Arizona Football – 2004 Prospectus

March 2004

2004 Schedule Date Opponent Site - Time 2003 Arizona Football Results (2-10, 1-7) Sept 4 Northern Arizona Tucson - 7 p.m. MST Date Game Score Atten Sept. 11 Utah Tucson - 7 p.m. MST A 30 Texas-El Paso 42-7 40,264 Sept. 18 Wisconsin Tucson - 7 p.m. MST S 6 #13 LSU (TBS national) L 13-59 46,110 Sept. 25 Open S 13 Oregon (TBS national) L 10-48 40,462 Oct. 2 *Washington State Tucson - 7 p.m. MST S 20 at #25 Purdue L 7-59 52,310 Oct. 9 at *UCLA Los Angeles - 12:30 p.m. PDT S 27 #19 TCU (*FSNA/KWBA-58) OT L 10-13 40,515 Oct. 16 at *Oregon Eugene - 12:30 p.m. PDT O 4 at #14 Wash. State (FSNA) L 7 -30 34,923 Oct. 23 *California# Tucson - 4 p.m. MST Oct. 30 *Oregon State^ Tucson - 4 p.m. MST O 11 UCLA^ (FSN national) L 21-24 44,481 Nov. 6 at *Washington Seattle - 12:30 p.m. PST O 25 at California L 14-42 33,249 Nov. 13 at *Southern California Los Angeles - 12:30 p.m. PST N 1 at Oregon State (*FSNA) L 23-52 36,168 Nov. 20 Open N 8 Washington% (*FSNA) W 27-22 48,319 Nov. 26 *Arizona State Tucson - 1 p.m. MST N 15 #2 USC (TBS national) L 0-45 39,201 #Family Weekend ^Homecoming N 28 at Arizona State (FSN nat’l) L 7-28 55,498 Game times subject to change. Television to be announced. ^Family Weekend; %Homecoming *Tape Delay

Arizona Football Quick Facts 2003 Record: 2-10 Pac-10 Record: 1-7, 10th place Home/Road Records: 2-5, 0-5 National Rankings: – Pac-10 Honors: Sophomore TB Mike Bell, 2nd-team offense. Honorable Mention All-Pac-10: Sophomore FE Darrell Brooks, Junior center Keoki Fraser, senior ILB Joe Siofele, sophomore DE Marcus Smith. Second-Team Pac-10 All-Academic: Senior DB/special teams player Lee Patterson. Honorable Mention Pac-10 All-Academic: Sophomore punter Danny Baugher, sophomore OT Tanner Bell, sophomore QB Nic Costa, redshirt freshman PK Nick Folk. Offensive Starters Returning (11): QB Kris Heavner, 6-2, 220, So (8).; TB Mike Bell, 6-0, 215, Jr. (10); TE Steve Fleming, 6-6, 265, Sr. (9); WR Mike Jefferson, 6-1, 210, So. (4); WR Biren Ealy, 6-2, 200, Jr. (10); WR Ricky Williams, 6-2, 215, Sr. (6); OT Chris Johnson, 6-3, 323, Sr. (12); C Keoki Fraser, 6-3, 300, Sr. (12); FB Gilbert Harris, 6-2, 222, Jr. (8); OG Kili Lefotu, 6-5, 310, Jr. (11); OT John Abramo, 6-4, 298, Jr. (4), OT Tanner Bell, 6-8, 314, Jr. (4); OT Brandon Phillips, 6-8,310, Sr.* (3) (*Medical hardship) Defensive Starters Returning (8): DL Marcus Smith, 6-6-6, 240, Jr. (6); DB Darrell Brooks, 6-1, 202, Jr. (10); DB Lamon Means, 6-3, 200, Jr. (12); DL Copeland Bryan, 6-4, 250, Jr. (10); DL Paul Philipp, 6-3, 290, So (7).; DL Carlos Williams (6-4, 298, Sr. (7); LB Patrick Howard, 5-11, 228, Sr. (5); LB Kirk Johnson, 6-1, 230, Sr. (6). Specialists Returning (3): PK/KO Nick Folk, 6-2, 205, So.; P Danny Baugher, 5-10, 202, Jr.; KOR/PR Syndric Steptoe, 5-9, 180, So.; Returning Lettermen: 45 (24 offense, 20 defense, three specialty) Lettermen Lost: 19 (9 offense, 7 defense, 2 kicker)

Offensive Style: Multiple/Spread Defensive Alignment: Multiple/4-3

Arizona Coaching Staff Head Coach: Mike Stoops (Iowa ’86), 1st year at Arizona, 1st year as a head coach. Assistants: Mark Stoops (Iowa ’89), defensive coordinator/Secondary, 1st year. Mike Canales (Utah State ’84), offensive coordinator/QBs, 1st year. Kasey Dunn (Idaho ’92), RBs, 1st year. Tim Kish (Otterbein ’76), LBs, 1st year. John Peterson (Ohio State ’91), C/G, 1st year. Joe Robinson (LSU ’85), DEs/Special Teams, 1st year. Mike Tuiasosopo (Pacific Lutheran ’89), DTs, 1st year. Charlie Williams (Colorado State ’82), WRs, 1st year. Eric Wolford (Kansas State ’94), OT/Tes, 1st year. ’97), quarterbacks, 1st year. Marty Long (The Citadel ’87), DT, 8th year. Marcus Bell (Arizona ‘###), defensive graduate assistant, 1st year. Gene Johnson (Louisiana Tech ‘##), offensive graduate assistant, 1st year. Corey Edmond (North Carolina State ’93), strength and conditioning coach, 1st year. Mark Hill (Tennessee-Chattanooga ’99), assistant strength coach. Erick Harper (Kansas State ’92), director of football operations, 1st year. Dan Berezowitz (Wisconsin-Whitewater ’94), recruiting coordinator, 4th year.

