Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

OFFENSE produces in 1-on-1.

- By Tom Murphy and Bob Holt

FAYETTEVIL­LE — The University of Arkansas offense completed 9 of 18 passes, 8 of them for touchdowns, in one-on-one work from the 7-yard line during the opening viewing portion of a scalding practice No. 5 on Tuesday.

The man-to-man matchups favor the offense because there is no pass rush, no field to scan for the quarterbac­ks, and the receivers don’t have to look for pre-snap route adjustment­s.

Second-team quarterbac­k Malik Hornsby completed all four of his throws, three of them for touchdowns, to Treylon Burks (fade route vs. Simeon Blair), to Kendall Catalon (in cut vs. LaDarrius Bishop) and to T.J. Hammonds (back shoulder vs. Nathan Parodi). His fourth throw was complete to Darin Turner in tough, tight coverage by Jon Conley, who wrestled him down at the 2-yard line.

Hammonds appeared to use his hands to get separation from Parodi, but cornerback­s coach Sam Carter said, “He didn’t extend them.”

Starting quarterbac­k KJ Jefferson’s passes to open the drill were fades for Trey Knox and Jaquayln Crawford over the left side. Both passes fell incomplete with lead cornerback Montaric Brown and lead nickel back Greg Brooks Jr. in coverage, respective­ly.

John Stephens Jones went 1 for 2, hitting Tyson Morris on a shallow slant for a touchdown, then throwing an intercepti­on to Joe Foucha, who had strong inside position against Chris Harris.

Foucha’s pick was the only turnover of the period.

Nick Turner had two pass breakups, and Myles Slusher broke up a Cade Renfro pass intended for Burks, on which there was contact.

Renfro completed 3 of 4 passes, all three for touchdowns. He found John David White on an out route against Jalen Catalon on which White made the catch inside the 3 and had to extend toward the pylon for the score, hit Warren Thompson, who broke inside versus Hudson Clark, and connected with Bryce Stephens in the corner against Zach Zimos.

Lucas Coley had a bit of bad luck, with Turner breaking up two of his throws and Crawford getting good separation against Jermaine Hamilton-Jordan on a fade but dropping the pass.

Landon Rogers went 1 for 2, his scoring pass thrown to Ketron Jackson on an in cut versus Devin Bush.

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