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POOL has surgery, to miss bowl.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — University of Arkansas linebacker linebacker Bumper Pool had hip surgery Wednesday and is out for the season. So along with missing the Razorbacks’ game at Missouri on Friday, he’ll also miss their bowl game.

Pool, a fifth-year senior and team captain who had been playing injured all season, made it through the first 11 regularseason games before going in for the work, which repaired the labrum muscle in one of his injured hips.

Arkansas Coach Sam Pittman suggested Monday that Pool might have played his final game in last week’s 42-27 win over Ole Miss.

Pool played in 55 games for the Razorbacks and wrapped up his career with 441 tackles, a school record after surpassing Tony Bua (408 tackles) earlier in the season. Pool had 92 tackles this season, eight short of posting his third consecutive 100-stop season. He had 29 tackles as true freshman in 2018, then 94, 101 and a career-high 125 last season.

“Bumper told me [the surgery] went well,” Pittman said after Missouri’s 29-27 victory over Arkansas on Friday. “He was still a little loopy when I talked to him, but it went well.

“Bless his heart. I mean, he went about as far as he could go for the Hogs and for the state.”

Drew Sanders, a junior linebacker who transferred from Alabama, started alongside Pool.

“Bump, he’s a great leader, great player, and it was a great opportunity to play with him and learn from him,” said Sanders, who has 103 tackles this season. “I think that helped me a lot.”

Pool became the fourth Arkansas captain to miss a game because of injury this season.

Safety Jalen Catalon (shoulder surgery) has been out since the season-opening 31-24 win over Cincinnati.

Quarterback KJ Jefferson missed losses at Mississippi State (concussion) and against LSU (shoulder), and right tackle Dalton Wagner (back) sat out the 13-10 loss to LSU.

Senior safety Simeon Blair was elevated into a captain role for the 44-30 win over South Carolina in Week 2 and has not missed a game.

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