PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES

2018 Arizona Wildcat Seniors

TRE ADAMS #88 TYRELL APONTE #73

Freshman Freshman (RS) Receiver // 6-3 // 190 Offensive Line // 6-4 // 286 Frisco, Texas (Wakeland HS) Peoria, Ariz. (Peoria HS)

High School: Graduated in 2018 from Wakeland High School in Frisco, Texas … 2017: Redshirted. Four-year letterwinner in football at wide receiver … Three-year letterwinner in track and field in the triple jump, 200-meters and 400-meters … Two-time team High School: Graduated in 2017 from Peoria (Ariz.) High School…Earned two captain … Team MVP as a senior … First-Team All-Collin County … Member of the letters in football at right tackle and one letter in basketball at center…Sec- National Honors Society … Compiled 1,043 yards and 13 touchdown receptions as ond-Team All-Section selection…Member of the school’s honor roll…Helped a senior … Finished his high school career with 1,867 yards and 21 touchdowns … guide his team to the state quarterfinals as a senior…Helped pave the way for an Consensus three-star recruit. offense that ran for more than 2,000 yards and passed for more than 2,000 yards.

Personal: Son of Luis Aponte and Landa Tartaglio … Has two brothers, William and Logan and two sisters, Brittini and Tiana … Mom played basketball at the GENO ALBINI #66 University of Mary … Majoring in pre-law.

Freshman MATT ARAGON #26 Snapper // 5-11 // 213 Austin, Texas (Wimberley HS) Junior (RS) Punter // 6-5 // 220 High School: Graduated in 2018 from Wimberley (Texas) High School … Three- Tucson, Ariz. (Cienega HS) year letterwinner in football as a long snapper and linebacker … Earned two let- ters in golf … Voted team special teams MVP … Academic All-District and All- 2017: State … All-District 4A as a specialist … Was a part of a 13-2 team his senior season Did not play. and state semifinalist … Posted five sacks as a senior linebacker. Spring 2017: Began working with the wide receivers in addition to his punting Personal: Son of Julie and Paul Albini … Has one brother … Grandfather, Jim duties during spring drills. Albini, ran track at San Jose State … Undecided on a major. 2016: Appeared in one game at punter, which came on the road at Washington State (Nov. 5) … Punted three times for 116 yards (38.7 average), including a long of 53 yards and one downed inside the 20-yardline. LEE ANDERSON III #51 High School: Graduate of Cienega High School ... Named to Division 2 Section 2 All-State Team in 2013 and 2014 ... Arizona Football Coaches Association Division 2 All-State Football 2013 and 2014 punter ... All-Section Wide Reciever 2014 ... Junior Also recognized in the Kornblue Kicking Fab 50 for two consecutive years ... Holds STUD // 6-1 // 243 school record for longest punt of 71 yards. Moreno Valley, Calif. (Rancho Verde HS) Personal: Son of Buddy Nedrow and Diana Aragon ... Majoring in Geography. Career Punting Stats 2017: Played in all 13 games as a reserve on the defensive front or on special Season GP ATT YDS Long AVG TB FC I20 50+ BLK teams … Broke up a pass in road victory at UTEP (Sept. 15) … Re- 2016 3 10 394 52 39.4 0 4 4 1 0 corded one tackle in season-opening victory over NAU (Sept. 2). Total 3 10 394 52 39.4 0 4 4 1 0

2016: Appeared in two contests, including against USC (Oct. 15) and at Oregon State (Nov. 19). LUKE ASHWORTH #13 High School: Three-year letterwinner at Rancho Verde High School … Team Cap- tain his senior season … First-team All-Conference his senior season … Post- Freshman ed 136 tackles and eight sacks his senior season with the team going 10-2. Quarterback // 6-0 // 197 Personal: Son of Lee and Angel Anderson…Majoring in sociology with a thematic minor. Phoenix, Ariz. (Arcadia HS)

Career Defensive Stats High School: Graduated in 2018 from Phoenix Arcadia High School...Earned three Season GP UA A TOT TFL TFLY PD FF FR BLK letters in football as a quarterback and two in basketball as a forward...Served as 2016 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 team captain as a senior...Two-time team MVP...Three-time All-Northwest Region 2017 13 1 0 1 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 selection...Scholar Athlete honoree...Also recruited to play basketball by several Total 15 1 0 1 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 Division III schools.

Personal: Son of Heidi and Mark Ashworth...Has one sister, Loly...Dad graduated from University of Arizona...Pre-Business major.

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JAILEN BAILEY #83 JUSTIN BELKNAP #86

Freshman Junior (RS) Receiver // 5-10 // 163 Defensive End // 6-3 // 259 San Diego, Calif. (Lincoln HS) Henderson, Nev. (Coronado HS)

High School: Signed with the Wildcats in December of 2017 … A speedy playmak- 2017: Played in 12 games, including starts at defensive end in the first 11 games of er that competed in track and field in addition to his football career … As a senior, the season … Totaled 23 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks and a fumble recov- hauled in 37 receptions for 865 yards and nine touchdowns … Added 104 rushing ery … Recorded one solo tackle as a reserve against Purdue in the Foster Farms yards and a score on seven carries … Ranked a three-star prospect and the No. Bowl (Dec. 27) … Missed first start of season and did not play due to injury against 120 receiver nationally by ESPN … Also rated a three-star recruit by 247 Sports. Arizona State (Nov. 25) … Had a pair of tackles before leaving contest with appar- ent injury in road contest at Oregon (Nov. 18) … Split a sack and had two tackles in final home victory over Oregon State (Nov. 11) … Set a season high with six tackles, including a half-tackle for loss, in road contest at USC (Nov. 4) … Chipped STEVEN BAILEY #63 in two tackles in home upset of No. 15 Washington State (Oct. 28) … Added one tackle in double-overtime victory at California (Oct. 21) … Recorded one tackle in home win over UCLA (Oct. 14) … Registered a sack and tallied two tackles in road Junior win at Colorado (Oct. 7) … Recovered a fumble and added three solo tackles in Offensive Line // 6-3 // 318 conference opener against Utah (Sept. 22) … Started but did not record any sta- tistics in road win at UTEP (Sept. 15) … Recorded two solo tackles against Houston Litchfield Park, Ariz. (Peoria Centennial HS/Glendale CC) (Sept. 9) … Opened season with a solo sack against NAU (Sept. 2). Spring 2017: Awarded a scholarship at the end of the spring semester. Before Arizona: Played the 2017 season at Glendale Community College, seeing substantial playing time on the offensive line … Spent the 2016 season at NAU, 2016: Earned starting role at defensive end as a walk-on during preseason camp where he played as a true freshman … Prepped at Peoria Centennial High School … Played in all 12 contests with starts in first 11 games … Finished season with 16 … Three-year letterwinner at guard and center … Also earned a letter in baseball tackles – 2.5 for loss – one sack and a pair of pass breakups … Made collegiate … Voted Centennial’s most valuable offensive lineman … First-Team All-State Di- debut with two tackles, including one for loss, against BYU (Sept. 3) in the Cac- vision I … All-Region and All-District selection … Helped guide his team to back- tus Kickoff Classic in Glendale, Ariz. Named the team’s Hard Edge Player of the to-back state championships his junior and senior seasons. Week for the breakout debut effort … Collected first career sack in home-opening victory over Grambling State (Sept. 10) … Tallied a half-tackle for loss in victory Personal: Son of Caren and Jeff Bailey … Has one sister … General studies major. against Hawai’i (Sept. 17) … Had two solo stops in Pac-12 opener against No. 9 Washington (Sept. 24) … Broke up a pair of passes at UCLA (Oct. 1) … Registered season-high four tackles – three solo stops – at No. 24 Utah (Oct. 8) … Made two JIMMY BANJOKO-WANGJOBE tackles in Homecoming game against Stanford (Oct. 29) … Added two solo stops #35 against Colorado (Nov. 12) … Totaled two tackles in Territorial Cup victory over Arizona State (Nov. 25). Freshman 2015: Redshirted. Cornerback // 6-0 // 212 High School: Football and basketball letterman for Coronado High School … Tampa, Fla. (IMG Academy) All-conference and all-division honoree … Totaled 126 tackles, five sacks, two in- terceptions and three touchdowns as a senior. Personal: High School: Graduated in 2018 from IMG Academy in Florida...Earned three let- Son of Jeff and Anna Belknap...Majoring in general studies. ters in football as a defensive back...Earned one letter in track and field...Had 16 Career Defensive Stats tackles and two tackles-for-loss as a senior strong safety. Season GP UA A TOT TFL TFLY PD FF FR SACKS YDS Personal: 2016 12 13 3 16 2.5 19 2 0 0 1.0 15 Son of Casey Wangboje and Stephen Banjoko...Has one brother, Timi, 2017 12 15 8 23 3.0 19 0 0 1 2.5 17 and one sister, Tomi...Undecided on a major. Total 24 28 11 39 5.5 38 2 0 1 3.5 32

MCKENZIE BARNES #15 XAVIER BELL #37

Freshman Freshman (RS) Cornerback // 6-1 // 178 Safety // 6-2 // 196 Fresno, Calif. (Edison HS) Long Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS)

High School: Graduated in 2018 from Edison High School … Earned three letters 2017: Redshirted. in football at cornerback and wide receiver … Three-time team co-captain … Two- time all-conference pick … First-Team All-CMAC Region as a senior … Posted 35 High School: Graduated in 2017 from Mater Dei High School in California … tackles and two tackles-for-loss as a senior … Consensus three-star recruit. Earned two letters in football as a safety and running back … Also earned three letters in track and field and one in basketball … Scholar-Athlete award winner … Personal: Son of Twig Harris-Farris and Tracy Barnes … Has three brothers, Der- Helped guide his team to a 13-1 record as a senior and a spot in the CIF Finals … rick, Tracy and Bryson … Cousin of former Arizona defensive back Devon Brewer Registered 40 tackles his senior year with two passes defended and one forced … Pre-Business major. fumble.

Personal: Son of Aaron and Arnetta Bell…Has one brother, Quinton…Undecided on a major. STANLEY BERRYHILL III #86

Freshman (RS) Receiver // 5-9 // 172 Tucson, Ariz. (Orange Lutheran HS [Calif.])

2017: Redshirted.

High School: Graduated in 2017 from Orange Lutheran High School (Calif.) … Two-time team captain and most valuable player … Earned three letters in foot- ball, three in baseball and two in basketball … Earned First-Team All District as a senior… Specialist MVP in the Trinity League … Had 60 catches for 1,000 yards as a senior … Became first player in school history to score a touchdown four different ways in a game … Also had baseball offers from University of Southern Texas and University of San Diego.

Personal: Son of Stanley Berryhill II and Courtney Ward … Has five brothers and four sisters … Undecided on a major.

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DANTE BLISSIT #82 GARY BRIGHTWELL #23

Freshman (RS) Sophomore STUD // 6-0 // 246 Running Back // 6-1 // 206 Goodyear, Ariz. (Desert Edge HS) Chester, Pa. (St. Frances Academy [Md.])

2017: Redshirted. 2017: Played in all 13 games, primary as a key contributor on special teams … Did not record any offensive statistics … Recorded two tackles on special teams cov- High School: Graduated in 2017 from Desert Edge High School in Goodyear… erage units. Two-time team most valuable player as a tight end and linebacker…Team captain his senior year…Member of the school honor roll, National Honors Society and High School: Graduated in 2017 from St. Frances Academy in Baltimore, Md … honorable mention All-Academic…Compiled 65 tackles his senior season with Letterwinner in football … Served as team captain as a senior … First-team 20 sacks…Holds the school record for sacks in a season…Was also recruited to all-conference and first-team All-State MIAA … Averaged 6.7 yards per carry as a compete in track and field by UC-Davis, Iowa, Iowa State and others…Also played senior … Rushed for 519 yards and eight touchdowns on 78 carries … Consensus basketball and competed in track. three-star recruit.

Personal: Son of Walter Jr., and Angela Blissit…Has one brother, Walter III, and Personal: Son of Gary Brightwell Sr., and Carla Young … Majoring in Literacy, two sisters Asia and Shayla…A pre-public health major. Learning and Leadership.

DERECK BOLES #99 JB BROWN #12

Senior (RS) Sophomore Defensive Tackle // 6-2 // 306 Defensive End // 6-3 // 263 Kingston, Jamaica (Lakeland HS [Fla.]/Boise State/Coffeyville CC) Long Beach, Calif. (Long Beach Poly HS)

2017: Anchored the interior of the defensive front, playing in all 13 games with 12 2017: Played in four games and recorded two tackles as a true freshman … Saw starts at nose guard … Recorded 42 tackles, including 30 solo stops, from his action but did not record any statistics in road contest at USC (Nov. 4) … Record- inside position. Included were 1.5 tackles for loss and a pair of pass breakups … ed a pair of solo tackles in home upset of No. 15 Washington State (Oct. 28) … Collected three solo stops against Purdue in Foster Farms Bowl (Dec. 27) … Did Did not record statistics but played in victories over UCLA (Oct. 14) and at UTEP not start but registered a tackle while battling injury at Arizona State (Nov. 25) (Sept. 15). … Combined for three tackles in road contest at Oregon (Nov. 18) … Set a season high with seven solo tackles and a tackle for loss in final home victory over Ore- High School: Graduated in 2017 from Long Beach Poly High School … Letterwin- gon State (Nov. 11) … Collected four solo stops in road contest at USC (Nov. 4) … ner in football at linebacker … Team co-captain as a junior and senior … Team Broke up a pass and combined for a pair of tackles in upset of No. 15 Washington MVP as a senior … First-team All-Conference as a junior and senior … Two-time State (Oct. 28) … Chipped in one tackle in double-overtime road win at California Cal-Hi Sports All-State…MaxPreps All-American … Finished his career with the (Oct. 21) … Record five solo tackles in home win over UCLA (Oct. 14) … Combined second most tackles in Long Beach Poly history … Led his team with 95 tackles for five stops, including a half-tackle for loss, in road win at Colorado (Oct. 7) … as a senior … Added four sacks, two interceptions and two fumble recoveries … Picked up a pair of tackles in conference opener against Utah (Sept. 22) … Tallied Finished with 317 tackles for his high school career. a pair of tackles in road win at UTEP (Sept. 15) … Collected four tackles against Houston (Sept. 9) … Made Arizona debut with solo tackles in victory over NAU Personal: Son of Jason and Tracy Brown … Has three brothers, Jason, Juwuan and (Sept. 2). Jayon … Has one sister, Taniya … Brother, Jason, played football at Idaho … Broth- er Juwuan, played at Southern Oregon … Brother, Jayon, played at UCLA and was Before Arizona: Played the 2016 season at Coffeyville Community College… drafted in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans … Full Played in 11 games for the Red Ravens, totaling 66 tackles, five sacks and one name is Joshua Lee Brown, but prefers to go by JB ... Undecided on a major within forced fumble…Had a season-best 2 ½ sacks against Fort Scott in October…Prior the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. to Coffeyville, spent two seasons at Boise State University…Redshirted the 2014 season…Played in 13 games for the Broncos in 2015…Had 11 tackles and four tackles-for-loss, playing for current Arizona Defensive Coordinator Marcel Yates… KURTIS BROWN #44 Played high school at Lakeland High School (Fla.)…Team Most Valuable Player in 2013…First-Team All-District as a senior in 2013…Second-Team All-State 7A in Florida as a defensive lineman…Four-year letterwinner…Rated as a three-star re- Sophomore cruit by ESPN.com. Defensive Tackle // 6-1 // 291

Personal: Son of Tony Boles and Denise Gabay … Has three brothers and four Bakersfield, Calif. (Liberty HS) sisters … Brother, Travonte, played defensive tackle at Western Michigan … Ma- joring in general studies. 2017: Played in 10 games as a key reserve on the interior of the defensive front … Totaled eight tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack as a true freshman … Record- Career Defensive Stats ed a solo tackle against Arizona State (Nov. 25) … Had a season-high three tackles Season GP UA A TOT TFL TFLY PD FF FR SACKS YDS with first career sack sack in home victory over UCLA (Oct. 14) … Added one tackle 2015 (BSU) 13 6 4 11 4.0 12 0 0 0 1.0 6 in road win at UTEP (Sept. 15) … Registered a tackle for loss against Houston 2017 (ARIZ) 13 30 12 42 1.5 5 2 0 0 0 0 Total 26 36 16 53 5.5 17 2 0 0 1.0 6 (Sept. 9) … Made collegiate debut with two tackles in victory over NAU (Sept. 2). High School: Graduated in 2017 from Liberty High School in California … Four- year letterwinner in football at defensive end, tight end, fullback, wide receiver, NAZAR BOMBATA #28 nose tackle and linebacker … Had his senior season cut short due to a knee injury … Earned team MVP honors as a junior … Served as a co-captain as a junior and senior … Three-time all-conference pick … All-city pick as a junior … Two-time Freshman all-state pick … All-region pick as a junior … Member of the school’s honor roll … Running Back // 5-11 // 195 League Defensive Player of the Year as a junior … Played for coach Bryon Nixon.

Los Angeles, Calif. (Bishop Alemany HS) Personal: Son of Keith and Karalyn Brown … Has one sister, Katie … Undecided on a major. High School: Graduated in 2018 from Bishop Alemany High School...Earned let- Career Defensive Stats ters in football and track and field...Earned Most Valuable Sprinter Award twice Season GP UA A TOT TFL TFLY PD FF FR SACKS YDS for track team...Registered 16 tackles and three sacks as a defensive back as a 2017 10 6 2 8 2.5 4 0 0 0 1.0 2 senior...Averaged 5.9 yards per carry with three touchdowns as a senior. Total 10 6 2 8 2.5 4 0 0 0 1.0 2 Personal: Son of Foluso Oluyide...Has one sister, Nailah...Majoring in Studio Art.

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Shun Brown Career Kick Return Stats SHUN BROWN #6 Season GP ATT YDS TD Long AVG/R AVG/G 2015 13 4 82 0 24 20.5 6.3 2016 12 2 58 0 30 29.0 4.8 Senior 2017 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 Total 38 6 140 0 54 23.3 3.7 Receiver // 5-10 // 188 Career Punt Return Stats Shreveport, La. (Calvary Baptist Academy) Season GP NO YDS TD Long AVG/R AVG/G 2015 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 Career Honors & Awards 2016 12 2 -4 0 4 -2.0 -0.3 2017 13 17 181 2 66 10.6 13.9 * 2018 Paul Hornung Award Preseason Watch List Total 38 19 177 2 66 9.3 4.7 * 2017 Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention Career All-Purpose Stats 2017: Played in all 13 games with 12 starts … Named Pac-12 All-Conference Hon- Season GP RUSH RCV PR KR IR TOT AVG/G orable Mention … Recorded at least one reception in 12 of 13 games … Had mul- 2015 13 0 24 0 82 0 106 8.2 tiple catches in eight contests … Tied for third on team with eight total touch- 2016 12 62 521 -4 58 0 637 53.1 downs, including six receiving and two on punt returns … Averaged 38.1 yards per 2017 13 51 573 181 0 0 805 61.9 touchdown, including three of at least 56 yards and none shorter than 13 yards … Total 38 113 1118 177 140 0 1548 40.7 Fourth on team with 805 all-purpose yards … Led team with 43 receptions for 573 yards and six scores … Averaged 10.6 yards per punt return on 17 attempts … Av- eraged 10.2 yards per carry on five rushes … Capped season with four receptions LORENZO BURNS #2 for 62 yards, including a 24-yard touchdown catch against Purdue in the Foster Farms Bowl (Dec. 27). Added two rushes for 13 yards … Hauled in two passes for 32 yards and added a 13-yard rush against ASU (Nov. 25) … Caught five passes for Sophomore (RS) 48 yards and added a 3-yard rush at Oregon (Nov. 18) … Saw receptions streak Cornerback // 5-10 // 181 end, but chipped in a six-yard punt return in final home victory over Oregon State (Nov. 11) … Season-high eight receptions for 78 yards, including a 30-yard Murrieta, Calif. (Linfield Christian HS) touchdown, at USC (Nov. 4). Also had three punt returns for 39 yards, pushing his all-purpose yardage to a season-high 117 yards … Hauled in a 17-yard touchdown 2017: reception and gained eight yards on a pair of punt returns in upset victory over Started all 13 games at the “boundary” cornerback position … Was named No. 15 Washington State (Oct. 28) … Broke free for a 56-yard touchdown and to College Football News’ All-Pac-12 first team … Tied for the Pac-12 lead and added one other reception for one yard in road victory at California (Oct. 21) … ranked second nationally among freshmen with five interceptions … Also second Collected three receptions for 61 yards in victory over UCLA (Oct. 14) … Scored on on the team with seven pass breakups … Totaled 81 tackles, including 59 solo a 13-yard reception to highlight a 7-catch, 38-yard performance in road victory stops, while registered 3.5 tackles for loss and one sack … Recorded six solo tack- at Colorado (Oct. 7) … Registered a season-long 22-yard carry, while chipping in les and notched first career sack against Purdue in Foster Farms Bowl (Dec. 27) … three receptions for 54 yards against Utah (Sept. 22) … Scored on a 63-yard punt Intercepted a pass, broke up another and totaled eighth tackles – seven solo – at return and added a 36-yard touchdown reception as part of a 3-catch, 42-yard Arizona State (Nov. 25) … Collected six tackles at Oregon (Nov. 18) … Chipped in receiving effort in victory at UTEP (Sept. 15) … Caught four passes for 79 yards three solo tackles while intercepting a pass and returning it 24 yards in victory against Houston (Sept. 9) … Opened the season with a 66-yard punt return for a over Oregon State (Nov. 11) … Collected five tackles and broke up at a pass at USC touchdown against Northern Arizona (Sept. 2). Added one other punt return for (Nov. 4) … Registered four solo stops, including one for loss, while intercepting five yards and one reception for five yards. a pass and breaking up another in upset of No. 15 Washington State (Oct. 28) … Set a career high with 12 tackles, while intercepting a pass and adding a break 2016: Emerged as team’s top-playmaker in the passing game, starting 10 games up in road win at California (Oct. 21) … Tallied six tackles with a pass breakup in and playing in all 12 contests … Led the squad with 521 receiving yards on 29 win over UCLA (Oct. 14) … Combined for 10 tackles with a pass breakup in road receptions, producing an 18.0 average per catch that was easily tops on the team. victory at Colorado (Oct. 7) … Collected six tackles in contest against Utah (Sept. The average per catch clip would have led all Pac-12 receivers if he qualified with 22) … Had one stop and a half-tackle for loss in road win at UTEP (Sept. 15) … enough total receptions … Totaled 12 plays (eight receiving, two rushing and two Totaled seven solo stops and intercepted first career pass against Houston (Sept. on kick returns) that went for 20-plus yards, including four pass plays over 50 9) … Started and accounted for seven tackles and a pass breakup in opening win yards … Broke out in third game with five receptions for 92 yards and a touch- over NAU (Sept. 2). down against Hawai’i (Sept. 17) … Followed it up with career-best performance 2016: against No. 9 Washington (Sept. 24). Hauled in season-high seven passes for Impressed coaches in preseason camp and expected to be a key contribu- 114 yards, which included a 54-yard reception to set up tying touchdown late in tor in secondary, but played in only two games before suffering season-ending fourth quarter to force overtime … Caught four passes for 50 yards and a touch- injury to allow for a redshirt season … Made collegiate debut against BYU (Sept. down at UCLA (Oct. 1) … Opened game with 75-yard touchdown at Utah (Oct. 8) 3) in Cactus Kickoff Classic in Glendale, Ariz. … Collected first collegiate tackle in where he finished with three catches for 89 yards. Also had one kickoff return for home-opening game against Grambling State (Sept. 10). 28 yards … Tallied 32 yards on three grabs and notched a 30-yard kickoff return High School: Graduated in 2016 from Linfield Christian High School (Calif.) …. at Washington State (Nov. 5) … Collected 58 receiving yards on two catches and Rated three-star prospect by Scout.com, Rivals.com and 247 Sports … Three-time added a 29-yard rush at Colorado (Nov. 12) … Saw a streak of 10-consecutive team captain as all-purpose standout … Earned first team All-CIF honors … Played games with a reception snapped in season finale against Arizona State (Nov. 25) quarterback, running back, receiver and returner … Played basketball and ran when UA did not need to attempt a pass in the second half. Chipped in sea- track, earning CIF Division 4 triple jump championship. son-long 30-yard rush. Personal: Son of DeChon and Enid Burns…Father played football (1989) and 2015: Impressed coaches during fall camp when several veterans were banged up baseball (1992) at USC…Has one brother, Simeon, and one sister, Jailyn…Majoring to earn playing time as a true freshman … Played in all 13 games either as a in communication with a humanities thematic minor. reserve in the receive rotation or on various special teams units … Had four to- Career Defensive Stats tal catches for 24 yards … First career receptions came in first collegiate game Season GP UA A TOT TFL TFLY PD FF FR SACKS YDS against UTSA (9/3) … Added receptions for 10 and 14 yards against Nevada (9/12) 2016 2 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 and NAU (9/19), respectively … Totaled 82 yards on four kickoff returns, including 2017 13 59 22 81 3.5 16 12 0 0 1.0 6 a long of 24 yards at Washington (10/31) … Also registered four special teams Total 15 60 22 82 3.5 16 12 0 0 1.0 6 tackles. Career Interception Stats High School: Football, basketball and track and field letterwinner for Calvary Season GP NO Yards TD Long Avg/R Avg/G Baptist Academy … Back-to-back state titles … 2014 LFCA Composite and 2A All- 2016 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 State, 2A Player of the Year … Max Preps and Semper Fidelis All-American … 2015 2017 13 5 58 0 24 11.6 4.5 West Coast Bowl … PrepStar All-Southeast Region … State champion on the track Total 15 5 58 0 24 11.6 3.9 (4x200, 4x400) and all-district honoree as a point guard. Personal: Son of Vyron Brown and Theresa Johnson … Father played at Gram- bling State and currently serves as wide receivers coach and recruiting coordi- EDGAR BURROLA #72 nator at Texas Southern...Majoring in literacy, learning and leadership, with a thematic minor. Freshman (RS) Career Receiving Stats Offensive Line // 6-5 // 287 Season GP REC YDS TD Long REC/G AVG/C AVG/G 2015 13 4 24 0 14 0.3 6.0 1.8 Las Vegas, Nev. (Desert Pines HS) 2016 12 29 521 3 75 2.4 18.0 43.4 2017 13 43 573 6 56 3.3 13.3 44.1 2017: Redshirted. Total 38 76 1118 9 75 2.0 14.7 29.4 High School: Graduated in 2017 from Desert Pines High School in Las Vegas… Career Rushing Stats Three-year letterwinner as a defensive and offensive lineman…Also earned two Season GP ATT YDS TD Long AVG/A AVG/G letters in wrestling…Scholar-Athlete Award winner…Qualified for the state wres- 2015 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2016 12 2 62 0 30 31.0 5.2 tling tournament in the heavyweight division…All-Conference selection...Rated as 2017 13 5 51 0 22 10.2 3.9 a three-star recruit by 247sports. Total 38 7 113 0 30 16.1 3.0 Personal: Son of Luis Burrola and Maria Burrola Chavez…Has one sister…A pre-business major.

