Dre Greenlaw is set to begin his junior season at Arkansas. He is expected to be among the top linebackers in the SEC if he remains healthy. Greenlaw had a banner freshman season and was on his way to the same as sophomore before injured.

Dre Greenlaw is an outstanding linebacker for the Razorbacks.

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Here's a Q & A with Greenlaw who scrimmaged this past Saturday.

Q-- How much full-scale scrimmaging you do last Saturday?

DG-- " I did about 16 plays last Saturday. It was full-scale tackling. It was good."

Q-- Any issues with your injuries after the scrimmage?

DG-- "Yeah, everything went real good."

Q-- Is it still the foot that is causing you the problems?

DG-- "It’s been the thigh. I think the foot is 100 percent. But lately they’ve been taking precautions wit the thigh making sure it’s 100 percent by the time the season comes."

Q-- How did it feel to get hit again?

DG-- "It felt good. That’s all I’ve been wanting to do. But like Coach told me, ‘Just take it slow. Just work on it mentally and staying locked into the game.’ It felt good."

Q-- Did you have to knock some rust off?

DG-- "It was a little rust. Not much. For the most part I knew what I was doing and graded out a little bit over 80 percent. But there were some things, you know, that a little freshman Dre came out every now and then. Just have to get those corrected and it’s good."

Q-- Frank Broyles passed today. What did he mean to a student-athlete such as yourself?

DG-- "He’s just an important guy throughout our history. I mean he is a Razorback and he’s the reason we all are Razorbacks, basically. He’s a legendary guy and he will be missed."

Q-- How was it to work with De'jon Harris since mostly you have worked with Brooks Ellis the first two years here?

DG-- "It was good. Scoota has been working really hard on his game. We didn’t get that much work together last year but I think this year from what I can see he’s improved so much. We are going to be a good duo."

Q-- So you feel there's still enough time to develop a feel for each other before the season?

DG-- "Oh, yeah as we get time to practice with each other. We had a play today where we switched guys and made some changes. We kind of talked it over before the play and I feel like the more we do that and the more we play with each other the more comfortable we are going to get."

Q-- We heard Scoota got a pick today, what about that?

DG-- "Oh, yeah, he did get a pick today. We both dropped to weak and Austin (Allen) actually was going to throw it to my guy, or I was hoping he was so I could pick it off. But he ended up throwing it to the No. 2 guy and Scoota dropped weak with me and made a good play."

Q-- Has Allen thrown many interceptions this fall?

DG-- "He hasn’t. I’ve thought about that. I don’t get too many of Austin’s picks. I’ve always thought about that through high school, too. He does a really good job of not throwing picks at all. It makes me mad that I haven’t got a lot of his."

Q-- What do you feel you can improve on defensively?

DG-- "Just being solid and being in the right position and doing our job. Coach preaches about it all the time doing your job and nobody else’s. The first scrimmage we had a couple of busts but this next scrimmage we dropped it down to I think just half that number. The more we can work hard doing our job and completing our assignment the better we will be on defense."

Q-- You feel for sure you will be ready to go on Aug. 31?

DG-- "Oh,yeah, I’ll be ready."

Q-- Will you have a full load of practice between now and then?

DG-- "Day by day is how we take it. My first practice just getting into it was really the day before the scrimmage and it felt good. There was a little soreness but Coach and Matt do a good job of really pacing and not pushing t too much but pushing it enough to where I can feel good and get the right conditioning and I’ still involved in the defense and just making sure I’m well conditioned."

Q-- Who has impressed you of the backups inside?

DG-- "Grant Morgan is going to be a big help to us. Dee Walker is, too. He’s been coming along a lot in the last week or two. He’s doing his job more. I never thought he had a physical problem. Coach emphasizes doing your job and if you don’t know what you’re doing you can’t play. But I feel Dee Walker has really done a good job this last week of really learning what he’s supposed to do. And Grant, he’s just a smart guy altogether. It was easy for him just to come on and play because of his brain. I think he’s going to be a big help."

Q-- You said you mentally lapsed to freshman Dre, is that a big concern?

DG-- "Oh, it was just a couple of plays where I was anxious. So I really don’t think it was freshman Dre as much as the anxiousness of just trying to go and make a play. I would kind of overrun it but then I would come back in and make a play. Just little stuff technique-wise where I could tell I was a little rusty. But after about three or four plays i got back to good. Out of the 16 plays I think I had four or five tackles."

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