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Title: "Arkansas TE Chris Gragg creates mismatches for opponents" Post by: Chechem on September 12, 2012, 05:29:54 AM http://alabama.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1408249
Quote Chris Gragg has a specific, carefully designed role in the University of Arkansas offense, and he plays it well. The affable 6-foot-4 senior tight end provides a big target in the passing game and, coupled with Cobi Hamilton and Brandon Mitchell, creates mismatches for opposing secondaries. Gragg did it so well against Jacksonville State in the Razorbacks' opener (seven catches, 110 yards, two touchdowns) that he was the John Mackey Award's National Tight End of the Week. Gragg came back off that performance with another seven-catch game (for 83 yards) against Louisiana-Monroe. But in the aftermath of that game, a huge upset loss for the Razorbacks, Gragg has had to take on another role: team leader in tough times. "We know what people are saying about John L. (Smith, the Razorbacks' interim coach) but here in the Broyles Center, we are behind him 100 percent," Gragg said. "We know our coaches are going to come up with a great game plan, so it is going to be up to us to go out and execute it... |