Randy Ramsey was suspended for the final portions of spring practice this year as he looked to get his academic house in order. It was the second time in six months that same issue had arisen.
Apparently, there won’t be a third.
At a booster golf outing Friday, Bret Bielema confirmed that, while it’s not completely out of the question, it’s highly unlikely that Ramsey will return to the Hogs this year. The head coach also confirmed that the linebacker is still dealing with academic issues.
“Randy Ramsey is not with us right now and I don’t think he’ll be with us,” Bielema said according to arkansasonline.com. “There are certain things that happened to him that took it out of my hands, actually.
“It’s NCAA and University of Arkansas guidelines that you have to pass a certain number of hours to get where you need to be, and obviously he didn’t make that.”
In addition to the spring situation, Ramsey didn’t travel to last October’s game against Texas A&M because of academic issues.
A three-star member of Bielema’s second Razorbacks recruiting class, Ramsey played in seven games as a true freshman last season. He started one of those contests, the Sept. 20 win over Northern Illinois.
It appears Ramsey will now be forced to go the JUCO route in order to get the academic side of the student-athlete equation straightened out.