Arizona in the Pros
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Arizona All-Americans Joe Tofflemire Mark Arneson Theopolis Bell Clarence Farmer 1947 1979 1988 1997 Fred W. Enke, B Cleveland Crosby, DT Joe Tofflemire, C Chris McAlister, CB (3rd Team, AP) (3rd AP/UPI) (1st team FN) (3rd team TSN) 1951 1982 1989 1998 Jim Donarski, G Ricky Hunley, ILB Glenn Parker, OL Chris McAlister, CB (2nd Team, AP) (Consensus 1st team, 1st (2nd team FN) (Unanimous 1st - FWAA, team AP/Kodak; 2nd team Chris Singleton, OLB AFCA, WCF, AP, FN, TSN) 1955 Football News) (2nd team TSN) Yusuf Scott, OG Art Luppino, B (2nd FN, 3rd AP) (2nd Tm, Williamson) 1983 1990 Trung Canidate, RB Ricky Hunley, ILB Darryll Lewis, CB (3rd AP) 1961 (Consensus 1st team AP/ (Consensus 1st team AP, Keoni Fraser, DL/ Eddie Wilson, QB, Kodak, UPI, FWAA) UPI, FWAA, Walter Makoa Freitas, OG (All (3rd Team, AP) Camp, Kodak) Freshman TSN) 1984 1968 LaMonte Hunley, ILB 1992 1999 Tom Nelson, T (3rd Team, FN) Rob Waldrop, NG Dennis Northcutt, Ret. Spec., (3rd Team, AP) (Consensus 1st team; 1st consensus (AP, FWAA): 1985 AP, 1st UPI, 1st FWAA, WR-Burger King/AFCA 1st 1971 Allan Durden, S 2nd FN) team, SN 2nd team, FN 3rd Mark Arneson, LB (1st Team, UPI, NEA, Josh Miller, P team (1st Team, TSN) Walter Camp, FN) (1st FWAA, TSN) Trung Canidate, RB, Max Zendejas, PK AP 3rd, FN 3rd, CBS/ 1972 (2nd Team TSN, 1993 Sports Line 2nd, ABC/BCS Jackie Wallace, DB 3rd Team FN) Rob Waldrop, DT 2nd (1st Team, UPI/ TSN; (Unanimous 1st) 3rd Team, AP) 1986 Tedy Bruschi, DE 2000 Byron Evans, ILB (2nd team AP) Clarence Farmer, RB 1973 (2nd team, AP, FN) Sean Harris, ILB (1st All Freshman TSN, Jim O’Connor, OT, Joe Tofflemire, C (3rd team AP) 1st True Freshman (3rd AP/FN) (2nd team, FN) Rivals.com) Chuck Cecil, S 1994 Michael Jolivette, CB 1975 (2nd team, SN; Tedy Bruschi, DE (1st All Freshman TSN) Theopolis Bell, WR 3rd team, FN) (Consensus 1st team) Reggie Sampay, C/G (1st Team, NEA) Steve McLaughlin, PK (3rd All Freshman TSN, Mike Dawson, DT 1987 (Consensus 1st team) 1st True Freshman (2nd Team, AP) Chuck Cecil, S Tony Bouie, FS Rivals.com) (Consensus,1st Kodak, FN, (Consensus 1st team) 1976 UPI, Walter Camp) 2002 Keith Hartwig, WR Joe Tofflemire, C 1995 Bobby Wade, WR (2nd TSN) (3rd Team, FN) (2nd team FN) Tedy Bruschi, DE (Unanimous 1st) PAGE 237 Academic All-Americans (Verizon/CoSIDA) Honorees 1968 Mike Moody, G 1975 Jon Abbott, DT 1976 Jon Abbott, DT 1977 Jon Abbott, DT Doug Henderson, DB (2nd) 1978 Jeff Whitton, MG (2nd) 1979 Jeff Whitton, MG (1st) Jon Abbott Chuck Cecil Doug Henderson Ivan Lesnik 1982 Ivan Lesnik, DL (2nd) 1983 Ivan Lesnik, DL (2nd) 1985 Chuck Cecil, DB (2nd) 1986 Chuck Cecil, DB (1st) 1987 Chuck Cecil, DB (1st) 1996 Wayne Wyatt, C (1st) Mike Moody Jeff Whitton Wayne Wyatt 1996 Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Wayne Wyatt A two-year starting center on the Wildcat football teams of 1995-96 and eventually one of three team captains, Wayne Wyatt earned respectable numbers on the field. But his numbers off the field captured national attention — namely his 3.941 grade point average. He was selected as one of the 16 National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame National Scholar-Athletes in 1996, with an $18,000 scholarship for post-graduate studies, which he used for dental school. Wyatt was named to the 1996 GTE Academic All-America football first team by the College Sports Information Directors of America, Arizona’s fifth player to earn first-team scholastic honors. Wyatt also earned $10,000 for the University’s general scholarship fund as a weekly winner of the Burger King Corporation’s scholar-athlete program and earned Pacific-10 All-Academic and GTE All-District 8 honors. He was honored as one of the UA’s distinguished scholar-athletes, named every semester to the Dean’s List and earned Phi Beta Kappa honors as well. Wyatt, a graduate of Mountain View High School in Tucson, received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy in August 1995 and a master’s degree in business administration in May 1997. He was one of a handful of students enrolled in the UA’s 3/2 Program, an honors program designed for gifted students that allowed graduation in five years with both an undergraduate degree and an MBA. 2003 Woody Hayes Scholar-Athlete Jason Johnson University of Arizona senior quarterback Jason Johnson won the 2003 Woody Hayes National Scholar-Athelte Award in January 2003, honoring an exemplary year as the outstanding man in Division I athletics. The award is presented to a male and female in Division I, II and III by the University & Northwest Sertoma Club of Columbus, Ohio. Johnson was joined