It's official - Arkansas hires Kendal Briles as OC

OFFICIAL ANNOUCEMENT



Arkansas has gone from Morris/Craddock/Chavis to Pittman/Briles/Odom.


That's a huge upgrade in staff. We will have to wait and see if it makes a difference on the field, but on paper, that's a great staff.

Here's some stats on Briles:

Baylor:

2015:

Total Offense: #1

Yards Per Play: #2

Scoring Offense: #1

Points Per Possession: #4

2016:

Total Offense: #6

Yards Per Play: #37

Scoring Offense: #35

Points Per Possession: #35

Florida Atlantic:

2017:

Total Offense: #9

Yards Per Play: #11

Scoring Offense: #8

Points Per Possession: #3

Houston:

2018:

Total Offense: #7

Yards Per Play: #12

Scoring Offense: #5

Points Per Possession: #15

2019:

Total Offense: #64 (#103 the Previous Season)

Yards Per Play: #66 (#110 the Previous Season)

Scoring Offense: #64 (#113 the Previous Season)

Points Per Possession: #76 (#116 the Previous Season)




Here’s a look at what teams have done in Briles 1st season as OC compared to the year before he became OC....

Rankings changes are listed in parentheses:

Baylor:

Total Offense: +34.70 (+0)

Yards Per Play: +0.62 (+13)

Points Per Possession: +.03 (+1)

FAU:

Total Offense: +100.10 (+63)

Yards Per Play: +1.10 (+60)

Points Per Possession: +1.42 (+79)

Houston:

Total Offense: +84.30 (+33)

Yards Per Play: +0.60 (+31)

Points Per Possession: +0.59 (+33)

FSU:

Total Offense: +42.0 (+38)

Yards Per Play: +0.72 (+45)

Points Per Possession: +0.69 (+40)