Big Time LB Arthur Brown talks recruiting (The U. -> KSt lean)

[The Recruiting Guy]

Arthur is a 6'1 210 LB with 4.47 speed from Wichita Kansas, East High School. Arthur is considered one of the top players in the nation. I talked to Arthur about 20 minutes ago and here's what he had to say.


TRG: What are your total offers?

Arthur: I'm not sure of the exact number but it's around 50.

TRG: Have you cut down your list?

Arthur: I cut it down to 23 schools. Arkansas is in that list.

TRG: What's interest in Arkansas?

Arthur: I've heard from a lot of people that say it's a great school and it makes me have a good feel about them and I want to find out more about them.

TRG: Who's the first to offer?

Arthur: Oklahoma verbally offered me last summer.

TRG: Who's recruiting you for Arkansas?

Arthur: I think it's Coach Shibest. I've spoken to him twice on the phone.

TRG: Who do you talk to the most?

Arthur: I've been talking to Oklahoma, North Carolina and Nebraska the most recently.

TRG: Tell me about your visits this summer.

Arthur: This summer we'll go down south. I know we're going to visit LSU, Florida Arkansas and Ole Miss. I plan to visit a total of 10 schools. Depending on the financial situation we'll go out west and visit USC, Cal and UCLA.

TRG: What were your stats this past season?

Arthur: I had 158 tackles, 1 interception and I had 8 to 10 sacks.

TRG: When do you plan to make a decision?

Arthur: I originally wanted to graduate at semester and if that still goes that way I'll make a decision in December.


It's huge to get a visit from Arthur. Arthur has so many schools after him it's hard for him to know every coach at every school. Arthur was a very nice and polite young man. I look forward to staying in touch with Arthur.

Arthur is interested in being on Press Row. We just have to find a good time for him and his brother Bryce to be on at the same time. He really liked that idea.


Video: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm0KQGs6_fM

[tbhogfan]

As usual, great work, TRG.  I sure hope we get Arthur. 

[killamon]

great interview

[Joe]

 :razorback: :razorback: :razorback: Good interview, Richard. You are correct, getting a visit from this young man is big in itself, BUT nobody should be content with just getting a visit. We NEED to sign this young man and let him recruit for us. It appeared that he hesitated a little when asked who was recruiting him for Arkansas. That is a big NO, NO! He should know his recruiters grandmother and her friends as well. We have got to start throwing the bus at these young big-time recruits if we want a chance at signing them.
     Keep it up, Richard. Any word on Sam McGuffie?  :razorback: :razorback: :razorback:

[Rooka]

THANKS TRG!!, I really hope we get this guy, but 50 other schools is alot to pry him away from.

[Zen_Hog]

I thought he narrowed it down to 3 with Oklahoma, USC, and Miami a couple of days ago.

[The Recruiting Guy]

I thought he narrowed it down to 3 with Oklahoma, USC, and Miami a couple of days ago.

Those are schools that he may favor a little right now but he's not locked into them just yet. Getting a visit can sway him. I don't see Arthur making a decision any time soon.

[IcEwalker]

it would be the biggest defensive recruit we have ever got IMO if we got him.

[bigguy551122]

would love to see him in a hog uniform but if we couldnt get him wouldnt mind seeing him in a north carolina uniform either...getting him on campus for a visit atleast gives us a shot

[NathanArizona]

50 grandmothers?

[NathanArizona]

I like the fact he remembered Shibest!

[russell33]

this kid will probably be a bloody sooner!  family ties, etc...

but then again you never know

[HOGINTENNESSEE]

Arthur no doubt Reggie will make you into the best player you can be COME TO ARKANSAS !!!!!!

[Hogstocking]

Great job as usual Richard.

[VenturaHog]

Wow thats awesome that hes going to visit us. I'm very encouraged to hear that we're on the radar of this kid, his highlights are unreal.

[arklahoman36]

Forgive me, I'm an OU fan (grew up in Okla, but root for ARK unless they play OU) so let the bashing begin ... but when I looked at Arthur Brown's highlight reel, it reminded me of looking at Tommie Harris' high school highlights.

The saying, "he's a man among boys," is a tired, overused cliche -- but it was accurate in describing Harris as a high school player and it's accurate in describing Brown.

[Tomhog™]

He seems to be a very sharp kid.  Over 50 offers from coaches and he remembers the name of an Assistant Coach at Arkansas?  Shibest isn't an easy name to remember.  I'm impressed!

[Hugehogsfan]

Wow that video looks great.  He seems to be able to locate the ball and looks like the Ole Piss LB from last year Patrick Willis.  He will be a catch if we can get him.

[little pigee]

Thank you for the read.

[Landonhog]

Thanks TRG!

That kid is a BEAST!  You know he'd excel in Reggie's D! 

[cosmodrum]

:razorback: :razorback: :razorback: Good interview, Richard. You are correct, getting a visit from this young man is big in itself, BUT nobody should be content with just getting a visit. We NEED to sign this young man and let him recruit for us. It appeared that he hesitated a little when asked who was recruiting him for Arkansas. That is a big NO, NO! He should know his recruiters grandmother and her friends as well. We have got to start throwing the bus at these young big-time recruits if we want a chance at signing them.
     Keep it up, Richard. Any word on Sam McGuffie?  :razorback: :razorback: :razorback:

Relax. He's a young man with 50 offers. It's reasonable that he would pause briefly before naming the recruiter from any of the schools that have offered.

