University of Arkansas freshman defensive lineman Colton Yarbrough has adjusted pretty well to the college strength and conditioning. But the 6-5, 252-pounder admits one day of the week of the summer workouts is one he dreads.
Friday Workouts
Friday features the defensive and offensive lines competing against each other with several from each group pushing a sled. Yarbrough said, “The Friday workouts are quite tough. You have to push this 1,200-pound sled 75 times. You’re pretty much sprinting with all this extra weight on you. The D-line has a group and O-line has a group, and you’re racing. It’s high intensity, everyone is yelling at you and your teammates are counting on you to push your way through. There’s no room to slack off.”
Despite the exhaustion of Friday workouts, Yarbrough said he feels elated afterward. “An hour after, I start to recoup, I feel great,” Yarbrough said.
Yarbrough, of Durant, Okla., committed to Arkansas under former Razorback coach Sam Pittman, former defensive coordinator Travis Williams and former defensive line coach Deke Adams shortly before the start of his junior season of high school. He picked the Hogs over Georgia, Oklahoma State, LSU, and Colorado.
Adjusting to College Life
Since enrolling at Arkansas in January, Yarbrough said he has learned life away from home and the adjustments needed after growing up with his parents to lean on. “The biggest adjustment would be like going home and making my own dinner,” Yarbrough said. “You really have to grow up. You don’t have anyone to really cater to you when it comes to being at home.”
Yarbrough also revealed his favorite seasonings and sides. “Sometimes I put a little liquid smoke on it,” he said. “Most of the time I just put (on) some Buc-ee’s steak seasoning. Some asparagus and some cheesy mashed potatoes.”
He said he was doing his laundry once a week when he first got to Fayetteville but during spring break in March, he lost his touch. “I was doing pretty good,” Yarbrough said. “I was folding pretty much every night then I went home for like a week and then my mom did my laundry. I just don’t want to do no more. I got into this routine and I lost my routine.”
When he arrived on campus, Yarbrough weighed 242 pounds. Fast forward six months later, he now tips the scales at 262.
Original reporting: Texarkana Gazette — read the source article.
