The list of Arkansas offers to transfers is slowly growing with several other offers extended on Wednesday. The NCAA transfer portal opened Monday. Arkansas tight ends coach Morgan Turner has extended an offer to Eastern Michigan transfer tight end Andreas Paaske on Wednesday. Paaske, 6-6 and 255 pounds, also reported an offer from Sam Houston State since entering the NCAA transfer portal Monday.
He played all 13 games this season and had 10 receptions for 206 yards and 2 touchdowns.A Copenhagen, Denmark, native, Paaske enrolled at Eastern Michigan in 2021 after playing for the Søllerød Gold Diggers in the Danish National League.
Paaske was selected to Denmark’s 45-man U19 National Team roster and participated in the IFAF 2019 U19 European Championships in Bologna, Italy. He had 8 receptions for 74 yards against Team France. Arizona Cardinals lineman and former Arkansas offensive lineman Hjalte Froholdt is also a Denmark native.Pittsburgh transfer defensive lineman Samuel Okunlola reported an offer from Arkansas on Wednesday afternoon.
A redshirt freshman, Okunlola, 6-4 and 245 pounds, had 18 tackles with an impressive 6 tackles for loss and 5 sacks this season with the Panthers. He also had a forced fumble and a recovered fumble while appearing in 11 games.
Okunola reportedly had over 50 scholarship offers while at Thayer Academy in Brockton, Mass., where he had 49 tackles, 25 tackles for loss, 17 sacks, 3 forced fumbles and 2 recovered fumbles as a senior. Rivals rated him a 4-star recruit and the nation’s No. 23 defensive lineman in the 2022 class.
He also has offers from Southern Cal, Minnesota, Washington, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Colorado, Michigan State, California, Florida State, Missouri and others. North Texas transfer receiver Ja’Mori Maclin reported an offer from Arkansas on Wednesday. He had 57 catches for 1,004 yards and 11 touchdowns this season. The sophomore from Kirkwood, Mo., was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman team during the 2022 season after having 16 catches for 380 yards and 2 touchdowns.