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Spring Football Schedule

Note: Days and times subject to change

Tuesday, March 23 Practice, 3:45 p.m. Thursday, March 25 Practice, 3:45 p.m Friday, March 26 Practice, 3:45 p.m Football Alumni Golf Tournament (Arizona National), 7:30 a.m. Saturday, March 27 Practice, 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, March 30 Practice, 3:45 p.m Thursday, April 1 Practice, 3:45 p.m., Coaches Clinic Friday, April 2 Practice, 3:45 p.m., Coaches Clinic Saturday, April 3 Practice, 9:45 a.m., Coaches Clinic Tuesday, April 6 Practice, 3:45 p.m Thursday, April 8 Practice, 3:45 p.m Friday, April 9 Practice, 3:45 p.m. Saturday, April 10 Pratice, 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, April 13 Practice, 3:45 p.m Thursday, April 15 Practice, 3:45 p.m Friday, April 16 Wildcat Extravaganza Golf Tournament, Arizona National Saturday, April 17 Spring Game, 2 p.m., Arizona Stadium

Spring Practice Media Notes **Practices will be held on both the football practice fields and in Arizona Stadium, as determined by the coaching staff. **Practices may be closed to the public and media at the discretion of the head coach. Generally the first 20-30 minutes of practice will be open to the media. **Media attending open practices must stay in areas marked off for that purpose in the practice facility. In Arizona Stadium, media must stay beyond the perimeter of the playing field. **Photographers admitted to practice may not use tripods adjacent to the fields during live practice periods, nor circulate around the fields without being accompanied by a member of the ICA Media Relations staff. Photographers and videographers may shoot close-up action only if accompanied by a member of the UA sports information staff. **No wide-action videography of full-team drills is permitted. **Players will be available to the media after practices if class or meeting schedules permit. **Coach Mike Stoops will address the media after each practice. Other coaching staff members also will be available on request.

2003 Pacific-10 Conference Standings League All Bowl Appearance Streak Southern California 7-1 12-1 W, Rose Bowl vs. Michigan W 9 Washington State 6-2 10-3 W, Holiday Bowl vs. Texas W 1 Oregon 5-3 8-5 L, Sun Bowl vs. Minnesota L 1 California 5-3 8-6 W, Insight vs. Va. Tech W 3 Oregon State 4-4 8-5 W, Las Vegas Bowl vs. UNM W 1 UCLA 4-4 6-7 L, Silicon Valley vs. Fresno St. L 5 Washington 4-4 6-6 (Last Bowl: 2002 Sun Bowl) W 1 Arizona State 2-6 5-7 (Last Bowl: 2002 Holiday) W 1 Stanford 2-6 4-7 (Last Bowl: 2001 Seattle) L 3 Arizona 1-7 2-10 (Last Bowl: 1998 Holiday) L 2 Arizona Football – 2004 Prospectus

2003 Arizona Football

New Direction For UA Football Following its worst season in 47 years, Arizona football took a new direction on Nov. 29, 2003, with the hiring of Oklahoma defensive coordinator Mike Stoops. Over the next months, Stoops assembled an outstanding coaching staff, bringing in coaches with winning backgrounds from a nice sampling of successful programs. Considering the timetable, UA’s new staff performed admirably during the recruiting process. The Wildcats head into spring football following a firm off-season emphasis on strength and conditioning – two strength coaches Stoops lured from OU provided the impetus. When asked countless times about his timetable for success, Stoops has said each and every time that his first Arizona team will, above all, expect to win every football game. It’s a sparkling and confident attitude, and it has permeated the program. The Wildcats are eager to see how Stoops’ national championship background as a coordinator will fare in the Pac-10, a league with nine coaches having less than four years’ tenure. He’s the new guy on the block, but there aren’t many hardened bullies around. One thing his background is sure to restore in Tucson: Arizona will be a tough bunch.

Head Coach Mike Stoops

Arizona athletics director Jim Livengood signed one of the nation’s top coaches last November in luring Mike Stoops away from a powerhouse Oklahoma program, where he had worked the past five seasons as a top lieutenant to his brother, Bob Stoops. Livengood had one clear thing in mind: winning football. In Norman, Mike Stoops helped his brother rebuild the mired OU program (from 5-5-1, 3-8, 4-8 and 5-6 teams in the preceding four years) into an overnight success as a 7-5 bowl team in 1999 -- and a national championship club a year later at 13-0. The pace of that improvement was appealing to Livengood, albeit largely the responsibility of the elder Stoops. After interviewing Mike for the job, it was clear to Livengood that he was no less a man for the task at Arizona than his brother had been when hired from the coordinator ranks by OU. As it turned out, it’s a good thing UA was first in line for Stoops, having released third-year coach John Mackovic in mid- season a year ago. Other jobs opened up later, and Stoops’ name was mentioned for all, as in ‘Too bad Arizona already hired Stoops.’ Stoops has been involved with three major-college programs in his 18-year coaching career. The common theme: winning. Winning while playing for and learning the coaching trade from Hayden Fry at Iowa, winning while developing his skills and turning around a program under Bill Snyder at Kansas State, and winning while emerging as a hot coaching talent at Oklahoma. In all, the programs were a combined 168-48-3 during Stoops’ 18 seasons on those staffs. Arizona has lost 48 games in the last six seasons and needed a believer. Stoops’ public statements are all about competing, and competing to win now, in 2004. Stoops’ private messages to his Arizona team bear the same stamp: get used to winning and get about the business of doing so now. Stoops’ penchant for rugged defenses will help heal a program that’s been struggling in that area in the 2000s. A year ago the Cats’ rang the bell at No. 10 in the Pac-120 in total defense, rushing defense, scoring defense and pass efficiency defense. Most believe that Stoops will accept no substitute for defense, and help recharge a unit that once spawned nationally known nicknames. Stoops was with Oklahoma for five years as associate head coach, co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach (1999- 2003); was defensive coordinator and secondary coach at KSU for three years (1996-98); defensive ends coach at KSU for the three years prior to that (1992-95) and started with two years as a graduate assistant and four years as a volunteer defensive coach at Iowa (1986-91). Along the way he hit some high points: four bowl games as an Iowa player, capped by 1984 All-America honors as a DB; sixteen bowl games as a coach; working with two Jim Thorpe Award winners, one who also won the Bronco Nagursski Award; making three Rose Bowl trips – once as a player and twice as a coach; AFCA assistant coach of the year finalist; etc. Defense is his specialty, and at Arizona he’s brought in the assistants to keep that emphasis going – but also hired some offensive minds to get Arizona back into the bowl business. His first UA club will feature his younger brother, Mark, coordinating a multiple 3-4 defense well known by the Stoops family, and use a spread offense initiated by offensive coordinator Mike Canales, a known proponent of the passing game. Clearly, Arizona football in 2004 will mark the entry of a new player in the Pac-10 – Mike Stoops. His enthusiasm and hard- working nature are in evidence, and should become clear to the rest of the league shortly.

