Arkansas Razorbacks: SEC Media Days 2014 (videos)

The final team to be put in the spotlight in day 3 of SEC Media Days was the Arkansas Razorbacks. Here are the interviews from each of the players and their head coach, Bret Bielema.

Trey Flowers – Senior

Flowers has appeared in 36 games and made 26 starts… he has recorded 122 tackles, 32.0 for loss with 12.0 sacks, 17 quarterback hurries, three forced fumbles, seven pass breakups and one interception… he is tied for 11th on Arkansas’ career tackles for loss list and is tied for 16th on the school’s career sacks list.

Brey Cook – Senior

Cook appeared in all 12 games and made 11 starts in 2013. He started the first four games at guard and moved to starting tackle for the final seven games… the offensive line blocked as running back Alex Collins became the 10th true freshman in SEC history to rush for 1,000 yards… Collins and Jonathan Williams became the second Razorback duo to each reach at least 900 rushing yards in one season, joining Darren McFadden and Felix Jones from 2006 and 2007… the offensive line also broke the single-season school record by only allowing 8.0 sacks. Arkansas led the SEC and tied for second in the NCAA with an average of 0.67 sacks allowed per game… the Razorbacks’ average of one sack allowed for every 37.63 pass attempts was the best in the conference and seventh in the nation… Arkansas also ranked fourth in the SEC and 23rd in the NCAA in rushing offense with an average of 208.7 yards per game on the ground.

Alan Turner – Senior

Turner started all 12 games and led the team with 97 tackles while adding 0.5 tackles for loss, two interceptions, one quarterback hurry and five pass breakups … his tackles total and tackles-per-game average of 8.08 ranked seventh in the SEC … he registered a career-high 16 tackles, including 0.5 for loss, and added one pass breakup vs. Mississippi State … he opened the season with six tackles in victories vs. Louisiana and vs. Samford … he made seven tackles and had one pass breakup in the win vs. Southern Miss … he made five tackles at Rutgers … he opened conference play vs. No. 10 Texas A&M with 12 tackles, including a career-high nine solo stops, and one pass breakup … he recorded one tackle at No. 18 Florida and tallied eight tackles and one pass breakup vs. No. 14 South Carolina … at No. 1 Alabama, he recorded nine tackles and one quarterback hurry … he registered eight tackles vs. No. 8 Auburn and at Ole Miss, and made his first interception of the season at Ole Miss … in Arkansas’ season finale at No. 15 LSU, he recorded 11 tackles, one pass breakup and one interception that he returned for 24 yards.

Bret Bielema – Head Coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks

Bielema came to Fayetteville after leading the Badgers to three straight Rose Bowls by winning three consecutive Big Ten titles. Through one season in Fayetteville, Bielema owns a 71-33 (.683) career record as a head coach built behind strong offense, stifling defense and all-around disciplined play. Only time will tell if he can make the Razorbacks into a force to be reckoned with once again.