Inside the Game of JJ Andrews

In today's Razorback Daily, all eyes are on JJ Andrews as we hear from the freshmen guard and take a closer look at his game. Plus we look back at the biggest moments from the past year and reveal our top 10 Razorback moments. It's Thursday June 18th, 2026. I'm Quinn Grove at a long time, my man Matt Zimmerman, you're listening to the Razorback Daily. All right folks, welcome in to the Razorback Daily on this beautiful Thursday as Quinn said, 18 June already. I say it all the time, it just seems like we were June the first, June 2nd, June 3rd and you blink your eyes. We're already at the 18th of June. We're past the halfway mark. A lot of our Razorback sports are not competing but they are practicing. There's a lot of them on campus like football, men's basketball, women's basketball. They're practicing. There's baseball, it's in Cape Cod and all these other different places. Track athletes spread out over the country now. A lot going on across the board, mostly volleyball's all here. A lot of our sports are on campus. They atville still very, very, very quiet. Quinn Grove and Quinn, the people that live here love summertime in NWA. Rodgers and Bentonville don't really, they don't notice a difference. But down here in Fayetteville, it is all different Quinn when the kids are gone. Do you like the summertime? I do. It's a cool time. You know, any college town is all about college kids being on campus. I know you don't like all the traffic and all that kind of stuff but that's where you grow up. That's where you got memories, man. You got memories from those days. I'm cool with the summertime for sure because we can get around a whole lot easier but there's nothing like being on a college campus in a college town and seeing the school spirit and I always used to love that especially in the summer. You know, you're getting close to football season. You've got a month out. People start moving in. People start recognizing you a little bit more and talking to you and doing all this kind of stuff and it's football time and so summer leaves the football in my opinion. Well, folks today, four o'clock at our track. If you're around, swing through there. I got to just park. Walk over to the track. You'll see some people gathering up and we're going to host another flag raising ceremony to celebrate the men's outdoor national championship. This one will be number 53 in Razorback track and field history and what we do is we have a big flag that'll have the number 53 will take the number 52 down. When, what do they do with those old flags that have this big 52 on it? I have no idea. They probably keep them somewhere. I don't know. I think all the track athletes that win the national championship sign it and then we auction it off to the highest bidder and then you can hang in your garage or hang it somewhere in your home. It's pretty big size. That's what we need to do. I think Tara said she's got number 49 at her at her house. I don't you, Tara. You got a bit mocked up. That would be nice. So we have that today at four o'clock come out. Our student athletes that are still here will be there. There'll be administrators, coaches and hopefully a good amount of Razorback fans stopping by for the flag raising ceremony four o'clock today. So that'll be good. That's in a nice quinn when you get to stand there as a student athlete and watch them raise that flag, something that you helped. But it also, that's history. That's national championship number one, number five, number 14, number 26. And it need help just to flag ties all that together. I mean, it's like it's an annual ceremony too. I mean, so they also become accustomed to winning and they expect to win and I love that aspect of it. But yeah, I mean, it's got to be cool to win a national championship. I don't care if it's indoor, outdoor, whatever. SEC, you know, winning the SEC championship is really big. But winning a national championship is off the charts. And so yeah, I'm sure there's a lot of pride with that. And hopefully there's a lot of people that come out and celebrate with with the track program. Yeah, absolutely. Really good stuff right there. So that's that's going to be really nice today. And back to basketball, quinn, JJ Andrews, you're going to love this kid, Quinn. I know there's been some clips out outing from our interview and some other things, but he has been so good. And I heard about in the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade and one common thread was how strong he is, how great of an athlete he is, how competitive he is, how well behaved he is on the court. What a great young man he is off the floor. And I've been able to see that with JJ so far. And I know you're going to love that. Quinn, here's JJ talking about his dad, former Razer back, former NFL player Sean Andrews. Because I was young, it's always been an inspiring thing to see what my dad did as a Razer back. And then like, you know, just knowing what it means to be a Razer back to these fans and to the kids here. I mean, it's special. It's nothing like I've ever seen before being a Razer back fan myself. And then now being able to participate in playing sports here, playing basketball, it means the world to me. Well, that's really good. And we've heard about you for so long. When did you know like, 6th grade, 5th grade, 7th? When did you know, not that you were going to be a Razer back, but when did you start figuring out, I'm a good basketball player. I'm a great athlete. I'm strong. I'm