The Stoops File The Sporting News, Jan. 14, 2004 Date of Birth: Dec. 13, 1961

Hometown: Youngstown, Ohio Grading the Coaching Hires for the 2004 season: High School: Cardinal Mooney High School, Youngstown

College: Iowa, 1986 1. Mike Stoops, Arizona. Family: Wife, Nicole, daughter Peyton, 4, and son Colton, 1 ‘(He) was an integral cog in the reshaping of the Work History: Iowa, grad assistant 1986-87 Oklahoma program the last five years as co-defensive Iowa, volunteer assistant 1988-91 coordinator. How will it play at Arizona? Think Southern Kansas State, DE coach, 1992-95 California (which) blossomed into a Pac-10 Power… Stoops Kansas State, co-DC, 1996-97 … immediately becomes the league’s second-best Kansas State, DC, 1998 recruiter… Grade: A Oklahoma, Associate head coach, co-DC, 1999-2003 Bowl Games: 18 (four as a player)

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Arizona Assistant Coaches

Mark Stoops, Defensive Coordinator, Secondary Coach Mike Stoops’ younger brother, Mark, 36, has been defensive backs coach for the Miami Hurricanes the past three seasons. He also has experience as a co-defensive coordinator at Houston, coaching DBs at Wyoming and South Florida, and five years in the prep coaching ranks. The Miami defense was first in the Big East and 2nd nationally in total defense, and led the nation in pass defense. The Canes were fourth in the nation in scoring defense and finished 11-2 with a No. 5 ranking in both polls after their Orange Bowl victory over Florida State. His 2002 secondary also led the nation in passing defense and pass efficiency defense, and the 2001 group under Stoops helped lead Miami to its fifth national title, intercepting 27 passes for a defensive unit that had 45 takeaways. A three-year letterman as a safety at Iowa, he began his career as a graduate assistant for the Hawkeyes under Hayden Fry. He has been part of nine teams that played in bowls, including Rose Bowls in 1986, 1991 and 2002.

Mike Canales, Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks Coach Canales, 43, comes to Tucson after a year as wide receivers coach with the New York Jets, but has predominantly been a quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator, notably with tutelage under Lavell Edwards and Norm Chow at Brigham Young and later directing a high-powered passing game at North Carolina State. He lettered three years as a QB at Utah State under Bruce Snyder and Chris Pella, and then started his career as a grad assistant at BYU, including its 11-3 season in 1985 when it was No. 16 in the final polls. He was coordinator and receivers coach for eight years at Snow College, quarterbacks coach at Pacific for a year, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at South Florida (where he worked with Mark Stoops) for five years, then took over passing-game and QB coach duties at North Carolina State in 2001-02. He worked with NCSU record-breaker Phillip Rivers during his sophomore and junior seasons, the last an 11-3 year in which the Wolfpack were No. 12 in the final AP poll. Last year he worked with New York’s Santana Moss and Curtis Conway, among others, and Moss finished in the NFL’s top 15 in receiving.

Kasey Dunn, Running Backs Coach Dunn, 34, a former star college player, added some Pac-10 experience to the staff and has coached on both sides of the ball. He will coach running backs for UA. He joined the staff after a year coaching cornerbacks at Texas Christian in 2003 and spent the previous five years on the Washington State staff under Mike Price as running backs coach, special teams coordinator and assistant head coach. He also has three years’ experience coaching cornerbacks at New Mexico and Idaho, and a year coaching tight ends and receivers at San Diego. Dunn, a two-time All-American, is the Idaho career record holder for receptions and receiving yardage, ranking No. 3 on the NCAA chart in both categories. He played professionally with the Houston Oilers, B.C. Lions and Edmonton Eskimos for two years after his college days, but returned to Idaho and began his coaching career as a volunteer coach working with receivers in 1993.

Tim Kish, Linebackers Coach Kish, 49, brings three decades of experience to Stoops’ staff, including 14 years coaching in the Big Ten. His view of the game is well rounded. He initially was hired to work with UA’s defensive ends but likely will coach linebackers in 2004. He has been a defensive coordinator for the past seven seasons and has coached in eight bowl games. He spent the last two years as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Indiana, was defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Ohio University the year before, and held the same position for three years at Illinois from 1997-2000. He began his career as a high school coach in Ohio in 1976, was a graduate assistant at Bowling Green for two years, coached the secondary at Purdue for a year, coached quarterbacks and the defensive line in two seasons at Ball State, and coached defensive ends and outside linebackers for eight seasons at Army. He spent five seasons coaching ends and linebackers at Northwestern before becoming the coordinator at Illinois.

John Peterson, Centers and Guards Coach Mike Stoops reached into the Midwest and lured a former Ohio State player out west to coach the interior of the Arizona offensive line. Peterson, 35, came to UA from Miami (Ohio) University, where he spent five years as the offensive line coach and the last three as the Redhawks’ running game coordinator. His 2003 line helped spearhead a Miami attack that led the nation with 43 points per game and was second nationally with 501 yards in total offense per game. The Redhawks were 13-1 and defeated Louisville in the GMAC Bowl. A Buckeye lineman from 1988-90, Peterson began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Cincinnati, then returned to Columbus to serve as a G.A. with the offensive line in 1993-94. At Akron as line coach from 1995 to 1998, Peterson coached his 1997 group to pave the way for the nation’s 11th-rated rushing offense, plus the unit allowed only 10 sacks. He is an Ohio prep Hall of Fame player and has participated in six bowl games as a player or coach.

Joe Robinson, Defensive Ends Coach, Special Teams Coordinator Robinson will coach defensive ends and brings a solid background in coaching special-teams, which he’ll coordinate at Arizona. He has been a special teams coordinator or recruiting coordinator for more than a decade and has coached on both sides of the ball. He was coordinator of special teams and linebackers coach at Central Florida in 2003, coaching the nation’s leading punter in Matt Prater (47.9), who more importantly helped UCF record a 41.9 net average. He coordinated special teams at Houston in 2002, coached running backs and was recruiting coordinator at Louisiana Tech in 2001, and spent seven seasons with Southern Mississippi from 1992 to 1998. A graduate of Louisiana State, he began his career as a defensive coordinator and prep head coach in Louisiana, then joined Lousiana Tech’s staff as a grad assistant in 1989. After two seasons more seasons there coaching the defensive line and serving as recruiting coordinator, he joined the Southern Miss staff. His kick return unit led the nation there in 1997 and posted top 10 ratings in five other categories during his tenure. At Houston, his Cougar unit led Conference USA in net punting after finishing 10th the year before, and field goal kicker Justin Bell was a semi- finalist for the Lou Groza Award.

