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Arkansas football report: Andrew Armstrong talks ‘crazy’ hard hit

Arkansas receiver Andrew Armstrong stayed down on the field for a minute after taking a huge shot from Champ Anthony in the first quarter of last week’s 24-14 win at Auburn.

Walking on the field at Jordan-Hare Stadium after the game, Armstrong was overheard telling a teammate it was the hardest he’s been hit in his life.

Razorback play-by-play announcer Chuck Barrett brought up the play during Armstrong’s stint on “Sam Pittman Live” on Wednesday night, joking, “Man, I thought you were dead Saturday, I’m not going to lie to you.”

Armstrong chuckled for a moment then talked about the play and the eventual aftermath.

“Man, it was the hardest … I told myself it’s not really the hit that’s hitting me,” Armstrong said. “It’s about when I turn 50 years old … they’re going to have the world’s greatest hits of college football and I’m going to see myself on there years later.”

Armstrong returned to the game and finished with a team-high five catches for 47 yards.

Anthony suffered a serious leg injury on the next snap and had to be carted off the field.

“Man, the hit was crazy,” Armstrong continued. “It was a big hit but at the end of the day it’s football. Like, that’s what I signed up for. I signed up to get hit. So no matter if it was a soft hit or a hard hit, I’ve got to go back out there and show toughness.”

Armstrong said he had the wind knocked out of him but he recovered quickly.

“Once I stood up I was good, I was ready to go (back) out there,” he said. “They were just making sure I was good, making sure I could run on the sidelines and nothing was wrong.

“But when I was on the ground … there’s nothing worse than you getting hit and whole crowd is saying ‘Oooooh!’ right?”