Arkansas’ top-ranked recruit looks like Arkansas’ best freshman so far
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Is it a good sign or a bad sign when your team’s highest-rated recruit has looked like the best player in the class in their first practices?
Oh, probably neither. But it certainly shouldn’t be a surprise.
That’s the case with Arkansas football during spring drills in March. Tight end Luke Hasz, the four-star crown of the Hogs’ Class of 2023, has been developing nicely, coach Sam Pittman said, during his first semester on campus.
“Really good football player,” Pittman said. “A guy that’s catching the ball extremely well, can run, can get open. That’s probably the guy of the young guys that has stood out the most.”
Hasz isn’t likely to jump straight into the role as Arkansas’ starting tight end in the fall. First of all, he’d have to overcome Ty Washington, one of the Hogs’ top recruits last year and a player Pittman has glowed about since arrving. Second, Hasz needs a bit of thickness, too.
“We’ve just got to get a little bit of weight on him,” Pittman said. “And we’ll continue to work him technique-wise, but if we were playing today, he’d be off the ball and that kind of tight end. We’re hoping he can develop over the summer and become that every-down tight end.”
In other words, it sounds like Hasz could easily step out into the slot in a two-tight end set tomorrow if the Razorbacks had a game. And for a freshman, that’s a heck of a good sign.