[Hawgballz]

:razorback: :razorback: :razorback: Good interview, Richard. You are correct, getting a visit from this young man is big in itself, BUT nobody should be content with just getting a visit. We NEED to sign this young man and let him recruit for us. It appeared that he hesitated a little when asked who was recruiting him for Arkansas. That is a big NO, NO! He should know his recruiters grandmother and her friends as well. We have got to start throwing the bus at these young big-time recruits if we want a chance at signing them.
     Keep it up, Richard. Any word on Sam McGuffie?  :razorback: :razorback: :razorback:

I am not sure whether you were trying to be funny or just have not been around kids his age a whole lot.  The average kid his age would be lucky to name 10 of the 50 schools recruiting them, now this young man seems fairly intelligent and mature, but I would still be willing to bet that he can not name more than 10 of the coaches recruiting him, so that puts Arkansas & Coach Shibest in pretty good company.  It has been my opinion that Coach Shibest has done a fairly good job keeping in touch with recruits that we were interested in so I would say your criticisms were a little unwarranted.  BTW, I hear that Sam McGuffie will also be visiting the U of A this summer.

[chunter2]

I like that with that many offers he can name one of our coaches. I also like that he is coming on campus. I think we seem to always have a much better chance at players once they have come on campus. our facilities are something to show off, and we seem to do a good job at doing it.

[cbjagman]

Hey, TRG any chance we could get you on the recruiting staff in Fayetteville? We need all the help we can get; no doubt you'd be a terrific addition. We might even get a top 20 recuiting class for a change!

[bd93]

I like that with that many offers he can name one of our coaches. I also like that he is coming on campus. I think we seem to always have a much better chance at players once they have come on campus. our facilities are something to show off, and we seem to do a good job at doing it.

Yeah, I've heard in more than one interview where recruits where impressed with our weight room.

Good work Richard.

[kimjongsqUeAl]

Come to AR Arthur! We'd love to have you!

[AFWarrior83]

Fast and Powerful! Could you imagine the LB'er depth we would have with him? Freddie Fairchild, Ryan Powers, Chip Gregory, and Jelini Smith! (Plus others I can't think of off the top of my head) It's a long shot IMO, but we should fight like hell for him! *EDIT* I didn't even name our upper classmen. Dacus, Woods, Hewitt.

[501Ben]

Fast and Powerful! Could you imagine the LB'er depth we would have with him? Freddie Fairchild, Ryan Powers, Chip Gregory, and Jelini Smith! (Plus others I can't think of off the top of my head) It's a long shot IMO, but we should fight like hell for him! *EDIT* I didn't even name our upper classmen. Dacus, Woods, Hewitt.

Jermaine Love

[razorbass]

Saw his video he looks ausome would love to have him at Arkansas :razorback:

[southern hawg]

Fast and Powerful! Could you imagine the LB'er depth we would have with him? Freddie Fairchild, Ryan Powers, Chip Gregory, and Jelini Smith! (Plus others I can't think of off the top of my head) It's a long shot IMO, but we should fight like hell for him! *EDIT* I didn't even name our upper classmen. Dacus, Woods, Hewitt.

Jermaine Love

Tim Dial

[razorbackmkh]

Honest question, not flaming here, why do we have Shibest recruiting someone so highly sought after?

[Hawgballz]

Honest question, not flaming here, why do we have Shibest recruiting someone so highly sought after?

Because it is his area and he has done a great job in staying in contact with the recruits in his area.

[Wu Tang Clan]

Honest question, not flaming here, why do we have Shibest recruiting someone so highly sought after?

He recruited Jermaine Love, who no one thought Arkansas would get, but with that being said I still think Arkansas has no chance at landing this kid. 

[VenturaHog]

Honest question, not flaming here, why do we have Shibest recruiting someone so highly sought after?

Because it is his area and he has done a great job in staying in contact with the recruits in his area.

Man opinions here have sure done a 180 regarding shibest. I doubt anyone would have said this last summer. I agree with the post though, on all the things i read it seems to indicate shibest is one of our most consistent recruiters now.

[wholehog92]

Honest question, not flaming here, why do we have Shibest recruiting someone so highly sought after?

Because it is his area and he has done a great job in staying in contact with the recruits in his area.

Man opinions here have sure done a 180 regarding shibest. I doubt anyone would have said this last summer. I agree with the post though, on all the things i read it seems to indicate shibest is one of our most consistent recruiters now.

My opinion still hasn't changed about Shibest.  I think he is the best recruiter we have.  I still think he should be gone due to the special teams.  Surely we can find an assistant that will recruit and run our special teams.

[Hog Fan from Camden]

Shibest is a good recruiter but not a very good special teams coach.  If you look at the 2007 recruits that signed a LOI, Shibest was the recruiter on 5 of them, Malzhaun 5, Danny 3, Vaughn 2, and so on.  Maybe he should be moved from ST coach to Recruiting coordinator.

[arklahoman36]

Arthur Brown was on the Sports Animal in Okla on Friday, not a lot has changed since Richard talked to him, but there were a couple new things:
* He heads to check out LSU on July 19, then Florida, and then starts heading back to Kansas with stops along the way and his last one at OU. He didn't mention Ark, but it was an Okla radio show so I don't take that to be significant.
* When he returns to KS on the 29th, he said he'll sit down and narrow his list to 15 schools.