVILLE — Joshua Thompson, the University of Arkansas football program’s executive director of recruiting, has left to join Bryan Harsin’s first-year staff at Auburn, sources confirmed to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on Wednesday.
Thompson’s title with the Tigers will be director of football external operations.
Thompson, a Texas A&M graduate, started with the Razorbacks in May 2019 after serving in the same position at Louisiana-Lafayette in 2018 and as an assistant in player personnel at Texas A&M in 2017.
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