Arkansas to name David Bowen as new director of player personnel

Arkansas will name David Bowen as its director of player personnel for football, a team spokesperson confirmed. He was previously the team’s assistant director of player personnel.

Bowen replaces Jovon Hubbard, who left for a similar role at Auburn. Prior to Arkansas, David Bowen was the director of college scouting for Texas A&M. He also had stops at LSU, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi State.

He was assistant director of player personnel at LSU for three years before he transitioned to Texas A&M. Bowen started his career as a recruiting analyst and operations intern at Louisville.

Arkansas is coming off of a 7-6 finish this past season and victory in the Liberty Bowl in its fifth year under coach Sam Pittman. The Razorbacks added 31 players through the transfer portal this offseason and Bowen will be tasked with helping them continue to bring in top talent.

Arkansas also brings back some key players from this past season, including quarterback Taylen Green. They’ll look to get off to a good start when the Razorbacks kick off this season against Alabama A&M on Saturday.

Arkansas institutes new policy on storming field ahead of 2025, amid SEC change

Arkansas has instituted a new “field rushing” policy heading into the 2025 season. This comes months after the Southeastern Conference increased the fine to $500k per field rush this season. The previous model invoked a $100k fine for the first offense, a $250k for the second offense and a $500k fine for the third offense.

Three minutes will be placed on the videoboards inside Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium following a big win to delay the field rush and allow the visiting team, staff and officials to exit the field. At the conclusion of the three minutes, fans will be allowed down to the field to celebrate.

Arkansas last rushed the field following last season’s 19-14 upset victory over No. 4 Tennessee on Oct. 5.

“The safety of our student-athletes and the student-athletes from the visiting institution is extremely important to all of us,” Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Hunter Yurachek said via press release. “By implementing this new policy we are allowing the visiting team to clear the field so our fans can safely join our team on the field to celebrate the big win. We look forward to our fans and students complying with this policy the first time we get to implement it so we can all enjoy a huge win.”

On3’s Daniel Hager contributed to this report.