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Mike Tuiasosopo, Defensive Tackles Coach UA’s new defensive tackles coach bears a name familiar to Pac-10 partisans. Mike Tuiasosopo joins the UA staff after a year coaching defensive tackles at Utah. Tuiasosopo, 40, is a former college player and has been a collegiate defensive line coach for the past eight years after a solid career in the prep ranks. The Utes had an exceptional season in 2003, finishing 10-2 with a Liberty Bowl victory and final No. 21 ranking in the polls. Utah shut out is last two opponents and did not allow a point in its last 10 quarters, plus recorded victories over California and Oregon. Tuiasosopo played four years at Pacific Lutheran, earning all-league honors and helping the club win the national title his junior year. He began his coaching career at Montclair, Calif., Prep, was a graduate assistant at Pacific, coached linebackers at St. Mary’s High in Stockton, and was then head coach at Berkeley, Calif., High for three years. He was defensive line coach for John L. Smith at Utah State for three seasons, and coached the line for Chris Tormey at Nevada for three years before joining Urban Meyer’s Utah staff last year. His cousin, Manu Tuiasosopo, was a two-time All-American tackle at UCLA and Manu’s son, Marques, was a star quarterback at Washington and now with the Oakland Raiders.

Charlie Williams, Wide Receivers Coach UA’s new receivers coach brings experience working with high-caliber players in both the major-college and professional ranks. Williams, 44, came to UA after a year coaching receivers for Lou Holtz at South Carolina. He spent the previous six seasons in the National Football League, coaching receivers for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, tutoring such standouts as Keyshawn Johnson, Reidel Anthony and Jacquez Green. Johnson played in three pro bowls while Williams was his position coach. Williams was wide receivers coach for the Miami Hurricanes before his NFL stint, the first two under Dennis Erickson and one under Butch Davis. In 1993 and 1994, Williams helped Chris T. Jones lead the Canes with a total of 90 catches for 1,462 yards. Williams coached against Arizona in the 1993 Fiesta Bowl, with Jones snagging six balls for 98 yards. Williams also has previous coaching experience at Minnesota, Texas Christian, New Mexico State and Long Beach City College. He played two years as a defensive back at Colorado State.

Eric Wolford, Offensive Tackles/Tight Ends Coach Wolford was one of Stoops’ first hires, lured from North Texas to coach offensive tackles and tight ends. His former playing days at Kansas State coincided with Stoops’ first two years on the KSU staff as defensive ends coach in 1992-93. Wolford was line coach at North Texas for one year, helping the Mean Green earn a third consecutive bowl appearance and finish 9-3 under Darrell Dickey. Two of his charges, center Andy Brewster and guard Nick Zuniga, earned first-team All-Sun Belt honors, and paved the way for tailback Patrick Cobbs, the SBC Offensive Player of the Year. Wolford coached at Houston for three years from 2000-02, coaching tackles and tight ends the first year, the second coaching running backs and special teams and the third working with the defensive line. He coached the offensive line at South Florida from 1996-99, working alongside UA’s new defensive coordinator, Mark Stoops. He also has previous experience at Emporia State and began his career as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, Kansas State, where he was a four-year starting guard.

Gene Johnson, Offensive Graduate Assistant Johnson joins Arizona’s staff this year from Klein Forest High School in Houston, where he has been head coach the past four seasons. He was promoted from offensive coordinator to the post and compiled a 37-11 record. A 1992 graduate of Louisiana Tech, Johnson played quarterback there and later for the Arizona Rattlers, and St. Louis and Memphis of the Arena League. He began his career as a graduate assistant at Southern Mississippi in 1994 and 1995. He earned his master’s degree at Southern Miss in 1995..

Marcus Bell, Defensive Graduate Assistant Bell, one of the all-time leading tacklers in the past three decades of Arizona football, will serve as Arizona’s defensive graduate assistant. He lettered four years for UA as a middle linebacker from 1996-1999, playing on UA’s best-ever squad, the 12-1 team that beat Nebraska in the Holiday Bowl in 1998 when he was named first-team All-Pac-10. His 139 tackles that year led the league and he was UA’s leader his final two seasons. He finished with 405 career tackles, No. 5 on UA’s chart. Drafted in the fourth round by the Seattle Seahawks, Bell played two seasons. He has been training in Tucson since mid-fall.

Erick Harper, Director of Football Operations Kansas State ’92 – Came to UA after 14 years at Kansas State, where his first seven years there coincided with Mike Stoops tenure as as defensive ends coach and co-defensive coordinator… Harper was as assistant athletics director and compliance director with Kansas State from 1996 to 2003.

Dan Berezowitz, Football Recruiting Coordinator Wisconsin-Whitewater ’94 – Fourth year in Arizona program after three years as operations director… Second year as recruiting coordinator… Former operations director at Texas under Mack Brown in 1998-99, also worked as director of North Carolina’s football center 1995-1998…

Corey Edmond, Football Strength Coach North Carolina State ’93 – First year… Assistant strength coach at Oklahoma, 1999-2003… N.C. State linebacker who played against UA in 1990 Copper Bowl in Arizona Stadium… Former head strength coach at UT-Chattanooga, 1995-99, also coached DE/LB at UTC from 1993-95…

Mark Hill, Assistant Football Strength Coach University of Tennessee-Chattanooga ’99 – First year… Assistant strength coach at Oklahoma from 2000-2003… Former wide receiver at UT-Chattanooga, earning All-Southern Conference honors in 1998 when he had 53 catches for 683 yards…

