When Senior Forward, Charles Thomas, came to Arkansas as a freshman he weighed 245 lbs.

Coach John Pelphrey and Conditioning coach Kelly Lambart have been working with Charles to get down to 225 which means one thing for the Senior Forward from Jackson, MS.

He can no longer eat his favorite food… Fried Chicken.

“After our last game, I’m probably going straight to Popeye’s, but not during the season.” With the hogs picked to win the SEC west and finish 2nd overall in the SEC, it may be a long time before the Manimal gets his Fried Chicken as they are hoping to make a deep run into the NCAA tournament