Former Texas A&M-Commerce wide receiver Andrew Armstrong has committed to transfer to the Arkansas Razorbacks, he announced Sunday evening following an official visit in Fayetteville (Ark.).
“I came to Arkansas to win,” Armstrong said. “I came to Arkansas just because the coaches make me feel like it’s home. I’m all the way in Dallas, so that’s like 5 hours or something like that. It feels like home being here.
“Just the teammates and players. They were very honest about everything. I was asking all of them questions. Like I said, the facilities, the food, everything.”
Armstrong, 6-6, 189, chose the Hogs over Missouri, Miami, Wisconsin, Colorado, Louisville, NC State, Utah, Virginia Tech, Washington State, Syracuse, Indiana, Purdue, Kansas, Western Kentucky, Sam Houston State, Louisiana Tech and North Texas. He was recruited to Arkansas by second-year wide receivers coach Kenny Guiton.
“He’s like my old coach at my old school, I can talk to him like a friend,” Armstrong said. “He’s like my age, so I can relate to him a lot. I can relate to Coach G a lot, he’s like a brother to me. I just felt that connection when I first spoke to him.”
The big receiver was scheduled to visit Missouri next weekend but will instead shut down his recruitment and prepare to enroll at Arkansas in January. He will have two years of eligibility remaining.
Armstrong signed with Commerce in 2019 as an unranked prospect out of Dallas (Texas) Bishop Dunne. He redshirted in his first season and had to sit out another year in 2020 when the school canceled its football season altogether due to Covid-19.
Armstrong played in 9 games in 2021, recording 15 receptions for 297 yards and 3 touchdowns for a team that finished 7-4 overall and 5-2 in conference play. He then emerged as one of the nation’s top transfer targets in 2022, posting 1,020 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns on 62 receptions (16.4 YPC).
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The current redshirt-sophomore is viewed as a key addition to an Arkansas wide receiver room that loses three of its top four wide receivers from the 2022 season, including Matt Landers (exhausted eligibility), Jadon Haselwood (preparing for NFL Draft), and Ketron Jackson (transfer portal).
Arkansas is also in the mix for another transfer wide receiver target in Iowa’s Arland Bruce, who was in town for an official visit over the weekend.
The Razorbacks added their first transfer commitment of the cycle last Monday when former Florida offensive lineman Joshua Braun went public with his decision to call the Hogs. Former North Carolina quarterback Jacolby Criswell became the Hogs’ second pledge on Sunday. Arkansas expects to host multiple transfer targets again next week, including a pair of defensive backs in Eric Rogers of Northern Illinois and Gavin Holmes of Wake Forest.
HawgSports will have more to come on Armstrong’s decision and how it impacts Arkansas’ 2023 roster.
