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ROGERS -- When the Razorbacks report to fall camp Thursday, they'll do so nearly at full strength.

Of the 84 scholarship players on the roster, only two - linebacker Alexy Jean-Baptiste and safety Montaric Brown - will miss the start of fall camp, Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema told media at the annual NWA Razorback Club golf tournament on Monday.

Jean-Baptiste, a redshirt freshman from Florida, had surgery to repair a broken foot suffered during spring practice on April 10. He is still rehabbing, but Bielema sounds optimistic that he'll be healthy by the start of the season.

"He's really kind of butting up to the edge of it," Bielema said. "We expect him to be full go (by the season), but as far as him being able to be there through fall camp, he wasn't going to be able to be where we needed him to."

Before being injured, Jean-Baptiste was the second-team Razor outside linebacker behind Randy Ramsey. In his absence, Dwayne Eugene moved outside and into the No. 2 spot.

Bielema said that some other players might be limited, but no one else would be left off the 105-man fall camp roster because of injury. Dre Greenlaw (foot), Grayson Gunter (shoulder) and several others who missed time during the spring are healthy and good to go.

Brown's status is not injury-related. Instead, the four-star safety signee from Ashdown (Ark.) has been taking care of academic requirements.

Because he is not enrolled in summer school, Brown will miss the first 10 days of camp. The Razorbacks hope to have him for the final two weeks, though.

With such a high rating coming out of high school, Brown figured to be a possible contributor as a redshirt freshman. His late arrival in Fayetteville could potentially delay that.

"We have a pretty strong DB class," Bielema said. "It's not like a do or die situation for him to get here. I think we'll find out, just like we do with all freshmen, what (he) can handle mentally and physically."

Arkansas' first practice of the fall is Thursday afternoon, exactly five weeks before its season-opener against Florida A&M at War Memorial Stadium on Aug. 31.

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