Outley back

Freshman tight end signee Erin Outley has been at practice this week, his first work on the field since rehabbing a knee injury.

Outley is working at a position group that has had major ups and downs with personnel and injuries this season.

Coach Sam Pittman said Outley, a 6-4, 255-pounder from Little Rock Parkview who wears No. 36, is strong.

“We were talking about that in our staff meeting today about all these kids that are not playing but how exciting it is to have them either back healthy or even watching them on the scout team, and how much we think they can develop the rest of this season and in the spring,” Pittman said.

“I think we’ve got some guys that you’ve heard of but you haven’t heard of them really on Saturday playing that are gonna play and play well for us, and I think Erin is going to be one of those guys. He’s lost his weight, lost not all of it, but he’s lost a lot of the weight he needed to lose. It’s the first day but he looked good [Tuesday].”