Arizona Football – 2004 Prospectus Spring and 2004 Arizona Football Notions Youth Factor Arizona was able to redshirt the bulk of its 2003 class and most guys had good reviews while apprenticing last year. The new staff will make Coaching the determinations this time around. Linebacker Dane Krogstad and What will Mike Stoops and the other nine new coaches bring for spring tailback Chris Henry are two who figure to get swift evaluations, as ball? Surely emphasis on new attitude. That’s been the theme, along should cornerback Wilrey Fontenot and receiver Anthony Johnson. with physical conditioning, for the past three months. Stoops has seen Among others, offensive linemen Peter Graniello, Ismael Garcia and Phil hard work and a positive approach breed success at programs that were Clark, running back Brent Bolden, and defensive linemen Jason Parker down before his arrival, and he’s not satisfied to look down the road. He and Lionel Dotson wouldn’t be surprises on post-spring depth charts. wants improvement and expects it immediately. The staff is loaded with Too, the staff is eager to welcome its first recruits in the Class of 2004, quality coaches from winning programs, plus he brought in new one that Stoops feels has guys who can play immediately. administrative support and football-only strength coaches. The coaching factor gives Arizona a huge boost. Running the Ball Defense UA calls its style a multiple offense, not dramatically different than what it tried to do in the past several years. The Cats finished in the middle of UA took a coordinator from one of the top defenses in the country and the Pac-10 in rushing in 2003, thanks largely to junior-to-be Mike Bell made him the head coach. He then brought in a coach of one of the top and his 920 yards at 5.5 per pop. The Cats were last in the league in secondaries in the country and made him the coordinator. They bring in passing, and brought in a couple of guys with quality NFL experience a new brand of defense – the former’s zone blitzes and the latter’s (Mark (coordinator Mike Canales and receivers coach Charlie Williams) to Stoops) Cover 2 goods from Miami, and mix it up. How quickly will UA make a difference. Bell has shown he’s a capable back and Stoops says coaches match personnel with the Multiple 4-3 alignment? They he feels he, Chris Henry and Gilbert Harris are big-time backs. UA needs recruited as many defensive linemen as possible for the fall, and started the position to be a complement to a spread passing attack. to instill the toughness they were used to at the last stops. All these developments and more will redefine Arizona football in the next nine months. The hard-guy edge to Arizona football so prevalent in the 1980s Catching the Ball and 1990s was lost in recent years, and Stoops is eager to bring it back. Junior Biren Ealy, senior Ricky Williams and sophomore Mike Jefferson The place to start is on defense, the Stoops brothers’ abiding interest. can be expected to improve as receivers. They combined for 94 catches a year ago when the team struggled with inexperienced quarterbacking. Quarterbacking Each had a 100-yard game and showed they could be a feature guy in a contest. UA should be solid at tight end, with senior Steve Fleming and a How will now-tested sophomore Kris Heavner react to a style matching couple of returning lettermen backups. Fleming put toether a year that offensive coordinator Mike Canales’ background? Heavner’s talent and could signal some all-conference potential, with 24 grabs, the most since potential was a bright spot in an otherwise dim 2003. Can he fend off current St. Louis Ram Brandon Manumaleuna had 20 in 1999. Expect junior Nic Costa, sophomore Ryan O’Hara and redshirt freshman this corps to help the passing game. Richard Kovalcheck? Will a clean slate start them all evenly in spring ball? One thing UA did well in its 2-10 campaign a year ago was protect the guy. Arizona was second in the Pac-10 only to national champion In the Middle USC in allowing only 19 sacks. A veteran returning line will should help It’s nice that UA’s senior center is sometimes called ‘Oki’ by his mates, protect whoever’s under center. considering Stoops’ last stop. Keoki Fraser has 29 career starts and along with junior guard Kili Lefotu and senior tackle Chris Johnson The Unknown should form the nucleus of a solid group. Senior tackle Brandon Phillips comes back after receiving a medical hardship year, junior guard John UA catches a bit of a break at least early in the 2004 season. No early Abramo made the most of emergency duty toward the end of the year opponent will know what Arizona looks like. There’s miles of tape to and a couple of other guys like Tanner Bell, John Parada, Peter watch for styles and techniques the new staff brings – from Oklahoma, Graniello, etc., could help give UA a good unit up front. the New York Jets, Miami, Utah, Indiana, Central Florida, TCU, BYU, N.C. State, the Tampa Bay Bucs, South Carolina, Louisiana Tech, Utah State, North Texas, Miami of Ohio, Ohio State, Houston, Iowa, Kansas Can anyone kick it? State, Washington State, Purdue, etc. Stoops plans to keep it that way Arizona set a school record last year for ith its fewest field goals in a – he’s expected to close most practices. The new Cats and their quirks season – two -- in 11 attempts. UA missed from 25 and in, the 30s, 40s get put on tape, in part, on Sept. 4 when the Cats open at home, but and 50s. It was inexplicable, maybe. Stoops said on signing date – when otherwise Arizona’s 2004 opponents will have to do their specific game UA inked another guy who should get a shot at the job – that he certainly preparations on the fly until Arizona’s team complexion becomes a could do no worse than his predecessors. Sophomore Nick Folk had a known factor. widely successful prep background and won’t give up the job, but he’ll surely be pushed. Conditioning An informal poll of UA players turns up the broad consensus that the Special Teams offseason conditioning regimen begun in January is for real. Really Stoops hired Joe Robinson to coach defensive ends and coordinate embraced by most, really tough for all. Stoops said he found UA players’ special teams. His background with kickers is exemplary, his units endurance was lacking. The eight-week strength and conditioning blocked kicks, were successful in the return game, and overall showed program is only the introduction to what coaches feel will result in a new the kind of free-wheeling abandon special teams requires. Arizona has team come fall. He brought in Corey Edmond and Mark Hill from the had mixed success in the past four years and wants to rev this part of power-enriched program at Oklahoma to see it happen in Tucson. the game up again. There are talented athletes who can pull it off, so the assembly and direction will need to come from the coaching staff.

Recruiting Teamwork Arizona football had three recruiting periods in the offseason – Much was made of Arizona’s team chemistry the past two seasons. signing up some new kids, Stoops’ recruiting of a completely new They’re over, and you won’t find anyone in the program willing to talk coaching staff, and the beginning of 2005 recruiting. It’s the first full about the past. Conditioning drills in the winter bore evidence that the changeover on the staff in more than 40 years – no one was retained. players have rediscovered what it’s like to work out as a team, according The new guys hit the recruiting trail quickly to make up lost time. With a to quarterback Nic Costa. Quite refreshing, says he. complete cycle for the staff to work in, UA’s recruiting prospects are bright. They showed enough in a spare month or so before the February group signed, then stayed immersed in early recruiting preparations Depth Chart enough to ensure that Arizona will be a player in the recruiting game. Forget it. Stoops says the most competitive position on the team is at quarterback, where one guy on paper might have appeared to have an edge. Look for a meaningful Arizona football depth chart in August.

Arizona Football – 2004 Prospectus

Home Time Arizona’s 2004 schedule has the Cats opening with their first four games at home, and seven home contests in all. Hopefully a new trend will develop and the Cats can learn to protect their home field. Until a breakthrough last year against Washington, Arizona Stadium had been the scene of 13 consecutive Pac-10 losses.

Bowl View This year the first eight games on Arizona’s schedule feature opponents who played in the postseason in 2003 – Northern Arizona (Division I- AA playoffs), Utah (Liberty Bowl), Wisconsin (Music City Bowl), Washington State (Holiday Bowl), UCLA (Silicon Valley Classic), Oregon (Sun Bowl), California (Insight Bowl) and Oregon State (Las Vegas). UA adds an eighth postseason team in Southern California (Rose Bowl) later. In 2003 the Cats played both national champions (LSU and USC) among nine bowl teams on the schedule. The NCAA rated the 2003 slate the fifth-toughest in Division I-A based on opponents’ winning percentage, behind Alabama, Florida, Notre Dame and Texas A&M. This year could be more of the same.

Injury Factor Arizona enters spring ball without question marks related to physical health. Junior safety Darrell Brooks had offseason hip surgery but recovered in time for the January-March conditioning program. Offensive linemen Tanner Bell (half the year) and John Parada (missed entire season) with knee injuries, also underwent procedures but participated in strength and conditioning programs. The work for those three could be tempered somewhat in spring practice, but otherwise UA is in good shape.

