Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

AUSTIN ALLEN

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says he’s “100 percent” for Missouri.

FAYETTEVIL­LE — Arkansas quarterbac­k Austin Allen said last week his injured right shoulder was “close” to 100 percent. This week, he’s bumped up the recovery percentage.

“100 percent, I guess,” he said. “It better be 100 percent on Friday. It’s my last go-around, and you know, obviously trying to come back from that kind of injury, you really just kind of need rest with it.

“But no rest in that 10game stretch we had. It’s 100 percent and I’m ready to go.”

The University of Arkansas, Fayettevil­le (4-7, 1-6 SEC) hosts Missouri (6-5, 3-4) at 1:30 p.m. on Friday at Reynolds Razorback Stadium.

Allen missed four games with the injury but amped up his rehab while freshman Cole Kelley was going 2-2 as the starter from Oct. 14 through Nov. 4.

Kelley is back from a onegame suspension this week after his arrest for suspicion of DWI on Nov. 12.

Allen was asked Tuesday if this has been a stressful year.

“I’d qualify it as a lot of things,” he said. “Stressful may be one of them. But overall probably not the way I thought it was going to go. Not the way I envisioned it. You kind of have a plan in your mind, first game of the year and how things are going to go out for us.

“Things didn’t happen. But you know you’ve got to put that behind you and you’ve got to bounce back. You’ve got one more opportunit­y to make a name for yourself and make a name for your team.”

K-Rich kudos

Senior captain Kevin Richardson said the Razorbacks are “playing for Coach B” in reference to embattled Coach Bret Bielema.

“He’s done some great things for us. … All of us seniors, and myself specifical­ly, he let me in and do what a lot of people didn’t think I could do,” said Richardson, a walk-on from Jacksonvil­le whom Bielema gave a scholarshi­p a couple of years ago.

“I came up here and lived the dream that I’ve had since

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