Arkansas’s 2024-25 roster below first-year coach John Calipari is slowly taking form. On Friday, Arkansas landed a dedication from four-star wing Billy Richmond, who beforehand signed his Nationwide Letter of Intent to play for Calipari at Kentucky.
Richmond is the third member of Kentucky’s star-studded 2024 recruiting class to comply with Calipari to Arkansas. 4-star ahead Karter Knox was the primary to flip his dedication to Arkansas to play for Calipari. The Knox household has ties to Calipari, as his older brother, Kevin Knox ll, performed for him at Kentucky throughout the 2017-18 season.
Calipari’s second highschool dedication of the offseason got here from one other former participant from his recruiting class at Kentucky. Calipari landed four-star guard Boogie Fland shortly on Thursday. The primary dedication of the Calipari period at Arkansas was one other acquainted face in Zvonimir Ivišić, who performed at Kentucky final season.
There may be nonetheless loads of work for Calipari and his employees to do to kind a whole roster forward of the season that begins in lower than seven months, however after making the most important splash of the offseason earlier this month to interchange former coach Eric Musselman with one of many distinguished figures within the sport, the Razorbacks are off to a robust begin.
CBS Sports activities is monitoring the standing of the Arkansas roster and recruiting class in actual time. This is the place each present Arkansas participant and dedication presently stand.
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Arkansas newcomers
Zvonimir Ivišić (Switch from Kentucky)
GP: 15 | GS: 0 | PPG: 5.5 | RPG: 3.3
Whereas Ivišić did not play a ton throughout his freshman season, he made an influence when he performed. Hours after he was dominated eligible by the NCAA on Jan. 20, Ivišić recorded 13 factors, 5 rebounds, and a pair of assists in his collegiate debut. Days after Ivišić entered the switch portal, he introduced he would comply with Calipari and had dedicated to Arkansas. He ought to see a bigger function in Yr 2.
Arkansas gamers not anticipated to return
Tramon Mark (Dedicated to Texas)
GP: 31 | GS: 28 | PPG: 16.2 | RPG: 4.3
Mark shall be at his third faculty in three years after transferring into this system from Houston final offseason. The 6-foot-6 guard is coming off one of the best season of his profession and posted a career-high in factors. Mark dedicated to Texas to proceed his school profession.
Khalif Battle (In switch portal)
GP: 32 | GS: 13 | PPG: 14.8 | RPG: 3.3
Battle began his profession at Butler throughout the 2019-20 marketing campaign earlier than transferring to Temple. Battle spent three seasons with Temple earlier than spending his solely season with the Razorbacks. Battle’s subsequent and remaining cease of his school profession shall be his fourth faculty. He entered the switch portal earlier this month.
Makhi Mitchell (Out of eligibility)
GP: 33 | GS: 5 | PPG: 8.6 | RPG: 4.6
Mitchell averaged 8.6 factors and began 5 video games for Arkansas this previous season. Earlier than his arrival in Fayetteville, Arkansas, he had stops at Maryland and Rhode Island.
Trevon Brazile (Declared for NBA Draft)
GP: 26 | GS: 23 | PPG: 8.6 | RPG: 5.9
Brazile declared for the 2024 NBA Draft after averaging 8.6 factors, 5.9 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks per sport. Brazile began his profession at Missouri earlier than transferring to Arkansas forward of the 2022-23 season.
Keyon Menifield Jr. (In switch portal)
GP: 14 | GS: 4 | PPG: 7.9 | RPG: 2.1
Menifield began 21 video games throughout his freshman season at Washington earlier than transferring to Arkansas. He began 4 video games and appeared in 14 whole video games. He shall be on the lookout for his third faculty in three years.
Jalen Graham (Out of eligibility)
GP: 21 | GS: 5 | PPG: 7.6 | RPG: 3.0
After spending the primary three years of his profession at Arizona State, Graham transferred to Arkansas. He averaged 7.6 factors in his remaining school season.
El Ellis (Out of eligibility)
GP: 31 | GS: 22 | PPG: 6.5 | RPG: 2.0
The previous Louisville guard averaged 17.7 factors and 4.4 assists throughout the 2022-23 marketing campaign. He began 22 video games in his remaining school season at Arkansas and averaged a career-low 6.5 factors per sport.
Davonte Davis (In switch portal)
GP: 30 | GS: 23 | PPG: 5.9 | RPG: 3.4
The previous three-star prospect dedicated to Arkansas within the 2020 recruiting cycle and spent the final 4 seasons with this system. The spotlight of his Arkansas profession was a 25-point outburst in a win over Kansas within the second spherical of the 2023 NCAA Event.
