Texas Football: 3 best transfer landing spots for LB Byron Vaughns

3) Transfer destinations for Texas football LB Byron Vaughns: Arkansas

It is pretty underrated the amount of recruiting battles that Texas and Arkansas got into on the trail in the last couple of years. First-year head coach and former Arkansas offensive line coach Sam Pittman appears to be making some pretty significant strides in his inaugural campaign in Fayetteville.

Former key Texas safety target and four-star recruit Jalen Catalon is already standing out for the Arkansas secondary as just a redshirt freshman.

If Vaughns is looking to take his talents to a spot where he could win in the near future and get a shot to make an immediate impact with a decent Power Five team that is improving, he should seek out Pittman and the Hogs. The Razorbacks are rapidly improving this fall, compared to how they looked under the direction of former head coach and current Auburn Tigers assistant Chad Morris.

Arkansas ranks in the top 40 in the FBS this season, giving up around 25 points per game. They also hold a record of 2-2 (2-2 SEC), which includes upset wins both over Ole Miss and the Mississippi State Bulldogs. And Arkansas drove Auburn to the brink and held tough with the Georgia Bulldogs in the first half of their matchup.

Since the Razorbacks did offer Vaughns coming out of high school, and they’ll have limited linebacker depth on the roster following the conclusion of the 2020 season. They might only have two or three outside linebackers on the roster following the 2020 season. Vaughns could inject an immediate depth boost in what would be the most intriguing fit for him among the three programs on this list.