Strength It’s a recurring theme already – UA’s improved strength. Corey Edmond and Mark Hill arrived in January and began an eight-week program in the weight room, the McKale access-tunnel ramp and on the practice field. UA players have been lifting, running, stretching and flexibility training more than ever before. It’s not a novel approach and, in fact, UA has long emphasized it. But, no question two football-dedicated coaches have made a difference. Edmond and Hill generally worked with small groups of players so that little missed their radar. Voluntary summer workouts will follow once school is out, and Wildcat players are making plans to be in Tucson. The day Stoops was hired he said, “You don’t need talent to work hard,” in regard to his plans for strength and conditioning emphasis. He’s followed through, and so have the guys. Arizona’s team personality has changed.

Arizona 2003 Game-by-Game Starters Offense WR LT LG C RG RT QB TE/WR HB FB/TE/WR WR PK UTEP Relford C.Johnson Sampay Fraser Lefotu Phillips Costa Fleming Bell McRae TE Ealy Gill LSU Relford C. Johnson Sampay Fraser Lefotu Phillips Costa Fleming Bell McRae TE Ealy Gill Oregon Relford C. Johnson Sampay Fraser Lefotu Phillips Costa Padron Bell McRae TE Ealy Gill Purdue Relford C. Johnson Jackson Fraser Sampay Lefotu O’Hara Fleming Bell McRae TE Ealy Gill TCU Relford C. Johnson Jackson Fraser Lefotu Bell Heavner Padron Carr Harris FB Williams Gill WSU Relford C. Johnson Jackson Fraser Lefotu Bell Heavner Fleming Bell Harris FB Ealy Gill UCLA Relford C. Johnson Jackson Fraser Lefotu Bell Heavner Fleming Farmer Harris FB Ealy Gill Cal Relford C. Johnson Jackson Fraser Lefotu Bell Heavner Fleming Bell Williams WR Ealy Gill OSU Jefferson C. Johnson Sampay Fraser Lefotu Abramo Heavner Fleming Bell Williams WR Ealy Folk UW Jefferson C. Johnson Sampay Fraser Lefotu Abramo Heavner Fleming Bell Williams WR Ealy Folk USC Jefferson C. Johnson Sampay Fraser Lefotu Abramo Heavner Steptoe WR Bell Williams WR Ealy Folk ASU Jefferson C. Johnson Sampay Fraser Lefotu Abramo Heavner Fleming Bell Steptoe WR Williams Folk

Returnees with starts: Jefferson, Johnson, Fraser, Lefotu, Abramo, Phillips, T. Bell, Costa, O’Hara, Heavner, Fleming, Padron, Steptoe, M.Bell, McRae, Harris, Ealy, Williams, Folk

Defense DE DT DT DE ROV MLB WLB CB SS FS CB Punter UTEP Bryan Williams Tuitavuki Molina Hardt Siofele Howard Love Means Brooks Jolivette Baugher LSU Bryan Williams Tuitavuki Molina Hardt Siofele Howard Nunez Means Brooks Jolivette Baugher Oregon Smith Williams Tuitavuki Molina Hardt Siofele McKinney Sherman Means Brooks Jolivette Baugher Purdue Bryan Williams Philipp Smith Hardt Siofele K.Johnson Love Means Wingate Jolivette Baugher TCU Bryan Williams Tuitavuki Smith Hardt Siofele K.Johnson Love Means Wingate Jolivette Baugher WSU Bryan Philipp Tuitavuki Smith Hardt Siofele K.Johnson Love Means Brooks Jolivette Baugher UCLA Bryan Williams Stanford Molina Hollingswrth Siofele K.Johnson Love Means Brooks Jolivette Baugher Cal Bryan Williams Philipp Molina Hardt Siofele K Johnson Love Means Brooks Jolivette Baugher OSU Bryan Philipp Tuitavuki Molina Hardt Siofele K.Johnson Love Means Brooks Jolivette Baugher UW Smith Philipp Tuitavuki Molina Hardt Siofele Howard Love Means Brooks Jolivette Baugher USC Bryan Philipp Tuitavuki Smith Hardt Siofele Howard Love Means Brooks Jolivette Baugher ASU Bryan Philipp Tuitavuki Molina Hardt Siofele Howard Love Means Brooks Jolivette Baugher

Returnees with starts: Bryan, Williams, Philipp, Stanford, Smith, Hollingsworth, Johnson, Howard, Nunez, Sherman, Mean, Brooks, Wingate, Baugher, McKinney

Lineup Notes… Note some juggling in the offensive line above. Injuries played a factor there, notably at right tackle… Gilbert Harris was the top fullback most of the year, but UA used double tight ends or three-wide sets to open many contests… Junior safety Darrell Brooks has 20 starts under his belt, including 10 as a redshirt freshman corner and 10 last year at free… Junior tackle Carlos Williams was recruited as a tight end, but played as a true freshman on the defensive line. He has 16 career starts… Junior strong safety Lamon Means has 15 starts in his two years, while junior defensive end Copeland Bryan has 13… Junior defensive end Marcus Smith earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 honors despite only starting six games in 2003…