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BRYSON CAIN #54 DAYVEN COLEMAN #9

Sophomore (RS) Freshman Offensive Line // 6-4 // 306 Safety // 6-2 // 216 Temecula, Calif. (Great Oak HS) Dallas, Texas (West Mesquite HS)

2017: Projected as a key backup on the offensive line before suffering asea- High School: Graduated in 2018 from West Mesquite High School … Three-year son-ending ankle injury in August camp. letterwinner in football at linebacker and safety … Voted team’s most valuable de- 2016: Redshirted. fensive player … First-Team 5A-I Region II, District 7 selection …. Posted 41 tackles with one interception his senior year … Helped his team to a 7-3 record … Ranked High School: Graduated in 2016 from Great Oak High School (Calif.) … Three-star as the 110th best player in Texas by 247 Sports … Consensus three-star recruit. recruit by Scout.com, Rivals.com and 247 Sports … Rated No. 91 offensive tackle by ESPN … Helped team to 10-win junior season … Led rushing attack that gained Personal: Grandson of Pamela Fite … Has one brother, Armon, and one sister, 221 yards per game and 33 rushing TD in 2014 … Team captain as senior … All- A’zhane … Pre-Business major. League CIF honors as a senior. Personal: Son of Kelly and Katrina Cain…Has one brother, Ryan, and one sister, ROBERT CONGEL #66 Leah…Majoring in communication with a business administration minor. BRIAN CASTEEL #5 Freshman (RS) Offensive Line // 6-3 // 315 Sophomore Greenwood Village, Colo. (IMG Academy [Fla.]/Texas A&M) Receiver // 6-0 // 210 Before Arizona: Played the 2017 season at Texas A&M University ... Played in five Pasadena, Calif. (Charter Oak HS) games for the Aggies as a backup offensive guard ... Saw time in games against Arkansas, South Carolina and Mississippi State ... Graduated in 2017 from IMG 2017: Played in 11 games as a backup receiver and occasional special teams con- Academy in Bradenton, Florida ... Earned first-team all-conference and all-state tributor … Caught first career pass – a 24-yard grab – against Purdue in Foster honors ... Helped his team capture the state championship as a sophomore. Farms Bowl (Dec. 27). Personal: Son of Emily and Scott Congel ... Has one brother, Jack, and two sisters, High School: Graduated from Charter Oak High School in California…Four-year Rebecca and Sabrina ... Father played football at Syracuse ... Grandfather, Robert letterwinner in football at wide receiver, defensive back and running back…Two- Congel, played at Fordham ... Pre-Business major. time team captain…Team Most Valuable Player as a senior…Three-time All-San Gabriel Valley selection…Three-time all-state selection…Caught 51 passes for 766 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior…Also rushed for 644 yards on 102 car- FINTON CONNOLLY #91 ries and 17 touchdowns…Had 72 tackles, three interceptions and two sacks on defense. Junior (RS) Personal: Son of Brian and Cynthia Casteel…Has two sisters…Cousin Joe Mathis played football at Washington…Majoring in pre-business. Defensive Tackle // 6-5 // 301 Gilbert, Ariz. (Campo Verde HS) JALEN COCHRAN #81 2017: Played in all 13 games as a key reserve on the interior of the defensive line, including first career start at Arizona State (Nov. 25) … Totaled 20 tackles, 4.5 Sophomore (RS) tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks and a fumble recovery on the season … Did not record Defensive End // 6-3 // 263 any statistics as a reserve against Purdue in the Foster Farms Bowl (Dec. 27) … Registered a sack and four tackles in first career start at ASU (Nov. 25) … Totaled Plymouth, Mich. (Canton HS) three tackles in road contest at Oregon (Nov. 18) … Picked up two tackles at USC (Nov. 4) … Recorded a sack and three tackles in double-overtime victory at Cal- 2017: ifornia (Oct. 21) … Had a pair of solo tackles in home win over UCLA (Oct. 14) … Missed season with a pectoral injury. Chipped in one tackle in road victory at Colorado (Oct. 7) … Had two tackles, in- 2016: Redshirted. cluding a split-sack and a split-tackle for loss, in conference opener against Utah (Sept. 22) … Totaled 1.5 tackles for loss and two tackles in road win at UTEP (Sept. High School: Graduated in 2016 from Canton High School in Canton, Mich. … 15) … Had one tackle against Houston (Sept. 9) … Recovered a fumble in season Rated a three-star recruit by Scout.com, Rivals.com and 247 Sports … Named No. opener against NAU (Sept. 2). 10 prospect in state of Michigan by Free Press … Rated No. 32 outside linebacker by Scout.com … Ranked No. 34 weakside end by Rivals.com … Also played bas- 2016: Appeared in seven games as a reserve defensive lineman … Made season ketball. debut against Hawai’i (Sept. 17) … Collected first career tackle for loss at UCLA (Oct. 1) … Set season high with two solo tackles, including one for loss, against Personal: Son of Donald Sevier and Tondalayo Cochran…Majoring in Care, USC (Oct. 15) … Combined for two stops in Homecoming tilt against Stanford Health and Society with a thematic minor. (Oct. 29) … Collected one solo tackle at Washington State (Nov. 5). High School: Football and wrestling letterman for Campo Verde High School … JACOB COLACION #34 PrepStar All-West Region … No. 15 recruit in Arizona by Scout.com … Division II all-state … MVP at the National Youth Combine Event in Scottsdale, Ariz. … NCSA AthLeadership Award. Sophomore (RS) Personal: Son of Sean and Kathy Connolly ... Majoring in literacy, learning and Linebacker // 6-1 // 226 leadership. La Habra, Calif. (La Habra HS) Career Defensive Stats Season GP UA A TOT TFL TFLY PD FF FR SACKS YDS 2017: 2016 7 5 1 6 2.0 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 Played in all 13 games as a reserve linebacker and special teams contributor 2017 13 10 10 20 4.5 19 0 0 1 2.5 13 … Finished season with six tackles and a pass breakup … Collected two solo tack- Total 20 15 11 26 6.5 24 0 0 1 2.5 13 les against Arizona State (Nov. 25) … Registered a solo tackle in road contest at USC (Nov. 4) … Recorded one stop in double-overtime road win at California (Oct. 21) … Opened season with a pair of solo tackles against NAU (Sept. 2). 2016: Redshirted. High School: Graduated in 2016 from La Habra High School (Calif.) … Rated three-star recruit by most all services … ESPN rated him No. 34 inside linebacker nationally … First team All-League CIF honors … Defensive team MVP as a junior … Registered 90 tackles and four sacks as junior … Played basketball as a fresh- man. Personal: Son of Ernie and Yvonne Colacion…Cousin Anthony Colacion played football at Colorado…Has one brother, Tres, and two sisters, Taylor and Jordan… Majoring in communication with a minor in leadership studies and practice. Career Defensive Stats Season GP UA A TOT TFL TFLY PD FF FR SACKS YDS 2017 13 5 1 6 0.0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 Total 13 5 1 6 0.0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0

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duced a dozen 115-yard or better performances and seven 200-plus yard outputs DEVAUGHN COOPER #7 … Started the Territorial Cup (Nov. 25) when UA’s offense set a school record with 511 rushing yards and produced three 100-yard rushers for only the second time in program history. Sophomore (RS) High School: Football, basketball and baseball letterwinner for Folsom High Receiver // 5-10 // 175 School … PrepStar All-West Region … Squad was 2014 state champions (16-0, 6-0) … All-Sac-Joaquin First-Team Offense and Sierra Foothill Lineman of the Year … Los Angeles, Calif. (Narbonne HS) Scout.com and Rivals.com three-star recruit. 2017: Played in seven games as a reserve receiver … Hauled in two receptions for Personal: Son of Scott and Kathleen Creason...Majoring in accounting. 12 yards in regular season finale against Arizona State (Nov. 25).

2016: Impressed coaches in preseason camp to earn a spot in the rotation before early-season injury ended his season and allowed for a redshirt year … Made DREW DIXON #1 collegiate debut against Grambling State (Sept. 10) … Caught first career pass for 15 yards in victory over Hawai’i (Sept. 17) … Missed rest of season due to injury. Freshman (RS) High School: Graduated in 2016 from Narbonne High School in Los Angeles … Receiver // 6-3 // 212 Three-star recruit across all notable services … Caught 67 passes for 1,280 yards and 20 TD as senior … Ranked No. 91 receiver prospect by 247 Sports … Rated No. Tucson, Ariz. (Sabino HS) 10 athlete in California by Scout.com … Helped team to state title senior season. 2017: Redshirted. Personal: Son of Dennis Cooper and Tammy Williams…Has two brothers, Trevon High School: Graduated in 2017 from Sabino High School in Tucson…Earned four and Tyrone, and one sister, Dajane…Majoring in Information Science and eSoci- letters in football as a multipurpose athlete…Also earned three letters in basket- ety. ball and one in baseball…Rated as a consensus three-star recruit…Two-time team Career Receiving Stats co-captain and most valuable player…Three-time All-Conference and All-City Season GP REC YDS TD Long REC/G AVG/C AVG/G selection…First-Team All-Southern Arizona…Two-Time First-Team All-State 3A… 2016 3 1 15 0 15 0.3 15.0 5.0 Southern Arizona Player of the Year…Totaled 1,177 passing yards and 11 touch- 2017 7 2 12 0 9 0.3 6.0 1.7 downs as a quarterback…Rushed for 901 yards and 16 touchdowns…Had 514 re- Total 10 3 27 0 15 0.3 9.0 2.7 ceiving yards and six touchdowns…Played for Coach Jay Campos at Sabino and appeared in the state championship game as a senior. TRISTAN COOPER #31 Personal: Son of Jacque Dixon…Has one brother, DeAndre…Undecided on major. Junior KEVIN DOYLE #12 Safety // 6-1 // 194 El Paso, Texas (Andress HS) Freshman Quarterback // 6-3 // 210 2017: Played in all 13 games as a reserve in the secondary and as a special teams Washington D.C. (St. John’s College HS) contributor … Totaled five tackles on the season …. Collected two solo stops in road contest at USC (Nov. 4) … Combined for two tackles in road victory at Colo- rado (Oct. 7) … Recorded first tackle of season in road victory at UTEP (Sept. 15). High School: Graduated in 2018 from St. John’s College High School in Washing- ton D.C ... Earned four letters in football and one in track for the high jump ... Vot- 2016: Played in 11 of 12 contests, including five starts as a true freshman at the ed team MVP as a senior and served as co-captain ... All-conference and all-city “spur” safety position … Made collegiate debut with six tackles in home-open- honoree as a senior ... First-Team all-DMV ... All-Metro selection ... Washington ing victory over Grambling State (Sept. 10) … Made first career start and posted Post Washington D.C. Player of the Year ... Gatorade Player of the Year for Wash- season-high eight tackles – all unassisted – along with a pass breakup in victory ington D.C ... School’s all-time single-season passer ... Threw for 2,635 yards and over Hawai’i (Sept. 17) … Started and recorded three tackles, including one for 22 touchdowns, leading his team to their first-ever WCAC Championship. loss, while forcing a fumble against No. 9 Washington (Sept. 24) … Made third Personal: Son of Bridget and Kevin Doyle ... Has one brother, Patrick, and one started of season and registered seven total tackles at Washington State (Nov. 5) sister, Kyra .. .Father played lacrosse at Villanova ... Uncle, Mike Doyle, played … Recorded first career sack and tallied six stops in start at Oregon State (Nov. 19) lacrosse at North Carolina ... Uncle, Joe Devine, played lacrosse at Pittsburgh ... … Collected three tackles in season-ending Territorial Cup victory over Arizona Pre-Business major. State (Nov. 25).

High School: Graduated in 2016 from Andress High School in El Paso, Texas … Named a three-star recruit by ESPN … Rated 120th best safety by ESPN … Team NATHAN ELDRIDGE #64 captain as senior … First Team All-City and First Team All-District as junior and senior … A Second Team All-District selection as sophomore … Played basketball Junior (RS) freshman and sophomore years. Offensive Line // 6-3 // 292 Personal: Son of Michael and Joyce Cooper…Father played football at North Tex- Anthem, Ariz. (Boulder Creek HS) as…Has three brothers, Mike, Jeremiah and Elijah, and one sister, Hannah…Ma- joring in Psychology. Honors & Awards: Career Defensive Stats - Coper - 2018 Rimington Trophy Preseason Watch List Season GP UA A TOT TFL TFLY PD FF FR SACKS YDS - 2017 Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention 2016 11 26 9 35 2.0 11 1 1 0 1.0 7 - 2017 Associated Press All-Pac-12 Second Team 2017 13 4 1 5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 - 2017 Rimington Trophy Preseason Watch List Total 24 30 10 40 2.0 11 1 1 0 1.0 7 2017: Voted honorable mention All-Pac-12 by the league’s coaches … Named a second-team All-Pac-12 performer by the Associated Press … A preseason watch list candidate for the Rimington Trophy … Started all 13 games at center for the CODY CREASON #76 Pac-12’s top rushing offense, which ranked third nationally with 324.4 yards per game during the regular season … Arizona allowed fewest sacks of any Pac-12 Junior (RS) team in regular season … Wildcats rushed for at least 152 yards in all 12 games, including 10 performances with 200-plus yards, seven over 300 yards, four over Offensive Line // 6-4 // 294 400 yards and a school-record 534 yards against Oregon State (Nov. 11). Folsom, Calif. (Folsom HS) 2016: Impressive debut season as the starting center all 12 games for the Pac-12’s top rushing offense (235.0 yards per game) … UA’s first freshman to start at center 2017: Played significantly in all 13 games in a rotation at right tackle with three since 2006 when Blake Kerley also started all 12 games of the season … Made col- starts to his credit during regular season … Offense ranked third nationally and legiate debut with start against BYU in the Cactus Kickoff Classic in Glendale, Ariz. set a school-record with 309.3 rushing yards per game … Arizona allowed fewest (Sept. 3) … Helped offense run for at least 115 yards in all 12 games and surpass sacks of any Pac-12 team in regular season … Wildcats rushed for at least 152 the 200-yard mark in seven contests … A key force for UA’s rushing attack in the yards in all 12 regular games, including 10 performances with 200-plus yards, Territorial Cup (Nov. 25) that set a single-game school record with 511 rushing seven over 300 yards, four over 400 yards and a school-record 534 yards against yards and produced three 100-yard rushers for only the second time in program Oregon State (Nov. 11). history. High School: Football and wrestling letterman for Boulder Creek High School … 2016: Played in all 12 games and made four starts at right tackle … Earned Pac-12 Division I 5A all-state and section 4 all-region … PrepStar All-West Region … 2014 All-Academic Honorable Mention honors … First collegiate start came against AZFCA Top-25 Offense. Hawai’i (Sept. 17) as he helped pave the way for 367 rushing yards … A versatile player that was top backup at either tackle spot with ability to play guard as Personal: Son of George Eldridge and Michelle Scarzone...Majoring in Literacy, well … Key contributor on offensive line for Pac-12’s top rushing attack that pro- Learning and Leadership with a thematic minor.

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MICHAEL ELETISE #75 TONY FIELDS II #1

Sophomore (RS) Sophomore Offensive Line // 6-3 // 323 Linebacker // 6-1 // 230 Honolulu, Hawaii (Kaiser HS) Las Vegas, Nev. (Desert Pines HS)

2017: Played in 11 games as a primary backup at the guard positions while serving Honors & Awards: a starting role on the field goal/PAT unit … Wildcats’ rushing offense ranked third * 2017 Freshman All-American (ESPN.com, 247 Sports) nationally and set a school record with 309.3 yards per game … Arizona allowed 2017: fewest sacks of any Pac-12 team in regular season … Wildcats rushed for at least Started all 13 games at the “WILL” linebacker position … Named a Freshman 152 yards in all 12 games, including 10 performances with 200-plus yards, seven All-American by ESPN.com and 247 Sports … Led team with 104 total tackles, the over 300 yards, four over 400 yards and a school-record 534 yards against Ore- most for a UA freshman in some 20 seasons … Finished as the second-leading gon State (Nov. 11) … Made his collegiate debut in season-opening victory over freshman tackler in the FBS … Totaled seven double-digit tackle performances, Northern Arizona (Sept. 2). including in five of the final seven contests … Ranked second on team with 5.0 sacks and third on squad with 7.5 tackles for loss … Added one interception and 2016: Redshirted. one pas breakup on the year … Collected a game-high and personal season-high High School: 13 tackles, including a sack, against Purdue in Foster Farms Bowl (Dec. 27) … Graduated in 2016 from Kaiser High School (Hawaii) … Consensus Racked up 10 tackles, 1.5 for loss, with a sack against Arizona State (Nov. 25) … four-star prospect … Rated No. 9 offensive tackle by ESPN … Participated in the Turned in eight tackles at Oregon (Nov. 18) … Broke up a pass, registered a tackle 2015 Under Armour All-American Bowl … Nike Opening Alumnus (2015)...Three- for loss, and tallied four tackles in victory over Oregon State (Nov. 11) … Collecting year team captain...Four-year starter...2016 Olin Kruetz Lineman of the Year Award 11 tackles, including 0.5 for loss, in road contest at USC (Nov. 4) … Recorded 11 … 2015 Star Advertiser First Team … 2015 OIA First Team Award … 2015 HHSSA tackles, including 10 solo stops, while intercepting first career pass in upset of No. First Team Award … 2015 Maximum Exposure Football Camp Maximum Impact 15 Washington State (Oct. 28) … Posted 10 tackles, including 0.5 for loss, in road Player of the Year. win at California (Oct. 21) … Recorded three tackles in victory over UCLA (Oct. 14) Personal: Son of Nofo and Marie Eletise…Has one sister, Keilani…Majoring in … Chipped in 11 tackles with a sack in road win at Colorado (Oct. 7) … Combined pre-family studies and human development. for six tackles and a sack against Utah (Sept. 22) … Three-game stretch with at least one sack began in road win at UTEP (Sept. 15), where he totaled four tackles … Turned in first 10-tackle game of career against Houston (Sept. 9) … Made first TONY ELLISON #9 collegiate start with three tackles in victory over NAU (Sept. 2). High School: Graduated in 2017 from Desert Pines High School in Las Vegas… Senior (RS) Served as the team captain his senior year and was voted as the team’s most valu- able player as a wide receiver and linebacker…Also earned three letters in baseball Receiver // 5-11 // 189 and two in basketball…Named All-Conference and All-City as a sophomore, ju- Granite Bay, Calif. (Granite Bay HS) nior and senior…First-Team All-State as a linebacker his senior season…All Sunset League First-Team offense and defense…Totaled 110 tackles as a senior with two interceptions…Helped lead his team to a state championship. 2017: Played in all 13 games with seven starts as a receiver … Led the team with 598 receiving yards, averaging an impressive 16.2-yard average on 37 catches … Personal: Son of Tony and Lemisha Fields…Has one sister, Rhythm…Undecided Second on squad with five receiving touchdowns, and also added one rushing on a major. touchdown … Totaled 36 yards on three rush attempts for season … Had one punt Career Defensive Stats return for five yards … Recorded first career 100-yard game against Purdue in the Season GP UA A TOT TFL TFLY PD FF FR SACKS YDS Foster Farms Bowl (Dec. 27). Hauled in four catches for 102 yards, highlighted by 2017 13 65 39 104 7.5 44 2 0 0 5.0 41 a 29 and 40-yard touchdowns against the Boilermakers … Had two catches for 13 Total 13 65 39 104 7.5 44 2 0 0 5.0 41 yards at ASU (Nov. 25) … Tied season high with six catches for 52 yards, including Career Interception Stats a 15-yard touchdown, at Oregon (Nov. 18). Also had a four-yard rush … Did not Season GP NO Yards TD Long Avg/R Avg/G have a reception but posted a career-long 27-yard touchdown carry in home 2017 13 1 58 0 24 3.0 0.2 finale against Oregon State (Nov. 11) … Three receptions for 36 yards along with 2017 13 1 58 0 24 3.0 0.2 a five-yard rush at USC (Nov. 4) … Hauled in two receptions for 66 yards in upset of No. 15 Washington State (Oct. 28) … Collected three receptions for 28 yards in road victory at California (Oct. 21) … Pulled in two passes for 59 yards in victory DEMETRIUS FLANNIGAN-FOWLES #6 over UCLA (Oct. 14) … Hauled in a season-long 60-yard reception in road win at Colorado (Oct. 7) … A 30-yard touchdown grab highlighted a 6-catch, 78-yard performance against Utah (Sept. 22) … No receptions, but posted first punt re- Senior turn of season for five yards in road win at UTEP (Sept. 15) … Caught three passes Safety // 6-2 // 209 for 25 yards against Houston … Opened season with five receptions for 79 yards, including a 43-yard touchdown in win over NAU (Sept. 2). Tucson, Ariz. (Mountain View HS) 2016: Played in nine games as a reserve receiver and special teams starter … 2017: Returned three kickoffs for 46 yards, including a long of 19 yards, at Washington Started all 13 games, with a dozen at the “bandit” safety position and an- State (Nov. 5) … Caught two passes for 19 yards paced by a 15-yard grab at Or- other at free safety … Tied for third on the team with 81 total tackles, 57 of which egon State (Nov. 19) … Had two tackles on the season, including one on kickoff were solo stops … Intercepted a career-best three passes, while breaking up coverage in the Territorial Cup victory over Arizona State (Nov. 25). three passes and recovering two fumbles … Totaled three solo tackles with a pass breakup against Purdue in the Foster Farms Bowl (Dec. 27) … Collected five solo 2015: Played in all 13 games, contributing in the receiver rotation and special tackles against Arizona State (Nov. 25) … Combined for 10 tackles – five solo – at teams units … Recognized as a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention selection Oregon (Nov. 18) … Chipped in four solo stops in home victory over Oregon State … Collected first career reception for 13 yards at Stanford (10.3) … Recorded five (Nov. 11) … Tallied seven tackles with a pass breakup in road contest at USC (Nov. total tackles on special teams, including four on kickoff coverage. 4) … Totaled a season-best 13 tackles, including 10 solo stops, in upset of No. 15 2014: Redshirted his true freshman year. Washington State (Oct. 28) … Recorded 10 total tackles in road victory at Califor- nia (Oct. 21) … Recovered a fumble and added two tackles in win over UCLA (Oct. High School: All-conference, all-city and all-district selection for Granite Bay 14) … Four solo and four assisted tackles in road victory over Colorado (Oct. 7) High School … Scored 10 touchdowns his first four games of his senior year be- … Totaled seven stops and broke up a pass against Utah (Sept. 22) … Recovered fore suffering a season-ending injury … Holds the school record for all-purpose a fumbled and added two tackles in road win at UTEP (Sept. 15) … Intercepted a yards in a season … Lettered in basketball and track and field. pass and collected two tackles against Houston (Sept. 9) … Picked off a pair of passes and combined for eight stops in season-opening win over NAU (Sept. 2). Personal: Son of Mark and Luba Ellison...Majoring in business administration. Career Receiving Stats 2016: Started all 12 games as UA’s “bandit” safety … Led the squad with 59 unas- Season GP REC YDS TD Long REC/G AVG/C AVG/G sisted tackles and finished second with 78 total tackles … Tied for the team lead 2015 13 1 13 0 13 0.1 13.0 1.0 with two interceptions and checked in third with six pass breakups … Registered 2016 9 2 19 0 15 0.2 9.5 2.1 4.0 tackles for loss … Opened season with four tackles against BYU in Cactus 2017 13 37 598 5 60 2.8 16.2 46.0 Kickoff Classic (Sept. 3) … Intercepted first pass of season and added nine tackles, Total 35 40 630 5 60 1.1 15.8 18.0 including one for loss, in victory over Grambling State (Sept. 10) … Picked off Career Rushing Stats another pass and added two tackles in victory over Hawai’i (Sept. 17) … Collect- Season GP ATT YDS TD Long AVG/A AVG/G ed eight tackles – all solo – and broke up a pair of passes in near-upset of No. 2015 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 Washington (Sept. 24) … Totaled nine tackles and broke up a pass over two 2016 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 road contests at UCLA (Oct. 1) and Utah (Oct. 8) … Totaled 11 tackles, including 10 2017 13 3 36 1 27 12.0 2.8 solo, against USC (Oct. 15) … Collected eight tackles and broke up a pass against Total 35 3 36 1 27 12.0 1.0 Stanford (Oct. 29) … Had five stops each in contests at Washington State (Nov. 5) and against Colorado (Nov. 12) … Posted a season-high 13 tackles, including one Career All-Purpose Stats for loss, at Oregon State (Nov. 19) … Registered four stops with one for loss along Season GP RUSH RCV PR KR IR TOT AVG/G with two pass breakups in Territorial Cup victory over Arizona State (Nov. 25). 2015 13 0 13 0 0 0 13 1.0 2016 9 0 19 0 46 0 65 7.2 2017 13 36 598 5 0 0 639 49.2 Total 35 36 630 5 46 0 717 20.5

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2015: Impressed coaches with overall athleticism in camp, earning one start and notable playing time in all 13 games as a true freshman … A frequent contributor TYSON GARDNER #79 on “S.W.A.T.” defense package in passing situations … Totaled at least four tackles in five games … Tallied first career tackle in opener against UTSA (9/3) … Picked up first career interception against NAU (9/19) … Made first career start and reg- Freshman (RS) istered season-high seven tackles with a forced fumble against Washington State (10/24) … Recorded first career tackle for loss at Washington (10/31) … Had two Offensive Line // 6-3 // 292 tackles in kickoff coverage. Queen Creek, Ariz. (Queen Creek High School) High School: Graduated from Mountain View but played at Tucson High School for two seasons … As a sophomore, had 10 catches for 190 yards, two touchdowns 2017: Redshirted. and two interceptions … As a junior, defensive end All-Southern Arizona first- team selection by the Arizona Daily Star. High School: Graduated in 2017 from Queen Creek High School…Three-year let- terwinner in football on the offensive line…Earned one letter each in wrestling Personal: Son of Kurtisha Flannigan...Majoring in general studies. and basketball…Served as team captain for football as a senior…Second-Team Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles Career Defensive Stats All-Division…Two-time first-team All-San-Tan Region…Honorable mention All- Season GP UA A TOT TFL TFLY PD FF FR SACKS YDS State 5A…Two-time All-Academic Team honorable mention…Helped guide his team to the state semifinals as a senior. 2015 13 21 7 28 1.0 6 1 1 0 0.0 0 2016 12 59 19 78 4.0 9 8 0 0 0.0 0 Personal: Son of Randy and Melissa Gardner…Has two brothers, Tyler and Tan- 2017 13 57 24 81 0.0 0 6 0 2 0.0 0 Total 38 137 50 187 5.0 15 15 1 2 0.0 0 ner, and one sister, Tylee…Majoring in pre-business. Career Interception Stats Season GP NO Yards TD Long Avg/R Avg/G JAKE GLATTING #16 2015 13 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2016 12 2 1 0 1 0.5 0.1 2017 13 3 5 0 5 1.7 0.4 Graduate Total 38 6 6 0 6 1.0 0.2 Punter // 6-3 // 221 ROURKE FREEBURG #47 Phoenix, Ariz. (Thunderbird HS) Honors & Awards: Freshman (RS) * 2017 Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team Safety // 6-2 // 204 2017: Played in all 13 games, serving as the primary punter and holder on place kicks … Recognized by the Pac-12 as a second-team All-Academic honoree … Led Scottsdale, Ariz. (Desert Mountain HS) team with 31 punts for 1,113 yards (35.9 average) … Landed seven punts inside the 20-yardline with only two touchbacks … Called on to punt a career-high nine 2017: Redshirted. times against Purdue in the Foster Farms Bowl (Dec. 27), averaging 36.3 yards per punt with three inside the 20-yardline … Tied career high with a 52-yard punt High School: Graduated in 2017 from Desert Mountain High School in Scotts- against Houston (Sept. 9) … Opened season with a season-high 41.0 average on dale…Two-time team captain, playing quarterback, running back, linebacker and five punts, paced by a long of 48 yards against NAU (Sept. 2). safety…All-State pick as a junior…Had 30 tackles and four tackles-for-loss as a senior before suffering a season-ending injury…Member of the All-Arizona Ac- 2016: Rejoined the team as a walk-on for spring drills ... Earned starting punter ademic Team. job late in the season ... Finished season with 10 punts for 394 yards (39.4 aver- age) with a long of 52 yards and four total punts downed inside the 20-yardline Personal: Son of Ryan and Mia Freeburg…Father played baseball at Grand Can- ... First action came against Colorado (Nov. 12) with three punts, including a sea- yon University, before being selected in the 5th round of the 1992 Major League son-long 52-yarder ... Punted three times for 120 yards at Oregon State (Nov. 19) Baseball Draft by the Colorado Rockies…Has two brothers, Rogan and Jack…Ma- ... Season-high four punts with a long of 48 yards and two downed inside the joring in pre-business. 20-yardline in Territorial Cup victory over Arizona State (Nov. 25). 2015: LAYTH FRIEKH #58 Did not play football. 2014: Redshirted his true freshman year. High School: Football, basketball and track and field letterwinner at Thunderbird Senior (RS) High School ... Two-time all-conference, all-city, all-district, all-region and all- Offensive Line // 6-5 // 297 state honoree as a punter ... NFF Scholar Athlete ... Team’s Most Valuable Player. Glendale, Ariz. (Centennial HS) Personal: Son of Gary and Judy Glatting … Graduated in the summer of 2018 with a degree in industrial engineering and is now continuing education with graduate studies in the same field. 2018: Was granted an additional year of eligibility, but must miss first two games Career Punting Stats of season as a penalty for playing sparingly as a reserve in one game during 2014 season. Eligible to play remainder of season beginning on Sept. 15 vs. Southern Season GP ATT YDS Long AVG TB FC I20 50+ BLK 2016 3 10 394 52 39.4 0 4 4 1 0 Utah. 2017 13 31 1113 52 35.9 2 10 7 1 0 2017: Started all 13 games at left tackle … Represented offense as a game captain Total 16 41 1507 52 36.8 2 14 11 2 0 for the Houston, California and Arizona State contests … Anchored left side of offensive line that led the Pac-12 for fewest sacks allowed in regular season … Wildcats led the conference and ranked third nationally with 309.3 yards per CHANDLER GUMBS #36 game … Offense rushed for at least 152 yards in all 12 regular games, including 10 performances with 200-plus yards, seven over 300 yards, four over 400 yards and a school-record 534 yards against Oregon State (Nov. 11). RS Junior 2016: Anchored the offensive line by starting all 12 games at left tackle where he Safety // 6-1 // 207 has made 20-consecutive starts dating to his sophomore year … A key cog up front that blocked for the Pac-12’s top rushing offense with 235.0 yards per game Danville, Calif. (Stellar Prep/Contra Costa College) … Top performances included seven 200-yard rushing outputs and at least 115 yards in all 12 contests … Helped UA set school single-game rushing record with Before Arizona: Graduated in 2015 from Stellar Prep ... Letterwinner in football 511 yards in Territorial Cup (Nov. 25), a game in which the Wildcats had three 100- as a cornerback and running back ... Played two seasons at Contra Costa College yard rushers for only the second time in school history. for Coach Pat Henderson ... Recorded eight sacks and 70 total tackles ... Spent the 2015: Played in all 13 games, starting nine contests at left tackle for an offensive 2015 season at University of San Diego, where he redshirted ... Recorded eight line unit that paved the way for 494.9 yards per game, including 222.3 yards on interceptions as a senior at Stellar Prep to set a school record ... All-conference the ground … Only games he did not start were the Nevada (9/12), NAU (9/19), and all-city selection. UCLA (9/26) and Stanford (10/3) contests. Personal: Son of Mari and Desmond Gumbs ... Has one brother, Addison ... Ma- 2014: Played in one game, at Utah, as a member of the offensive line and on joring in general studies. special teams. High School: Football and basketball letterman for Centennial High School … West Coast Bowl … All-conference, all-district, all-region and all-state honoree as a senior for a team that went 10-2. Personal: Son of Akram and Rose Friekh … Father is an engineer and U of A grad … Majoring in general studies.

