10 Things To Know – Mississippi State
Arkansas, led by interim head coach Bobby Petrino, concludes its three-game homestand at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium by hosting Mississippi State. Kickoff is slated for 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1. The game will be televised on SEC Network.
1 – RB Mike Washington Jr. has rushed for 712 yards and five touchdowns on 108 carries this season. He enters this weekend’s game just 13 yards shy of his single-season career high of 725 yards that he set last season at New Mexico State. Washington ranks 19th nationally and third in the SEC in total rushing.
2 – TE Rohan Jones has posted 408 receiving yards and three touchdowns on 12 catches this season. The senior is averaging 34.0 yards per catch and leads all tight ends nationally in receptions of 40+ yards with five.
3 – Saturday’s matchup will be the 35th meeting between the programs, with Arkansas leading the all-time series 18-15-1. The Razorbacks took the last meeting courtesy of a 58-25 win on Oct. 26, 2024, in Starkville, Miss.
4 – Arkansas is tied for 16th nationally in red zone conversion percentage, scoring 93.75% (30-32) of the time inside the red zone. The Razorbacks have scored a touchdown in 81.25% (26-32) of trips to the redzone, which ranks second among teams in the top 20, trailing only Memphis (81.82%).
5 –DL Quincy Rhodes Jr. ranks 10th nationally in sacks per game with 0.88 a contest. Rhodes is coming off a two-sack performance last week against Auburn. He is the first Arkansas player with three multi-sack performances in a season since Tre Williams in 2021.
6 –DB Kani Walker ranks fifth nationally in passes defended per game with 1.43. Last week, Walker became the first Razorback to return an interception for a touchdown since Alfahiym Walcott accomplished the feat against FIU on Nov. 18, 2023. Walker’s 89-yard interception return was the longest by a Razorback since Rohan Gaines’ 100-yard return on Nov. 22, 2014, in a 30-0 win over Ole Miss in Fayetteville.
7 – Through eight games, QB Taylen Green leads the country in both yards of total offense (2,781) and yards of total offense per game (347.6). Green also ranks in the top 20 nationally in passing touchdowns (18, 11th) and passing yards (2,178, 11th).
8 – The Razorbacks’ 216 consecutive extra-points made streak, which began on Dec. 5, 2020, is the second-longest such streak nationally based on date, behind Northwestern (Oct. 24, 2020).
9 – Offensively, Arkansas leads the SEC and ranks fourth nationally in third-down conversion percentage (.540) and also ranks 11th nationally in total first downs with 193 this season.
10 – LB Stephen Dix Jr. registered his fifth career double-digit tackle game and third double-digit tackle game this season with a team-high 12 tackles against Auburn last week. His 12 tackles were also a season high and his most since he had a career-high 14 tackles on Nov. 18, 2023, while at Marshall.