Arizona Football – 2004 Prospectus

2004 Wildcat Personnel Breakdown

Returning Starters (starts in parentheses) Defense: 20 Other Squadmen Available for Offense: 11 Patrick Howard (3) LB Spring Ball: Kris Heavner (8) QB Kirk Johnson (3) LB Aaron Anderson WR Mike Bell (10) TB Carlos Williams (3) DT Matt Binford DB Steve Fleming (9) TE Darrell Brooks (2) FS Phillip Brown OL Keoki Fraser (12) C Copeland Bryan (2) DE Darius Coles DB Chris Johnson (12) OT Lamon Means (2) FS Rishard Davis DB Kili Lefotu (11) OG Marcus Smith (2) DE Adam Goldstein PK John Abramo (last 4 OT) OG Tony Wingate (2) SS Devon Griffin RB Brandon Phillips (3*) OT Akin Akinniyi (1) LB Ryan Koller WR Biren Ealy (10) WR Marcus Hollingsworth (1) SS Garon McHone OL Ricky Williams (6) WR John McKinney (1) LB Willis Morrison WR Gilbert Harris (8) FB Luis Nunez (1) CB Jerome Parker WR (*medical hardship year; ’02 starter) Paul Philipp (1) DT Matt Pettit RB Defense: 8 Gary Shepard (1) FS Matt Richards TE Darrell Brooks (10) FS Zeonte Sherman (1) CB Eric Sheehan WR Lamon Means (12) SS Antoine Singfield (1) LB Ryan Shirley FB Marcus Smith (6) DE Clifton Stanford (1) DT Sam Stephenson CB Carlos Williams (7) DT Justin Stewart (1) LB Chad Werley PK Paul Philipp (7) DT Tim Taylor (1) LB Jeremy Willoughby DT Copeland Bryan (10) DE Andre Torrey (1) DE Kirk Johnson (6) WLB Patrick Howard (5) MLB Speciality: 3 Fall 2004 Freshman Recruits: 20 Specialist: 3 Danny Baugher (2) P Danny Baugher (12) P Nick Folk (1) PK Yaniv Barnett, DT, Schertz, Texas Nick Folk (last 4) PK/KO Ben DalMolin (2) LS Travis Bell, TE, Castroville, Calif. Syndric Steptoe (10) KOR/PR Jason Bondzio, K, Humble, Texas Scholarship Redshirts: 15 Antoine Cason, CB, Los Alamitos, Calif. Starters Lost: 5 (*medical hardship) B.J. Dennard, CB, Phoenix, Ariz. Reggie Sampay (8) LG/RG Michael Beach CB Dan Espinosa, OL, Los Alamitos, Calif. Michael Jolivette (12) CB Brent Bolden TB Dillon Hansen, OL, Las Cruces, N.M. Joe Siofele (12) LB Cedric Cofer DT Michael Klyce, DB, Los Angeles, Calif. Matt Molina (8) DE Lionel Dotson DE Chris Kolone, DT, San Diego, Calif. Gary Love (10) CB Wilrey Fontenot CB Joe Longacre, OT, Katy, Texas Carl Tuitavuki (9) DT Ismael Garcia OG Brandon Lopez, LB, Vail, Ariz. Lettermen Lost: 14 (5O, 7D, 2K) Peter Graniello OT Bobby McCoy, WR, Houston, Texas Chris Henry TB Ronnie Palmer, LB, Spring, Texas Lettermen Returning: 45 Anthony Johnson WR Dominic Patrick, S, Houston, Texas (letters won in parentheses) Ryan Kilpatrick TE Gerold Rodriguez, WR, Los Angeles, Calif. Offense: 24 Richard Kovalcheck QB Eddie Rollman, OL, Burnet, Texas Steve Fleming (3) TE Dane Krogstad LB McCollins Umeh, DE, Houston, Texas Keoki Fraser (3) C Jason Parker DE Justin Walsh, TE, Laguna Hills, Calif. (Brandon Phillips (3) OT) (Brandon Phillips* OT) Sheldon Watts, OL, Fort Bend, Texas Mike Bell (2) HB Marquell Stinson LB Chris Wilson, DL, San Clemente, Calif. Tanner Bell (2) OL Nic Costa (2) QB Squadmen Who Have Played: Biren Ealy (2) WR Adam Austin QB Gilbert Harris (2) FB Bennie Brown CB Chris Johnson (2) OT Chris Harris TB Sean Jones (2) FB Erick Levitre OG Kili Lefotu (2) OG Ricky Williams (2) WR Mid-Year Scholarships (4) John Abramo (1) OG James Alford, Fr., Metarie, La.- LB Ryan Eidson (1) WR Brad Brittain, Jr., Mesa CC - DT Kris Heavner (1) QB Keil McDonald, Jr., Sac CC - CB Mike Jefferson (1) WR Randy Sims, Jr., SanFrancisco CC –LB Pedro Limon (1) FB Clarence McRae (1) TE Ryan O’Hara (1) QB Matt Padron (1) TE John Parada (1) OG Syndric Steptoe (1) WR Gainus Scott (1) HB Juan Valentine (1) WR Arizona Football – 2004 Prospectus

Spring Football Roster – By Position Coaches

*-letters won +non-scholarship

OL - Eric Wolford, John Peterson 69 John Abramo, Jr.* DE – Joe Robinson Specialty – Joe Robinson (STC) 72 Tanner Bell, Jr.** 83 Copeland Bryan, Jr.** 43 Danny Baugher, Jr.** 67 Keoki Fraser, Sr.*** 54 Lionel Dotson, Fr.-RS 58 Ben DalMolin, Sr.**+ 73 Ismael Garcia, Fr.-RS 53 Jason Parker, Fr.-RS 16 Nicholas Folk, So.* 76 Peter Graniello, Fr.-RS 55 Marcus Smith, Jr.** 34 Adam Goldstein, Fr.+ 59 Chris Johnson, Sr.*** 56 Andre Torrey, Sr.* 91 Chad Werley, Jr.+ 66 Kili Lefotu, Jr.** 70 John Parada, So.* DT – Mike Tuiasosopo 68 Brandon Phillips, Sr.*** 91 Brad Brittain, Jr.* 74 Matt Garcia, So.+ 97 Cedric Cofer, Fr.-RS 71 Erick Levitre, So.+ 94 Paul Philipp, So.* 65 Garon McHone, Fr.+-SQ 62 Clifton Stanford, So.* 92 Carlos Williams, Sr.*** TE - Eric Wolford 67 Jeremy Willoughby, Jr.+ 87 Steve Fleming, Sr.*** 81 Ryan Kilpatrick, Fr.-RS LB – Tim Kish 88 Clarence McRae, Sr.* 38 Akin Akinniyi, So.* 46 Matt Padron, So.* 44 Patrick Howard, Sr.*** 93 Matt Richards, Fr.+-SQ 25 Kirk Johnson, Sr.*** 35 Sean Jones, Jr.** WR - Charlie Williams 39 Dane Krogstad, Fr.-RS 82 Biren Ealy, Jr.** 40 John McKinney, So.* 5 Mike Jefferson, So.* 45 Antoine Singfield, Jr.* 9 Anthony Johnson, Fr.-RS 50 Marquell Stinson, Fr.-RS 1 Syndric Steptoe, So.* 57 Justin Stewart, Sr.*+ 81 Juan Valentine, Sr.* 32 Randy Sims, Jr.-JC 2 Ricky Williams, Sr.** 41 James Alford, Fr. 29 Aaron Anderson, So.+ 39 Tim Taylor, Sr.*+ 27 Ryan Eidson, Fr.+ 18 Ryan Koller, Jr.+ DB – Mark Stoops (DC) 85 Willis Morrison, So.+ 14 Michael Beach, Fr.-RS 24 Jerome Parker, So.+ 6 Darrell Brooks, Jr.** 89 Eric Sheehan, Jr.+ 3 Wilrey Fontenot, Fr.-RS 24 Marcus Hollingsworth, So.* QB - Mike Canales (OC) 21 Kiel McDonald, Jr.-JC 7 Nic Costa, Jr.** 19 Lamon Means, Jr.** 12 Kris Heavner, So.* 13 Luis Nunez, Sr.* 5 Richard Kovalcheck, Fr.-RS 17 Gary Shepard, So.* 15 Ryan O’Hara, So.* 10 Zeonte Sherman, Sr.* 14 Adam Austin, So.+ 30 Tony Wingate, Sr.** 28 Matt Binford, Jr.+ RB - Kasey Dunn 5 Bennie Brown, Jr.+ 11 Mike Bell, Jr.** 26 Darius Coles, Jr.+ 20 Brent Bolden, Fr.-RS 37 Rishard Davis, So.+ 27 Chris Henry, Fr.-RS 33 Andrew Ford, Jr.+ 34 Chris Harris, Sr. 37 Sam Stephenson, So.+ 36 Gilbert Harris, Jr.** 48 Pedro Limon, Jr.* 23 Gainus Scott, Jr.* 42 Matt Pettit, Jr.+ 30 Ryan Shirley, So.+