by basketball player Lauren Shenk of Ohio State, men’s soccer player Casey Swanson of North Vernon Nazarene, sprinter Jill Theeler of North Dakota State, receiver and sprinter Andrew Hilliard of St. Thomas and soccer/basketball player Andrea Pawliczek of Emory University. The six combined for a grade point average of 3.9, more than 50 all-conference to All-America titles and a host of activities in community service. Johnson, who made outstanding appearances in both the East-West Shrine Game and Hula Bowl, earned Academic All-Pac-10 first-team quarterback honors for the second consecutive year, was a Verizon District VIII first-team Academic pick, won a berth on the American Football Coaches “Good Works Team” and completed his final year at Arizona with more than a dozen single-seeason, career or UA top-10 marks in passing and total offense. He was named the team’s Most Valuable Offensive Player for 2002 and elected a co-captain by his teammates. Johnson completed his undergraduate studies in 2001 with a 3.79 grade point average in business management, then was a honors graduate student in religious studies his final two semesters. He was a four-time winner of the UA’s Mary Roby Academic Achievement Award and won the team’s undergraduate academics award three times. Among his community activities were the Fellowship for Christian Athletes, Drug Free School Program, youth basketball coaching, Adopt a Family, Race for a Cure Cancer Walk and numerous youth-oriented speaking engagements. PAGE 238 1990 Winner of the Jim Thorpe Award Darryll Lewis Arizona defensive back Darryll Lewis won the 1990 Jim Thorpe Award as the country’s top defensive back. Lewis, who was inducted into Arizona’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1995, finished his career with 14 inter- ceptions, played in the Hula Bowl, was a third-round NFL pick and is a regular NFL starter. He was the 1990 Pac- 10 Defensive Player of the Year. Lewis was a game- turning defensive back, such as the time his interception return of 70 yards for a score helped UA beat UCLA. It was a huge play by a big-time player, but only one of many he provided as a four-year letterman from 1987- 1990. 1993 Winner of the Outland Trophy Rob Waldrop Wildcat defensive tackle Rob Waldrop capped a tremen- dous career as the winner of the Outland Trophy for the nation’s top interior lineman in 1993. Opponents double- and triple-teamed him at times in an effort to contain his pass rush and run-stopping techniques. Among his 53 tackles that year were 14 for losses, including eight sacks — a remarkable feat for an interior lineman. In his final two seasons, he had 18 sacks and spearheaded the play which spawned the Wildcats’ “Desert Swarm” nickname. He also won the Football Writer’s inaugural Defensive Player of the Year Award, now called the Bronko Nagurski Award. In a superior effort at the 1994 Fiesta Bowl, Waldrop helped pin Miami with its back to the goal and came up with another sack, helping Arizona beat Miami, 29-0. HONORS & AWARDS PAGE 239 1994 Winner of the Lou Groza Award Steve McLauglin Arizona’s Steve McLaughlin topped a remarkable four-year career in 1994 by winning the Lou Groza Collegiate Place Kicker Award as the nation’s best — the player you want to kick one in the clutch. He certainly did in 1994, earning consensus first-team All- America honors. He made 80 percent of his kicks during the season, including an amazing 12-of-16 from beyond 40 yards and 3-of-5 from beyond 50 yards. Subtracting a couple of monster tries at the end of periods, he was 23-of-27 from 57 yards and in. He led the Pac-10 in scoring with 95 points in 1994 and was first in the league and second nationally with 2.1 field goals per game. He kicked a career-best 54- yard field goal against California to earn an AT&T Long Distance Award for the longest kick of the week. He made all 26 of his point- after kicks. He was an accomplished pooch punter from field goal formation and kicked off his final two years as well. He finished his career with 57 field goals in 81 tries and made 112-of-119 PATs for 283 points, third on the UA’s all-time scoring list. McLaughlin acquired the ‘let-me-kick-it’ attitude that is so critical to the trade. He had some misses that might have turned games but kept his confidence growing. One big day for McLaughlin came when his three field goals helped beat No. 1 Washington in 1992 (pictured right). 1998 Winner of the Mosi Tatupu Award Chris McAlister Arizona cornerback Chris McAlister capped an outstanding three- year Wildcat career by winning the 1998 Mosi Tatupu Special Teams Player of the Year Award as the nation’s top player in the kicking game.