Arkansas tight end out for season
Arkansas Razorbacks interim head football coach Bobby Petrino said on Monday that senior tight end Andreas Paaske will be out for the remainder of the season following surgery for an undisclosed injury.
Utilized mainly for his blocking, the 6-foot-6, 255-pound Denmark native has played in 35 games with six starts and hauled in 20 receptions for 291 yards and five touchdowns over the course of his four year career that includes stops at Eastern Michigan (2022-2023) and Arkansas the past season and a half.
As a Razorback, Paaske has six catches for 46 yards and three touchdowns in three starts over 15 games. In six games this season, Paaske has three receptions for 27 yards and a touchdown that was scored in the season opener against Alabama A&M.
Additional Injury News
Defensive tackle David Oke “will be out for a little bit” per Petrino after missing the first two games of the season with a an injured knee, but Oke’s current injury was not specified.
Defensive back Quentavius Scandrett missed the Tennessee game with an undisclosed injury and could return this week.
“He tried to go last week and he made a couple periods of practice. We thought he was going to be available and then he wasn’t able to finish the practice the next day, so he ended up on that,” Petrino said of Scandrett. “There is a possibility that he could be back and ready to go.”
Defensive back Caleb Wooden got banged up during the fourth quarter against the Volunteers, but is “doing good, he’s okay”, per Petrino.
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