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Personal: Son of John and Jane Havrisik…Has two brothers, Scotty and Peter, and WILLIAM GUNNELL #16 one sister, Charlotte…Dad played basketball at UC-Riverside…Undecided on a major. Career Field Goal Stats Freshman Season GP Made Att Long Pct Blkd Receiver // 5-9 // 187 2017 13 3 4 57 75.0 1 Total 13 3 4 57 75.0 1 Houston, Texas (St. Pius X HS/Texas A&M) Career Kickoff Stats Before Arizona: Spent the 2017 season at Texas A&M where he redshirted ... Season GP ATT YDS AVG TB OB Prepped at St. Pius X High School in Houston ... Earned two letters in basketball 2017 13 93 5881 63.2 63 3 and one in football ... Totaled 181 yards and two touchdowns as a senior, helping Total 13 93 5881 63.2 63 3 his team advance to the state semifinals ... Member of the school’s honor roll. Personal: Son of Julie & Chris Gunnell ... Has two brothers ... Pre-Business major. ISAIAH HAYES #21

JALEN HARRIS #49 Sophomore (RS) Safety // 6-0 // 191 Freshman (RS) Los Angeles, Calif. (Calabasas HS) STUD // 6-4 // 230 Mesa, Ariz. (Desert Ridge HS) 2017: Missed season with a shoulder injury. 2016: Played in 11 games and made seven starts after earning starting free safety 2017: Played in the first four games of the season as a reserve, before asea- role just a few games into his true freshman season … Finished sixth on the team son-ending injury … Saw limited action but recorded no statistics against Utah with 38 total tackles … Collegiate debut came against BYU in Cactus Kickoff Classic (Sept. 22), at UTEP (Sept. 15) and against Houston (Sept. 9) … Made collegiate (Sept. 3)in Glendale, Ariz., where he recorded one tackle … First extended action debut with four tackles – three solo – in season opener against NAU (Sept. 2). game in home contest against Hawai’i (Sept. 17) when he tallied five solo stops … High School: Graduated in 2017 from Desert Ridge High School in Mesa…Rated Made first career start and totaled three tackles at UCLA (Oct. 1) … Earned start as a three-star prospect by Scout.com, Rivals.com and 247 Sports…Rated as the but left game due to injury at Utah (Oct. 8) and subsequently missed only game sixth-best player in Arizona by 247 Sports…Two-time team most valuable play- of season a week later against USC (Oct. 15) … Started final five games of the er…Team captain in 2016…Two-Time All-State honoree…Collected 9 ½ sacks as season … Tallied five tackles and registered first career sack in Homecoming tilt a senior…Holds school all-time record with 30 sacks…Second-Team All-Region against Stanford (Oct. 29) … Posted a seven-tackle performance at Washington basketball player as a shooting guard. State (Nov. 5) … Had five tackles, including a half-tackle for loss against Colorado (Nov. 12) …Racked up a season-high nine tackles – seven unassisted – at Oregon Personal: Son of Sean and Cha-Ron Harris…Father played at Arizona from 1991- State (Nov. 19) … Collected three tackles, including one for loss, in Territorial Cup 94, serving as a team captain in 1994, before playing seven seasons in the NFL victory over Arizona State (Nov. 25). with the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts…Mom played basketball at Ari- High School: zona from 1996-98…Has one brother, Jason, and one sister, Kayla…Majoring in Graduated in 2016 from Calabasas High School in Los Angeles … pre-business. Rated a three-star prospect by Scout.com, Rivals.com and 247 Sports … Ranked No. 50 cornerback by ESPN … Totaled 108 tackles, nine for loss, and four intercep- tions as a senior … Named All-CIF Southern Section as senior. MALIK HAUSMAN #23 Personal: Son of Chris and Aran Hayes…Father played football at Washington State and spent nine years in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers, New York Jets and New England Patriots…Has two brothers, Chris Jr., and Jeremiah, and one Freshman (RS) sister, Asia…Majoring in psychology with a thematic minor. Cornerback // 6-0 // 174 Career Defensive Stats Las Vegas, Nev. (Bishop Gorman HS) Season GP UA A TOT TFL TFLY PD FF FR SACKS YDS 2016 11 30 8 38 2.5 9 0 0 0 1.0 7 Total 11 30 8 38 2.5 9 0 0 0 1.0 7 2017: Redshirted. High School: Graduated in 2017 from Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas… AZIZI HEARN #20 Three-year letterwinner as a wide receiver and cornerback…Helped guide his team to a state championship as a senior…A consensus three-star recruit…Ranked as the ninth best recruit in Nevada by 247sports…Missed the 2016 season with Freshman (RS) a knee injury…Registered 42 tackles and three interceptions in 2015 as a junior… Cornerback // 6-1 // 193 Notched one interception as a sophomore. Personal: Son of Donna Hausman…Has one sister, Yahara…Majoring in sustain- Oceanside, Calif. (Oceanside HS) able built environments. 2017: Redshirted. High School: Graduated in 2017 from Oceanside High School (Calif.)…Three-time LUCAS HAVRISIK #43 team captain and team’s most valuable player as a senior…Two-Time All-Confer- ence and All-District selection…Three-time letterwinner…Finished second in San Sophomore Diego County in receptions…Helped guide his team to a CIF Championship. Personal: Son of David and Dulcinea Hearn…Has three brothers, Ani, Akil and Kicker // 6-2 // 184 Anthony, and two sisters Assata and Adara…Undecided on a major. Riverside, Calif. (Norco HS)

Honors & Awards PARKER HENLEY #48 * Tied school record with 57-yard made field goal vs. Wash. State (Oct. 28, 2017) 2017: Handled primary kickoff duties while serving as a preferred option for long Freshman (RS) field goal tries … Went 3-for-4 on field goals for the season, including makes Linebacker // 5-11 // 222 from 43, 45 and 57 yards. The 57-yarder on Oct. 28 against No. 15 Washington State tied the school record for longest made field goal … Also was 2-for-2 on Chandler, Ariz. (Chandler HS) PAT tries … Boomed 63 touchbacks on 93 total kickoffs to rank No. 15 nationally in touchback percentage (67.7) … Only kicked three out of bounds … Tied for the High School: Graduated in 2017 from Chandler High School...Earned three letters seventh-most kickoffs by any player, including most for a freshman … Named in football as a linebacker and long snapper...Earned two letters in lacrosse and the Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week following his 57-yard make against one in hockey...Voted football team captain as a senior, along with defensive MVP WSU, which also included nine touchbacks on 10 kickoffs … Went 2-for-2 on field honors...First-team 6A-All-Varsity first-team as a senior...Premier Region first- goal tries with makes from 43 and 45 at USC (Nov. 4) … First career field goal team selection...Great American Rivalry Series Scholar Athlete Award winner... try was blocked (47 yards) against Utah (Sept. 22) … Converted extra point tries Registered 118 tackles as a senior with 3 ½ sacks. against NAU (Sept. 2) and NAU (Sept. 9). Personal: Son of Karen and Jason Henley...Has one brother, Peyton...Dad played High School: Graduated in 2017 from Norco High School…Voted as the team’s football at Arizona State...Undecided on a major within the school of engineering. most valuable player as the kicker/punter…Member of the All-CIF Southern Sec- tion 2 Team…Big VIII League Special Teams Player of the Year…Went 11 of 16 on field goals with a long of 51…Averaged 39.8 yards per punt, landing 10 inside the 20-yard line…Holds the school record for longest field goal, most field goals in a season, most touchbacks…Also played soccer and volleyball.

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MALCOLM HOLLAND #10 JON JACOBS #53

Junior (RS) Sophomore (RS) Cornerback // 5-11 // 189 Offensive Line // 6-4 // 301 Chandler, Ariz. (Hamilton HS) Gainesville, Va. (The Taft School)

2017: Played in all 13 games as a reserve at cornerback and key special teams 2017: Did not play. contributor … Totaled five tackles, including one for loss, on the season … Record- 2016: ed one tackle at Oregon (Nov. 18) … Registered a tackle for loss in home victory Joined team as a walk-on and redshirted the season. over Oregon State (Nov. 11) … Chipped in one solo tackle in home upset of No. 15 High School: 2016 graduate of The Taft School in Connecticut…Earned four let- Washington State (Oct. 28) … Had one tackle in home win over UCLA (Oct. 14) … ters in rugby, two in wrestling and one in track and field…Two-time All-Confer- Recorded first tackle of season in road win at UTEP (Sept. 15). ence selection as an offensive and defensive lineman…Selected for 2016 U.S. Un- 2016: Appeared in 12 games as a reserve cornerback and top special teams con- der-19 National Team that traveled to China…First-team All-State at defensive tributor on coverage units … Recorded two tackles on kickoff returns at UCLA tackle…Standout rugby player…Placed fourth in state wrestling tournament in the (Oct. 1) … Had one tackle against Colorado (Nov. 12) … Posted two tackles at Or- heavyweight division as a junior. egon State (Nov. 19) … Registered a career-high three tackles – all solo stops – in Personal: Son of Jon and Jeanne Jacobs…Has one brother, William, and one sis- Territorial Cup victory over Arizona State (Nov. 25). ter, Emma…Undecided on a major. High School: Football (3) and baseball (4) letterman for Hamilton High School... was named to All-Fiesta Region in 2011...helped lead Hamilton HS to state title his senior season (2014)...was taken in the 33rd round of the 2011 MLB Draft by the ISSAIAH JOHNSON #45 Los Angeles Dodgers. Personal: Son of Andre and Rochelle Holland...father Andre played football for Freshman the University of Oregon...has three brothers (Stuart, Melek, Mattias) and one Linebacker // 6-1 // 235 sister (Melody)...Majoring in accounting. Career Defensive Stats Victorville, Calif. (Los Alamitos HS) Season GP UA A TOT TFL TFLY PD FF FR SACKS YDS 2016 12 8 0 8 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 High School: Graduated in 2018 from Los Alamitos High School … Three-year 2017 13 4 1 5 1.0 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 letterwinner in football … Served as team captain as a senior … First-Team All- Total 25 12 1 13 1.0 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 Long Beach Dream Team … Three-time All-Conference selection … Sunset League Defensive Player of the Year … All-CIF selection … 76 total tackles and eight sacks as a senior … Consensus three-star recruit. TIM HOUGH #8 Personal: Son of Patrina Hayes and Ernest Johnson … Has one brother, Tyian, and one sister, Areisz … Pre-Physiology major. Graduate Cornerback // 5-11 // 195 MY-KING JOHNSON #59 Detroit, Mich. (Desert Pines HS [Nev.]) Freshman (RS) Before Arizona: Spent four seasons at UNLV before coming to Arizona as a Defensive End // 6-4 // 227 graduate transfer...Redshirted the 2014 season, before playing three seasons for the Rebels...Played in all 12 games in 2017 with 19 tackles and three pass break- Phoenix, Ariz. (Tempe HS) ups...Played in all 12 games in 2016 with five total starts...Registered 28 tackles and was named preseason second-team All-MWC by Lindy’s...Made nine starts 2017: Redshirted. and played in 12 games as a redshirt freshman in 2015...Totaled four interceptions and had 32 total tackles...Graduated from Desert Pines High School in Las Vegas... High School: Graduated in 2017 from Tempe High School (Ariz.)…Earned four Two-year letterwinner...All-State first-team honors on offense and defense as a letters in football as a defensive end…Also earned three letters in track and field senior...Also earned two letters in basketball. and rugby…Served as the football team’s captain as a senior and earned All-Con- Personal: Son of Christell Kimberly...Cousin Devin Taylor is a professional basket- ference Honors…Named First-Team All-District and First-Team All-State…District ball player in Germany...Graduated from UNLV with a major in interdisciplinary Defensive Player of the Year…Had 22 sacks, 19 tackles-for-loss, two forced fum- studies...Pursuing degree in educational leadership at Arizona. bles and 90 total tackles as a senior…Holds the school’s all-time sack record…A consensus three-star recruit. Career Defensive Stats Season GP UA A TOT TFL TFLY PD FF FR SACKS YDS Personal: Son of Nadette Lewis…Has three sisters, Lonnie Smith, A-Queen John- 2015 (UNLV) 11 25 7 32 1.0 2 8 0 0 0.0 0 son and Nadette Johnson…Sister, Lonnie, is a track and field athlete at Abilene 2016 (UNLV) 12 21 7 28 1.0 5 1 0 0 0.0 0 Christian University…Undecided on a major. 2017 (UNLV) 12 12 7 19 1.0 7 3 0 0 0.0 0 Total (UNLV) 35 58 21 79 3.0 14 12 0 0 0.0 0 Career Interception Stats PJ JOHNSON #52 Season GP NO Yards TD Long Avg/R Avg/G 2015 11 4 58 0 33 14.5 5.3 Junior (RS) 2016 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2017 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 Defensive Tackle // 6-4 // 335 Total 35 4 58 0 33 14.5 1.7 Sacramento, Calif. (Luther Burbank HS/Sac. State/City College of San Francisco)

MYKEE IRVING #60 Before Arizona: Spent the 2017 season at City College of San Francisco...Played in 10 games, picking up 17 tackles, 4 ½ sacks, 8 ½ tackles-for-loss and one forced Freshman fumble...Redshirted the 2016 season at Sacramento State...Played the 2015 season with the Hornets, appearing in all 11 games for the Hornets...Totaled 13 tackles, 1 Defensive Tackle // 6-3 // 337 sack, 4 ½ tackles-for-loss and one forced fumble...Graduated in 2014 from Bur- Chatsworth, Calif. (Calabasas HS) bank High School in Sacramento...Two-time First-Team All-Metro League selec- tion...Totaled 90 tackles and six sacks as a senior...Also lettered in basketball and baseball. High School: Graduated in December, 2017 from Calabasas High School...En- Personal: Son of Tangela and Printess Johnson...Majoring in sociology with a rolled at Arizona for the winter semester and participated in spring football with thematic minor. the Wildcats...Earned four letters in football at Calabasas as a defensive lineman... Earned two letters in basketball as a power forward...Two-time All-Conference selection...Had 19 tackles, one sack and one interception as a senior.

Personal: Son of Denise and Michael Irving...Has two brothers and four sisters... Uncle Mike Jones played football at Utah...Pre-Business major.

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all-city and 2014 all-district selection … A January 2015 enrollee. TERRENCE JOHNSON #32 Personal: Son of Tony and Pam Konsinski … Great uncle, Tony, played football at UA and was team captain in 1960...Majoring in public management and policy Junior (RS) with a minor in sports management. Receiver // 6-2 // 211 Tucson, Ariz. (Cienega HS/South Mountain CC/James Madison) DONOVAN LAIE #78 Before Arizona: Before Arizona: Played basketball at James Madison University in 2016-17...Averaged 9.9 minutes per game in 16 contests...Averaged 1.4 points Freshman per game and 1.1 rebounds per game...Played the 2015-16 season at South Moun- Offensive Line // 6-4 // 318 tain Community College...Standout football player at Cienega High School... Earned three varsity letters...Team captain as a senior and two-time team MVP... Oceanside, Calif. (Oceanside HS) First-Team All-Southern Arizona...First-Team All-State Division II as a senior... All-Conference selection...Totaled 91 tackles and five interceptions as a senior... High School: Graduated in 2018 from Oceanside High School … Letterwinner in Helped lead his team to the state semifinals and an 11-2 record...Also recruited football at offensive line and basketball at center … Voted team captain … Team to play basketball at Tennessee State, UC-Davis, Minnesota and San Francisco. MVP as a senior … Four-time All-Conference and All-City selection … Three-year Personal: All-CIF honoree … School’s Athlete of the Year … Team MVP in basketball ... Con- Son of Karine and Marc Johnson...Father played professional basket- sensus 3-star recruit. ball for 13 years in France and Belgium. Personal: Son of Vickie and Chris Laie … Has five sisters and one brother ... Un- decided on a major. JAMARYE JOINER #10

Freshman K’HARI LANE #11 Quarterback // 6-1 // 210 Freshman (RS) Tucson, Ariz. (Cienega HS) Quarterback // 6-1 // 222 High School: Graduated in 2018 from Cienega High School … Letterwinner in Montezuma, Ga. (Macon County HS) football and track and field … Competed in 100-meters, 110-meter hurdles and long jump in track and field … Three-time team captain … All-Southern Arizo- 2017: na … All-State, Division II … Three-time All-Conference selection … Member of Redshirted. the school honor roll with high honors … Holds school records for most passing High School: Graduated in 2017 from Macon County High School (Ga.)…Two- yards, most overall yards and the school long jump mark … Guided his team to a time team captain and most valuable player…Middle Georgia Player of the Year... 12-1 season as a senior and a spot in the state semifinals … Helped set the school State record holder for touchdown passes…Led his team to a 12-2 record and a record for wins in a season … Threw for 2,196 yards as a senior with 26 touch- state championship as a senior…Threw for 3,740 yards, 56 touchdowns and just downs to seven interceptions … Rushed for 1,399 yards and 18 touchdowns … two interceptions his senior year…Also played basketball and track and field. Threw for 3,909 yards his final two seasons of high school. Personal: Son of Charlie Lane and Krista Hudson…Has one brother, Kingston… Personal: Son of Alton Frazier and Christina Pena … Has three brothers, Jordan, Majoring in journalism with a minor in communication. Jaiden and Jalen … Has four sisters, Faith, Hope, Destiny and Sara … Undecided on a major. BRANDEN LEON #38 DYLAN KLUMPH #42 Junior (RS) Graduate Running Back // 5-8 // 213 Punter // 6-3 // 229 Goodyear, Ariz. (Estrella Foothills HS)

Malibu, Calif. (Crespi HS/Golden West College/ UC Berkeley) 2017: Played in all 13 games as a reserve running back and special teams contrib- utor … Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention selection … Averaged 6.2 yards Before Arizona: Played at Cal from 2015-2017 after one season at Golden West per carry, gaining 81 yards on 13 totes with one touchdown for the season … College in 2014 ... Averaged 43 yards per punt in 2017 on 46 attempts ... Had Gained 14 yards on only carry of the game to help UA set a school record with 534 three touchbacks, 13 fair catches, 11 land inside the 20-yard line and 14 that went rushing yards against Oregon State (Nov. 11) … Ran twice for eight yards in victory for 50 or more yards ... Averaged 44.8 yards per punt in 2016 with 15 kicks that at California (Oct. 21) … Totaled 29 yards on five totes in victory at UTEP (Sept. 15) went 50 or more yards ... Two-time Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week ... … Scored a 10-yard touchdown while picking up 30 yards on five carries in season Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week for his performance against Washington as a opener against NAU (Sept. 2). sophomore ... Played one season for Golden West, averaging 40.6 yards per punt 2016: Played in all 12 games as a reserve running backing and frequent special on 50 attempts ... Had a career-long 76-yard punt at Long Beach in the Beach teams contributor … Rushed eight times for 38 yards, an average of 4.8 yards Bowl ... Prepped at Crespi High School, graduating in 2014 ... Averaged 38 yards per carry … Carried four times for 18 yards against USC (Oct. 15), which included per punt as a senior. a 10-yard rush … Tallied career-high 20 yards on four attempts against Stanford Personal: Son of Debra and Bruce Klumpf ... Has one brother, Bruce Jr ... Pursing (Oct. 29). a masters in educational leadership. High School: Football, basketball and track and field letterwinner at Estrella Hills Career Punting Stats High School … Division 4 all-section and all-state honoree … Team captain as a Season GP ATT YDS Long AVG TB FC I20 50+ BLK senior … State runner-up at 200 meters and school record holder as a member 2016 (Cal) 12 50 2240 64 44.8 3 7 18 15 0 of the 4x100. 2017 (Cal) 12 46 1976 59 43.0 3 13 11 14 0 Total (Cal) 24 96 4216 64 43.9 6 20 29 29 0 Personal: Son of Brandon Sr. & Georgia Leon...Majoring in criminal justice. Career Rushing Stats Season GP ATT YDS TD Long AVG/A AVG/G ALEX KOSINSKI #74 2016 12 8 38 0 10 4.8 3.2 2017 13 13 81 1 14 6.2 6.2 Total 25 21 119 1 14 5.7 4.8 Junior (RS) Offensive Line // 6-4 // 292 Larkspur, Calif. (Redwood HS)

2017: Saw action in six games as a backup on the line and a contributor to the special teams/PAT unit … Played in all three non-conference games, and earned playing time in victories against California (Oct. 21), Washington State (Oct. 28) and Oregon State (Nov. 11).

2016: Saw action in nine contests as a top reserve at multiple positions up front … First collegiate appearance came in comeback victory against Grambling State (Sept. 10) … Member of offensive line that helped produce Pac-12’s top rushing offense with 235.0 yards per game … A regular contributor on field goal/PAT unit. High School: Football and rugby letterwinner at Redwood High School … Team captain in 2013 and 2014 and team MVP in 2014 … Two-time all-conference, 2014

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TSHIYOMBU LUKUSA #70 JOSH MCCAULEY #50

Sophomore (RS) Sophomore (RS) Offensive Line // 6-5 // 308 Offensive Line // 6-3 // 292 Traverse, Mich. (DePaul Catholic/Michigan State) Mesa, Ariz. (Mesa Red Mountain HS)

2017: Sat out following transfer. 2017: Earned playing time in three contests as a backup on the offensive line … Before Arizona: Enrolled at Michigan State in the winter of 2016 and participat- First collegiate action came in season-opening victory over Northern Arizona ed in spring drills with the Spartans…Redshirted the 2016 season…Began his high (Sept. 2) … Also saw action against UTEP (Sept. 15) and Oregon State (Nov. 11). school career at Traverse City (Michigan) West High School…Transferred to De- 2016: Redshirted. Paul Catholic in Wayne, New Jersey for his senior season…Didn’t allow a sack his senior season…Named USA Today All-USA New Jersey Second-Team…Ranked as High School: Football, basketball and track and field letterwinner at Red Moun- a Scout Top 300 prospect (289)…Ranked as the 30th best offensive lineman in his tain High School…Captain and Team MVP his senior season…First-team All-State, Division I…Finished in top 10 at state track and field meet in shot put and discus. class by ESPN.com. Personal: Son of Ngandu and Kami Lukusa … Majoring in general studies with a Personal: Son of Kraig and Anne McCauley…Has one brother, Sam, and one sis- minor in in psychology. ter, Catie…Majoring in criminal justice studies. ABRAHAM MAIAVA JR. #71 RICHARD MERRITT VI #53

Junior (RS) Sophomore (RS) Defensive Tackle // 6-2 // 300 Linebacker // 6-0 // 222 Fagatogo, American Samoa (Tafuna HS/Alcorn State Clovis, Calif. (Buchanan HS)

Before Arizona: Played two seasons at the New Mexico Military Institute...Grad- 2017: Made collegiate debut on the road at UTEP (Sept. 15). uated in 2014 from Tafuna High School in American Samoa...Earned two letters 2016: Redshirted. in football as an offensive lineman and one in baseball...Two-time football team captain...Helped guide his team to a state championship and was named best High School: Football, track and field and baseball letterwinner at Buchanan lineman and best offensive player of the game for the championship game. High School…Co-captain his senior year…Honorable mention all-conference in 2013…Recorded 76 tackles and two interceptions his senior season. Personal: Son of Marie and Amani Maiava...Has one brother, Lene, and one sister, Nerisa...Brother played offensive line at Arizona. Personal: Son of Rich and Shannon Merritt…Father played golf at San Jose State…Has one brother, Matthew…Pre-Business major. THOMAS MARCUS JR. #84 SAMMY MORRISON #27 Freshman Junior (RS) Receiver // 6-2 // 203 Cornerback // 5-10 // 177 San Diego, Calif. (San Diego HS) Leesburg, Va. (Gonzaga College HS) High School: Graduated in 2018 from San Diego High School … Four-year letter- 2017: winner as a wide receiver, quarterback, safety and cornerback … Also earned four Played in eight games as a reserve cornerback and special teams contribu- letters in basketball and baseball … Voted team captain and MVP in football … tor … Totaled four tackles on the season … Recorded one assisted tackle in home All-San Diego County selection … Caught 23 passes for 464 yards and nine touch- win over No. 15 Washington State (Oct. 28) … Tallied one solo tackle in home downs as a senior … Also ran for 424 yards and nine touchdowns on 45 carries victory over UCLA (Oct. 14) … Opened season with two solo tackles in victory … Passed for 1,444 yards in two seasons in time at quarterback … Had 48 catches over NAU (Sept. 2). for 841 yards and 12 touchdowns his junior and senior seasons at wide receiver … 2016: Redshirted. Also had Division I offers for basketball. 2015: Played in 12 of team’s 13 contests as a true freshman in the secondary and Personal: Son of Priscilla Cortez and Thomas Marcus … Has three sisters … Un- on special teams … Impressed coaches in camp to earn starts in first two colle- decided on a major. giate games against UTSA (9/3) and Nevada (9/12), recording one tackle in each game … Added another tackle in home victory over NAU (9/19). ANTHONY MARISCAL #25 High School: Team captain in the secondary for Gonzaga College High School … Totaled 70 tackles, three interceptions and two forced fumbles as a senior … All-conference, all-city and all-district selection … PrepStar All-Atlantic Region. Junior (RS) Personal: Son of Darryl and JoAnn Morrison, both UA graduates … Father played Running Back // 5-10 // 212 for Dick Tomey on Arizona’s “Desert Swarm” defense and with the Washington Redskins … Sister, Faith, is on the Washington gymnastics team...Majoring in gen- Bakersfield, Calif. (Liberty HS) eral studies with a film and TV minor. Career Defensive Stats Spring 2018: Moved from defensive back to running back. Season GP UA A TOT TFL TFLY PD FF FR SACKS YDS 2017: Played in one game (vs. Washington State). 2015 12 2 1 3 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 2017 8 3 1 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 2016: Appeared in eight games with one start at the “spur” safety position … Total 20 5 2 7 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 Established season high with six total tackles – all solo – along with a pass break- up against BYU (Sept. 3) in Cactus Kickoff Classic in Glendale, Ariz. … Made first career start and tallied three tackles in victory against Grambling State (Sept. 10) … Collected a pair of tackles at UCLA (Oct. 1) … Recorded two solo stops at Wash- ington State (Nov. 5) … Matched season-high with six tackles, including four solo stops, in Territorial Cup victory over Arizona State (Nov. 25). 2015: Redshirted. High School: Played running back and safety for Liberty High School … 2015 West Coast Bowl … PrepStar All-West Region … Scout.com and Rivals.com three- star recruit … Three-time all-conference, two-time all-district, two-time all-region and all-state defender … Four-year Liberty HS MVP. Personal: Son of George and Lori Mariscal...Majoring in criminal justice studies. Anthony Mariscal Career Defensive Stats Season GP UA A TOT TFL TFLY PD FF FR SACKS YDS 2015 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2016 8 15 4 19 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 2017 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 11 15 4 19 1.0 1 1 0 0 0

