Arkansas senior receiver London Crawford was back on the practice field this afternoon wearing a yellow, no-contact jersey but don’t expect him to be on the field Saturday against Texas A&M.

Arkansas' London Crawford pushes through Missouri State's Andre Anderson (31) during the second quarter of the Hogs' 48-10 win at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock on Sept. 5. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/STEPHEN B. THORNTON)

Crawford broke a collarbone in Arkansas’ 48-10 win over Missouri State on Sept. 5. He is expected to miss four to six weeks, much like senior Lucas Miller. Miller broke his collarbone Aug. 20 and was cleared for action last week.

“He’s coming along good,” receivers coach Paul Petrino said. “It’s amazing how fast both of those guys healed up. He’s not cleared yet, but he’s running around. He’s got those fresh legs and looks fast.”

— Bobby Petrino said after the 52-41 loss to Georgia two weeks ago that they needed to rotate more receivers into the mix to keep the offense fresh.

This week, the Hogs seem to be taking a different approach after the receivers had several dropped balls and didn’t play well in a 35-7 loss at No. 3 Alabama.

That may mean just four or five receivers rotating in against Texas A&M, Paul Petrino says. Miller didn’t look too sharp last week and was a non-factor against Alabama coming off his injury, but the Greenwood native “had his best night by far” in practice today.

“It’s going to kind of go by who practices the hardest this week,” Petrino said of the rotation. “You get your playing time by how hard you practice, what you do in practice and how well you practice. And if you play good enough to play, then you play.”

— The running backs did have a better game than some expected against Alabama’s stout run defense, but it’s still not good enough, senior tailback Michael Smith says.

The Hogs have yet to have a 100-yard rusher this season. Smith finished with a season-high 61 yards against the Tide on Saturday. Smith described the backfield as “anxious” for the Aggies when I spoke to him today.

“We know that nothing is going to happen if we just sit back and cry about it, so we come to work,” he said. “We’re trying to see who’s going to be that first one to have that breakout game and breakout play. I’m working to be the first one. I should be; I should have been a long time ago.”

There will be much more on WholeHogSports.com and in the Northwest Arkansas Times and Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on Wednesday morning.