O’Grady’s plays

Tight end Cheyenne O’Grady has moved into fourth on Arkansas’ receptions chart this season in only two games.

The junior from Fayetteville has 10 catches for 125 yards to trail La’Michael Pettway (15 catches, 200 yards), Rakeem Boyd (13-104) and Jordan Jones (11-168).

O’Grady had a game-high 7 catches for 48 yards, including 2 touchdowns, in last week’s loss to Alabama.

His first score came on a third and goal from the 8 late in the first quarter.

“We went three wide and they were playing us in man [coverage],” O’Grady said. “The play was designed, I could either go inside or outside. The guy [cornerback Trevon Diggs] was put in a bind because I ran the corner route and he didn’t know if he should take me or take the guy coming inside, so he was put in a bind. That made me come wide open.”

Members of the Arkansas baseball team, who had just been honored for their runner-up finish at the College World Series, got to celebrate with O’Grady in the south end zone after the score, with Isaiah Campbell, Dominic Fletcher, Caleb Bolden and others recording the touchdown on their phones.

Midway through the second quarter, with Arkansas at the Alabama 3, quarterback Cole Kelley faked a run, then threw to O’Grady crossing right to left in the end zone with Alabama’s Deionte Thompson trailing him.

“We were trying to sell the run,” O’Grady said. “The play is designed where I’m supposed to just go right up the Sam [strong-side linebacker] and go vertical. But there was a safety sitting right there, so I had to try to go across his face and it ended up working out.”