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All-State and two-time All-District honor … Ranked No. 3 safety in Louisiana by JAMIE NUNLEY #85 Scout.com … Also ran track for years at St. John. Personal: Son of Alex Henderson and Melba Parks…Has four brothers, Dameon, Antone, Ahmad and Chase, and one sister, Alisha…Majoring in literacy, learning Sophomore (RS) and leadership. Tight End // 6-5 // 231 Career Defensive Stats Murrieta, Calif. (Vista Murrieta HS) Season GP UA A TOT TFL TFLY PD FF FR SACKS YDS 2017 13 6 1 7 0.0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 Total 13 6 1 7 0.0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 2017: Played in 11 of 13 games, missing only contests against NAU (Sept. 2) and Utah (Sept. 22) … Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention … Led the team with an impressive 26.5 yards per catch … Totaled 159 yards and a touchdown on six JAKE PETERS #80 receptions for the season … Also blocked for the Pac-12’s top rushing attack, which ranked third nationally with 309.3 yards per game … Hauled in a 16-yard pass at Arizona State (Nov. 25) … Caught one ball for five yards at USC (Nov. 4) Freshman … Notched first career 100-yard receiving game, totaling 116 yards on two pass receptions, including a 48-yard touchdown and a 68-yard catch, in upset of No. Tight End // 6-4 // 222 15 Washington State (Oct. 28) … Hauled in first two pass receptions of his career, Coto de Caza, Calif. (Santa Margarita Catholic HS) gaining 22 yards, in victory at UTEP (Sept. 15). 2016: Redshirted. High School: Graduated in 2018 from Santa Margarita Catholic High School … Three-year letterwinner at tight end and defensive end … Also earned three let- Spring 2016: Enrolled in January and participated in spring drills after grayshirt- ters in basketball as a power forward … Served as team captain as a senior … ing in 2015. First-Team All-Conference his senior season … Hauled in 13 catches for 131 yards High School: Graduated in 2015 from Vista Murrieta High School in Murrieta, as a senior, with 11 tackles on defense … Consensus three-star recruit. Calif. … Rated a three-star recruit in 2014 class, including No. 25 tight end by ESPN Personal: Son of Kris and John Peters…Has one sister, Katelyn … Father played … 2014 All-League, All-CIF, All-Area and All-Inland … Had 38 receptions for 577 quarterback at Arizona in 198 5… Uncle, Joel Peters, played defensive tackle at yards as senior … Played basketball freshman and sophomore year … Ran track Arizona State … Pre-Business major. freshman, sophomore, and junior year, plus volleyball senior year. Personal: Son of John and Meri Jo Nunley…Has three sisters, Morgan, Madison and Marlee…Morgan plays volleyball at Concordia University….Literacy, Learning CEDRIC PETERSON #18 and Leadership major. Career Receiving Stats Junior (RS) Season GP REC YDS TD Long REC/G AVG/C AVG/G 2017 11 6 159 1 68 0.5 26.5 14.5 Receiver // 5-11 // 193 Total 11 6 159 1 68 0.5 26.5 14.5 Moreno Valley, Calif. (Rancho Verde HS)

ANTHONY PANDY #26 2017: Played in all 13 games with eight starts … Hauled in 18 passes for 57 yards on the season … A sturdy perimeter blocker who help spring some big gains in the rushing attack that ranked third-nationally with 309.3 yards per game … Sophomore Returned one kickoff for 13 yards at Arizona State (Nov. 25) … Had one catch for Linebacker // 6-0 // 225 11 yards in final home victory over Oregon State (Nov. 11) … Recorded a 24-yard kickoff return in upset win over No. 15 Washington State (Oct. 28) … Career high Carson, Calif. (Narbonne HS) three catches for 19 yards in conference opener against Utah (Sept. 22) … One grab for five yards in road win at UTEP (Sept. 15) … Totaled 17 yards on a pair of receptions against Houston (Sept. 9) … First catch of season went for five yards 2017: Played in each of the final 11 games as a key linebacker reserve and special in win over NAU (Sept. 2). teams contributor … Totaled nine tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, one sack and a pass breakup as true freshman … Did not record any statistics against Purdue in the 2016: Steadily improved throughout season before seeing season cut short due Foster Farms Bowl (Dec. 27) or against Arizona State (Nov. 25) … Had one tackle injury after first career start … Averaged 15.7 yards per catch on his three recep- at Oregon (Nov. 18) … Broke up a pass and added a tackle for loss in home win tions for the season … Made collegiate debut in second game against Grambling over Oregon State (Nov. 11) … Recorded one tackle in road contest at USC (Nov. State (Sept. 10) … First career pass reception went for 11 yards at UCLA (Oct. 1) … 4) … Tallied a season-high three tackles, including a split tackle for loss, in dou- Hauled in season-long 31 yard pass at No. 24 Utah (Oct. 8) … Registered one pass ble-overtime road win at California (Oct. 21) … Picked up one tackle in road win at reception for five yards against USC (Oct. 29) … Made first career start against Colorado (Oct. 7) … Made collegiate debut with two tackles, including first career Stanford (Oct. 29), but suffered season-ending injury. sack, in road victory at UTEP (Sept. 15). 2015: Redshirted. High School: Graduated in 2017 from Narbonne High School in California… High School: Football and track and field letterwinner for Rancho Verde High Earned four letters in football as a safety, linebacker and defensive end…Served School … O-D All-American Bowl … PrepStar All-West Region … Scout.com and as a co-captain his senior year…Rated as a consensus three-star recruit…Earned Rivals.com three-star recruit … All-conference, all-city and all-state honoree … All-Conference and All-City honors as a senior…Totaled 125 tackles and 12 sacks Scholar Athlete and principal’s honor roll. as a senior…Had 88 solo stops…Helped lead his team to a 14-1 record and a state Personal: championship. Son of Kenya McAllister and Cindy Peterson...Majoring in public man- agement and policy with a minor in business administration. Personal: Son of Carlotta Main…Has two brothers, Antonio and Roman, and four sisters…Undecided on a major. Career Receiving Stats Career Defensive Stats Season GP REC YDS TD Long REC/G AVG/C AVG/G 2016 6 3 47 0 31 0.5 15.7 7.8 Season GP UA A TOT TFL TFLY PD FF FR SACKS YDS 2017 13 8 57 0 14 0.6 7.1 4.4 2017 11 7 2 9 2.5 7 1 0 0 1.0 5 Total 19 11 104 0 31 0.6 9.5 5.5 Total 11 7 2 9 2.5 7 1 0 0 1.0 5 Career Kick Return Stats Season GP ATT YDS TD Long AVG/R AVG/G ANTONIO PARKS #4 2016 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2017 13 3 58 0 24 19.3 4.5 Total 19 3 58 0 24 19.3 3.1 Sophomore (RS) Cornerback // 5-10 // 204 BLAKE PFAFF #33 New Orleans, La. (East St. John HS) Freshman (RS) 2017: Played in all 13 games as a reserve in the secondary and on special teams Safety // 5-11 // 184 coverage units … Recorded seven tackles and broke up a pass during the season … Registered one solo tackle in each game against Oregon (Nov. 18) and Oregon Lucas, Texas (Lovejoy HS) State (Nov. 11) … Split a tackle in double-overtime road victory at California (Oct. 21) … Recorded one solo tackle in each contest against Utah (Sept. 22) and at High School: Graduated in 2017 from Lovejoy High School...Earned three letters in UTEP (Sept. 15). Also had a pass breakup against UTEP … Opened season with two football as a defensive back and three in track and field as a hurdler and triple solo tackles against NAU (Sept. 2). jumper...Served as football team captain as a senior...Named team MVP as a se- 2016: Redshirted. nior...Two-time All-District selection...Two-time Academic All-District...Registered Spring 2016: 92 tackles, three interceptions, three sacks, one forced fumble and one defensive Enrolled in January and participated in spring practice after touchdown as a senior...All-Region triple jumper as a senior. grayshirting in 2015. Personal: High School: Son of Christina and Doug Pfaff...Has one brother, Hunter, and one sis- Graduated in 2015 from East St. John High School in Louisiana … ter, Madi...Dad was a kicker for Arizona in 1988 and 1989 under coach Dick Tomey... Rated a three-star recruit by Scout.com, 247 Sports and ESPN … ESPN ranked him Mom was a member of the Arizona pomline...Pre-business major. as the No. 85 athlete nationally … St. John honor for best defensive back … 2014

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2015: Served as the backup place-kicker … Made first career extra point try SHAWN POINDEXTER #19 against NAU (9/19) … Averaged 65.0 yards on two kickoffs in that contests … Was on travel squad but did not see additional opportunities. Senior (RS) 2014: Redshirted his true freshman year. High School: Football, soccer and wrestling letterman for Highland Park High Receiver // 6-5 // 218 School … 2013 all-conference and all-region honoree … No. 27 kicker and No. 19 Peoria, Ariz. (Centennial HS/Glendale CC) punter in the class of 2014 according to Kohl’s Kicking Camps … As a senior, made eight of 12 field goals and six of eight successful onside kicks … Had 44 punts for 2017: Started all 13 games at wide receiver … Selected as a game captain on three 37.1 yards per kick. occasions, including against Utah, California and Arizona State … Caught 19 pass- Personal: Son of Steven and Wendy Pollack … Graduated in May of 2018 with a es for 294 yards, an impressive 15.5 yards per grab … A key perimeter blocker degree in psychology … Studying accounting for his graduate program. that helped team rank third nationally and set a school record with 309.3 rushing Josh Pollack Career Field Goal Stats yards per game … Caught first career touchdown pass (31 yards) against Purdue in the Foster Farms Bowl (Dec. 27). Totaled 71 yards on five total catches … Hauled Season GP Made Att Long Pct Blkd in a career-long 48-yard reception as part of a two-catch, 53-yard output at Ari- 2015 3 0 0 0 0 0 2016 12 9 14 46 64.29 0 zona State (Nov. 25) … Two grabs for 28 yards at Oregon (Nov. 18) … Brought in 2017 13 11 15 45 73.33 2 one catch for 11 yards at USC (Nov. 11) … Collected a 43-yard reception in upset Total 28 20 29 46 68.97 2 win of No. 15 Washington State (Oct. 28) … One catch for 25 yards in road win at California (Oct. 21) … Had one catch in each of three-consecutive games against Career Kickoff Stats Colorado (Oct. 7), Utah (Sept. 22) and at UTEP (Sept. 15) … Recorded four catches Season GP ATT YDS AVG TB OB for 36 yards against Houston (Sept. 9). 2015 3 2 130 65.0 0 0 2016 12 24 1269 52.9 5 2 2016: Played in 10 games, but hampered by injuries most of the season … Aver- 2017 13 2 68 34.0 0 0 aged 13.7 yards per reception … Hauled in first collegiate pass on a 19-yard gain Total 28 28 1467 52.4 5 2 in Cactus Kickoff Classic against BYU in Glendale, Ariz. (Sept. 3) … Caught one pass Career Punting Stats for nine yards in home opener against Grambling State (Sept. 10) … Season-long Season GP ATT YDS Long AVG TB FC I20 50+ BLK 25-yard reception in victory against Hawai’i (Sept. 17) … Season-high three recep- 2015 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 tions for 29 yards in conference opener against No. 9 Washington (Sept. 24) … 2016 12 48 2028 67 42.3 2 6 15 10 0 Missed next two games entirely due to injury. 2017 13 15 519 54 34.6 0 2 6 2 0 Junior College: Signed with the Wildcats in Feburary 2016 after playing for Glen- Total 28 63 2547 67 40.4 2 8 21 12 0 dale Community College in 2015 …. Listed as a two-star prospect on most recruit- Career Scoring Stats ing services … Caught 47 passes for 727 yards and seven touchdowns in 2015 … Season GP TD Rush REC RET FG PAT 2PT TOT AVG/G First team All-ACCAC and 2nd team All-WSFL. 2015 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.3 2016 12 0 0 0 0 9 36 0 63 5.3 High School: Graduated in 2012 from Centennial High School in Glendale, Ariz. … 2017 13 0 0 0 0 11 65 0 98 7.5 Played football with current Wildcat teammate Layth Friekh … Also played vol- Total 28 0 0 0 0 20 102 0 162 5.8 leyball and basketball in high school … Initially signed to play volleyball at Cal Baptist out of high school, but never enrolled. Personal: Son of Darnell Poindexter and Dana Mule…Has three brothers, Kyle, THOMAS REID III #40 Justin and Ryan…Majoring in communication with a thematic minor. Career Receiving Stats Sophomore (RS) Season GP REC YDS TD Long REC/G AVG/C AVG/G 2016 10 6 82 0 25 0.6 13.7 8.2 Receiver // 6-2 // 204 2017 13 19 294 1 48 1.5 15.5 22.6 Chesapeake, Va. (Radford HS) Total 23 25 376 1 48 1.1 15.0 16.3 2017: Played in eight games primarily as a special teams contributor … Recorded JOSH POLLACK #30 first career tackle in season-opener against Northern Arizona (Sept. 2). 2016: Redshirted. Graduate High School: Graduated in 2016 from Radford High School in Chesapeake, Vir- Kicker/Punter // 5-10 // 184 ginia…Earned four letters in football at wide receiver…Also a four-year letter- winner in track and field…Voted team MVP in football in 2014 and co-captain in Highland Park, Ill. (Highland Park HS) 2015…Two-time Division II All-State selection…Graduated with cum laude hon- ors…Had 26 catches for 636 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior…Helped 2017: Used in a variety of roles throughout the season, including on place kicks, guide his team to a 13-0 season and a state championship…Two-time state cham- punting and kickoffs … Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention … Was the pion in track and field as part of the 4X400 relay team. team’s primary place-kicker, totaling 98 points, including 65-of-67 extra point Personal: Son of Thomas Jr., and Gale Reid…Has two brothers…Majoring in psy- tries and 11-of-15 field goal tries … Went 9-of-11 on field goals inside 40 yards, chology. while converting a 45-yarder … Punted 15 times for an average of 34.6 yards, put- ting six inside the 20-yardline … Also kicked off twice on the season … Converted a 24-yard field goal try at Arizona State (Nov. 25) … Punted four times, placing one inside the 20 at Oregon (Nov. 18) … Punted once for 44 yards in final home NICK REINHARDT #56 victory over Oregon State (Nov. 11) … Had four punts paced by a 52-yarder at USC (Nov. 4) … Perfect 2-for-2 on field goals, 7-of-7 on PATs and punted five times, Senior (RS) including a season long 54-yarder, in upset of No. 15 Washington State (Oct. 28). The 13 total points were a single-game high … Made one of two field goal tries Snapper // 6-1 // 241 and drilled all six PAT kicks in double-overtime road victory at California (Oct. 21) Scottsdale, Ariz. (Notre Dame Prep) … Tallied 11 points on 2-of-3 field goals and 5-of-6 extra points in victory over UCLA (Oct. 14) … Went 6-for-6 on PATs and made a 24-yard field goal in a three- point road win over Colorado (Oct. 7) … Made a 32-yard field goal against Utah 2017: Suffered a season-ending knee injury in the opener against NAU (Sept. 2) (Sept. 22) … Perfect 8-for-8 on extra points in road win at UTEP (Sept. 15). Also … Was expected to handle all snapping duties throughout the season. kicked off twice … Converted 3-of-4 field goals, including a season long 45-yard- 2016: Handled all snapping duties on punts and field goals/PATs throughout the er, against Houston (Sept. 9) … Opened season going 7-of-8 on extra point tries season ... Wildcat kicking units were 36-for-36 on extra point tries and 9-for-14 against NAU (Sept. 2). (64.3 percent) on field goals, including a perfect 8-for-8 inside 40 yards, through- 2016: Earned primary place-kicking duties in fall camp, while also serving starting out the year ... Team punted 61 times for an average of 41.6 yards without allow- punter much of season in addition to splitting kickoffs … Team scoring leader ing a block. with 63 total points … Finished season 9-for-14 (64.3 percent) on field goals, with 2015: Played in all 13 games … Handled all short snaps throughout the season a long of 46 yards … Made all eight field goal tries inside 40 yards … Perfect 36- and added long snapping responsibilities beginning with the Stanford contest for-36 on extra point tries … Punted 48 times for 2,028 yards (42.2 average) with (10/3) through bowl game. a long of 67 yards … Totaled 10 punts of 50-plus yards and downed 15 inside the 20-yardline … Kicked off 24 times with five touchbacks … Opened season making 2014: Redshirted his true freshman year. a season-long 46-yarder against BYU (Sept. 3) in the Cactus Kickoff Classic in High School: Under Armour All-American … Won the long snapping competition Glendale, Ariz. Also had a season-long try of 52 yards in the contest … Set season national championships at Kohl’s Kicking … Honor Roll student. high with two made field goals (27, 28 yards) in home victory over Hawai’i (Sept. 17) … Strong punting performance with a 65-yarder and two boots downed inside Personal: Son of John and Jennifer Reinhardt … Father played football at Nebras- 20-yardline against No. 9 Washington (Sept. 24) … Punted a career-most 10 times ka … Two uncles, Ed and Tom Reinhardt, played football at Colorado and one, with an average of 39.2 yards at UCLA (Oct. 1) … Set season-high with a 67-yard Matt Reinhardt, at Oregon … Majoring in urban and regional development, with punt against USC (Oct. 15) … Career-high four field goal tries (made from 23, a minor in business administration. missed 44, 44 and 50 yards) against Colorado (Nov. 12) … Made all extra point tries in season-ending Territorial Cup victory over Arizona State (25). 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… Collected first career tackle in collegiate debut against NAU (Sept. 2). DONALD REITER #51 High School: Graduated in 2017 from Mission Viejo High School (Calif.)…Rated as a Three-Star Recruit by 247sports…Earned three letters in football as a running Sophomore (RS) back and linebacker…Also earned three letters each in basketball and track and field…Two-time team captain for the football program and team MVP as a senior Snapper // 5-10 // 248 in 2016…Two-Time All-CIF Southern Section…First-Team All-Country and Orange County Defensive Player of the Year…Had 77 tackles as a senior…Rushed for 1,161 Glendale, Ariz. (Brophy Prep) yards and gathered 464 receiving yards with 25 total touchdowns…Helped his team go 11-1 as a senior; good enough to be ranked No. 43 in the nation. 2017: Assumed primary long-snapping duties and some short-snapping for the Personal: Son of Tom and Christine Schooler…Has one brother and one sister… final 12 games of the season. Dad, Tom, played football at Eastern Michigan…Mom, Christine, played volleyball 2016: Redshirted. Was not needed as backup long-snapper. at Cal State LA…Brother, Brendan, plays football at Oregon. High School: Football and track and field letterwinner at Brophy College Prep… Career Defensive Stats - Schooler First-team all-region in 2014…All-State All-Academic honorable mention in 2014 Season GP UA A TOT TFL TFLY PD FF FR SACKS YDS and 2015. 2017 13 67 28 95 13.5 37 3 1 0 4.0 21 Total 13 67 28 95 13.5 37 3 1 0 4.0 21 Personal: Son of Don and Rammy Reiter…Has one brother, Ross, and one sister, Career Interception Stats Jacqueline…Pre-business major. Season GP NO Yards TD Long Avg/R Avg/G 2017 13 2 119 1 66 59.5 9.2 RHETT RODRIGUEZ #4 Total 13 2 119 1 66 59.5 9.2

Sophomore RHEDI SHORT #24 Quarterback // 6-0 // 201 Freshman (RS) Tucson, Ariz. (Catalina Foothills HS) Safety // 6-0 // 185 2017: Played in two games as a reserve quarterback … Completed first career pass Los Angeles, Calif. (Cathedral HS) attempt for 10 yards in road win at UTEP (Sept. 15) … Saw first collegiate action and scored a rushing touchdown in season opener against NAU (Sept. 2). 2017: Redshirted. High School: Graduated in 2017 from Catalina Foothills High School…Served as the team captain for two years…First-Team 4A All-State…2016 Kino Region First- High School: Graduated in 2017 from Cathedral High School in Los Angeles… Team as a senior…2015 Division III, Section VI First-Team…4A Offensive Player of First-team All-Angelus League as a junior and senior…Team captain his senior the Year as a senior…Southern Arizona Offensive Player of the Year as a senior… year…Selected for the Polynesian All-American Bowl as a senior…Registered 47 Honors Student freshmen-senior years…Awarded Catalina Foothills High School tackles in 10 games as a senior…Added 12 passes defended, two sacks, two forced Outstanding Scholar-Athlete of the Year as a senior…Threw for 2,996 yards as a fumbles and one fumble recovery…Helped guide his team to an 11-1 record as a senior with 30 touchdowns and three interceptions…Also rushed for 592 yards senior. and 15 touchdowns…Holds the school record for most passing touchdowns in Personal: Son of Ronald Short and Hellen Zuniga…Majoring in pre-business. a game and season…Led his team to the state championship as a senior…Also played basketball. Personal: Son of Rich & Rita Rodriguez … Has one sister, Raquel … Father served DARRIUS SMITH #20 six seasons as the head coach at UA (2012-17) … Sister was four-year member of the cheer team, including a senior captain in 2017 … Majoring in pre-business. Freshman Career Passing Stats Running Back // 5-9 // 175 Season GP CMP ATT INT YDS TD Long % AVG/P AVG/G 2017 2 1 1 0 10 0 10 100 10.0 5.0 Houston, Texas (Dawson HS) Total 2 1 1 0 10 0 10 100 10.0 5.0 Career Rushing Stats High School: Graduated in 2018 from Dawson High School in Pearland, Texas … Season GP ATT YDS TD Long AVG. AVG/G Three-year letterwinner in football at running back, cornerback and kick returner 2017 2 4 -1 1 12 -0.3 -0.5 … Two-time team captain … Two-time team MVP … Three-time All District 23-6A Total 2 4 -1 1 12 -0.3 -0.5 selection … District Player of the Year as a junior in 2016 … Holds school records in rushing touchdowns in a game, rushing yards in a game and points scored in COLIN SCHOOLER #7 a game. Personal: Son of Darrilyn Bartlow and Darryl Smith … Has one brother, Darryl Smith III, and one sister, Darrieon Smith … Pre-business major. Sophomore Linebacker // 6-0 // 236 NAHE SULUNGA #58 Dana Point, Calif. (Mission Viejo HS) Freshman Honors & Awards: * 2017 Freshman All-American Defensive Tackle // 6-2 // 270 (FWAA, USA Today, ESPN.com, 247 Sports, College Football News) Inglewood, Calif. (Calabasas HS) * 2017 Pac-12 Freshman Defensive Player of the Year * 2017 Pac-12 All-Conference (Honorable Mention) High School: * 2017 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 21 vs. California) Graduated in 2018 from Calabasas High School … Letterwinner in football and rugby … Voted team captain and team MVP … Member of the 2017: Played in 13 games, including starts in each of the final nine games at the school’s honor roll ... All-Conference and All-City honoree … Helped his team go “MIKE” linebacker position … Named the Pac-12 Freshman Defensive Player of 24-3 in during his junior and senior seasons … Also helped guide rugby team to a the Year … Earned numerous Freshman All-American honors, including from the league championship … Consensus three-star recruit. FWAA, USA Today, ESPN.com, 247 Sports and College Football News … Earned Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention honors … Led all FBS freshman de- Personal: Son of Ilaisaane and David Sulunga … Has two brothers, Theordore fenders with 13.5 tackles for loss, each coming in a Pac-12 Conference game … and Posesi and one sister, Savannah … Pre-Business major. The 13.5 tackles for loss were most for a UA freshman in more than 20 seasons … Finished season with 95 total tackles, leading team with 67 solo stops … Added four sacks, a forced fumble and a pass break up … Intercepted two passes, re- JOSH SZOTT #87 turning them 119 combined yards with one touchdown … Turned in seven tackles against Purdue in the Foster Farms Bowl (Dec. 27) … Totaled 13 tackles, including Freshman two for loss with a sack, against Arizona State (Nov. 25) … Collected a dozen tackles, including three behind the line, at Oregon (Nov. 18) … Registered six solo Receiver // 6-2 // 189 stops, three tackles for loss and two sacks in victory over Oregon State (Nov. 11) … Racked up 10 tackles, including one for loss, at USC (Nov. 4) … Intercepted a Morristown, N.J. (Hun HS) pass and returned it 66 yards for a touchdown along with seven tackles in upset of No. 15 Washington State (Oct. 28) … Named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the High School: Graduated in 2018 from the Hun School of Princeton ... Earned two Week for a 14-tackle performance that included the game-clinching break up of letters in football as a wide receiver and safety ... Prepped at Morristown High a two-point conversion try in double overtime of victory at California (Oct. 21) … School in New Jersey prior to enrolling at the Hun School ... All-Region selection Chipped in five stops – all solo – in first home start against UCLA (Oct. 14) … Made ... All-Prep New Jersey as a senior ... Caught 41 passes for 1,021 yards and 17 touch- first collegiate start with six tackles and a sack in road win at Colorado (Oct. 7) downs as a senior ... Also an all-county basketball player. … Totaled eight tackles – seven solo – with two for loss against Utah (Sept. 22) … Personal: Son of Andrea and Dave Szott ... Has one brother, Shane ... Father Collected three tackles, forced a fumble and returned an interception 53 yards in played 14 seasons in the NFL for the Chiefs, Redskins and Jets and currently serves road win at UTEP (Sept. 15) … Tallied three solo tackles against Houston (Sept. 9) as the Director of Player Development for the Jets.

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KHALIL TATE #14 2017 Game-by-Game Passing Comp. Att. Yards INT TD Long Avg. NAU 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 Junior Houston 5 8 41 1 0 14 5.1 Colorado 12 13 154 0 1 60 11.8 Quarterback // 6-2 // 215 UCLA 9 13 148 0 1 53 11.4 Cal 10 15 166 1 2 56 11.1 Inglewood, Calif. (Junipero Serra HS) Wash. St. 10 17 275 1 2 68 16.2 USC 14 31 146 2 2 30 4.7 Honors and Awards: Ore. St. 5 7 68 1 0 23 9.7 * 2018 Preseason Watch Lists: Walter Camp, Davey O’Brien, Maxwell & Manning Oregon 18 35 159 2 1 19 4.5 * 2017 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention ASU 11 13 132 0 0 42 10.2 * 2017 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention Purdue 17 26 302 1 5 40 11.6 * 2017 Manning Award Finalist TOTALS 111 179 1591 9 14 68 8.9 * 2017 Maxwell Award Semifinalist 2017 Game-by-Game Rushing 2017 Game-by-Game Tot. Offense * 2017 Davey O’Brien Award Semifinalist Plays Yards Avg. TD * 2017 Four Straight Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week Att. Yds TD Long Avg. NAU 6 62 0 40 10.3 NAU 7 62 8.9 0 * 2017 Walter Camp National Player of the Week (Oct. 9) Houston 4 24 0 10 6.0 Houston 12 65 5.4 0 * 2017 Maxwell Award National Player of the Week (Oct. 9) at Colorado 14 327 4 75 23.4 at Colorado 27 481 17.8 5 * 2017 Athlon National Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 9) UCLA 15 230 2 71 15.3 UCLA 28 378 13.5 3 * 2017 CFPA National Performer of the Week (Oct. 16) at Cal 17 137 1 76 8.1 at Cal 32 303 9.5 3 * 2017 Manning Award Star of the Week (Oct. 16 and Oct. 30) Wash. St. 13 146 1 82 11.2 Wash. St. 30 421 14.0 3 * 2017 Davey O’Brien Great 8 (Oct. 9, Oct. 16 and Oct. 30) at USC 26 161 1 54 6.2 at USC 57 307 5.4 3 Ore. St. 16 206 2 71 12.9 Ore. St. 23 274 11.9 2 2017: Played in 11 games, starting the final eight … Burst onto the scene of nu- at Oregon 14 32 0 13 2.3 at Oregon 49 191 3.9 1 merous national award watch lists with a spectacular month of October in which at ASU 8 28 1 17 3.5 at ASU 21 160 7.6 1 he became the first player in Pac-12 Conference history to win the offensive player vs. Purdue 20 58 0 15 2.9 vs. Purdue 46 360 7.8 5 of the week award four consecutive weeks … Rushed for 327 yards, establishing TOTALS 153 1411 12 82 9.2 TOTALS 332 3002 9.0 26 a new FBS rushing record for a quarterback against Colorado (Oct. 7) … Became Career Passing Stats the first Pac-12 quarterback to rush for 1,000 yards in a season, finishing with 1,411 yards, which ranks fourth in UA single-season history … The 128.3 rushing Season GP CMP ATT INT YDS TD Long % AVG/P AVG/G 2016 7 18 45 3 243 3 63 40.0% 5.4 34.7 yards per game ranked seventh among all FBS players … Led the FBS in yards 2017 11 111 179 9 1591 14 68 62.0% 8.9 144.6 per rush average (9.22) and ranked second in FBS behind Baker Mayfield in to- Total 18 129 224 12 1834 17 68 58.0% 8.2 101.9 tal QBR (92.0) … Third nationally in total offense average (9.04 yds per play) … First player in program history to post three 200-yard rushing games in the same Career Rushing Stats season … Ranked No. 10 nationally in average per pass attempt (8.9 yards) … Season GP ATT YDS TD Long AVG. AVG/G Led all FBS players with five rushing plays of 70-plus yards, four of which were 2016 7 49 237 1 28 4.8 33.9 touchdowns … Averaged 47.7 yards on 12 rushing touchdowns, 28.6 yards on 14 2017 11 153 1411 12 82 9.2 128.3 passing touchdowns and 37.4 yards on all 26 touchdowns accounted for … Passed Total 18 202 1648 13 82 8.2 91.6 for 302 yards and five touchdowns – both career highs – against Purdue in the Foster Farms Bowl (Dec. 27). Each passing touchdown went for at least 29 yards Total Offense Stats … Posted his third 200-yard rushing game against Oregon State (Nov. 11), rushing Season GP Rush Pass Total Avg/G for 206 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries … Ran for 161 yards against USC 2016 7 237 243 480 68.6 (Nov. 4), the highest total by an Arizona player versus USC since 1999 … Passed for 2017 11 1411 1591 3002 272.9 a regular season-high 275 yards against No. 15 Washington State (Oct. 28), while Total 18 1648 1834 3482 193.4 still rushing for 146 yards … Accounted for 303 yards of total offense and three Career Touchdowns (Listed by Yards) touchdowns in program’s first overtime road victory at Cal (Oct. 21) … Rushed for 230 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries against UCLA (Oct. 14). Finished with Rushing TD Opponent Passing TD Opponent 378 yards of total offense and three touchdowns against the Bruins … Rushed 3 USC - 2016 13 UCLA - 2016 for 327 yards, establishing a new FBS rushing record for a quarterback against 58 Colo - 2017 31 UCLA - 2016 Colorado (Oct. 7). Also completed 12 of 13 passes for 154 yards and a touchdown 28 Colo - 2017 63 Utah - 2016 against the Buffaloes, and accounted for five total touchdowns … Previously saw 47 Colo - 2017 13 Colo - 2017 limited action as a reserve against Houston (Sept. 9) and Northern Arizona (Sept. 75 Colo - 2017 6 UCLA - 2017 2), while missing the UTEP (Sept. 15) and Utah games (Sept. 22). 45 UCLA - 2017 56 Cal - 2017 71 UCLA - 2017 22 Cal - 2017 2016: Played in seven games and made one start, becoming first UA true fresh- 76 Cal - 2017 17 WSU - 2017 man to start at quarterback since Willie Tuitama (2005) … Entered season with in- 49 Cal - 2017 48 WSU - 2017 tentions of redshirting, but was forced into early action due to injuries … Finished 32 USC - 2017 30 USC - 2017 season with 237 rushing yards and one touchdown along with 243 passing yards 19 OSU - 2017 16 USC - 2017 71 OSU - 2017 15 Ore - 2017 and three scoring throws … Made collegiate debut as a reserve at UCLA (Oct. 1), 1 ASU - 2017 31 Pur - 2017 completing 5-of-9 pass attempts for 72 yards and two touchdowns. Added 79 Total Yds 575 29 Pur - 2017 rushing yards on 15 total carries … Played a similar role the following week at Avg. 44.2 40 Pur - 2017 No. 24 Utah, passing for 105 yards and a touchdown, while completing 5-of-8 40 Pur - 2017 attempts with one interception. Tallied 33 rushing yards on 10 carries … Made first 38 Pur - 2017 collegiate start at age 17 against USC on Family Weekend (Oct. 15), totaling 58 Total Yds 508 passing yards and 72 rushing yards, while scoring first career rushing touchdown Avg. 29.9 … Also saw limited action against Stanford (Oct. 29), at Washington State (Nov. Rushing Touchdowns: 13 5), against Colorado (Nov. 12) and at Oregon State (Nov. 19). Passing Touchdowns: 17 Spring 2016: Enrolled at Arizona in January and participated in spring practice. Total Touchdowns: 30 Total Yards on Touchdowns: 1,083 High School: Graduated in December 2015 from Junipero Serra High School (Ca- Average per Touchdown: 36.1 yards lif.) …. Consensus four-star recruit, including No. 10 dual-threat QB by ESPN … Los Angeles Times QB of the Year … USA Today First-Team Offense Honors … As se- nior, collected 4,000 total yards & 43 TDs, including 2,000 rushing, 2,000 passing SIONE TAUFAHEMA #94 … Cal High Sports Mr. California State Football Finalist (Me & JJ Taylor were the last two finalists) … Named Blue-Grey All-American … Rivals #4 Dual-Threat QB in the nation … Nominated MaxPreps Player of the Year Finalists Junior (RS)

