ARKANSAS SPORTS REPORT

The University of Arkansas will add 217 parking spots beneath a pair of new outdoor football practice fields.

Defensive tackle Darius Philon put on an Alabama hat Wednesday morning during a signing day ceremony at Mobile (Ala.) Vigor High School, but a few hours later he put his signature on a national letter of intent to play for Arkansas.

Defensive tackle Darius Philon put on an Alabama hat Wednesday morning during a signing day ceremony at Mobile (Ala.) Vigor High School, but a few hours later he put his signature on a national letter of intent to play for Arkansas.

Arkansas’ trend of turning moderately ranked recruiting classes filled with three-star recruits into high quality teams under Bobby Petrino will be tested again with the signing class of 2012.

Like so many grown men and women, yours truly was tuned in to ESPNU on Wednesday morning to learn where a bunch of 17-yearolds would attend college this fall.

The 24-man class signed Wednesday by Arkansas should help the Razorbacks at almost every position, according to national recruiting analyst Tom Lemming of CBS Sports Network.

Arkansas’ women’s team has 92 reasons to focus on Alabama tonight.

Arkansas signed 12 players on offense and 12 on defense. As of Wednesday afternoon, the class was ranked No. 21 nationally by Scout.com, with seven Southeastern Conference programs ranked ahead of the Razorbacks by the scouting service.

Jeremy Ward has officially signed with the Arkansas Razorbacks, bringing to fruition a commitment he made a year ago.

Dorial Green-Beckham, the consensus No. 1 rated football recruit in the country, signed a national letter of intent to play at Missouri on Wednesday at his high school in Springfield, Mo.