Arkansas coach Chad Morris at 2018 SEC Media Days in Atlanta

After addressing the "big room" at Tuesday's SEC Media Day, Arkansas head coach Chad Morris met with a much smaller local media crowd and offered updates on a few of his current Razorbacks. One of the biggest notes was on junior wide receiver Brandon Martin, who Morris officially confirmed is no longer with the team due to academic reasons but may be able to rejoin the program next year.

"Right now, where he is today, he’s not a part of our roster," Morris said. "Academic issues. Don’t know if he will become part of our roster again. I don’t know that at this point. And that’s where we are with Brandon."

Morris was asked about Martin's chances of rejoining the Razorbacks in January, which HawgSports reported two weeks ago was Martin's plan.

"I do not see that happening right now," Morris said.

Martin, who caught nine passes for 119 yards as a sophomore last fall, was the nation's top-rated JUCO wide receiver when he signed with Arkansas in the 2017 class. The Razorbacks essentially filled Martin's spot last month with the addition of Kansas transfer Chase Harrell.

Arkansas could be gaining two other signees soon in 2018 JUCO signees Rakeem Boyd and Dorian Gerald. Boyd is a running back from Independence C.C. who chose the Hogs over Colorado, Arizona and others, while Gerald picked Arkansas over Texas A&M, Florida, Louisville and many others out of College of the Canyons.

“They should be here in the next day or so and a lot will determine where they are coming in shape, how much work they’ve put in," Morris said. "We don’t know that until we get them here. We do have fall camp to kind of push these guys and see where they’re at and see when they’re ready. These guys will be ready to go, though.”

On the injury front, Morris said 2018 offensive line signee Ryan Winkel suffered a serious pectoral injury recently.

The Razorbacks will officially report to fall camp on August 2 and hold their first practice a day later.

"We’re excited," Morris said. "I wish we could fast-forward to do that, but we’ve got hideaway meetings next week that every member of our program will be a part of and we’ll bring lunch in – Randy will bring lunch in – and we’ll go through every turn and crack and corner in this program. When we walk out from the analyst to the quality control to the volunteers, they know how this program will be ran. They’ll know the standard that we set forth. Then we’ll report, we’ll have a big weigh in – what we call our big weigh-in on August 2nd. Make a lot of fun with it and have a team meeting that night to kind of get ready. We’ve got the process we’ll go through doing some things there. Then August 3rd will be our first practice, that afternoon."

Arkansas opens its 2018 season with a home game against Eastern Illinois at 3 p.m. on September 1. The game will be televised by the SEC Network.