Personal: Son of Brian and Lesli Tate…Has one brother, Alhili Tate, a senior at Defensive Tackle // 6-1 // 339 Hiram College in Ohio…Majoring in Information Science and eSociety with a mi- Mission Hills, Calif. (Bishop Alemany HS/College of the Canyons) nor in communication. 2017: Redshirted. Before Arizona: Played for Coach Ted Iacenda at College of the Canyons in 2015 and 16…Combined for 52 tackles in two seasons…Was Named SCFA All-Second- Team defense in 2015 and 16…Graduated from high school in 2015 from Bishop Alemany High School in California…Two-time team captain…First-Team All-Serra League in 2013…First-Team All-Area…First-Team Pac-5 Southern Section in 2013… Played in the Polynesian All-American Bowl. Personal: Son of Vili and Toa Langi…Has two brothers, Maka and Michael…Ma- joring in sociology.

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J.J. TAYLOR #21 MATT THOMAS #90

Sophomore (RS) Senior (RS) Running Back // 5-6 // 184 Defensive Tackle // 6-1 // 278 Corona, Calif. (Centennial HS) Tucson, Ariz. (Mountain View HS/Wabash College)

Honors and Awards: 2017: Did not play. * 2018 Doak Walker Award Watch List 2016: Redshirted as walk-on defensive lineman. * 2017 Pac-12 Co-Offensive Freshman of the Year Before Arizona: Began his college career at Wabash College in Indiana…Played 2017: Named Pac-12 Co-Offensive Freshman of the Year, sharing the honor with in five games at tight end…Joined Arizona as a walk-on in 2016…Prepped at Stanford lineman Walker Little … Second on the team and top among running Mountain View High School in Marana…Earned First-Team All-Southern Arizona backs with 847 rushing yards … Totaled seven touchdowns, including five rush- as a defensive lineman…Was voted Defensive MVP as a senior in 2013. ing and two receiving … Played in all 13 games with three starts, which game against Houston (Sept. 9), USC (Nov. 4) and Oregon (Nov. 18) … Registered a Personal: Son of Matt Thomas and Bonnie Young…Has one sister, Shayla…Ma- pair of 100-yard rushing games, each in the final five games of the regular sea- joring in General Studies. son when he gained 462 yards on 58 carries (92.4 yards per game and 8.0 yards per carry) … Had 10 carries for 19 yards against Purdue in the Foster Farms Bowl (Dec. 27) … Carried a dozen times for 74 yards and a touchdown, plus hauled in NATHAN TILFORD #33 one pass for five yards at Arizona State (Nov. 25) … Gained 55 rushing yards on 10 attempts along with an eight-yard reception at Oregon (Nov. 18) … Posted second triple-digit rushing game of season with 129 yards on only 10 attempts in Sophomore victory over Oregon State (Nov. 11). Wildcats totaled a school-record 534 rushing Running Back // 6-2 // 202 yards and produced three 100-yard rusher for only third time … … Had a 16-yard touchdown reception and netted 51 yards on 12 carries at USC (Nov. 4) … Tallied Fontana, Calif. (Colony HS) a career-high 153 yards with a pair of rushing touchdowns, including a 79-yard score, in upset of No. 15 Washington State (Oct. 28) … Poised for a breakout per- 2017: formance with 44 yards on four carries, including a 30-yard touchdown, before a Played in 10 of 13 games as a reserve running back or special teams contrib- controversial first-half targeting ejection in victory at California (Oct. 21) … Tallied utor … Posted an impressive 9.3 yards per carry clip while gaining 121 yards on 13 64 rushing yards on 16 carries in victory over UCLA (Oct. 14) … Collected 29 yards carries and scored twice on the season … Gained five yards on only rush attempt on 10 carries in victory at Colorado (Oct. 7) … Totaled 43 rushing yards with a as Wildcats set program record with 534 rushing yards in victory over Oregon touchdown on 10 rushes, and hauled in wo passes for five yards against Utah State (Nov. 11) … Collected one tackle in special teams coverage at USC (Nov. 4) … (Sept. 22) … Hauled in two receptions – one for a touchdown – and gained 55 Carried eight times for 37 yards with a pair of rushing touchdowns at UTEP (Sept. yards on 12 rushes in road win at UTEP (Sept. 15) … Carried 17 times for 87 yards 15). Also added three tackles on kickoff coverage … Netted 79 yards on only four and added two pass receptions for four yards against Houston (Sept. 9) … Gained carries, including a 65-yarder, in first collegiate action against NAU (Sept. 2). 44 rushing yards on nine totes in season-opening victory over NAU (Sept. 2). High School: Graduated from Colony High School in Ontario, Calif…Letterwinner 2016: Played in four games with one start as a true freshman before breaking in football and track and field…Rated as a four-star recruit by 247sports, and the ankle in fourth game against Washington (Sept. 24) … Totaled 261 yards and two 18th best running back in the country and the 25th best prospect in the state scores on 38 carries … Showed off play-making ability in first significant career of California…Also rated as a four-star recruit by ESPN.com, Rivals and Scout… action against Hawai’i (Sept. 17). Carried 18 times for 168 yards and a touchdown, Ranked as the 133rd best prospect in the country by Rivals and the 19th best with a season-long run of 61 yards. The 168 yards ranked eighth-most by a fresh- prospect in California…Rushed for 2,031 yards and 30 touchdowns in 12 games as man in UA history … Made first career start week later in Pac-12 opener against a senior at Colony…Rushed for more than 100 yards in 11 of 12 games…Caught 25 Huskies. Was poised for a second-straight 100-yard rushing game before sustain- passes for 601 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior…Named as the All-Inland ing ankle injury midway through the third quarter. Still totaled 97 yards on 19 Offensive Player of the Year by the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. carries with a touchdown. Personal: Son of Omer and Brenda Tilford…Has two brothers, Jakob and Pres- High School: Graduated in 2016 from Centennial High School (Calif.) …. A three- ton…Majoring in pre-business. star recruit by Scout.com, Rivals.com and 247 Sports … Named Mr. Football as Career Rushing Stats state’s top offensive player by CalHiSports.com … Named All-Inland First Team Season GP ATT YDS TD Long AVG. AVG/G … Recognized as a Blue-Grey All-American … Gained 2,290 and 44 touchdowns 2017 10 13 121 2 65 9.3 12.1 as a senior. Total 10 13 121 2 65 9.3 12.1 Personal: Son of Joseph and Latrese Taylor…Has three brothers, Jovon, Andrey and Andrew and two sisters, Janae and Starr…Undecided on a major. ANDREW TOVAR #17 Career Rushing Stats Season GP ATT YDS TD Long AVG. AVG/G Freshman (RS) 2016 4 38 261 2 61 6.9 65.3 2017 13 146 847 5 79 5.8 65.2 Quarterback // 6-2 // 179 Total 17 184 1108 7 79 6.0 65.2 South El Monte, Calif. (Cathedral HS) Career Receiving Stats Season GP REC YDS TD Long REC/G AVG/C AVG/G 2017: Redshirted. 2016 4 2 16 0 18 0.5 8.0 4.0 High School: Graduated in 2017 from Cathedral High School in Los Angeles… 2017 13 12 49 2 16 0.9 4.1 3.8 Four-year letterwinner in football…Team co-captain as a senior…Team MVP as Total 17 14 65 2 18 0.8 4.6 3.8 a senior…Graduated Magna cum laude from Cathedral…Threw for 2,224 yards and 22 touchdowns as a senior…Finished with 9,600 career yards and 120 passing REXX TESSLER #55 touchdowns…Led his team to an 11-1 record as a senior. Personal: Son of Adam and Jackie Tovar…Has three sisters, Antoinette, Alexis and Angelina…Majoring in pre-business. Freshman (RS) Linebacker // 5-9 // 221 CHACHO ULLOA #13 Scottsdale, Ariz. (Brophy College Prep) Junior 2017: Redshirted. Safety // 5-11 // 194 High School: Graduated in 2017 from Brophy Preparatory in Phoenix…Served as team captain his senior year and was voted the team’s most valuable player… Corona, Calif. (Centennial HS) First-Team 6A All-State in 2015 and 2016…Defensive Player of the Year in his con- ference…Totaled 96 tackles and six sacks his senior year…School’s all-time leading 2017: Played in two contests as a reserve in the secondary and on special teams tackler…Also ran track. … Did not record any statistics in road win at UTEP (Sept. 15) … Opened season with five solo tackles, including one for loss, in victory over NAU (Sept. 2). Personal: Son of Jordy and Lisa Tessler…Has two brothers, Zion and Braxen, and one sister, Kiersten…Majoring in pre-business. 2016: Played in 11 of 12 contests, missing only a late-season game against Colo- rado (Nov. 12) … A top secondary reserve and special teams contributor … Col- lected first career tackle in home-opening victory over Grambling State (Sept. 10) … Had one solo stop against No. 9 Washington (Sept. 24) … Tallied a tackle in Homecoming contest against Stanford (Oct. 29) … Recorded one solo stop in Territorial Cup victory over Arizona State (Nov. 25). High School: Graduated in 2016 from Centennial High School (Calif.) … Rated a four-star recruit by Scout.com … Ranked No. 22 safety by Scout.com … FOX

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Sports West/Prime Ticket’s 2015 All CIF-SS … Named All-League Big 8 three straight seasons … Collected 163 tackles and 10 interceptions in career … National JACE WHITTAKER #17 Honor Society member. Personal: Son of Saul and Lydia Ulloa…Has one brother, Saul Jr…Majoring in accounting. Senior Cornerback // 5-11 // 189 Chacho Ulloa Career Defensive Stats Season GP UA A TOT TFL TFLY PD FF FR SACKS YDS Oceanside, Calif. (Oceanside HS) 2016 11 4 0 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 2017 2 5 0 5 1.0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 2017: Started all 13 games at the “field” cornerback position … Led team for sec- Total 13 9 0 9 1.0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 ond straight season with 13 pass breakups, while intercepting three passes, in- cluding one for a touchdown … Registered 46 tackles, including 39 solo stops, with 2.0 for loss … Recorded a season-high 12 tackles and broke up three passes BRICE VOOLETICH #89 against Purdue in Foster Farms Bowl (Dec. 27) … Turned in four tackles at Arizona State (Nov. 25) … Collected three solo stops with a pass breakup at Oregon (Nov. Freshman 18) … Tallied a pair of solo tackles in final home victory over Oregon State (Nov. 11) … Picked up two solo tackles at USC (Nov. 4) … Recorded five solo stops, Receiver // 5-10 // 194 intercepted a pass and broke up another in upset win over No. 15 Washington State (Oct. 28) … Chipped in one tackle and broke up a pass in double-overtime Houston, Texas (St. Pius X HS) road win at California (Oct. 21) … Intercepted two passes, returning one 42 yards for a touchdown, while breaking up another pass and recording two tackles in High School: Graduated in 2018 from St. Pius X High School in Houston ... Earned victory over UCLA (Oct. 14) … Collected three pass breakups and added three solo two letters in football at wide receiver and strong safety ... Also earned two letters tackles in road win at Colorado (Oct. 7) … Notched a pair of solo tackles against in track and field in the long and triple jump ... Head of School Honor Roll ... To- Utah (Sept. 22) … Broke up three passes and recorded five tackles, including a taled 30 tackles, three tackles-for-loss and two interceptions as a senior ... Helped half-tackle for loss, in road win at UTEP (Sept. 15) … Tallied for solo stops against his team advance to the state championship and a runner-up finish. Houston (Sept. 9) … Turned in one tackle in season-opening victory over NAU (Sept. 2). Personal: Son of Mary Cohn and Brian Vooletich ... Father played football at Michigan State ... Uncle, Dan Vooletich, played football at North Carolina ... Un- 2016: Played in all 12 games, including starts in the final seven games at the field decided on a major. cornerback position … Led the team with 11 pass breakups, while collecting 35 tackles, including one for loss, along with one interception … Collected three stops against BYU (Sept. 3) to open season in the Cactus Kickoff Classic in Glen- JARRIUS WALLACE #3 dale, Ariz. … Intercepted a pass and returned it 22 yards, while making one tackle in home-opening victory over Grambling State (Sept. 10) … Had three tackles and a pass breakup in victory over Hawai’i (Sept. 17) … Tallied four tackles and broke Sophomore (RS) up two passes at UCLA (Oct. 1) … Earned a start and turned in a career-best per- Safety // 6-1 // 180 formance to date at Utah (Oct. 8). Recorded four solo tackles and broke up four passes, which were the most since Antoine Cason also had five against Oregon on Villa, La. (John Ehret HS) Nov. 15, 2007. Named the team’s Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts … Posted two tackles and two pass breakups against USC (Oct. 15) … Totaled seven tackles against Stanford (Oct. 29) … Combined for nine tackles over three games 2017: Played in all 13 games with three starts at free safety (vs. Washington State, against Washington State (Nov. 5), Colorado (Nov. 12) and Oregon State (Nov. 19) USC and Oregon State) … Recorded 27 tackles, one interception and three pass … Capped season with two tackles and a pass breakup in Territorial Cup victory breakups on the season, paced by a strong four-game stretch from late October against Arizona State (Nov. 25). into November … Had one tackle against Purdue in Foster Farms Bowl (Dec. 27) … Collected six tackles – five solo – while starting in home victory over Oregon State 2015: Played in 11 of team’s 13 games, including three starts … Had 23 tackles, 20 (Nov. 11) … Recorded four total tackles in road contest at USC (Nov. 4) … Made first of which were solo stops, along with four pass breakups … Recorded first career career start at free safety with seven tackles and a pass breakup in home upset of tackle in opener against UTSA (9/3) … Totaled a season-high 11 tackles, including No. 15 Washington State (Oct. 28) … Called into significant action in double-over- 10 solo stops and 1.0 for loss, in first career start at Colorado (10/17) … Combined time victory at California (Oct. 21), where he tallied a season-high nine tackles, for seven tackles and four pass breakups in subsequent starts against Washington intercepted first career pass and broke up two other attempts as a reserve … Did State (10/24) and Washington (10/31) … Contributed four special teams tackles, not record any statistics, but played in each of first seven games on special teams including three in kickoff coverage. and as a reserve. High School: Played defensive back for head coach John Carroll at Oceanside 2016: Redshirted ... Member of travel squad for several games, but did not see High School and graduated in spring 204 … As a senior, was his squad’s defensive action. player of the year, earned first-team all-conference honors and was a three-star recruit by Scout.com and Rivals.com. High School: Graduated in 2016 from John Ehret High School (Louisiana) … A three-star recruit for Scout.com, 247 Sports and ESPN … Ranked fifth-best safety Personal: Son of Jerry and Lanie Whittaker … Father played baseball at Oklaho- prospect in state by Scout.com … Rated 114th best safety nationally by ESPN. ma and was a member of their CWS Championship team before playing with the Chicago White Sox … Brother, J.J., plays football at San Diego State...Majoring in Personal: Son of Brandon and Harriet Wallace…Has two brothers, Kamala and criminal justice studies, with a minor in sociology. Brandon and three sisters, Quen, Queneshia and Javonna…Majoring in general studies. Career Defensive Stats Season GP UA A TOT TFL TFLY PD FF FR SACKS YDS Career Defensive Stats 2015 11 20 3 23 1.0 3 4 0 0 0.0 0 Season GP UA A TOT TFL TFLY PD FF FR SACKS YDS 2016 12 31 4 35 1.0 3 12 0 0 0.0 0 2017 13 16 11 27 0.0 0 4 0 0 0.0 0 2017 13 39 7 46 2.0 6 16 0 0 0.0 0 Total 13 16 11 27 0.0 0 4 0 0 0.0 0 Total 36 90 14 104 4.0 12 32 0 0 0.0 0 Career Interception Stats Career Interception Stats Season GP NO Yards TD Long Avg/R Avg/G 2015 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 Season GP NO Yards TD Long Avg/R Avg/G 2016 12 1 22 0 22 22.0 1.8 2017 13 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2017 13 3 70 1 42 23.3 5.4 Total 13 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 Total 36 4 92 1 64 23.0 2.6 DAVID WATSON #67 KYLAN WILBORN #14

Freshman Sophomore Offensive Line // 6-5 // 307 STUD // 6-2 // 248 Tucson, Ariz. (Amphitheater HS) Northridge, Calif. (Notre Dame HS)

High School: Graduated in 2018 from Amphitheater High School...Earned letters Honors & Awards in football, baseball, basketball, volleyball and track and field...Earned first-team * 2017 Freshman All-American (FWAA, USA Today) all-state offensive line honors as a junior and senior...First-team All-Southern Ar- izona. 2017: Started all 13 games at the “STUD” position … Named a Freshman All-Amer- Personal: ican by the Football Writers Association of America and USA Today … Led all Son of Laura and David Watson...Has one sister, Kristiana...Mom played Power 5 freshmen and was second among all FBS freshmen with 7.5 sacks … Tied softball at Arizona from 1992-1995...Pre-business major. for fifth nationally and led Pac-12 with four forced fumbles … Totaled 33 tackles, 28 of which were solo, with 9.5 for loss, a fumble recovery and a pass break up … Picked up one tackle at Arizona State (Nov. 25) … Tallied three tackles with a sack at Oregon (Nov. 18) … Recorded one tackle and split a sack in victory over Oregon State (Nov. 11) … Registered three stops in road contest at USC (Nov. 4) … Turned in four solo tackles with a sack and a forced fumble in upset of No. 15 Washington State (Oct. 28) … Chipped in a pair of tackles in road win at California

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(Oct. 21) … Delivered a monster performance with four sacks and a forced fumble Personal: Son of Doug and Beth Wolma…Has one sister, Jess…Dad, Doug, played in a five-tackle effort in victory over UCLA (Oct. 14) … Two solo tackles and a pass football at Michigan Tech…Mom, Beth, played volleyball at Michigan Tech...Ma- break up in road win at Colorado (Oct. 7) … Totaled five solo stops with a forced joring in pre-business. fumble against Utah (Sept. 22) … Collected three solo tackles with one for loss Career Receiving Stats in road win at UTEP (Sept. 15) … Picked up two tackles with one for loss against Season GP REC YDS TD Long REC/G AVG/C AVG/G Houston (Sept. 9) … Forced a fumble, registered a sack and had a pair of tackles 2017 13 28 241 2 22 2.2 8.6 18.5 in debut start against NAU (Sept. 2). Total 13 28 241 2 22 2.2 8.6 18.5 High School: Graduated in 2017 from Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, Calif…Earned three letters in football as a defensive end and running back… Earned four letters in track and field, competing in the shot put and discus… CHRISTIAN YOUNG #5 Co-Captain and Offensive MVP as a senior…First-Team All-Mission League…Re- gion Offensive Player of the Year…Totaled 13 sacks and one interception as a se- Freshman nior, while rushing for 580 yards and 11 touchdowns at running back…Consensus three-star recruit…Three-year state finalist in the shot put. Safety // 6-1 // 209 Personal: Son of Lamar and Amy Wilborn…Pre-business major. Houston, Texas (Foster HS) High School: Graduated in 2017 from Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, Calif…Earned three letters in football as a defensive end and running back… High School: Graduated in 2018 from Foster High School in Richmond, Texas … Earned four letters in track and field, competing in the shot put and discus… Earned letters in football, basketball and track and field … Voted team captain Co-Captain and Offensive MVP as a senior…First-Team All-Mission League…Re- and MVP as a senior … Two-time all-conference and All-City selection … Two-time gion Offensive Player of the Year…Totaled 13 sacks and one interception as a se- all-district and all-region selection ... Totaled 152 tackles, eight interceptions, 18 nior, while rushing for 580 yards and 11 touchdowns at running back…Consensus pass breakups, four tackles-for-loss and three forced fumbles in his career ... Was three-star recruit…Three-year state finalist in the shot put. also recruited to run track by Texas State ... Consensus three-star recruit. Personal: Son of Lamar and Amy Wilborn…Undecided on a major. Personal: Son of Sonna and Fred Young ... Has two brothers ... Father played Kylan Wilborn Career Defensive Stats basketball at Texas Pan-American and Houston Baptist ... Pre-Business major. Season GP UA A TOT TFL TFLY PD FF FR SACKS YDS 2017 13 28 5 33 9.5 72 1 4 1 9.5 72 Total 13 28 5 33 9.5 72 1 4 1 9.5 72 SCOTTIE YOUNG JR. #19 ZACH WILLIAMS #82 Sophomore Safety // 5-11 // 195 Freshman San Diego, Calif. (Helix HS) Tight End/Receiver // 6-2 // 224 2017: Played in 10 games with nine starts at free safety … Finished season sixth on Johns Creek, Ga. (Johns Creek HS) team with 53 tackles despite missing three games … Totaled 3.5 tackles for loss, intercepted one pass and broke up one pass … Recorded five tackles and inter- High School: Graduated in 2018 from Johns Creek High School … Three-year cepted first pass of career against Purdue in the Foster Farms Bowl (Dec. 27) … letterwinner in football at tight end and wide receiver … Also earned one letter Totaled four solo stops at Arizona State (Nov. 25) …Combined for seven tackles, for track and field as a sprinter … Two-time team captain … Named team MVP as a including one-half tackle for loss, with a pass breakup at Oregon (Nov. 18) … Did senior … Two-time All-Region and All-State selection … Most productive receiver not play against Oregon State (Nov. 11) … Tallied five tackles – four solo – in road in school history with more than 2,000 varsity receiving yards and 20 touchdowns contest at USC (Nov. 4) … Missed consecutive games with injury against California … Hauled in 46 catches for 837 yards and four touchdowns as a senior … Finished (Oct. 21) and Washington State (Oct. 28) … Picked up one tackles before exiting with 2,066 total career receiving yards. with an injury in home victory over UCLA (Oct. 14) … Set a season high with 11 total tackles, including 1.5 for loss, in road win at Colorado (Oct. 7) … Collected Personal: Son of Shande and Pelham Williams … Has two older brothers, Pelham six solo tackles in Pac-12 debut against Utah (Sept. 22) … Tallied three stops, in- and Hanson … Pre-business major. cluding 0.5 for loss, in road win at UTEP (Sept. 15) … Registered seven solo tackles with one for loss against Houston (Sept. 9) … Made first collegiate start in opener BRYCE WOLMA #81 while totaling four tackles against NAU (Sept. 2). High School: Graduated in 2017 from Helix High School in San Diego…Rated as a Three-Star Recruit by 247sports…Earned four letters in football and one in track Sophomore and field…Three-time co-captain…First-Team All-District three times…Versa- Tight End // 6-3 // 252 tile athlete, who played several positions…Four-Time All-Academic CIF…Helped guide his team to a 12-2 record as a senior. Saline, Mich. (Saline HS) Personal: Son of Scott Young and Lashonda Jackson…Majoring in pre-business. Honors and Awards Career Defensive Stats Season GP UA A TOT TFL TFLY PD FF FR SACKS YDS * 2018 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List 2017 10 38 15 53 3.5 12 2 0 0 0.0 0 2017: Emerged as team’s starting tight end as a true freshman … Played in all 13 Total 10 38 15 53 3.5 12 2 0 0 0.0 0 games with seven official starts to his credit … Third on the team with 28 recep- Career Interception Stats tions, totaling 241 yards and a pair of touchdowns. The 28 catches are the most Season GP NO Yards TD Long Avg/R Avg/G for a true tight end at Arizona since Rob Gronkowski in 2008 … A key cog in the 2017 10 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 Pac-12’s top rushing attack, which ranked third nationally in regular season with Total 10 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 324.4 yards per game … Had multiple pass receptions in eight of final 12 games of the year … Hauled in two passes for 13 yards at Arizona State (Nov. 25) … One reception for three yards at Oregon (Nov. 18) … Caught a 13-yard pass in victory over Oregon State (Nov. 11) … Saw a seven-game streak with a reception end at TROY YOUNG #11 USC (Nov. 4) … Totaled 20 yards on a pair of receptions, including a 16-yarder, in upset of No. 15 Washington State (Oct. 28) … Hauled in three receptions for Sophomore season-high 51 yards at California (Oct. 21). His 22-yard touchdown reception in second overtime set up extra point that provided to be winning point (45-44) Linebacker/Defensive Back // 6-0 // 214 … Gained 16 yards on two receptions in victory over UCLA (Oct. 14) … Gained 17 Prichard, Ala. (Mobile Christian HS) yards on two catches in road win at Colorado (Oct. 7) … Had an 18-yard reception while gaining 29 yards on four catches against Utah (Sept. 22) … Season-high 2017: six receptions, including first career touchdown, as he totaled 41 yards in rout Played in all 13 games with one start at safety (at California) … Totaled five at UTEP (Sept. 15) … Caught five passes for 38 yards against Houston (Sept. 9) … tackles with a pass breakup as a true freshman … Collected a season-high three Played but did not record any statistics in collegiate debut against NAU (Sept. 2). tackles – all solo stops – against Purdue in the Foster Farms Bowl (Dec. 27) … Re- corded one solo tackle at Arizona State (Nov. 25) … Broke up first career pass in High School: Graduated in 2017 from Saline High School (Mich.)…Earned four home upset of No. 15 Washington State (Oct. 28) … Registered first career tackle letters in football at tight end and one in baseball as a third baseman and out- while making first career start in double-overtime road win at California (Oct. 21). fielder…Served as a co-captain for football his senior year and was named the High School: team’s most valuable player…Earned First-Team All-Conference honors as a junior Graduated in 2017 from Mobile Christian High School (Ala.)… and senior…Detroit Free Press All-State Dream Team First-Team selection at tight Earned letters in football, basketball and track and field…Played safety, running end…Honor roll member all four years of high school…Two-year member of the back, quarterback and wide receiver…A consensus three-star recruit…Served as National Honors Society, and winner of the Excellence in Business Award as a co-captain for three seniors…Earned team most valuable player honors…First- senior…Registered 35 catches for 750 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior… Team All-Coastal, All-Region and All-State…Ran for 1,149 yards and 15 touch- Holds school record for most games played and most wins for an individual in downs as a senior…Had 31 tackles and three interceptions his senior year…Com- school history at the varsity level...Helped his team go 11-1 as a senior and win peted in the triple jump, 100-meter dash and anchored the 4X100 relay team. its league. Personal: Grandson of Yolanda Young…Has one brother, Dylon Adams…Unde- cided on a major.

