VUFB Game Week – Arkansas – Vanderbilt Commodores

Dores, Razorbacks face off Saturday on ESPN2
Vanderbilt hosts Arkansas on Saturday at FirstBank Stadium, marking the Commodores’ second consecutive conference game at home. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN2 and heard on 94.9 The Fan. 
Game 7: Vanderbilt (3-3, 0-3 SEC) vs Arkansas (2-4, 0-3 SEC)
When: Saturday, Oct. 17 • 6 p.m. CT
Where: FirstBank Stadium • Nashville, Tenn.
Watch: ESPN2 (Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb and Michella Chester)
Listen: 94.9 The Fan (Andrew Allegretta, Norman Jordan and Kevin Ingram)
GAME PREVIEW
• Vanderbilt hosts Arkansas on Saturday at FirstBank Stadium. It will be the 11th meeting all-time between the two schools since 1949.
• Arkansas leads the series 7-3 but Vanderbilt won the previous meeting, 45-31, in 2018.
• The Commodores last hosted the Razorbacks in 2011 and will be looking for their first win at home in the series.
SHERRILL STRIKES
• With a total of 529 receiving yards this fall, Junior Sherrill ranks 12th in FBS and fourth among SEC players.
• With 55 yards in Week 6 vs. Ole Miss, the wideout became the ninth Commodore in program history to reach 2,000 career receiving yards.
• Sherrill caught seven passes for 107 yards and a touchdown at Georgia in Week 5. He moved into a tie for eighth on the school’s all-time receiving touchdowns list with 16, matching Carl Parker’s total from 1985-87.
• Sherrill was tied for the team lead in receiving touchdowns and ranked second in receptions and receiving yards in 2025.
• The wideout totaled a career-best 123 receiving yards on eight catches against Iowa in the ReliaQuest Bowl.
• The Nashvillian has made at least one catch in 43 straight games. That marks the longest active streak in FBS and the longest by a Dore since at least 1996.
• Sherrill has tallied at least four catches and 50 receiving yards in each of his last 11 games.
THE SEA SNAKE
• CJ Heard leads Vandy in tackles with 43 and in forced fumbles with two. He grabbed his second career interception in Week 6 vs. Ole Miss.
• Heard’s 32 solo stops this season are second in the SEC and rank 13th in FBS.
• He has led the Dores or shared team-high honors in tackles in all but one contest this season.
• In the Delaware win, Heard totaled eight tackles and recorded his first career multi-sack game with two.
• His 86.1 PFF grade this season is best among starters on the Commodore defense.
• He finished the 2025 season tied for most tackles on the team with 71 while adding two sacks, five quarterback hurries, an interception, forced fumble and fumble recovery.
MARRIED TO THE GAME
• Sedrick Alexander recorded his 25th career rushing score in Week 5 against Georgia, moving him into sole possession of third on Vanderbilt’s all-time rushing touchdown list.
• It was his 31st overall touchdown, which ranks second on Vandy’s career list.
• Alexander has recorded a rushing or receiving touchdown in six of the last seven regular season contests.
• The Texan carried the ball into the end zone 11 times in 2025, sixth-most in a season by a Commodore.
• Alexander added four receiving touchdowns last fall for 90 total points, fourth-most in a season at Vandy. 
• The senior has totaled 1,737 yards on the ground for his career while adding 625 through the air. 
• His 1,469 snaps entering the season were the most of any returning running back at the NCAA FBS level.

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