De'Andre Coley

De'Andre Coley (247Sports)

Arkansas will be down a player for the first half when the Razorbacks visit Auburn this Saturday.

Cornerback De'Andre Colsey was ejected in the third quarter of his team's 34-30 win over Ole Miss Saturday following a hit on Ole Miss' Van Jefferson, who officials deemed a defenseless player on the replay. As a result, Colsey will miss the first half of the Auburn game and will not be allowed on the sideline until after halftime.

"As coaches we talk about taking care of the most attentive receiver," Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema told reporters Monday. "If he just comes at him and high screens him there, there's no call. We're trying to curve our players' behavior and approach, and obviously we didn't get that point across. So I as a head coach have to do that.

"Obviously I don't like the fact that that he has to sit out, but it's the rules and we play by them and it was the right call."

It was Coley's second ejection of the season. The 6-foot-1, 214-pounder junior was also tossed after a helmet-to-helmet hit on Texas A&M's Speedy Noil in Week 4.

Coley has 22 tackles (12 solo) for the Razorbacks this season with two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. He had started three straight games against Alcorn State, Alabama, and Ole Miss.

Sophomore Santos Ramirez started the first four games of the season at cornerback before suffering an injury and missing the Alcorn State game. He replaced Coley against Ole Miss.

Auburn and Arkansas are set to kickoff at 5 p.m. Saturday.