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Kevin Sumlin First Season at Arizona 11th Season as a Head Coach

Career Record: 83-46 (.667) Texas A&M (Six Seasons) : 51-26 (.662) Houston (Four Seasons): 35-17 (.673)

Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year Finalist 2009 | 2011 | 2012

Kevin Sumlin, a three-time national Coach of the Year final- Among those wins over ranked opponents were three road ist, was named Arizona’s 32nd head coach on Jan. 14, 2018. victories over teams ranked in the top 10 of the AP Poll -- He was formally introduced at a press conference on Jan. 29-24 over No. 1 Alabama in 2012, 52-29 over No. 9 South 16. Carolina in the 2014 season-opener and 41-38 over No. 3 Auburn in 2014. Sumlin is the only Aggie head coach to Sumlin comes to Arizona after serving as the head football post more than two AP top 10 road wins. coach at Texas A&M University for the past six seasons (2012-17), compiling a 51-26 record including three bowl The Aggies’ success on the field coincided with the team’s victories. He also served as the head coach at the Universi- continued upward trend in the classroom. The Texas A&M ty of Houston for four seasons (2008-11), amassing a 35-17 football team’s 2013-14 multi-year Academic Progress Rate record. In his 10 seasons as a head coach, Sumlin has com- of 974 was an all-time high for the school, and the 2014-15 piled an 86-43 record and his teams have played in bowl APR was 967. The Aggies also finished the 2015-16 school games in nine of those seasons. year with an overall team GPA above 2.70 and had more than 30 players named to the Athletics Director Honor Roll During his time at Texas A&M, Sumlin averaged over eight (requires a 3.0 GPA or higher) both semesters. victories per season and won at least seven games each year, while competing in what many believe to be the Sumlin was hired at Texas A&M after a successful stint as toughest division in college football, the SEC West. His 44 head coach at the University of Houston. His final Cougar wins over his first five seasons in College Station marked squad set a school record with 13 victories (12 prior to the second-fastest coaching start in school history, be- Sumlin’s departure to Texas A&M) in 2011 and notched the hind R.C. Slocum’s 49 wins from 1989-93. Sumlin was the program’s highest finish in the Bowl Championship Series first Aggie head coach to lead his first six teams to a bowl standings. He was named the Region 5 Coach of the Year game, and Sumlin’s teams improved the Aggies’ school by the American Football Coaches Association that year record streak of consecutive seasons with a bowl game ap- and was one of five finalists for the AFCA’s National Coach pearance to nine. His three bowl victories are tied for the of the Year award. Sumlin guided the Cougars to berths most in school history. In addition, Sumlin guided Johnny in the 2011 Ticket Center Bowl and the 2008 and 2009 Bell Manziel to a stellar freshman season that saw him throw Helicopter Armed Forces Bowls. for 3,419 yards and 24 TDs, while running for 1,181 yards and 19 TDs en route to the 2012 Heisman Trophy. His final season in Houston was one of the finest in the history of the Cougar football program. Sumlin’s Cou- Despite his defensive background as a linebacker at Pur- gars raced through the regular season with a perfect 12-0 due in the mid-1980s, it’s been his offenses that have been record before falling in the Conference-USA Championship his calling card as a head coach. In Sumlin’s six seasons in to Southern Miss. The Cougars led the nation in passing, the SEC, his offenses led the conference in passing, scoring total and scoring offense and featured the nation’s leader and total offense twice. His 2012 edition became the first in passing and total offense, quarterback Case Keenum. UH to break the 7,000-yard plateau in total offense with 7,261 set NCAA FBS team records for total offense and passing yards, and his 2013 unit was just a yard shy of the mile- yards. stone. Texas A&M owns SEC season records for passing yards (4,593 in 2013), total yards and average total offense His lone team to not reach a bowl was in 2010. Houston (7,261/558.5 in 2012) and first downs (357 in 2013). entered the season with high expectations but injuries to their top two quarterbacks, including Keenum, contributed In his 10 seasons as a head coach, Sumlin’s offenses have to a 5-7 campaign. averaged more than 400 yards of total offense every sea- son, including more than 500 yards five times. His teams In 2009, Sumlin was a finalist for the Paul “Bear” Bryant have scored more than 500 points five times, including an National Coach of the Year Award after leading the Cou- incredible 690 points in 2011. gars to a 10-4 record, which included wins over No. 5 Okla- homa State in Stillwater, Okla., and BCS conference teams Sumlin’s record against non-conference teams ranked in Texas Tech and Mississippi State. Statistically, UH led the the Associated Press Top 25 was a perfect 5-0 (wins over nation in passing (433.7), total (563.4) and scoring offense No. 22 Louisiana Tech and No. 11 Oklahoma in 2012, No. 22 (42.2). Houston also became just the third team in NCAA Duke in 2013, No. 15 Arizona State in 2015 and No. 16 UCLA history to post a 5,000-yard passer and three 1,000-yard in 2016). His Aggies defeated at least one AP Top 25 oppo- receivers in one season. nent away from Kyle Field in each of his first five seasons, and his 12 victories over Top 25 teams rank among the most in college football. 24 2018 Arizona Football Media Guide www.arizonawildcats.com 25 HEAD COACH KEVIN SUMLIN

Taking over the reins of the UH program in December 2007, Sumlin guided the Cougars to an 8-5 record in 2008 The Kevin Sumlin File and became the first UH coach in 28 years to lead his team Personal to a bowl victory, as Houston topped Air Force 34-28 in Born: Aug. 3, 1964 the Armed Forces Bowl. He was one of only 10 first-year Birthplace: Brewton, Ala. Football Bowl Subdivision coaches to guide his team to a Hometown: Indianapolis, Ind. bowl game and one of only six to win the bowl contest. Children: daughters Courtney and Shelby; sons Jackson and Joey EDUCATION Sumlin went to Houston after seven seasons as an assis- HIGH SCHOOL: tant coach and offensive coordinator in the Big 12. He Brebeuf Jesuit Prep, Indianapolis, Ind. spent five seasons at the University of Oklahoma under COLLEGE: Purdue Bachelor’s degree in Criminology and head coach Bob Stoops, where he served as both the Criminal Justice, 1988 co-offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach (2006-07) and special teams coordinator/tight ends coach (2003-05). PLAYING EXPERIENCE 1983-86 ...... Purdue (linebacker) Before his arrival in Norman, Sumlin spent two seasons at Texas A&M under head coach R.C. Slocum, where he Head Coaching Record by Year served as the assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach for the Aggies (2001-2002). Year W-L Conf. (Place) School 2017 7-5 4-4 (t-4th, SEC West) Texas A&M During his previous stint in Aggieland, Sumlin coached 2016 8-5 4-4 (4th, SEC West) Texas A&M several of the top receivers in school history, including 2015 8-5 4-4 (t-5th, SEC West) Texas A&M Bethel Johnson, Terrence Murphy and Jamaar Taylor, who 2014 8-5 3-5 (6th, SEC West) Texas A&M still rank in the top 10 in career catches and receiving 2013 9-4 4-4 (4th, SEC West) Texas A&M yards. 2012 11-2 6-2 (t-2nd, SEC West) Texas A&M 2011 12-1 8-0 (1st, CUSA West) Houston 2010 5-7 4-4 (3rd, CUSA West) Houston Early in the 2002 season, Slocum promoted Sumlin to 2009 10-4 6-2 (t-1st*, CUSA West) Houston offensive play caller after the Aggie offense struggled in 2008 8-5 6-2 (3rd, CUSA West) Houston the first three games of the season. With Sumlin calling the plays, the Aggie offense flourished, averaging 33.0 points and 419 yards per game for the remainder of the season Coaching History after posting just 16.0 points and 286 yards per game Years Position/Title previously. A highlight of the season included a 30-26 win 2012-2017 Texas A&M, head coach (51-26) over top-ranked Oklahoma with the Aggies gaining 404 2008-11 Houston, head coach (35-17) total yards to key the victory. 2006-07 Oklahoma, co-OC/WRs 2003-05 Oklahoma, STC/TEs Sumlin’s coaching career has also seen stops at his alma 2002 Texas A&M, asst. HC/OC/WRs mater Purdue (1998-2001), Minnesota (1993-97) and Wyo- 2001 Texas A&M, asst. HC/WRs ming (1991-92). 1998-00 Purdue, asst. coach/WRs 1997 Minnesota, asst. coach/QBs 1993-96 Minnesota, asst. coach/WRs Purdue’s 1998 receivers set school records with 377 recep- 1991-92 Wyoming, asst. coach/WRs tions for 4,208 yards and 43 touchdowns. The Boilermak- 1989-90 Washington State, GA coach ers’ Chris Daniels set a Big Ten record with 121 catches and recorded another Big Ten record with 21 receptions in one game. Milestone Victories

Win Opponent Date In addition to Stoops and Slocum, Sumlin served as an 1 Houston 55, Southern 3 8/30/2008 assistant coach under Joe Tiller at Purdue and Wyoming, 25 Houston 48, North Texas 23 9/10/2011 Jim Wacker at Minnesota, Glen Mason at Minnesota and 50 Texas A&M 45, Arkansas 33 9/28/2013 Mike Price at Washington State. 75 Texas A&M 45, Arkansas 24 9/24/2016

Sumlin has coached in 16 bowl games, including all four traditional New Year’s Day games.

A four-year letterman as a linebacker at Purdue from 1983- 86, Sumlin finished his career as one of the top tacklers in Boilermaker history. He was named to Sports Illustrated’s All-America walk-on list as a freshman after leading Pur- due with 91 tackles.

He earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors as a senior, while ranking fifth in the league with 114 tackles, and helped lead Purdue to the Peach Bowl.

The Indianapolis native graduated from Purdue in 1988 with a bachelor’s degree in both criminology and criminal justice. Sumlin has four children: daughters Courtney and Shelby, and sons Jackson and Joey.

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Sumlin Record Breakdown Sumlin All-Time Head Coaching Results 2017 Texas A&M (7-5, 4-4 | Belk Bowl - Did Not Coach) Overall Record (86-43| .667 | 10 seasons) Home: Date Site Opponent W/L/T Pts. Opp. 47-19 (.712) 9/3 @ UCLA L 44 45 Road: 30-21 (.588) Neutral: 9/9 Nicholls State W 24 14 9-3 (.750) 9/16 Louisiana W 45 21 Conference Record (49-31 | .613 | 10 seasons) 9/23 N Arkansas W 50 43 Home: 9/30 South Carolina W 24 17 22-16 (.579) 10/7 (1) Alabama L 19 27 Road: 23-15 (.605) Neutral: 10/14 @ Florida W 19 17 4-0 (1.000) 10/28 Mississippi State L 14 35 CUSA: 24-8 (.750) SEC: 11/4 (16) Auburn L 27 42 25-23(.521) 11/11 New Mexico W 55 14 Record vs. AP Top 25 Teams (15-17 | .469) 11/18 @ Ole Miss W 31 24 11/25 @ (19) LSU L 21 45 Home: 4-10 (.286) Road: 7-7 (.500) 2016 Texas A&M (8-5, 4-4 | Texas Bowl*) Neutral: 4-0 (1.000) vs. Top 10: Date Site Opponent W/L/T Pts. Opp. 5-8 (.389) 9/3 (16) UCLA W 31 24 vs. Top 5: 3-5 (.375) Best Win: 9/10 Prairie View A&M W 67 0 at No. 1 Alabama (W, 29-24), Nov. 10, 2012 9/17 @ Auburn W 29 16 Record When Ranked in AP Top 25 (45-19 | .703) 9/24 N (17) Arkansas W 45 24 10/1 @ South Carolina W 24 13 Home: 25-9 (.735) Road: 10/8 (9) Tennessee W 45 38 15-10 (.600) 10/22 @ (1) Alabama L 14 33 Neutral: 5-0 (1.000) Highest Ranking: 10/29 New Mexico State W 52 10 No. 6 (five times; last in 2016) 11/5 @ Mississippi State L 28 35 Record When Both Ranked AP Top 25 in (9-13 | .409) 11/12 Ole Miss L 28 29 11/19 UTSA W 23 10 Home: 2-7(.222) Road: 11/24 (25) LSU L 39 54 4-6 (.400) 12/28 N Kansas State* L 28 33 Neutral: 3-0 (1.000) When Ranked Higher: 7-7 (.500) 2015 Texas A&M (8-5, 4-4 | Music City Bowl*) When Ranked Lower: 2-6 (.250) Date Site Opponent W/L/T Pts. Opp. 9/5 N (15) Arizona State W 38 17 Record When Scoring... 9/12 Ball State W 56 23 70+ points: 6-0 (1.000) 9/19 Nevada W 44 27 60+ points: 11-0 (1.000) 9/26 N Arkansas W 28 21 50+ points: 34-0 (1.000) 10/3 (21) Mississippi State W 30 17 40+ points: 60-6 (.909) 10/17 (10) Alabama L 23 41 30+ points: 75-13 (.852) 10/24 @ (24) Ole Miss L 3 23 10/31 South Carolina W 35 28 Record When Allowing... 11/7 Auburn L 10 26 < 10 points: 11-0 (1.000) 11/14 Western Carolina W 41 17 < 20 points: 38-1 (.974) 11/21 @ Vanderbilt W 25 0 < 30 points: 66-12 (.846) 11/28 @ LSU L 7 19 12/30 N Louisville* L 21 27 Sumlin vs. Opponents Opponent...... Record Opponent...... Record 2014 Texas A&M (8-5, 3-5 | Liberty Bowl*) Air Force...... 1-2 North Texas...... 1-0 Date Site Opponent W/L/T Pts. Opp. Alabama...... 1-5 Northwestern State...... 1-0 8/28 @ (9) South Carolina W 52 28 Arizona State...... 1-0 Oklahoma...... 1-0 9/6 Lamar W 73 3 Arkansas...... 6-0 Oklahoma State...... 1-1 9/13 Rice W 38 10 Auburn...... 3-3 Prairie View A&M...... 1-0 9/20 @ SMU W 58 6 9/27 N Arkansas W 35 28 Ball State...... 1-0 Rice...... 4-2 10/4 @ (12) Mississippi State L 31 48 Colorado State...... 0-1 Sam Houston State...... 2-0 10/11 (3) Ole Miss L 20 35 Duke...... 1-0 SMU...... 7-0 10/18 @ (7) Alabama L 0 59 East Carolina...... 2-1 South Carolina...... 4-0 11/1 Louisiana-Monroe W 21 16 Florida...... 1-1 South Carolina State...... 1-0 11/8 @ (3) Auburn W 41 38 Georgia State...... 1-0 Southern...... 1-0 11/15 Missouri L 27 34 Kansas State...... 0-1 Southern Miss...... 1-2 11/27 LSU L 17 23 Lamar...... 1-0 Tennessee...... 1-0 12/29 N West Virginia* W 45 37 Louisiana (Lafayette)...... 1-0 Texas State...... 1-0 2013 Texas A&M (9-4, 4-4 | Chick-fil-A Bowl*) Louisiana (Monroe)...... 1-0 Texas Tech...... 1-1 Date Site Opponent W/L/T Pts. Opp. LSU...... 0-6 Tulane...... 4-0 8/31 Rice W 52 31 Louisiana Tech...... 2-0 Tulsa...... 3-1 9/7 Sam Houston State W 65 28 Louisville...... 0-1 UAB...... 2-0 9/14 (1) Alabama L 42 49 Marshall...... 1-1 UCF...... 0-2 9/21 SMU W 42 13 Memphis...... 2-0 UCLA...... 2-2 9/28 @ Arkansas W 45 33 Mississippi...... 3-3 UTEP...... 4-1 10/12 @ Ole Miss W 41 38 Mississippi State...... 4-4 UTSA...... 1-0 10/19 (24) Auburn L 41 45 Missouri...... 1-2 Vanderbilt...... 2-0 10/26 Vanderbilt W 56 24 11/2 UTEP W 57 7 Nevada...... 1-0 Western Carolina...... 1-0 11/9 Mississippi State W 51 41 New Mexico...... 1-0 West Virginia...... 1-0 11/23 @ (18) LSU L 10 34 New Mexico State...... 1-0 11/30 @ (5) Missouri L 21 28 Nicholls State...... 1-0 12/31 N (22) Duke* W 52 48

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Sumlin All-Time Head Coaching Results 2009 Houston (10-4, 6-2 | Armed Forces Bowl*) Date Site Opponent W/L/T Pts. Opp. 2012 Texas A&M (11-2, 6-2 | Cotton Bowl*) 9/5 Northwestern State W 55 7 Date Site Opponent W/L/T Pts. Opp. 9/12 @ (5) Oklahoma State W 45 35 9/8 (24) Florida L 17 20 9/26 Texas Tech W 29 28 9/15 @ SMU W 48 3 10/3/ @ UTEP L 41 58 9/22 South Carolina State W 70 14 10/10 @ Mississippi State W 31 24 9/29 Arkansas W 58 10 10/17 @ Tulane W 44 16 10/6 @ Ole Miss W 30 27 10/24 SMU W 38 15 10/13 @ (23) Louisiana Tech W 59 57 10/31 Southern Mississippi W 50 43 10/20 (6) LSU L 19 24 11/7 @ Tulsa W 46 45 10/27 @ Auburn W 63 21 11/14 @ UCF L 32 37 11/3 @ (17) Mississippi State W 38 13 11/21 Memphis W 55 14 11/10 @ (1) Alabama W 29 24 11/28 Rice W 73 14 11/17 Sam Houston State W 47 28 12/5 @ East Carolina L 32 38 11/24 Missouri W 59 29 12/31 N Air Force* L 20 47 1/4 N (12) Oklahoma* W 41 13 2008 Houston (8-5, 6-2 | Armed Forces Bowl*) 2011 Houston (12-1, 8-0 | Ticket City Bowl - Did Not Coach) Date Site Opponent W/L/T Pts. Opp. Date Site Opponent W/L/T Pts. Opp. 8/30 Southern W 55 3 9/3 UCLA W 38 34 9/6 @ Oklahoma State L 37 56 9/10 @ North Texas W 48 23 9/13 Air Force L 28 31 9/17 @ Louisiana Tech W 35 34 9/20 @ Colorado State L 25 28 9/24 Georgia State W 56 0 9/27 @ (23) East Carolina W 41 24 9/29 @ UTEP W 49 42 10/9 UAB W 45 20 10/8 East Carolina W 56 3 10/18 @ SMU W 44 38 10/22 Marshall W 63 28 10/28 @ Marshall L 23 37 10/27 Rice W 73 34 11/8 Tulane W 42 14 11/5 @ UAB W 56 13 11/15 (25) Tulsa W 70 30 11/10 @ Tulane W 73 17 11/22 UTEP W 42 37 11/19 SMU W 37 7 11/29 @ Rice L 42 56 11/25 @ Tulsa W 48 16 12/31 N Air Force* W 34 28 12/3 (24) Southern Mississippi L 28 49

2010 Houston (5-7, 4-4) Date Site Opponent W/L/T Pts. Opp. 9/4 Texas State W 68 28 9/10 UTEP W 54 24 9/18 @ UCLA L 13 31 9/25 Tulane W 42 23 10/9 Mississippi State L 24 47 10/16 @ Rice L 31 34 10/23 @ SMU W 45 20 10/30 @ Memphis W 56 17 11/5 UCF L 33 40 11/13 Tulsa L 25 28 11/20 @ Southern Mississippi L 41 59 11/27 @ Texas Tech L 20 35

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coach. Ole Miss won the 1997 Motor City Bowl and produced the NOEL MAZZONE school’s first 1,000-yard rusher since 1950 in RB Deuce McAlister.

Offensive Coordinator/QBs Mazzone was the QBs coach at Minnesota from 1992-94 and at TCU from 1987-91. At TCU, he coached QB Matt Vogler who set a then NCAA Year at Arizona: 1st single-game passing record with 690 yards in a 1990 game against Houston. Years in Coaching: 39th The first stop on Mazzone’s coaching journey was a five-year stint at One of the nation’s most innovative, experienced and accomplished Colorado State working with the QBs and WRs. There, he mentored offensive coordinators, Noel Mazzone is in his first season at Arizona. Stouffer, who was the sixth overall selection by the Seattle Seahawks. He arrives in Tucson following two years as offensive coordinator for Kevin Sumlin at Texas A&M. The pair first coached together in the early Mazzone began his coaching career, in 1980-81, as a graduate assistant 1990s on the staff of the late Jim Wacker at Minnesota. at his alma mater, the University of New Mexico. He was an assistant coach at Boulder High School in Boulder, Colorado, in 1981. A native Prior to Texas A&M, Mazzone directed UCLA’s offense for four seasons, of Raton, N.M., Mazzone graduated from the New Mexico in 1980. He and his impressive coaching resume includes time as an assistant coach also played quarterback for the Lobos, leading the team in passing in in the NFL and as an offensive coordinator in the Atlantic Coast (NC 1976 and 1977. State), the Big Ten (Minnesota), the SEC (Ole Miss and Auburn) and the Pac-12 (UCLA, Arizona State, Oregon State). Noel Mazzone File Hometown: Raton, N.M. In addition to play-calling duties as a coordinator, Mazzone has a prov- College: New Mexico, bachelor’s degree in psychology, 1980 en track record of developing quarterbacks for the next level. In 2017, Playing Experience: New Mexico (QB), 1975-79 three of Mazzone’s pupils started games in the NFL, including Philip Primary recruiting areas: QBs across the country, Phoenix Rivers, Brett Hundley and Brock Osweiler. He has also coached Josh Rosen, a first round pick of the Cardinals in 2018, Jason Campbell and Mazzone’s Coaching History Kelly Stouffer, among other notable signal callers. Years School 2018–present Arizona (OC/QB) Mazzone’s second and final season in College Station saw him orches- 2016–2017 Texas A&M (OC) trate one of the SEC’s top passing attacks. The Aggies’ were third in the 2012–2015 UCLA (OC) league with 252.2 passing yards per game, and their 53 total touch- 2010–2011 Arizona State (OC) downs were fifth out of 14 teams. Do-everything receiver Christian Kirk 2009 Panther Creek HS (NC) (OC) was the focal point of Mazzone’s offense, generating 1,631 all-purpose 2006–2008 New York Jets (WR) yards before becoming a second round pick of the Arizona Cardinals in 2005 Ole Miss (OC/QB) the 2018 NFL Draft. 2003–2004 NC State (OC/TE) 2002 Oregon State (OC) In 2016, the first year under Mazzone’s direction, the Aggies were one 1999–2001 Auburn (OC) of a handful of FBS team to average over 200 rushing and passing yards 1995–1998 Ole Miss (OC/QB) per game, while gaining 467.1 total yards per game (No. 24 national- 1992–1994 Minnesota (QB) ly, No. 2 in the SEC). The Aggies’ balanced attack featured 28 rushing 1987–1991 TCU (QB) touchdowns and 25 passing scores. For just the third time in school 1980–1981 New Mexico (GA) history, the 2016 squad gained more than 3,000 passing yards (3,317) and 2,000 rushing yards (2,754) in a season. A&M’s 2,754 rushing yards were the team’s second highest total in the last 20 seasons. CLARENCE MCKINNEY

During his four years at UCLA, Mazzone’s offenses left a distinctive Associate Head Coach/RBs mark on the Bruin record book. The school’s single season team records for passing, scoring and total offense were all established under Maz- Year at Arizona: 1st zone’s watch, as well as the individual single season records for passing, Years in Coaching: 11th total offense, all-purpose yardage and rushing.

Mazzone has a long history of developing quarterbacks. In 2015, Maz- With an established reputation as a top running back coach and a prov- zone oversaw freshman quarterback Rosen’s record-setting first sea- en recruiter in Texas and beyond, Clarence McKinney is in his first sea- son that saw him set numerous school passing records and earn Pac-12 son at Arizona as associate head coach. Freshman of the Year honors. From 2012-14, Mazzone tutored Hundley, who finished his UCLA career as the total offense and passing touch- McKinney’s connection to head coach Kevin Sumlin goes back a full downs leader in just three seasons and went on to be drafted by the decade. In 2008, McKinney was on Sumlin’s first staff at Houston where Green Bay Packers. he coached running backs for four seasons and served as recruiting coordinator. He then joined Sumlin at Texas A&M, where he was the Prior to coaching at UCLA, Mazzone had a two-year coaching stint on running back coach for the past six years. Dennis Erickson’s staff at Arizona State that saw the Sun Devils rank in the top 25 nationally in total offense both seasons. Mazzone worked Despite leaning on a pair of newcomers at running back in 2016, the with Osweiler at Arizona State, who became the first Sun Devil quar- Aggies produced the one of the greatest rushing seasons in the last 20 terback to pass for more than 4,000 yards in a season. Osweiler helped years at Texas A&M. Trayveon Williams surpassed the 1,000-yard mark the Denver Broncos to the 2016 Super Bowl and currently plays for the with 1,057 yards, while Keith Ford chipped in 669 yards as the Aggies’ Miami Dolphins. rushing attack averaged 5.7 yards per carry and produced 211.8 yards per game. Mazzone went to Arizona State from the NFL after having served as WRs coach of the New York Jets from 2006-2008 and working as a In 2015, the Aggies’ running back corps produced its first 1,000-yard personnel consultant for the franchise in 2009. rusher of the McKinney era when Tra Carson rushed for 1,165 yards, which included seven 100-yard rushing games. In 2005, Mazzone enjoyed a second stint at Ole Miss as the offensive coordinator. From 2003-04, he was the OC and TEs coach at NC State. Using a balanced rotation running backs in 2014, the Aggies’ trio of While at NC State, he coached All-American quarterback Philip Riv- runners averaged over five yards per carry while combining for 1,520 ers, who went on to become the fourth overall pick in the 2004 NFL rushing yards and 15 rushing touchdowns. Draft. The Wolfpack offense led the ACC in six offensive categories and topped the NCAA in pass efficiency. In addition to his running back coach duties, McKinney served as the Aggies’ offensive coordinator and play-caller for the 2013 Cotton Bowl In 2002, he was on Erickson’s Oregon State staff as the RBs and special and the 2013 regular season. Under his direction, the Aggies led the SEC teams coach. While with the Beavers, he coached future NFL All-Pro RB in passing, scoring and total offense, while setting school records for Steven Jackson. passing yards, touchdowns and completion percentage. Mazzone worked as the OC and QBs coach from 1999-2001 on Tommy Under McKinney’s direction in 2012, the Aggies’ top three running Tuberville’s staff at Auburn. He recruited and coached the 2000 SEC backs combined for more than 1,600 yards while averaging 5.5 yards Player of the Year, Rudi Johnson, a future Pro Bowler with the Cincin- per carry. Combined with quarterback Johnny Manziel, A&M’s rushing nati Bengals. He also tutored All-SEC QB Ben Leard, QB Campbell, and attack was the best in the SEC and was the school’s most productive NFL RBs Carnell Williams and Ronnie Brown. Auburn won the SEC West ground game in more than 20 seasons. Championship under his watch (2000 and 2001 (t)). Prior to Texas A&M, McKinney served as Houston’s recruiting coordi- From 1994-98, he was on Tuberville’s staff at Mississippi as the OC/QBs nator in addition to overseeing the Cougar running backs. His four-year

28 2018 Arizona Football Media Guide www.arizonawildcats.com 29 ASSISTANT COACH BIOGRAPHIES stay at Houston was highly successful as the Cougars compiled a 36-17 five scores, yet he averaged 16.2 yards per catch to lead all receivers. record and played in three bowl games. UH posted double-digit wins twice during his stay, including 2011’s school-record 13 victories and Aych joined the Wildcats after spending the 2016 season at UTEP and bowl triumph over Penn State. the 2015 season at Angelo State, where he was a finalist for the Division II American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Assistant Coach of the UH’s 2011 campaign enjoyed the strong play of running back Charles Year award. Sims, who gained 7.5 yards per carry on his way to 821 yards while grabbing 51 passes for 575 yards. In 2010, McKinney tutored Bryce Beall In his only season with the run-oriented Miners that boasted an to first-team all-C-USA honors. Beall and Michael Hayes combined for All-American running back and offensive lineman, Aych coached the 1,499 yards and 20 touchdowns. In 2009, Sims earned a spot on the wide receiver unit that helped haul in 21 receiving touchdowns, the C-USA All-Freshman Team after averaging 4.92 receptions per game, ranking third among FBS receiving running backs. most for the program since 2010. The balance provided in the pass game allowed UTEP to improve its per-game scoring by nearly a touch- During his first year at Houston in 2008, McKinney guided Beall to down from 20.7 points per game in 2015 to 26.3 points per game last C-USA Freshman of the Year honors after becoming the first freshman season. Additionally, receiver Terry Juniel was named honorable men- in UH history to rush for more than 1,000 yards. Beall also was named tion All-Conference USA. the MVP of the 2008 Armed Forces Bowl after rushing for 135 yards and one touchdown in a 34-28 win over Air Force. Before his stint in El Paso, Texas, Aych spent five seasons at Angelo State where he served as the offensive coordinator and assistant head Prior to joining Sumlin’s staff at UH, McKinney served as head football coach from 2011-2015. coach at Jack Yates High School, compiling a winning record of 30-8 in three seasons. While at Yates he received several accolades, including Under Aych, the Rams’ offense put up staggering numbers in 2015, being named a 2006 Gordon Wood 4A Coach of the Year Finalist and a leading the nation (Division II) in total offense with over 560 yards per 2007 Texans Coach of the Year Finalist. game and ranking seventh in points per game (42.5). Senior quarter- back Kyle Washington, under Aych’s tutelage, threw for 3,691 yards McKinney also served as an assistant football coach at North Shore (Angelo State single-season record), ranking sixth in the nation. Wash- High School (2003-05) and Booker T. Washington High School (1997- ington registered 27 passing scores and only nine interceptions. Wash- 2003) where he was named the 2003 Houston Coaches Association As- sistant Coach of the Year. Under his leadership as head and assistant ington also rushed for 831 yards and 15 scores as he led the nation coach, McKinney helped many young men to receive scholarships to in total offense and broke ASU’s single-season record for total yards NCAA Division I schools and pursue their dreams of playing in the NFL. with 4,522. Washington was named the Lone Star Conference Offensive Player of the Year. McKinney played football three seasons at Montana State, before transferring to University of Mary where he received his degree in ele- In 2014, Angelo State averaged 39.4 points per contest, while racking mentary education. He later earned a master’s in educational adminis- up 469.7 yards of total offense per game. The Rams registered a 9-3 tration from Prairie View A&M in 2002. overall record in 2014. Washington set a single-season school record by throwing for 34 touchdowns and being the first Ram in history to throw McKinney and his wife, Jakmica, have three children, Britney, Atallah for over 3,000 yards with 3,236. and Quran. Aych previously coached four seasons at Central Missouri in the Clarence McKinney File Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. With the Mules, Born: Dec. 26, 1970 Aych coached current Tennessee Titans tight end Delanie Walker, who Hometown: Houston, Texas was drafted as a wide receiver in the 2006 draft after an impressive Wife: Jakmica collegiate career. Children: Britney, Atallah, Quran College: University of Mary (elementary education, 1994) Master’s: Prairie View A&M (education administration, 2002) Prior to coaching the Mules, Aych spent two seasons at the University Playing Experience: 1991-93, University of Mary (QB/WR) of Washington on the other side of the line of scrimmage, assisting 1989-91, Montana State (QB) with the outside linebackers and punters as a defensive graduate as- Primary recruiting areas: QBs across the country, Phoenix sistant. Aych coached two Huskies – linebackers Marquis Cooper and Greg Carothers – who signed NFL contracts. Cooper was an All-Pac-10 McKinney’s Coaching History selection in 2003 and a fourth-round round selection of the Tampa Bay Years School Buccaneers. 2018 Arizona (Associate HC/RB) 2012-17 Texas A&M (RB) While at the University of Houston, Aych coached running back Joffrey 2013 Texas A&M (OC/RB) Reynolds, who was named the C-USA Offensive Player of the Year by 2010-11 Houston (RB/recruiting coor.) Sporting News. Reynolds rushed for over 1,500 yards in 2002. 2008-09 Houston (RB) 2005-07 Yates HS (head coach) The Zachary, La., native has also coached at the junior college level – 2003-05 North Shore HS (assistant coach) Fort Scott (Kan.) Community College – and the high school level at 1997-03 Booker T. Washing Aberdeen (S.D.) Central.

