Arkansas finished spring drills feeling good about three of the five spots on the offensive line.

Cameron Jefferson will have one season to play at Arkansas after four years at UNLV.

The first practice will be on Monday, Aug. 4, and that is when the search for replacements for Travis Swanson and David Hurd will begin. Sophomore Dan Skipper has moved out to left tackle to replace Hurd, but now a new left guard must be found. Swanson was Arkansas' leader at center last season.

Arkansas signed two freshmen, Brian Wallace and Frank Ragnow. In addition, Arkansas has added senior transfer Cameron Jefferson and junior college transfer Sebastian Tretola. They are the only two from the recruiting class not to make it to campus yet. Bielema talked about how that could hamper their ability to make a quick impact at center and guard.

“Cameron is a fifth-year player,” Bielema said. “He has been at UNLV. Tretola is a little bit different, he's a junior college player who has been in a couple different systems. He'll learn to adjust to how we do things, how we expect certain things to be done. His curve might be a little bit bigger. Each of them has got a great O-Line coach that I think will be able to accelerate pretty quick.”

Bielema said Tretola will play in the interior three positions, center or one of the guards. He said they envision Jefferson doing the same thing with left guard or center more likely right now.

“It will be kind of wherever we need them,” Bielema said.

Bielema was asked how many more recruiting classes he needs to get the offensive line depth and numbers up to SEC standards?

“I would say another recruiting class or two away from getting where we need to be,” Bielema said. “One of the reasons we took Cameron was obviously a need there, but also an opportunity to get a quality guy.

“He was a captain as a junior. A multi-year starter. His dad played in the NFL. He has got a lot of the intangibles we're looking for.”

Redshirt freshman Reeve Koehler struggled on the field as a true freshman last fall. He battled injuries and was inconsistent in the spring. He was praised by at least one coach on the staff for his work this summer with Coach Ben Herbert, but Bielema still is waiting for more.

“I think that is more for Ben in the weight room,” Bielema said. “Until I see it on the field. Reeve is a great kid with a great attitude. I think people when you don't play as a freshman there is too much emphasis on success early. I have been around a lot of really good football players who didn't play for three years. Then their junior and senior years they make you want to miss them real bad when they are gone.”

When spring drills ended Kirkland was overweight as was defensive lineman DeMarcus Hodge and a few others. Bielema said strides have been taken to get those guys in shape this summer.

“We have a big guy's group,” Bielema said. “Herb kind of had them doing some extra work in the morning. Walking some hills and walking a variety of other different things. Denver looks incredible. His leanness is off the chart. Hodge, [Luke Charpentier], Bijhon (Jackson) was in that group. There was about six or seven guys.”

Bielema even joked he should have been in that group.