FAYETTEVILLE — Grayson Gunter, playing his first college game in his home state, turned his first catch for the Razorbacks into a 29-yard gain midway through the first quarter at Mississippi State. The long gain for the Madison, Miss., native came on the first snap of Arkansas’ third possession, and Rawleigh Williams broke through the line for a 42-yard touchdown on the next play.
“For Grayson to have that play over here … I asked him on Friday, ‘How many tickets did you get?’ And I think he had 10 here, but he goes, ‘Coach, all my family has tickets anyway,’ ” Coach Bret Bielema said.
“I just wanted to make sure they’re wearing Razorback colors. But he’s a great kid and to see him have that big play in the first quarter was huge. It was a fun day.”
Said tight ends coach Barry Lunney Jr., “To see Grayson … catch his first career pass was great, and then it was just icing on the cake that it happened in his home state … and against a school he probably grew up not really liking that much.”
Gunter’s father, Bubba, played at Ole Miss.