Aych earned three letters as a wide receiver at Northern State Universi- ty in Aberdeen and was an All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference THERON AYCH Honorable mention selection. He earned a degree in sociology and criminal justice from NSU in 1996. Aych and his wife, Gwyn, have two Inside Receivers Coach children, Tommy and Katelyn. Year at Arizona: 2nd Theron Aych File Years in Coaching: 17th Pronunciation: THER-ron AY-ch (like letter H) Hometown: Zachary, La. Theron Aych returns in his second season with the Wildcats after being College: Northern State, 1996 retained by head coach Kevin Sumlin in January. Aych, who coached all Family: Wife, Gwyn; Children, Tommy and Katelyn receivers in 2017, will work primarily with the inside receivers in 2018. Primary recruiting areas: East Texas, Louisiana and Kansas JUCOs. Despite a heavy lean to the run game in 2017, Aych’s receivers were a consistent and critical force for the Wildcats’ explosive offense. Shun Aych’s Coaching History Brown, Shawn Poindexter, Tony Ellison and Cedric Peterson were all Years School regular starters that will return in 2018. In addition to combining for 108 2018 Arizona, inside receivers receptions for 1,522 yards and 12 touchdowns, the quartet emerged as 2017 Arizona, Receivers willing blockers on the perimeter to set up long rushing plays. Arizona 2016 UTEP, Receivers was tied for the national lead with 28 runs of at least 30 yards. 2011-15 Angelo State, Offensive Coordinator/Assistant Head Coach 2005-08 Central Missouri, Special Teams Coordinator/Receivers By season’s end, the receiving corps was in on the big plays as well, 2003-04 Washington, Defensive Graduate Assistant hauling in five touchdowns in the Foster Farms Bowl - all of which were 2000-02 Houston, Offensive Graduate Assistant at least 24 yard strikes from quarterback Khalil Tate. Brown, an honor- able mention All-Pac-12 performer, led the squad with 43 receptions for 573 yards and six scores. Ellison wasn’t far behind with 37 grabs and

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back Mikel Leshoure’s school-record 1,697 rushing yards. The Illini led JOE GILBERT the Big Ten and ranked 11th in the nation in rushing.

Offensive Line In 2009, Gilbert guided an offensive line that assisted the team in aver- aging over 200 yards rushing per game, which ranked second in the Year at Arizona: 1st conference and 17th nationally. He tutored Second Team All-America selection, Jon Asamoah, who was the team MVP, becoming the first Years in Coaching: 33rd offensive lineman to earn the honor since 1976. Asamoah was a third- round draft pick of the Kansas City Chiefs in 2010. While at Illinois, Gil- A 32-year veteran of both the collegiate and professional coaching bert also tutored Jeff Allen who was selected in the second round of the ranks, Joe Gilbert is in his first season as offensive line coach at the 2012 NFL Draft by the Chiefs and has started 50-of-58 games over the University of Arizona. Gilbert also was a line coach on head coach Kevin last five seasons (2012-16). Sumlin’s first staff at the University of Houston in 2008. Before coming to Illinois, Gilbert spent one season at the University of Gilbert returns to the collegiate ranks following a six-year professional Houston (2008), where he led an offensive line that helped the team stint with the Indianapolis Colts in the National Football League. First rank second in the nation in passing and total offense and 10th in scor- named an assistant offensive line coach in 2012, he held the title of of- ing offense. The Cougars averaged 562 yards of total offense and 40 fensive line coach from 2013-15, and again was the assistant line coach points per game as the line blocked for quarterback Case Keenum’s 400 in 2016-17. yards of total offense per game. Houston also featured 2008 All-Con- ference USA first-team selection, tackle Sebastian Vollmer, who has Much of Gilbert’s time in Indianapolis tasked him with protecting fran- started 80-of-88 games for the New England Patriots over the last eight chise quarterback Andrew Luck. The combination of a stout line and seasons. Luck’s prowess resulted in three-consecutive 11-win seasons and playoff appearances from 2012-14. The 2015-16 seasons saw the Colts finish Gilbert arrived in Houston after spending the 2007 campaign at the and even 8-8 each season, before a disappointing 4-12 season in 2017 University of Toledo. He coached the tight ends in 2007, his second which came in the absence of Luck, who missed the entire season due stint on the Rockets coaching staff. Gilbert worked with the offensive to injury. Still, throughout the six seasons, the Colts set numerous fran- line at Toledo from 2001-03 before leaving to take the offensive line chise records that were no doubt achieved in part because of Gilbert’s coaching position at the University of Central Florida, where he spent diligent work with the offensive line during his tenure. three seasons (2004-06). In 2016, Gilbert helped with the development of one of the youngest In 2006, UCF ranked 30th nationally in passing offense (233.7 ypg.) and position groups on the team. The Colts utilized seven different starting 34th in total offense (373.2 ypg.). Golden Knights offensive lineman offensive line combinations and led the NFL with 34 rookie starts. Indi- Kyle Smith earned honorable mention All-Conference USA accolades anapolis was the only team in the league to start four different rookies under Gilbert’s tutelage. Gilbert’s offensive line was one of Central Flor- along the offensive line as center Ryan Kelly (16 starts), tackle Joe Haeg ida’s most consistent units in 2005. The group helped pave the way (14 starts), tackle Le’Raven Clark (three starts) and center Austin Blythe for Conference USA Freshman of the Year Kevin Smith, who totaled (one start) all saw action. Kelly was one of 11 rookies in the NFL to 1,178 yards on the ground from his tailback position. Center Cedric start all 16 games. Haeg became the first rookie in the league to start Gagne-Marcoux garnered Conference USA All-Conference first-team at three positions along the offensive line (left guard, right guard and recognition, while guard L.J. Anderson and tackle Patrick Brown (for- right tackle), since Kyle Turley, a first-round draft pick in 1998. Over the mer Minnesota Viking) earned All-Freshman Team honors. Guard Josh final eight games of the season, the Colts tied for the seventh-fewest Sitton was also a member of the offensive line in 2006 and is currently sacks allowed (13.0) in the NFL. The unit paved the way for running playing for the Chicago Bears. back Frank Gore to rush for 1,025 yards and become the first Colt to eclipse 1,000 yards rushing since Joseph Addai in 2007. The group pro- During his first stint at Toledo, Gilbert helped develop one of the na- vided protection for quarterback Andrew Luck to finish in the top 10 in tion’s top offensive lines and also helped groom future New England the NFL in passing yards (4,240, eighth), passing touchdowns (31, fifth) Patriots starter Nick Kaczur. In 2001, Gilbert guided the Rocket offensive and passer rating (96.4, ninth), while wide receiver T.Y. Hilton claimed line to an outstanding season, helping pave the way for Mid-American the NFL receiving title (1,448 yards) and earned his third consecutive Conference and Motor City Bowl championships. Toledo ranked 13th Pro Bowl nod. in the nation in total offense (444.5 ypg.), 16th in scoring offense (34.9 ppg.) and 17th in rushing offense (213.4 ypg.) that season. Gilbert’s of- Gilbert guided an offensive line that used six different starting lineups fensive line enjoyed a banner year in 2002 as the Rockets ranked fifth in throughout the season in 2015. Versatile guard Joe Reitz started a the nation in total offense (472.2 ypg.), 11th in scoring (35.4 ppg.) and career-high 14 games at right tackle (10), left tackle (three) and right 16th in rushing (214.3 ypg.), while earning a second MAC West title and guard (one). Gilbert was influential in the continued development of a repeat visit to the Motor City Bowl. Kaczur and center Chris Tuminello second-year tackle/guard Jack Mewhort, who started all 16 games for earned All-MAC first-team honors. In 2003, the Rockets ranked 11th in the first time in his career. Gilbert also tutored rookie seventh-round the country in total offense (462.7 ypg.) and sixth in passing efficiency pick Denzelle Good, who started the final four games of the season (155.5). Kaczur made First Team All-MAC while fellow offensive tackle at right tackle. The offensive line blocked for Gore, who totaled 260 Erik Faasen earned second-team honors. carries for 967 yards and six touchdowns. His 967 rushing yards ranked third in the AFC and were the most by a Colts running back since 2007 Gilbert also worked as a head coach at Mansfield University (Pa.) in (Joseph Addai, 1,072). 2000, and as an assistant coach at the University of Maine from 1994- 99, including four years as offensive coordinator (1996-99). During In 2014, Gilbert worked with an offensive line that saw 11 different start- his tenure with the Black Bears, Gilbert directed an offense that set 11 ing lineups throughout the year. The line helped pave the way for the school and five NCAA I-AA records. Prior to coaching at Maine, Gilbert team to set franchise single-season records in net yards (6,506) and net was the offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator at Northeastern passing yards (4,894), while recording its second-highest point total University from 1991-93, and assistant line coach and recruiting coordi- (458) for a season. The Colts allowed only 29.0 sacks in 2014, which nator at the University of Pennsylvania from 1989-1990. He started his ranked eighth in the NFL and was the lowest total for the team since career as a graduate assistant at the University of Albany from 1987-88. the 2010 campaign. Gilbert was a standout at Horseheads (N.Y.) High School where he In 2013, Gilbert coached an offensive line that blocked for Luck to throw earned All-Twin-Tier honors before attending Hamilton College in Clin- for 3,822 yards and 23 touchdowns, while only allowing 32.0 sacks on ton, N.Y. A four-year starter on the offensive line at Hamilton, Gilbert the year, which ranked sixth in the NFL and fourth in the AFC. Indianap- was a three-time all-conference selection, and in his senior season, be- olis rushed for 1,743 yards on the season, which was the highest total came the first Hamilton player to earn First Team All-America honors. for the team since 2006. Gilbert managed an offensive line that saw seven different starting lineups throughout the season. Tackles Antho- A 1983 graduate of Horseheads High School, Gilbert earned a bache- ny Castonzo and Gosder Cherilus were mainstays on the line, as they lor’s degree in government at Hamilton in 1987. He and his wife, Cher- both started all 16 games. yl, have one daughter, Madison, and three sons, Nicholas, Joseph and Timothy. In 2012, Gilbert assisted with a Colts offensive line that provided time for Luck to set NFL rookie records for passing yards (4,374), attempts (627) and 300-yard passing games (six). The line also opened holes for a Colts rushing attack that generated 27.5 rushing attempts per game and 104.4 rushing yards per game, which is the most for Indianapolis dating back to 2007. Gilbert joined the Colts following three seasons at the University of Illinois. He was the assistant head coach/offensive line coach from 2010-11 after joining the Illini as the team’s offensive line coach in 2009. Gilbert guided an Illinois offensive line in 2010 that paved the way for school records in total points and points per game, as well as running

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Joe Gilbert File down, run for a score and catch a touchdown pass in the same game. Hometown: Horseheads, NY The Bruins also racked up a school record 692 yards of total offense in College: Hamilton College (government, 1987) the game against New Mexico State. Hundley was listed among the Wife: Cheryl nation’s top-25 in completion % (14th.668), passing efficiency (20th- Children: Madison, Nicholas, Joseph and Timothy 152.9), touchdown passes (23rd-24), points responsible for (14th-216), Primary recruiting areas: Phoenix, Washington, Oregon and Colorado. points responsible for per game (18th-16.8) and total offense (23rd- 293.8). Gilbert’s Coaching History Years School Mazzone joined the ASU coaching staff in February of 2010, serving as 2018- Arizona (OL) a quality control coach. In 2011, he became an offensive assistant and the Sun Devil offense was ranked 25th in the nation (445.8 yds/g) and 2016-2017 Indianapolis Colts (Assistant OL) 10th in passing offense (316.7 yds/g). Quarterback Brock Osweiler (2nd 2013-2015 Indianapolis Colts (OL) round selection of the Denver Broncos in 2012 NFL Draft) ranked 11th in 2012 Indianapolis Colts (Assistant OL) the NCAA in total offense (317.4). In 2010, ASU was listed as the No. 15 2010-2011 Illinois (Assistant Head Coach/OL) pass offense in the nation and the No. 29 total offense in the country. 2009 Illinois (OL) 2008 2008 Houston (OL) Mazzone has also worked with college quarterbacks training for the 2007 Toledo (TE) jump to the NFL such as Tim Tebow, Christian Ponder, Robert Griffin III 2004-2006 Central Florida (OL) and Osweiler. 2001-2003 Toledo (OL) 2000 Mansfield (Pa.) Head Coach Taylor attended both Ole Miss and East Carolina University where he 1996-1999 Maine (OC) was a member of the football teams. He spent one season at Mississippi 1994-1995 Maine (OL) (2005) and then transferred to East Carolina where he played quarter- 1991-1993 Northeastern (OL/RC) back and on special teams under head coach Skip Holtz. The Pirates 1989-1990 Pennsylvania Asst. (OL/RC) went on to play in four bowl games and capture two Conference USA 1987-1988 Albany (GA) championships. His ECU teams racked up 33 wins as a class. Mazzone graduated, with honors, from Cardinal Gibbons High School TAYLOR MAZZONE in Raleigh, NC in 2005. He was a member of the football, basketball, baseball and track teams. Outside Receivers Taylor Mazzone File Year at Arizona: 1st College: East Carolina (construction management, 2009) Years in Coaching: 9th Playing Experience: Mississippi (2005), ECU (2006-09) Wife: Erin Children: Roman Following in his father’s footsteps but looking to make his own mark on Primary recruiting areas: Orange County (Calif.), Arizona JUCOs and the coaching profession, Taylor Mazzone is in his first season as Ari- the Greater San Diego Area. zona’s outside receivers coach. He is the son of offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone. Mazzone’s Coaching History Years School Taylor Mazzone comes to Tucson from Texas A&M, where he an offen- sive quality control coach the last two seasons. Working alongside his 2018- Arizona (Outside WR) father, Mazzone had a key hand in the Aggies’ explosive offensive units 2016-17 Texas A&M (Offensive Quality Control) in 2016-17. 2013-15 UCLA (Quarterbacks) 2012 UCLA (GA, Special Teams) In 2017, Texas A&M was third in the SEC in passing offense (252.2 yards 2011 Arizona State(Quarterbacks) per game) and totaled 53 touchdowns, which was fifth-most in the 2010 Arizona State (Offensive Quality Control league. The offense featured Christian Kirk, a second round draft pick of the Arizona Cardinals who accounted for 1,631 all-purpose yards.

A year prior, the Aggies were one of a handful of FBS team to average JEREMY SPRINGER over 200 rushing and passing yards per game, while gaining 467.1 total yards per game (No. 24 nationally, No. 2 in the SEC). The Aggies’ bal- Special Teams Coordinator anced attack featured 28 rushing touchdowns and 25 passing scores. For just the third time in school history, the 2016 squad gained more Year at Arizona: 1st than 3,000 passing yards (3,317) and 2,000 rushing yards (2,754) in a Years in Coaching: 6th season. A&M’s 2,754 rushing yards were the team’s second highest to- tal in the last 20 seasons. Jeremy Springer enters his first season at Arizona, with full time special teams coordinator responsibilities. He arrived in spring 2018 after serv- As an assistant coach at UCLA, Mazzone was promoted to quarterback ing as a special teams quality control on Kevin Sumlin’s staff at Texas coach in January of 2013. In the 2012 season, he was a graduate as- A&M. sistant coach for special teams at UCLA. He had been on the staff at Arizona State University prior to the stint in Westwood. While at Texas A&M, Springer worked directly with special teams coor- dinator Jeff Banks, and assisted with the tight ends. He was also re- Quarterback Brett Hundley continued to put up big numbers in 2014 sponsible for organizing recruiting efforts in south and west Texas. under Mazzone’s guidance. He established school career records for total offense (11,713) and touchdown passes (75) while ranking fourth Under Banks and Springer, the Aggies’ special teams were one of the in the NCAA in completion percentage (.691) and 13th in passing effi- nation’s leaders. In 2017, Texas A&M led the nation in blocked kicks and ciency (152.7). blocked punts. The Aggies also finished second in the nation in punt returns and third in net punting. Hundley, who was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the 2015 NFL Draft, also became the first Bruin to throw for at least 3,000 yards in In 2016, the Aggies’ special teams led the nation in punt returns and three different seasons. He finished his career with a school record allowed zero blocked kicks. A year prior, they led the nation in punt 19 300-yard total offense games and posted his 10th 300-yard pass- returns and allowed zero blocked kicks in 2015. ing game against USC, a total which ranks second on that school list. Hundley leaves UCLA owning five of the school’s 10 400-yard total of- Prior to his three-year stint at Texas A&M from 2015-17, Springer was a fense performances. No other Bruin had recorded more than two such graduate assistant at his alma mater, UTEP. With the Miners, Springer games. Hundley was listed among the nation’s top-25 in completion % served a variety of roles. (4th-.691), passing efficiency (13th-152.7) and total offense (19th-292.2). Springer began his professional career at UTEP in 2011 as an assistant in In 2013, Hundley threw for over 400 yards for the first time in his career football operations. In the role, he assisted and analyzed monthly bud- (410 v. Cal, third-highest total in school history) and his sum of 428 gets relating to the finances of UTEP Football. Additionally, Springer yards of total offense against Cal ranked fourth on the all-time school assisted with charter planes, summer camps, hotels, training camp, and list. Hundley also became the first Bruin to ever throw for a touch- administrative duties dealing with the UTEP Football team’s day by day

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operations. championship in Yates’ tenure as a coordinator.

In March of 2013, Springer became a graduate assistant coach where he In his entire time as an assistant at Boise State, the Broncos won seven worked with UTEP’s defensive line and special teams. He helped coach conference championships in nine seasons and appeared in a bowl the Miners to their 14th bowl game in program history when they ap- game each year. The Broncos won five of the bowl games, including peared in the 2014 New Mexico Bowl. In addition to his coaching du- both the 2007 and 2010 Tostitos Fiesta Bowls. ties, he managed on-campus recruiting throughout the year and was a primary in-house recruiter for Georiga and Florida. During his final six seasons with Boise State, five defensive backs went on to be selected in the National Football League Draft: Gerald Alex- Springer played collegiately at UTEP from 2007-11, where he was a ander (Second Round, Detroit Lions, 2007), Orlando Scandrick (Fifth standout linebacker. He also played special teams for Banks, who was Round, Dallas Cowboys, 2008), Kyle Wilson (First Round, New York Jets, the coordinator for the Miners. In 33 games, he compiled 161 tackles, 2010), Brandyn Thompson (Seventh Round, Washington Redskins, 2011) 10.0 tackles for loss and one interception. He was the recipient of a and George Iloka (Fifth Round, Cincinnati Bengals, 2012). Conference USA Academic Medal (minimum 3.75 GPA) as a freshman and a four-time member of the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor A graduate of Boise State and an assistant coach with the Broncos from Roll. 2003-11, Yates returned to his alma mater in 2014 following a two-year stint as the co-defensive coordinator at Texas A&M. During his time A native of Los Fresnos, Texas, Springer has a twin brother, Justin, who in College Station, the Aggies concluded the 2012 season ranked fifth played football at Kansas. Justin is now a member of the UA strength nationally in both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Polls, and conditioning staff. and won 11 games for the first time since 1998. The Aggies went 9-4 in 2013, finishing the season ranked No. 18 in each poll. Jeremy Springer File Hometown: Los Fresnos, Texas Yates, who played defensive back for the Broncos from 1996-99, was College: UTEP, 2011 Boise State’s cornerbacks coach from 2003-05, before taking over the Playing Experience: UTEP (2007-11) entire secondary from 2006-11. He added defensive pass game coordi- Primary recruiting areas: North Houston, San Antonio, Austin and Tex- nator responsibilities in 2011, before moving on to Texas A&M. as JUCOs. While with the Broncos in his initial stint as an assistant, Boise State Springer’s Coaching History won seven conference championships in nine seasons and appeared Years School in a bowl game each year. The Broncos won five of the bowl games, 2018 Arizona (Special Teams Coordinator) including both the 2007 and 2010 Tostitos Fiesta Bowls. 2015-17 Texas A&M (Special Teams Quality Control) 2013-14 UTEP (Graduate Assistant - Special Teams/DL) Prior to his first job at Boise State in 2003, Yates was an assistant sec- ondary coach at Montana State from 2001-02. In his second season with the Bobcats, Montana State won its first Big Sky Conference MARCEL YATES Championship and earned its first NCAA Division I-AA Playoff appear- ance in 18 years.

Defensive Coordinator/LB Yates earned his bachelor’s degree in social science from Boise State in Year at Arizona: 3rd 2000. Following his senior season, he earned the team’s Denny Erickson Years in Coaching: 18th Award for Valor. He has two children, daughter Kaybrie and son Eric. Marcel Yates File Marcel Yates returns for his third season as Arizona’s defensive coordi- Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif. nator and is re-united with Kevin Sumlin, who he worked for as a co-co- College: Boise State, 2000 ordinator at Texas A&M from 2012-13. Yates, who coached linebackers Family: Children, Eric and Kaybrie for the Wildcats in 2016 and then cornerbacks in 2017, will again coach Primary Recruiting Areas: Greater San Fernando Valley (Calif.), Tucson linebackers this season. Prior to being retained by Sumlin, Yates served and Nevada. as the program’s interim head coach from Jan. 2-14. Yates’ Coaching History In 2017, Yates coached one of the youngest defenses in the Pac-12. His Years School unit regularly started five freshmen, including linebackers Tony Fields II and Colin Schooler, along with rush end Kylan Wilborn. Each was a 2018 Arizona, Defensive Coordinator/LB true freshman that garnered at least one Freshman All-American honor, 2017 Arizona, Defensive Coordinator/CB while Schooler was named the Pac-12’s Defensive Freshmen of the Year. 2016 Arizona, Defensive Coordinator/LB Fields II was the team’s leading tackler, totaling 104, which was more 2014-15 Boise State, Defensive Coordinator than any UA freshmen in at least 20 seasons. Schooler racked up 13.5 2012-13 Texas A&M, Co-Defensive Coordinator tackles for loss (all in conference play), which against was the most by 2011 Boise State, Passing game Coordinatory/Secondary a freshman since at least 1997. And then Wilborn registered 7.5 sacks, a 2006-10 Boise State, Secondary tally that led all Power 5 freshman. 2003-05 Boise State, Cornerbacks 2001-02 Montana State, Assistant Secondary Coach The Wildcats also became a much more opportunistic defense in Yates’ second season. Arizona intercepted 19 passes, which was tied for sev- enth-most nationally and the most for the program since the 1985 sea- DEMETRICE MARTIN son. In total, the Cats forced 25 turnovers, which another top-25 mark nationally. Redshirt freshman cornerback Lorenzo Burns picked off five Cornerbacks passes, which was the second-most by a freshman in the FBS, and ju- nior corner Jace Whittaker added three interceptions for Yates’ starting Year at Arizona: 1st cornerback duo. Years in Coaching: 18th Arizona’s defense in 2016 was also young, undersized and battled inju- ries throughout the year. Still, in Yates’ first season working with line- Regarded as one of the top recruiters on the West Coast, Demtrice Mar- backers, he developed Paul Magloire Jr. – a converted safety – into the tin is in his first season at Arizona. He joined Kevin Sumlin’s staff in the team’s leading tackler with 81 total stops and 5.5 for loss. Magloire Jr. spring of 2018 as the cornerbacks coach. signed a free agent contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Martin brings a wealth of experience in developing defensive backs, in Yates previously served as the defensive coordinator at Boise State addition to his familiarity with the Pac-12 landscape. Most recently, where he led an attacking-style defense with a reputation for forcing Martin spent six seasons on staff at UCLA from 2011-17. He previously turnovers the past two seasons. Under Yates, the Broncos’ defense was an assistant at Washington for three seasons (2008-10) and a grad- ranked highly in notable categories, including being one of two teams uate assistant at USC (2006-07). nationally to post top-10 finishes for turnovers forced each of the last two years. His 2014 unit also ranked seventh nationally in both tackles In 2011, Martin left Washington to join Jim Mora Jr.’s first staff at UCLA. for loss and sacks, while the 2015 squad turned in the fifth-best rush He was promoted to Assistant Head Coach at UCLA in February of 2014 defense, 12th total defense and 18th-best scoring defense. The Bron- and then to Assistant Head Coach-Defense/Defensive Backs in Febru- cos earned a pair of bowl victories along with the 2014 Mountain West ary of 2015.

