The latest update to the Rivals150 for madden 22 coins the class of 2022 has increased Arkansas to No. 2 in the rankings for the class.

Not only Nick Smith Jr.

Jump up to up to. 4 overall, which was confirmed on Monday, but Jordan Walsh

He was awarded his fifth star and moved up 12 spots to the number. 19 of the Rivals rankings, which were released on Tuesday.

It's the first time in the Rivals period, which goes back to 2002 that the Razorbacks have signed multiple five-star prospects in similar classes. In fact, they only signed four total five-stars in the past 20 classes combined.

Walsh who plays for Link Academy in Branson, Mo. The school was named an McDonald's All-American last month, as was Smith. They may be the very first two McDonald's All-Americans with the same level to be part of the Razorbacks since Todd Day and Lee Mayberry in 1988.

Arkansas Three other signees were ranked lower However, all three were still in the Rivals150. Only Duke has the number. one overall player class, signed greater Rivals150 potential players (6) for 2022 than Razorbacks' five. (It's important to note that there are still 16 players who aren't listed.)

Magnolia's Derrian Ford

was the most sluggish among Arkansas signingees, dropping 19 spots to rank No. 77. However, he's the top prospect in the four-star league.

While he fell four places in the rankings to No. 129, Morrilton's Joe Pinion

regained the fourth star he earned. Barry Dunning Jr.

She plays for McGill-Toolen in Mobile, Ala., is still a three-star prospect . He has a ranking of the number. 134, down three spots.

The 2022 rankings will update one more time following the McDonald's All-American Game, which will be played on March 29 in Chicago. Assuming that each remains on the list, Arkansas will tie its record for most Rivals150 signees in one year, which is the same as the class of 2011, which included five.

The 10 high school signings Under Eric Musselman have been Rivals150 prospects, as well. That three-year total is equal that of the total number of Rivals150 signees Arkansas used to sign in the last seven classes.

The snarky bros of Madden

Andrew Belton makes a living playing Madden an activity that he has no particular love for.

On his channel, he takes on "trash-talkers" who leave him infuriating Instagram DMs, and arguing with vibrant language that they could kick him when they play. This is why Belton will be fighting randosas well as the occasional professional athlete -- all while joking and taunting those who taunt him for his YouTube audience. That's the part that he loves winning, especially when it's against those who are inconsiderate. He entices them to make more risky plays and encourages them to play the game on fourth down , when the better option would be to punt.

If you're watching Belton's channel ABGotGame The only thing Belton can roast more than his adversaries? Madden itself. Common refrains "This game is rubbish" or "this game is awful." Every time a video is shown, Belton is cursing the game's developer, EA Sports, like it is some kind of evil god. Throwing erratically? "EA!" Taking a sack? "EA! !" Missing an easy interception?

In January 2022, Belton posted a video titled "I've not seen anything like this before...You take home EA...I'm not playing Madden again ..." But just a few days afterward, Belton posted another Madden video. If you'd been watching his channel for some time, as I had, you knew it was a fact that he wouldn't quit.

What's fun with Madden which is the sole NFL approved video games franchise, now after 34 years of existence is that, despite its colossal popularity, the only thing you hear is people complaining about it.

The biggest complaint, echoed time and time again, is that each year's update is an upgrade from the previous. Because EA Sports has the exclusive license, it is the sole company to make a "simulation-style" NFL game. Thus springs an argument that the developer is under no pressure to meaningfully improve the game every year. In 2020, an enthralling Twitter campaign urged the league to announce EA as its official partner #NFLDropEA. But even with the social media furore that included coordinated review-bombing of this game's Metacritic website, Madden 21 sales were way up. This year's Madden 22 did well, too, and the series continues to be the top-selling sports franchise in history.

The critics are part of mut 22 coins the minority that is vocal, but one whose task is to be extraordinarily vocal. I'm talking about YouTubers who earn their living through making videos by streaming themselves playing a sport that they claim they hate.