tough. I'm going to be able to go to some big time college if I want to. When did all that start getting into your mind? I think I really started working hard like my 6th grade year. That's when I really put my mind to it whenever A you started getting serious. But like when I really realized that I could take it to another level was when I got my first offer. And I was playing at a team camp and then I got my first offer. And I was like, OK, now it's time to lock in for railing and get to it. And then from then on, it just my stock went through the roof. Did you go to Little Rock schools all the way through? Because I know your dad was gone and playing. But you spent most of your life in Little Rock Avenue? Yes, I did. I went to a lot of different schools just trying to find the right fit. But ultimately, Little Rock Christian Academy, they were the greatest fit for me. And that's why I finished there the rest of my four years in high school. Yeah, beautiful school out there. It's like a college out there of Cantor Road Highway 10 beautiful facility. Great gym. There's been a lot of good coaches through there. And it's a place that you win state championships and you got to do that. Talk about your high school career. Oh, yeah, man. My winning my winningness in high school, my willingness to win. I mean, it's through the roof. Like I'm always looking to win. And just do whatever it takes for my team to win, you know, that if the if I have zero points, as long as my team wins, I'm good. So, you know, my high school career has been pretty illustrious. It's been a lot of great honorary awards that I've gotten. Gatorade Player of the Year, two times in Arkansas, and winning two state championships and then winning back to back, peace jam championships. And my 17U won was like the most special probably because we only had seven players. And we one game, we were down to six. And, you know, everybody was kind of like, and I don't think they can do it, but like we, we all knew that we could do it. So that was a great way to cap off my career. And also, winning Gatorade Player of the Year. You've played with some of your new teammates. You've been in a McDonald's game with Jordan. And you've played with Meeka before with Bradley Bill. Just talk about some of these guys and your background with them and what your kind of just a few little thoughts are for you about how they play. Yeah. Well, first and foremost, not only their amazing basketball players, but they're amazing guys off the court too. Like as soon as we got up here, we were all gel and laugh and having a good time. We've been spending almost all day with each other like every day, we either in the gym or where we're about to go to the track meet. And we're just eating, eating, doing all the fun things together. And, you know, just that's going to help us whenever times get tough. And, you know, we're down in the game where things don't go our way. Like we'll be able to hold each other together, hold each other accountable. And, you know, and also, like through the first day we got here, we were all in the gym, like everybody was in the gym. And that's for me, that just set the tone for us. Like we know what it is. We're all confident and ready to go. And, you know, getting to play with these other three guys. Us being a younger team, you know, that I feel like that'll allow us to be together more. And, you know, just bond a lot better. And we all know each other already. So that's another question. Yeah, that's nice. What was life for you to be selected as McDonald's on American 24 Best High School players in the country? Very, very hard to make that. And to be selected and to play in that game, talk about that experience. It's a blessing. It's a blessing. It's a testament to all my hard work. Been in the gym since I was three years old. Since I could pick up a basketball, go full court. And for that to be a milestone of mine that I reached. And being there with the best of the best, being there with Jordan, being able to share that with him. It was, it was an honor for sure. by a young man right there. Serious, great personality, a lot of good things. What stands out from you and listening to JJ Andrews? - No, I think the boys, like you talked about, I mean, he's very calm, calculated, seems to be a mature young man for his age. And so, you talked about certain things, certain decision making things that he talked about that kind of leads you to believe that. But, you know, if your dad is Sean Andrews, I mean, you know, he's got a good father figure that's going to keep him pretty much in check. So, yeah, he's following his lead. His dad, I'm sure, is helping him a lot throughout the entire process of going through college and then probably the next step as well from an NFL and an NBA standpoint. But, yeah, he's, and it would have been easy for him to, like, go the route of football. I mean, after what your dad did. And so, he kind of blazes on path. And when I heard Sean Andrews's son can play basketball, I was like, well, how can he play football? (laughs) That's what I want to know. But, yeah, he blazes on path. And he seems to be poised to take a big step. - Hey Quinn, for the folks that are, maybe some of our younger listeners or people that weren't raise your back fans back then, what do you remember in covering raise your back football? What was there anything in particular? What can you remember as a player about J.J.'s father, Sean? - A road grader. He was a highly recruited road grader. I