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In 2016, the Bruins secondary ranked seventh in the nation in pass de- Martin’s Coaching History fense efficiency (105.8) and 22nd in the nation in interceptions (15). Years School Those marks ranked second and third in the Pac-12 conference listings. 2018 Arizona (Cornerbacks) In addition, the Bruins rated 38th in the nation in turnovers gained (23). 2015-17 UCLA (Assistant Head Coach Defense/Secondary) UCLA gave up just 12 touchdown passes on the year, the lowest total by 2014 UCLA (Asst. Head Coach/Passing Game Coordinator/DB) a Pac-12 school. The 5.7 yards per pass attempt allowed ranked tied for 2013 UCLA (Passing Game Coordinator/DB) the lowest mark in the conference. 2012 UCLA (Secondary) Fabian Moreau, Randall Goforth and Jaleel Wadood each earned hon- 2009-11 Washington (Assistant Coach/Seconday/CB orable mention all-conference recognition. Moreau was a third-round 2008 Mt. San Antonio College (Calif.) (Assistant Coach) pick of the Washington Redskins in the 2017 NFL Draft. Goforth, who 2006-07 USC (Defensive Graduate Assistant) signed with the Eagles, ranked 31st in the nation in total interceptions 2003-05 Mt. San Antonio College (Calif.) (Pass Defense Coordinator) (4) and 21st in the nation in passes defended (1.2). Wadood was tied for 2001-02 Pasadena City College (Secondary 9th in the Pac-12 in tackles (7.0/g). Moreau ranked tied for sixth in the league in passes defended (1.0). Marcus Rios inked a contract with the Denver Broncos and Ishmael Adams signed with the Rams. IONA UIAGALELEI

In 2015, the Bruins secondary led the Pac-12 in pass defense, allowing Defensive Line the fewest average yards per game and the lowest average yards per pass attempt (5.6) of any school in the 2015 season. UCLA also led Year at Arizona: 1st the Pac-12 Conference in pass defense efficiency (111.5), ranking 18th Years in Coaching: 20th nationally in the category, and producing three players who received all-conference recognition - Goforth (second team), Wadood (second Iona Uiagalelei begins his first season as an FBS assistant coach, taking team) and Rios (honorable mention). over defensive line duties for the Wildcats following an incredibly suc- cessful run as defensive coordinator at Mt. San Antonio College in Wal- In 2014, four of his defensive backs were honored with All-Pac-12 acco- nut, Calif. lades (Adams-1st team; Moreau and Anthony Jefferson-2nd team; Wa- dood honorable mention). The unit ranked third in the Pac-12 confer- While at Mt. SAC, Uiagalalei helped the Mounties win three community ence in pass defense. Jefferson, who led the secondary with 72 tackles college state championships and a pair of national championships. He and was invited to the Senior Bowl, signed with the Chicago Bears. He began as an assistant coach in 2001, before his promotion to defen- joined Moreau in a tie for the team lead with eight passes defensed. sive coordinator in 2006. Later, Uiagalelei was named an associate head coach and full-time professor in 2010. Martin helped to prepare a secondary which featured three new start- ers, in 2013. Adams, who came on to lead the team in interceptions, and Uiagalelei brings an extensive background in developing defensive Moreau were first-time starters at the corners. Jefferson ranked third linemen, including coaching Bruce Irvin at Mt. SAC. Irvin went on to on the team in tackles (89) in his initial season as a starter. Goforth, the star at West Virginia and later was a first round NFL Draft pick. Uiag- veteran of the group in his sophomore season, was fourth on the squad alelei is also highly regarding for his connections and relationships with in tackles (78) and second with three interceptions. junior college programs as well as the Polynesian community.

Martin mentored a veteran group in his first season on the field with In addition to Irvin, Uiagalelei coached Bojay Filimoeatu (Utah State, the Bruins. Senior cornerback Sheldon Price, who moved on to the In- Oakland Raiders), Nu’u Tafisi (second team All-American, Cal Berke- dianapolis Colts, matched a school record with three interceptions in ley, Seahawks, 49’ers), Rulon Davis (Cal Berkeley) and Bernard Afutiti the Houston win. Andrew Abbott, along with Price, ranked among the (All-American, BYU). Pac-12 leaders with four interceptions in 2012.Tevin McDonald was list- ed with the conference leaders in passes defensed. Uiagalelei prepped at Ganesha High School where he was an All-Inland Valley and All C.I.F. Player. He then attended Mt. SAC (1995-96) where Martin had been on the University of Washington staff for three sea- he received All-Mission Conference honors as a defensive lineman. Lat- sons prior to leaving for UCLA. The 2010 Husky secondary finished sec- er, he transferred to Southern Utah University and was selected to the ond in the Pac-10 in pass defense. DIAA All-American Team.

In 2006 and 2007, he was a defensive graduate assistant at USC, work- He received his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Southern ing with the Trojan secondary. The Trojans played in the 2007 Rose Utah University and his master’s degree in physical education at New Bowl. Mexico Highlands. His coaching career began as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, Southern Utah. Prior to joining the USC staff, Martin spent three seasons (2003-05) as the pass defense coordinator and secondary coach at Mt. San Antonio Uiagalelei and his wife Nerisa have five children, daughters Merosa College (Mt. SAC) in Walnut, CA. The Mounties played in the National and Anetero and sons Iona, Tavesi and Leevai. Bowl in 2003 and 2004. He was also the secondary coach at Pasadena City College in 2001 and 2002. The Lancers went 18-4 during that peri- Iona Uiagalelei File od, winning the Mission Conference title both seasons and appearing Pronunciation: Yo-nuh oo-ee-ah-gah-leh-lay in two bowl games. He began his career in coaching at Monrovia (Calif.) College: Mt. SAC (1995-96), Southern Utah (97-98) High (1999-2000). Bachelor’s: Southern Utah Master’s: New Mexico Highlands A product of Pasadena (Calif.) Muir High School, Martin went to Michi- High School: Ganesha HS gan State, where he played wide receiver and cornerback from 1992 Wife: Nerisa to 1995, earning first-team All-Big Ten honors in 1994 when he led the Children: Merosa, Anetero, Iona, Tavesi and Leevai. conference with seven interceptions. He had 10 interceptions in his ca- Primary Recruiting Areas: Los Angeles, Southern California JUCOs, reer and the Spartans went on to play in the Liberty (1993) and Inde- American Samoa, Hawaii and Utah. pendence (1995) bowl games. Uiagalelei’s Coaching History Martin played professionally as a cornerback for the Scottish Claymores Years School in NFL Europe (1997) and for the Houston Thunderbears (1998-99) in 2018 Arizona (DL the Arena Football League. He signed as a free agent with the St. Louis 2011-17 Mt. SAC (Associate HC/Defensive Coordinator/DL) Rams in the NFL and spent time on the practice squad. 2006-09 Mt. SAC (Defensive Coordinator/DL) 2001-2005 Mt. SAC (assistant coach/DL) Demetrice Martin File 1999-2000 Southern Utah (Graduate Assistant) Born: Feb. 23, 1973 College: Michigan State; Excelsior College (liberal arts, 2006) Playing Experience: Michigan State (CB/WR 1992-95) Professional Experience: NFL practice squad, NFL Europe and Arena League. Wife: Tiffany Children: Cole and Kori Primary Recruiting Areas: Inland Empire (Calif.), San Gabriel Valley (Calif.) and Greater Dallas area. 34 2018 Arizona Football Media Guide www.arizonawildcats.com 35 ASSISTANT COACH BIOGRAPHIES

John Rushing File JOHN RUSHING Hometown: Merced, California Birthdate: February 26, 1972 Safeties Education: Washington State University (Sociology, 1996); Boise State University (M.A. Education, 2005) Year at Arizona: 1st Wife: Angela Years in Coaching: TBA Children: Tatiana, Nataya, Kamiah, John1997 Edmonton Eskimos Playing Experience: 1996 Dallas Cowboys, 1995 Birmingham Barracu- das, 1990-95 Washington State An established recruiter with extensive NFL and collegiate coaching ex- Primary Recruiting Areas: Fresno, Calif., and Greater Bay Area (Calif.) perience, John Rushing enters his first season as the safeties coach at Arizona. He comes to Tucson after spending one year in the same ca- Rushing’s Coaching History pacity at Oregon State. Years School 2018 Arizona (Safeties) Rushing’s arrival in the desert is a reunion of sorts. First, he played col- 2017 Oregon State (Safeties) legiately at Washington State from 1990-95, beginning his career at the 2016 Los Angeles Rams (Special Teams/Defensive Consultant) same time current Arizona head coach Kevin Sumlin was a graduate 2014-16 Green Bay Packers (Defensive Quality Control/DB) assistant in Pullman. Then when Rushing began his coaching career as 2012-13 Green Bay Packers (Offensive Quality Control/RB/ST) a graduate assistant at Boise State, current UA defensive coordinator 2011 Green Bay Packers (Asst. WR/Special Teams) Marcel Yates was playing defensive back for the Broncos. 2009-10 Green Bay Packers (Offensive Quality Control) Prior to Rushing’s one year in Corvallis, he worked one season as spe- 2005-09 Utah State (CB/Punt Return) cial teams and defensive consultant for the Los Angeles Rams and 2008 Green Bay Packers (Training Camp Intern) previously served seven seasons in various roles with the Green Bay 2003-05 Utah State (Secondary) Packers. 2000-03 Montana State (Secondary) 1998-2000 Boise State (Graduate Assistant, Defense) A three-time NFL Pro Bowl coach, Rushing’s responsibilities with the 1996-98 Willamette (Cornerbacks) Packers included offensive quality control (2009-10), assistant wide re- 1995-96 Merced Union HS (DB/Special Teams) ceivers and special teams coach (2011), offensive quality control/run- ningbacks and special teams (2012-13) and also defensive quality con- trol/defensive backs (2014-16). CHUCK CECIL

During his time in Green Bay, the Packers compiled a 94-46-1 record, Senior Defensive Analyst highlighted by the 2011 Super Bowl Championship. Along the way, they won five NFC North Division titles, including from 2011-14 and again in Year at Arizona: 2nd 2016. Among the players Rushing coached were receiver Greg Jennings, who participated in the 2011 Pro Bowl, and running back Eddie Lacey, the 2013 NFL Rookie of the Year. One of the most revered players in program history, Chuck Cecil returns for his second season on staff at Arizona as the senior defensive analyst. Rushing broke into the professional coaching ranks after seven seasons tutoring the secondary at Utah State. He was the secondary coach from A 15-year coaching veteran in the National Football League, Cecil ste- 2003-05, and focused on cornerbacks and punt return from 2005-09. In ped aside from on-field coaching duties and joined the Wildcats for 2007, Kevin Robinson led the NCAA with 18.9 yards per punt return. He the 2017 season. He was retained by new head coach Kevin Sumlin in also coached cornerback Jarrett Bush to first team All-WAC honors in January of 2018. His role includes assisting Sumlin and the defensive 2005 and safety Terrance Washington to freshman All-America honors staff in areas of overall organization, scouting, film breakdown, analysis in 2004. and other game preparation responsibilities.

Montana State hired Rushing for his first full time assistant coaching A two-time First Team Academic All-America selection (1986-87), Cecil position in 2000, serving as the secondary coach through the 2003 sea- played for Arizona from 1984 to 1987, first under the late Larry Smith son. In his four seasons, the Bobcast twice won the Big Sky Conference and then under former head coach Dick Tomey for his final year. He championship. They also twice led the league for total defense and pass began as a recruited walk-on from Helix High School in San Diego, efficiency defense. Rushing coached Kane Ioane to four-time All-Amer- Calif., and finished his UA career as one of the Pac-10’s noted and fear- ica honors as well as Big Sky Player of the year as a senior. Additionally, less safeties before later being inducted in the College Football Hall of Rushing developed Joey Thomas into two-time all-league honors. Fame in 2009.

Rushing’s Division I coaching career began in 1998, when he joined Dirk A consensus All-American in 1987, Cecil was the Aloha Bowl MVP and a Koetter’s staff as a graduate assistant at Boise State. In 1999, the Bron- two-time first-team all-conference selection, plus earned second-team cos won 10 games en route to their first Big West championship, and honors as a sophomore. He was named Pac-10 Defensive Player of the defeated Louisville in the Humanitarian Bowl. They accomplished the Year in 1987 and Pac-10 Player of the Week on three occasions. same feats the following season, ending the season with a Humanitar- ian Bowl victory over UTEP. Off the field Cecil was a three-time Pac-10 All-Academic selection and culminated his education as a recipient of the NCAA VI Award, one of Before his time in Boise, Rushing coached cornerbacks at Willamette the nation’s top scholar-athlete citations. He was named Arizona’s male College from 1996-98. Previously, he began his coaching career as a winner of the Pac-10 Conference Medal. defensive backs and special teams coach at Merced Union High School. Cecil finished his UA career with the then No. 1 mark in passes defend- ed, 38, which currently is second to Michael Jolivette’s 44 from 2000 In his career at Washington State, Rushing set the Cougar record for to 2003. He led the Wildcats with 80 solo tackles his senior year and starts (46) and ranks in the top 10 for career tackles (343). He was also posted the school record that season with four interceptions at named a Sporting News All-American in 1991 and 1992, while earning Stanford. Pac-10 All-Conference honorable mention honors in 1992 and 1994. Today, Cecil still ranks No. 7 on Arizona’s all-time tackles chart with a Rushing went on to play professionally in both the Canadian Football total of 392. Additionally, he holds the Arizona career record with 21 in- League and the NFL. He started with the Birmingham Barracudas in terceptions and among those returned one 100 yards for a touchdown 1995, was with the Dallas Cowboys in 1996 and concluding his profes- against Arizona State in 1986, a play that likely rests atop many UA sional career with the Edmonton Eskimos (1997). partisans’ choice as the single-most electrifying and revered moment in UA football history. A native of Merced, Calif., Rushing has a sociology degree from Wash- ington State University (1996) and a master’s in education from Boise After his storied collegiate career, Cecil was selected by the Green Bay State (2005). He and his wife Angela have four children, including An- Packers in the fourth round of the 1988 NFL Draft. He played in Green gel, Tatiana, Nataya, Kamiah and John. Bay through the 1992 season, before moving on to the Phoenix Cardi- nals in 1993 and later the Houston Oilers for the 1995 season. The safety finished a seven-year professional career with 461 tackles, 16 intercep- tions and one touchdown.

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Cecil accepted his first professional coaching job in 2001 with Jeff Fisher and the Tennessee Titans, where he served as a defensive assistant and TERRENCE MILLER quality control coach for three seasons. He was promoted to coach the safeties and nickelbacks from 2004-06, before taking over as defensive backs coach in the 2007-08 seasons. Later, Cecil was named defensive Graduate Assistant coordinator for the Titans in 2009-10. The next stop in Cecil’s career Year at Arizona: 2nd took him to St. Louis, again working under Fisher. Cecil was the Rams’ secondary coach for five seasons.

Cecil is married to Carrie Gerlach Cecil, a native Arizonan who has es- Terrence Miller returns for his second season on staff after entering the tablished a successful communications career creating literary, televi- coaching ranks as an offensive graduate assistant in 2017. Miller played sion, film, online, business and live content. The couple met in their receiver and tight end for the Wildcats from 2009-13 under head coach- time at UA and have one daughter, Charli. They are heavily involved es Mike Stoops and Rich Rodriguez. He hauled in 95 receptions for in community service, including hosting the Cecil Family Golden Hour 1,117 yards and three touchdowns in his career. He was a team captain Golf Classic for the UMC Level One Trauma Center in Tucson, Arizona in 2013. and raise monies for Eve’s Angels, and Ordinary Hero, among other organizations. TEVIN HOOD

MIKE DIANGELO Graduate Assistant Year at Arizona: 1st Football Analyst

Year at Arizona: 5th Tevin Hood begins his collegiate coaching career as a graduate assis- tant at his alma mater. Hood played two seasons at nose guard for the Mike DiAngelo begins his fifth season at Arizona, including his second Wildcats, starting 15 times during the 2012-13 seasons. He totaled 63 as a defensive analyst under coordinator Marcel Yates. Previously, Di- tackles, including 10.5 for loss, in helping the program to consecutive Angelo was a defensive graduate assistant for the Wildcats for three bowl victories. Prior to Arizona, Hood played at Duke University and years. Before arriving in 2013, DiAngelo coached six seasons at Wash- San Diego University. ington and Jefferson College, serving a variety of assistant coaching roles. He was a four-year member of the Baldwin-Wallace football pro- gram (2002-05) and two-year starting quarterback. PIERRE CORMIER

DAVY GNODLE Graduate Assistant Year at Arizona: 1st Football Analyst Year at Arizona: 3rd Pierre Cormier begins his first season as a graduate assistant coach af- ter spending the previous two years as a student assistant coach for the Wildcats. A former highly-touted recruit, Cormier began his collegiate Davy Gnodle is now in his third season with the Wildcats, but first as a career at Arizona, where he redshirted in 2013. A year later, he was defensive analyst. His previous contributions came in 2016-17 on the forced to medically retire before every playing in a game, motivating defensive side of the ball as a graduate assistant where he worked with him to pursue a career in coaching. the defensive line and outside linebackers. Prior to UA, Gnodle coached at a pair of California high schools. He played linebacker at El Camino College in the 2005 and 2007 seasons, before earning a scholarship at Texas Southern University. KOLT PEAVEY

HAROLD GOODWIN Graduate Assistant Year at Arizona: 1st Football Analyst Year at Arizona: 1st Kolt Peavey enters his first season on staff at Arizona. He arrives follow- ing two seasons as an offensive graduate assistant working with quar- terbacks at UAB. Peavey began his playing career at South Alabama Harold Goodwin enters his first season on staff at Arizona, returning to (2011-12), before transferring to Rhode Island for the 2013-15 seasons. the collegiate ranks for the first time since 2003. Goodwin spent the last At Rhode Island, Peavey played both quarterback and defensive back. 11 seasons on the staff of Bruce Arians in the NFL (Pittsburgh, Indianap- olis and Arizona), including as offensive coordinator of the Cardinals from 2013-17. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Michigan (1995-97), with full time assignments at Eastern Michigan (1998-99) and Central Michigan (2000-03).

GREG PATRICK

Football Analyst Year at Arizona: 1st

Greg Patrick begins his first season at Arizona after working in a similar capacity on Kevin Sumlin’s staff in 2017. Patrick graduated from Brown University, where he was a two-time All-Ivy League selection and a Di- vision I-AA All-American in 1990. He played professionally for six sea- sons, including in the NFL with Detroit, before a successful high school coaching career in Arizona. He helped Valley Christian High School to a state title in 2005 and Chaparral High School to the 2011 championship.

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DENNIS POLIAN CHRIS SINGLETARY

Associate AD, Football Recruiting Coordinator Year at Arizona: 1st Year at Arizona: 3rd

Dennis Polian is in his first season at Arizona as the program’s Associate Chris Singletary returns to Arizona for this third season on staff. He Athletic Director for football. Polian comes to Tucson following two served the previous two seasons as the Director of Recruiting under seasons as Texas A&M’s Associate AD and Director of Player Personnel Rich Rodriguez, who he also worked for at his alma mater, Michigan. after serving in a variety of administrative roles in professional football Singletary served as the Wolverines’ recruiting coordinator from 2006- over the previous decade. 11 and later director of player personnel through the 2015 season. He was a three-year letterman at Michigan (1996-98). Polian arrived at Texas A&M from the Tennessee Titans where he served as a pro scout, football administrator and special assistant to head BRIAN JOHNSON coach over the past five years. Prior to working with the Titans, Polian served in similar roles with the Indianapolis Colts and the Minnesota Vikings, including as the Super Bowl XLI team coordinator for the Colts Strength & Conditioning Director in 2007. Year at Arizona: 1st Polian moved to the NFL after a year with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League where he served initially as the running backs coach and director of quality control and later as the assistant Brian Johnson is in his first season at Arizona overseeing the strength general manager from 2008-09. He also served as the director of team and condition program. He spent the 2017 on the sports performance services with the Arena Football League from 2007-08. staff at Texas A&M, after a stint in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers. Johnson served the previous three seasons(2012-14) on the strength He had a two-year stint with Tulane University from 2006-07 where he and conditioning staff at his alma mater, LSU, where he played on the began as the director of football operations and later served as assis- 2003 national championship team. Johnson had stops in the NFL with tant director of athletics with oversight of sports services, including the Arizona Cardinals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Baltimore Ravens. football administrative planning, equipment and coaches video man- agement. He was also involved in Tulane athletic department’s Hurri- cane Katrina action plan. Additional Support Staff

He moved to Tulane from Columbia University where he served as as- Chris Desrosiers, Assistant Coach/Strength & Conditioning sistant athletic director for football operations and special projects Matt Drobot, Assistant Coach/Strength & Conditioning from 2004-05. Justin Springer, Assistant Coach/Strength & Conditioning Tim Cummins, Video Operations Director From 2003-04, Polian served as the corporate sales and client services Brian Riden, Assistant Video Coordinator manager for the Arena Football League. Adam Khordaji, Creative Media Content Coordinator Christina DeRuyter, On-campus Recruiting Coordinator Ana Verdin, Operations and Administrative Assistant He began his career in athletics in event operations at Boston College Kelly Drenkhahn, Administrative Assistant to Head Coach from 1999-2001 where he served as a game operations manager for Kassandra Garcia, Football Administrative Associate various revenue events, including football, men’s and women’s basket- Barry Boyd, Assistant AD/Football Equipment Operations ball and hockey. Tom Boesel, Assistant Football Manager/Equipment Operations Zachary Cook, Assistant Football Manager/Equipment Operations Polian, whose brother, Brian, served on Kevin Sumlin’s first coaching Randy Cohen, Assoc. AD/C.A.T.S. Medical Services staff at Texas A&M, is a 1999 graduate of Villanova University with a Lanny Bradford MS, AT Jessica Marquez MA, AT bachelor’s degree in political science and he earned his master’s in ad- Rhodie Moss MS, AT minstrative studies from Boston College in 2001. Katlin Posey MS, AT Jennifer Wyly AT, PT Philip Lewis, Sports Nutrition Director BEN KERR Amy Athey, Sports Psychologist John Mosbach, Associate AD/C.A.T.S. Academics Director of Football Operations Andy Salgado, Senior Academic Counselor/C.A.T.S. Academics Sarah Barber, Academic Counselor/C.A.T.S. Academics Year at Arizona: 2nd Marisol Quiroz, Associate Director of Student Development/C.A.T.S. Academics

Ben Kerr is in his second season at Arizona after arriving as an assistant director of operations in the fall of 2017. In his role, Kerr oversees all day-to-day operations of the football program. Previously, Kerr was an assistant director of operations at William & Mary for the 2015-16 sea- sons. He joined the Tribe after serving as an operations assistant and intern at his alma mater, Penn State, in 2015-16. ANDY VAUGHN

Senior Director of Recruiting Year at Arizona: 1st

Andy Vaughn begins is his first season with the Wildcats, taking on the organization and oversight of all aspects for recruiting. Previously, Vaughn served in a similar capacity for the last three season at Nebras- ka. He also has similar experience at Nevada, Middle Tennessee State and Clemson, managing recruiting and operations in each of his roles. Vaughn was a tight end at North Greenville University, where he played on the first bowl team in school history.

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ROBERT C. ROBBINS, M.D. DAVE HEEKE

President, The University of Arizona Vice President & Director, Athletics Second Year Second Year 22nd UA President

Dr. Robert C. Robbins says he landed his dream job when he assumed his position Dave Heekes in his second year as the Director of Athletics, continuing as the 22nd president of the University of Arizona on June 1, 2017. A year into an extensive 30-year career that has encompassed all aspects of the his tenure, he is even more excited for the future of the university and its role in field including 11 years as the Athletics Director at Central Michigan Arizona and the region. University. After spending his first few months meeting students, faculty, staff, alumni and elected officials across the state, country, and internationally, Robbins launched Heeke (pronounced Hee-key) was named Arizona’s 13th Director of a strategic planning process with an aim to make the UA the world’s leading uni- Athletics in February of 2017 and officially started in that role on April versity in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, a convergence of physical, biological, 1, 2017. and digital technologies that he sees as the most important context for the UA and our students’ future success. Heeke has developed a wide-ranging understanding of college athlet- ics that includes a number of vital roles. He has experience in depart- He says the UA’s team is the key to creating and implementing the plan. “After I was named president and moved to Tucson, I started making visits to campus ment leadership, budget development, fundraising, compliance and when I could talk with students, faculty, staff and even visitors on an informal sport supervision, among other areas. Heeke has also been heavily in- basis, and I found out that the community of people who live and work here make volved in facilities master planning and funding, as well as university the UA really special,” said President Robbins. Often quoted using sports analo- and external relations. gies, Robbins said, “We have an incredible team of champions and — as I’ve said — I want to help create a championship team.” He has spent much of his first year While Athletics Director at CMU, Heeke instilled his vision of a “Cham- building a leadership team that will make this goal possible, appointing new lead- pionship Culture,” which included athletic success, academic excel- ers in Health Sciences, Academic Affairs, Research and Discovery, and Marketing and Communications. President Robbins’ priorities as the strategic plan comes lence, national media exposure, record fundraising, and a commitment into view include ensuring a first-class student experience, leadership in health to facilities. The department was twice honored with the Cartwright sciences teaching and research, enhanced marketing and branding, and taking Award, which recognizes the Mid-American Conference’s top overall advantage of the UA’s unique strengths because of its history of serving Arizona institution based on excellence in academics, athletics and citizenship. and the greater Southwest. This approach, he says, will raise the UA among the CMU earned the Reese Trophy, which honors the top MAC men’s ath- world’s best public universities, positioning the state for global leadership. “We letic program, three times, and finished as the runner-up for the Jaco- will strengthen existing relationships and build new collaborations to take the by Trophy, which honors the top MAC women’s athletic program, four University of Arizona to even higher levels of achievement, working to solve the times under Heeke’s leadership. In addition, the football program won 21st century’s most complex, global challenges.” three MAC titles and qualified for bowl games in eight of his 11 years, When asked what UA alumni can do to assist him in making the University of while both men’s and women’s basketball programs won conference Arizona an even greater presence, President Robbins is quick to answer. “Be en- championships. gaged. I am struck by how deeply and strongly our alumni feel connected to their UA experience.” Heeke is a nationally recognized leader among college athletics direc- tors. He was appointed to the NCAA Division I Athletic Director Advi- Before joining UA, Robbins served as president and CEO of the Texas Medical sory Group in June of 2013. One of just 11 Division I Athletic Directors Center (TMC) in Houston from 2012 to 2017. In this role, he significantly enhanced TMC’s commitment to collaboration, introducing five cross-institutional research nationwide to be selected for the appointment, the group meets pe- initiatives centered on innovation, genomics, regenerative medicine, health pol- riodically with NCAA President Mark Emmert and his staff to provide icy and clinical research. feedback and perspective on issues affecting DI athletics. Heeke has also been a member of the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee and Prior to his time in Houston, Dr. Robbins served as professor and chairman of the the Division I Football Issues Committee. He twice served on the base- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine, ball committee, first from 2006-08 and again from 2010-15, serving as founding director of the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, president of the In- the chair for the 2014-15 season. He was also a part of the football ternational Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, president of the Western committee from 2008-13, serving as chair in 2012-13. Thoracic Surgical Association, president of the American Heart Association West- ern States Affiliate, president of the Bay Area Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and chair of the American Heart Association Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia During Heeke’s 18 years at the University of Oregon, he assisted the Council, among other roles. In 2016 he served as president of the American Heart athletics director with the daily operation of the Ducks’ overall athletic Association Southwest Affiliate. budget and 17 sports. Heeke served on the AD’s executive staff and was responsible for strategic planning and financial models. In addition to An internationally recognized cardiac surgeon, Robbins has focused his clinical representing the AD at University and conference meetings, he man- efforts on acquired cardiac diseases with a special expertise in the surgical treat- aged all facets of internal operations, while being responsible for rev- ment of congestive heart failure and cardiothoracic transplantation. His research work includes the investigation of stem cells for cardiac regeneration, cardiac enue generation through external operations units. He assisted in the transplant allograft vasculopathy, bioengineered blood vessels, and automated $95 million football stadium expansion as well as the construction of vascular anastomotic devices. Robbins is the author of more than 300 peer-re- a $14 million football practice facility and a $5 million soccer stadium. viewed articles and a former guest editor of the Circulation Surgical Supplement. An East Lansing, Mich., native, Heeke received a bachelor’s degree from In addition to his role as University president, Robbins is also a member of several Albion College in 1985 and a master’s degree from Ohio State Univer- community Board of Directors, including the Arizona Commerce Authority, sity in 1987. At Albion, he was a co-captain of the baseball team and Southern Arizona Leadership Council, Tucson Metro Chamber of Commerce, a member of the club hockey team. He was a three-sport athlete at United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona, and the Greater Phoenix Economic Council. He is also a member of the Chairman’s Circle of Sun Corridor, Inc., and East Lansing High School and received the Distinguished Alumni Award a member of Greater Phoenix Leadership. While at TMC, Robbins also served on from the East Lansing Educational Foundation in 2007. the Houston branch of the Dallas Federal Reserve board, the board of directors of the Welch Foundation, and the American Heart Association Southwest Affiliate Heeke and his wife, Liz, have three boys, Ryan, Max and Zach. in 2016. He served on an independent blue ribbon committee to evaluate the Veterans Affairs health system, and the World Affairs Council of Greater Houston honored him as the 2016 International Citizen of the Year.

His educational background includes a B.S. in chemistry from Millsaps College, medical degree from the University of Mississippi, general surgical training at the University of Mississippi, cardiothoracic training at Stanford University, postdoc- toral research at Columbia University and the National Institutes of Health, and congenital heart surgical fellowships at Emory University and Royal Children’s Hospital.

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