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side. That makes Bielema feel better, too, putting his most experienced tackle on the left side and protecting the blind side of junior right-handed quarterback Austin Allen.

“Dan’s playing at a level I’ve never seen before,” Bielema said Thursday. “He’s just really, really playing well.”

Deep as Arkansas’ defensive line is and without the spring practice head start that fellow freshman McTelvin “Sosa” Agim had as a 2015 December high school graduate enrolled in January at UA, it’s a tribute to true freshman defensive nose tackle Austin Capps that he joins defensive end Agim off the bench in the depth chart game plan against Louisiana Tech.

“Austin Capps and the ability he brings us inside at the nose position is very, very good,” Bielema said. “It’s what we thought but we didn’t know it would come as soon as it’s come.”