Key Newcomers Look To Contribute to 2009-10 Razorbacks

Arkansas welcomes five key newcomers to the team for the 2009-10 season. Below is a further breakdown of each.

Glenn Bryant (F)
6-6, 200
Oak Hill (Va.) Academy
Bryant has an uncanny knack for blocking shots, finishing with 200 over 41 games. Those 4.8 blocks per game might not carry over to the college level, but Bryant could provide some defensive help on a team that often struggled to defend the interior. Ideally, the winning that Bryant experienced at one of the nation’s elite prep programs also will carry over. Bryant averaged 11.1 points as the basketball factory finished 40-1.

Jemal Farmer (F)
6-5, 215
Cloud County (Kan.) Community College
Lack of big perimeter players might have hurt the Razorbacks as much as anything in 2008-09. Farmer helps there, giving Arkansas another option besides troubled swingman Jason Henry. Farmer averaged 17.1 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game as an All-Jayhawk Conference selection. Farmer should be able to help defensively and is said to be capable of guarding shooting guards or small and power forwards.

Delvon Johnson (PF)
6-9, 220
Indian Hills (Fla.) Community College