Greenlaw fifth Hog with all-star invite

Arkansas Razorbacks linebacker Dre Greenlaw (right) will compete for the North squad in the Senior Bowl on Jan. 26 in Mobile, Ala.
Arkansas Razorbacks linebacker Dre Greenlaw (right) will compete for the North squad in the Senior Bowl on Jan. 26 in Mobile, Ala.

FAYETTEVILLE -- Former University of Arkansas linebacker Dre Greenlaw has been added to the Senior Bowl roster and will compete for the North squad at the game in Mobile, Ala., on Jan. 26.

Greenlaw is the only Razorback invited to the game and currently the only known Arkansas player with an official invitation to the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis next month.

Greenlaw, who has been assigned jersey No. 36, will play for the Oakland Raiders staff and Coach Jon Gruden.

The Senior Bowl, considered the premier postseason all-star game, will kick off at 1:30 p.m. at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Ala., and will be broadcast by the NFL Network.

Senior Bowl executive director Jim Nagy announced Greenlaw's addition on Twitter, writing: "Greenlaw battled thru some injuries in '18 but his junior tape was good. NFL teams like him because he can really run."

Greenlaw, a Fayetteville product, posted 80 tackles to rank third on the team last season. The 6-foot, 229-pounder also had 2 sacks, 2 interceptions, a forced fumble and a 24-yard fumble return that led to a touchdown against LSU.

Greenlaw, a freshman All-American in 2015, made 38 career starts, had a career-high 103 tackles in 2017, and 95 as a freshman.

He boosts the Razorbacks total number of players in all-star games to five.

Offensive tackle Brian Wallace and defensive tackle Armon Watts -- teammates the past eight years at Arkansas and at Christian Brothers College High in St. Louis -- will suit up for the West squad in the East-West Shrine Game at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. The game will kick off at 2 p.m. today on the NFL Network.

Offensive lineman Hjalte Froholdt and defensive end Randy Ramsey will play on the National team in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., at 4 p.m. today, with the game broadcast on FS1.

Sports on 01/19/2019

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