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Arkansas’ offensive line just got some great news for 2017, as center Frank Ragnow has declared he will return for his senior season in Fayetteville.
The 6-foot-5, 319-pound junior was named to the AP’s All-SEC Second Team and to Phil Steele’s Fourth Team All-American squad following the 2016 season.
“I’m excited and proud to say I’ll be returning for my senior season,” Ragnow said in a statement posted to the official Arkansas Razorbacks website. “I know the NFL is in my future, but I want to be the best center in college football as a Razorback. I want to lead and motivate my teammates who have helped me grow as a Razorback. I want to walk across the graduation stage as a Razorback. And I want to start helping others who have lost their father at a young age as a Razorback.”
As Ragnow alludes to in his post, the junior lineman suddenly lost his father this season in the lead up to the Alabama game. Ragnow missed the majority of the week’s prep leading up to the game to fly home to Minnesota, and yet, still started the game and registered one of the highest grades of any player against the Tide.
With Ragnow now officially returning, Arkansas is projected to lose only one starter on the offensive line this season – senior left tackle Dan Skipper.
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com
