Recruiting Guy
The family feel at the University of Arkansas has the Razorbacks in the running for junior cornerback Myles Slusher.
The family feel at the University of Arkansas has the Hogs in the running for junior cornerback Myles Slusher.
“The feeling I get when I get on campus,” Slusher said, “it feels like a football family when you get to campus.”
Slusher, 5-11, 175 pounds, of Broken Arrow, Okla., has scholarship offers from schools such as Arkansas, Texas, Oregon, Oklahoma State, LSU, Michigan and others. He’s visited Fayetteville multiple times, with the latest being for the Alabama game Oct. 6.
Coach Chad Morris, tight ends coach Barry Lunney Jr. and cornerbacks coach Mark Smith have impressed Slusher.
“They’re real down-to-earth people,” Slusher said. “It’s all been going well, and everything will build up relationship wise.”
ESPN rates Slusher a three-star prospect, the No. 22 cornerback and No. 268 overall prospect in the 2020 class. He plans to major in business with an eye on being an entrepreneur. Slusher is aware of Arkansas’ highly rated Sam M. Walton College of Business.
“I want to start something of my own,” Slusher said. “That’s what I’m interested in doing.”
Slusher recorded 41 tackles and four interceptions as a sophomore.
The Razorbacks appear to check the box on Slusher’s main desire for a school.
“Somewhere I can find a home,” he said. “Some place it feels like a home every time I’m there.”
TE FROM MENA
Mena tight end Mason Brotherton is one of the more promising sophomore prospects in the state and has the attention of several SEC schools.
He’s already received invites to summer camps at Arkansas, Florida, Auburn, Mississippi State, Texas, Baylor and Memphis.
Brotherton, 6-4, 230, 4.9 seconds in the 40-yard dash, has 10 catches for 103 yards and a touchdown in the past two games. He visited the Hogs for the Alabama game Oct. 6.
He has a lot of intangibles needed at tight end while also looking to improve.
“I think I have great hands,” Brotherton said. “I’ve worked on my blocking. I think I’m an excellent run blocker now. That’s something I take pride in because on the next level I’ll have to be able to do that. I love running routes and catching the ball and scoring.”
Mena Coach Tim Harper said he believes Brotherton can be special.
“He’s a hard worker and is becoming a devastating blocker in the run game,” Harper said. “He has great hands and is starting to warm up. He’s been a huge boost to us offensively the past couple weeks.”
Brotherton dropped 15 pounds during the offseason to improve his 40-yard time and is looking for further improvement over the next two years.
“My goal is a 4.7 by my senior year,” Brotherton said. “I think the only thing holding me back from being a great tight end right now is being able to pull away from DBs.”
Brotherton sacrificed at the dinner table to get to a lower weight.
“Strictly diet and I worked out a lot more,” Brotherton said. “I was very active. I fractured my wrist. I tried to workout as much as I could so I wouldn’t gain any weight.”
Brotherton has a 3.9 grade-point average and is planning to major in sports medicine.
Email Richard Davenport at rdavenport@arkansasonline.com