2021 Football Roster
Roster
Arkansas, DJ

Jersey Number 19
DJ Arkansas
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Denton, Texas
- High School:
- Ryan
Bio
2024
Saw action in 11 of 12 games and made three starts while totaling 303 snaps on defense and 42 on special teams… Credited with 28 tackles, including nine in the last two games… Collected a season-high five at UAB, including a solo tackle for loss (8 yards)… Credited with a pair of hurries in the opener vs. Sam Houston.
2023
Credited with 34 tackles while playing in all 13 games and making two starts… Tied for second on the team with five QB hits per PFF, including two on eight rushes against Texas State in the First Responder Bowl… Recorded at least one tackle in 11 of 13 games, including six in back-to-back games vs. UTSA and Charlotte… Credited with a solo sack for a loss of 10 at Charlotte and shared a sack with Ty Morris vs. Florida Atlantic... Played 312 snaps on defense, including a career-high 46 vs. SMU, and added 47 on special teams… Credited with a pair of pressures vs. ECU, Charlotte, and Texas State and had a pair of QB hits vs. ECU and Texas State… Recovered his first career fumble vs. SMU.
2022
Missed the regular season while recovering from an injury, but returned to action in the Lending Tree Bowl, with seven plays on special teams.
2021
Battled injuries but sparkled in his collegiate debut at UAB... Credited with three total pressures against the Blazers, including a sack for his first career tackle (loss of eight yards) a hurry and a quarterback hit.
Denton Ryan
All-State selection as a senior as Denton Ryan stormed to the Texas 5A D1 championship and a two-time, all-district selection for head coach Dave Henigan at Ryan… Compiled 189 tackles, 26 TFL (five sacks), two fumble recoveries, and one forced fumble in his career… Dave Campbell’s Texas Football’s Top 25 Linebackers and a member of the Texas Top 300… All-District 4-5A D1 as a junior as Ryan reached the state championship game.
Personal
Full name: Dayton D. Arkansas... Born: September 24 at Irvin, Texas ... Parents: Dayton and Precious Arkansas… Two brothers… Grandson of Larry Anderson, who played cornerback and returned kickoffs at Louisiana Tech and on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Super Bowl 1978 and 1979 Super Bowl-winning teams… Rice major: Psychology... Rice College: Baker

Baker College
Saw action in 11 of 12 games and made three starts while totaling 303 snaps on defense and 42 on special teams… Credited with 28 tackles, including nine in the last two games… Collected a season-high five at UAB, including a solo tackle for loss (8 yards)… Credited with a pair of hurries in the opener vs. Sam Houston.
2023
Credited with 34 tackles while playing in all 13 games and making two starts… Tied for second on the team with five QB hits per PFF, including two on eight rushes against Texas State in the First Responder Bowl… Recorded at least one tackle in 11 of 13 games, including six in back-to-back games vs. UTSA and Charlotte… Credited with a solo sack for a loss of 10 at Charlotte and shared a sack with Ty Morris vs. Florida Atlantic... Played 312 snaps on defense, including a career-high 46 vs. SMU, and added 47 on special teams… Credited with a pair of pressures vs. ECU, Charlotte, and Texas State and had a pair of QB hits vs. ECU and Texas State… Recovered his first career fumble vs. SMU.
2022
Missed the regular season while recovering from an injury, but returned to action in the Lending Tree Bowl, with seven plays on special teams.
2021
Battled injuries but sparkled in his collegiate debut at UAB... Credited with three total pressures against the Blazers, including a sack for his first career tackle (loss of eight yards) a hurry and a quarterback hit.
Denton Ryan
All-State selection as a senior as Denton Ryan stormed to the Texas 5A D1 championship and a two-time, all-district selection for head coach Dave Henigan at Ryan… Compiled 189 tackles, 26 TFL (five sacks), two fumble recoveries, and one forced fumble in his career… Dave Campbell’s Texas Football’s Top 25 Linebackers and a member of the Texas Top 300… All-District 4-5A D1 as a junior as Ryan reached the state championship game.
Personal
Full name: Dayton D. Arkansas... Born: September 24 at Irvin, Texas ... Parents: Dayton and Precious Arkansas… Two brothers… Grandson of Larry Anderson, who played cornerback and returned kickoffs at Louisiana Tech and on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Super Bowl 1978 and 1979 Super Bowl-winning teams… Rice major: Psychology... Rice College: Baker

Baker College
Louisiana Postgame
Sunday, August 31
2025 February Signing Day
Thursday, February 06
Scott Abell 2024 December Signing Day
Wednesday, December 04
USF postgame
Sunday, December 01