mean, you put him on that right side of the offensive line and never gonna be a problem. And then what people don't realize, you had to deal with in certain situations that bring in Jason Peters at the tight end spot and both those guys would be on the same side. So, you had to deal with Sean Andrews and Jason Peters before Jason Peters became the Jason Peters that played in NFL for however long a year. - Yeah. - And we'll be-- - Almost 20. - About 20. - Yeah, he's by far probably the biggest earner in Arkansas, university Arkansas history in regards to football players. But he'll be in a pro football hall of fame as well. But those two guys, I mean, when you think about that now, you understand why Houston Nelson was gonna let's run the ball. Let's hand that ball off to those guys and let them go do what they do because they got guys like Sean Andrews. But he was highly recruited and was very athletic and he did his thing at Arkansas. - Yeah, Camden. And a great story of Sean Andrews and then the success he had in the National Football League as well. And man, every time I talk to somebody about JJ, they talk about the influence that Sean and JJ's mom had on him. And they wanted to make sure that he learned things and that he acted right and he behaved right. - He did that. - Yeah, it's really beautiful to see that. And you can check out more of that interview on Hogs Plus and anytime. And good stuff there from JJ Andrews. We can't wait. 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And then the promotion code is Bogo. So go do that, we appreciate you. And for those of you, I know that already subscribed. That's big time, keep it going, we appreciate you. One thing hogsplus is doing Quinn is this top 10 of 2026 so far, Tara has been telling us a lot about it. We've had some really good stuff. The first one came out and I watched it. It was on coach DeBriand, banding up into the college baseball hall of fame. That was number 10. And now I'm a subscriber to hogsplus, which you can go on there and watch it for free. And Tara, I think you can watch it for free that whole day. And then it got a crop solve. - Yeah, so each day, there's the top 10 and each day Monday through Friday, we're re-releasing for 24 hours, one of our top 10 moments. So on Thursday, today we're gonna be re-releasing DMACC getting his number honored. So you can watch out for free all day. - That's good, and this is video. It's basically storytelling. It's behind the scenes thing. It's great footage of all of these events. They had men's basketball suite 16. I wish I would have clicked on there. That was on Wednesday. They did Reagan Johnson from Razorback Softball when she became the all-time hits leader. And then on Friday, folks, tomorrow, Micah knew Razorback's center-fielder Quinn. They'll have a two-down story on Micah knew. So that'll be good, and then there's five more after that. But today on Thursday number seven, Darren McFadden, go check that out. Pretty neat concept and really something good to watch sitting here in June Quinn when we don't have any other games right now. - Well, you got all that great content that you've got to find a way to get out. And you know, this is the time of the year where you don't have a lot of actual content to talk about where you can kind of dig in and find different ways to get some of that content back out. And let people take a look at it. 'Cause Hawks Plus is the Netflix of Razorback fans. And I mean, I think that that's a good, good combination. I think that that explains it well. So this is just another cool opportunity. You know, you're looking for ways to re-engage people and hopefully people go to the site and take a look at that stuff for free. - Yeah, absolutely. And a really, really good list. And I don't want to spoil some of you coach Silverfields there in the top five, obviously you've softball making it the Oklahoma City. There's a lot of different things. Man's basketball winning the conference tournament. I was thinking about anything I might include. One good thing about a list. It gets you talking and it gets your opinions. Everyone's gonna have a different opinion. Quinn, I don't know if any of you stand out right for you. For me, maybe like number 10 or nine or eight. I don't know what I would bump out. I'd put the old razor backs stomping Arkansas State in a little rock. First ever meeting below outfield. And we were supposed to beat him but what a beat him like that, man. That was a really, really good. Just imagine if we lost that game, how bad it would be. But that was really good. I think the basketball game blowing out Texas Tech in Dallas, Quinn, you were down there. We got the revenge from losing to them in the sweet 16. I think it'd be like number six or seven, eight right in there. Some honorable mentions. Also Quinn, baseball, sweeping Alabama. You made the College World Series. Man's track, these four titles. Two conference, two national. Women's golf made the national semifinals. - Yeah. - Soccer also won the league and had a really good year. Got beat early in the conference tournament. Kind of got upset in the round of 32. But still won the SEC championship. Those are some of the kind of the runner-ups in that. I love it, man. That's good stuff. And you can check that out on Hogs Plus. - Well, all right, Zee and Tara. That's how we wrap up this edition of the Razorback Daily, a sporting story production. I'm Quinn Grover alongside my man, Matt Zimmerman. And we'll talk tomorrow. (upbeat music) (upbeat music)