Jeremiah Davenport (Out of eligibility)
GP: 31 | GS: 8 | PPG: 5.0 | RPG: 1.8
Davenport spent the primary 4 seasons of his school profession at Cincinnati earlier than transferring to Arkansas final offseason. He appeared in 31 video games and averaged 5.0 factors, 1.8 rebounds and 0.9 assists.
Layden Blocker (In switch portal)
GP: 27 | GS: 5 | PPG: 3.7 | RPG: 1.6
The previous four-star prospect from the 2023 recruiting cycle averaged 3.7 factors, 1.6 rebounds, and 1.0 assists throughout his freshman season in Fayetteville. Blocker entered the switch portal final month.
Chandler Lawson (Out of eligibility)
GP: 33 | GS: 27 | PPG: 3.7 | RPG: 3.1
Lawson was a four-star prospect within the 2019 recruiting cycle and had stops at Oregon and Memphis earlier than spending his remaining school season with Arkansas. Lawson began 27 video games and made 33 whole appearances.
Joseph Pinion (In switch portal)
GP: 19 | GS: 1 | PPG: 2.4 | RPG: 0.6
Pinion entered the switch portal after showing in 19 video games this previous season with Arkansas. He made 26 appearances throughout the 2022-23 marketing campaign.
Baye Fall (In switch portal)
GP: 9 | GS: 0 | PPG: 0.8 | RPG: 1.3
Fall entered the switch portal after making 9 appearances this previous season. Fall was the No. 29 general participant within the 2023 recruiting cycle by 247Sports.
Denijay Harris (In switch portal)
GP: 11 | GS: 1 | PPG: 0.6 | RPG: 0.8
Harris entered the switch portal after showing in 11 video games this previous season. He spent the three years earlier than that at Southern Miss.
Arkansas recruits now not dedicated
No. 45 Isaiah Elohim (Dedicated to USC)
The previous Arkansas signee requested a launch from his Nationwide Letter of Intent shortly after Musselman took the job at USC. Elohim dedicated to USC on Monday.
No. 72 Jalen Shelley
Like Elohim, Shelley de-committed from Arkansas shortly after the teaching change. Shelley dedicated to the Razorbacks out of highschool over Louisville, Alabama, Creighton, Houston, and extra. He’s anticipated to have loads of suitors for his providers as a result of he is without doubt one of the prime uncommitted gamers on the board.
Arkansas’ incoming recruiting class
Kentucky completed with a top-five recruiting class each cycle since 247Sports began monitoring group rankings in 2010 below Calipari. The Wildcats landed the No. 1 recruiting class in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2020, and 2023 below his watch. However in an period when age and expertise rule the day in school basketball, relying so closely on one-and-done prospects started to harm Kentucky in current seasons. Kentucky’s 2024 recruiting star-studded class ranked solely behind Duke within the group rankings. Most of Calipari’s earlier commits at Kentucky are anticipated to no less than give Arkansas a glance earlier than deciding the place they’ll play subsequent season.
Here’s a take a look at Arkansas’ roster and incoming recruiting class with 247Sports rankings.
No. 20 Karter Knox (Beforehand dedicated to Kentucky)
Knox dedicated to Kentucky on March 9 over Louisville, USF, and a return to Time beyond regulation Elite. He was the highest-ranked highschool participant on the board accessible after former Indiana signee Liam McNeeley requested a launch from his NLI. Knox’s brother, Kobe, is a present participant at USF. Former Kentucky assistant coach Kenny Payne, now on Calipari’s employees at Arkansas, helped recruit Kevin to Kentucky and tried to recruit Karter to Louisville earlier than his firing.
No. 22 Billy Richmond (Beforehand dedicated to Kentucky)
Richmond dedicated to Kentucky on Dec. 21 over Alabama, LSU, and Memphis however decommitted on April 16. The Richmond household has deep ties to Calipari. Richmond’s father, who can also be named Billy Richmond, performed for Calipari at Memphis from 2002 to 2004. Richmond is taken into account an athletic lefty wing with the prospect to make an instantaneous influence when he steps onto campus this fall at Arkansas.
No. 26 Boogie Fland (Beforehand dedicated to Kentucky)
The McDonald’s All-American is without doubt one of the greatest combo guards within the nation and ranked solely behind Rutgers signee Dylan Harper for the highest participant on the place. Fland initially dedicated to Kentucky over Alabama, UConn, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, and St. John’s. Fland adopted Calipari to Arkansas and can play for the Razorbacks this season.