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Gus Malzahn said in his introductory press conference as Arkansas State’s head football coach that the Red Wolves were going to recruit the state of Arkansas like its never been recruited before, and the A-State coaching staff continues to back the statement up this week with what they are calling an“A-State Ambush” on the Natural State.

The Red Wolves are putting their full recruiting attention on the state of Arkansas this week with their “A-State Ambush,” sending their assistant coaches across the entire state the next five consecutive days to visit all 215 football-playing high schools in Arkansas. In anticipation of the week-long recruiting blitz of the state that begins today, the coaching staff rallied around the slogan “215 schools, 5days, 1 staff, 1 purpose.”

“Like we said when we first got here, we’re going to recruit this state like its never been recruited,” said Malzahn. “We are big believers in the players here in Arkansas and the coaches here in Arkansas, so that’s going to be the foundation of our program and we’re going to do everything in our power to recruit this state.”

After meeting with Malzahn, ASU’s assistant coaches departed ASU Stadium in various directions leading to all parts of the state. Each coach will be responsible for visiting different regions of the state, and their time on the road will be documented and available to track on AStateRedWolves.com, the official Web site of ASU Athletics.