Arizona Football – 2004 Prospectus

Football Positions In Brief (Players’ class references are for 2004)

Quarterbacks Coach Mike Canales The Cats return three players who started in 2003 – sophomore Kris Heavner, junior Nic Costa and sophomore Ryan O’Hara. Heavner was thrown in the mix in the second half of UA’s fourth game a year ago (at Purdue) and started the rest of the way, becoming one of less than 10 true freshmen around the nation to lead a Division I-A team. The promotion was a shrewd move by former UA coach John Mackovic – who nonetheless lost his job eight days later. Heavner was raw, but talented, and showed it throughout his eight starts. He had a slew of ups and downs. The former included 276-yard and 252-yard passing days against TCU and ASU, but those were part of the latter, too – losses. He threw 15 interceptions. But his final outing – 21-for-32 (.656) against the Sun Devils showed his arm and accuracy can be effective. Costa and O’Hara had moments, too, and with another year of maturation should make the situation highly competitive. Redshirt freshman Richard Kovalcheck is in the wings. Mike Stoops says Arizona has some options here, with Heavner and Kovalcheck offering more prototypical drop-back styles, and Costa and O’Hara bringing athleticism and things that foot speed offer. Mike Canales’ background should prove beneficial to each of the candidates. Bottom line: UA will spread the field, and the guy with the quickest grasp of the new offense will be the frontrunner. The receiving corps has experience, and that will help whoever leads the pack.

Running Backs Coach Kasey Dunn Arizona made one of its best improvements last year in the running game, but still has a ways to go. Some distraction created by a few individuals should be gone in 2004 along with the principals. Junior Mike Bell has shown he’s a capable back, with 920 yards rushing and a 5.5-yard average last year to earn second-team All-Pac-10 honors – the lone Wildcat to earn conference honors. Redshirt freshman Chris Henry is a prep sprint champion whose physical appearance is among the most impressive on the team. Those and junior Chris Harris give Arizona a fine group, according to the head coach. Junior lettermen Gainus Scott returns after a year spoiled by illness and an ineligibility issue. UA brings back Fullback Chris Harris (after a year spent with the UA track team) and redshirt freshman Brent Bolden in the mix, and junior Pedro Limon offers size at fullback. RBs coach Kasey Dunn has five recent years’ experience in the Pac-10 and worked some charm with twin 1,000-yard backs at WSU (Kevin Brown and Rich Swinton) in 1998. Bottom line: everyone expects durable Bell and Henry to be explosive keys.

Offensive Line Coaches John Peterson, Eric Wolford An Ohio State guy and another coach with knowledge of the Stoops’ system give UA outstanding leadership along the front. For a second consecutive year, 2003 saw injury play a role in the unit’s consistency, or lack thereof. Better strength and conditioning will foster improvement. And, UA does have experience here, thanks in part to the injury factor that provided live-game apprenticeship for a number of young players over the past two years. Senior tackle Brandon Phillips was afforded an additional year of eligibility via medical hardship appeal, and his return will give UA the intangible of leadership in the ranks. He’ll be limited until fall camp after off-season knee surgery, but what he brings above the shoulders can help mold the 2004 Wildcats from the onset of spring. He’s a good player, too. Senior center Keoki Fraser has 29 career starts, with senior tackle Chris Johnson and junior guard Kili Lefotu also returning as starters. UA has some young depth at the position and walk-on guard John Abramo improved enough to start four games at right tackle to close the 2003 season. Size is not a problem. Across the front it’s your basic 300-pound look. The group did a good job of pass protection with new quarterbacks last year, and helped a running game improve. More improvement can be expected. Newcomers in fall plug in across the line at each spot.

Tight Ends Coach Eric Wolford Senior Steve Fleming should be poised for a sterling season. He has the athleticism (former QB recruit) and the good hands to make the position a threat. He was limited in spring a year ago after shoulder surgery, but still went out and took the job quickly in fall camp, then went out and caught 24 passes during the season. Fleming took the major role, while sophomore-to-be Matt Padron and senior Clarence McRae rotated in heavy formations. Arizona also has redshirt freshman Ryan Kilpatrick in the mix, and recruited two freshmen tight ends in the 2004 class. Arizona observers want to see how the tight end figures in its new offense. At Stoops’ last stop (OU), the top two tight ends combined for 18 receptions a year ago. At offensive coordinator Mike Canales’ last stop (New York Jets), the top two had 54 grabs. Tight ends coach Eric Wolford has a balanced background coaching the full line and the outside positions, and his view will help define the tight end’s role in Arizona’s new offense.

Wide Receivers Coach Charlie Williams Arizona suffered a blow last year with the loss of its top receiver ‘s eligibility just before fall camp and another senior’s injury cost him the last four games, but a group of younger players stepped up and did a decent job. Junior-to-be Biren Ealy (42-577), senior Ricky Williams (36-563) and sophomore Mike Jefferson (16-214) had 100-yard games. Stoops told reporters in early March that Ealy had impressed him, and the next thing out of his mouth was that Arizona has the offensive weapons to spread the field. If UA learns how to throw to its backs, things will get even better on the perimeter. Coaches like redshirt freshman Anthony Johnson enough to consider playing him a year ago, and he tested as one of the fastest on the team in January. Sophomore Syndric Steptoe had baptism by fire against Pac-10 secondaries a year ago and should be better. 2002 letterman Juan Valentine returns after a year out of the program. UA signed a couple of players it feels may contribute in the fall. Health and hard work here could go a long way toward defining UA’s offensive success in 2004. Coach Charlie Williams has been around some big-time pass receivers in his work over the years and played as a DB in college. His apparent effervescence could help get this group going in a big way. For some guys, he’ll be their fourth receivers coach at UA (since 2002).

Linebackers Coach Tim Kish The redefinition of this position group in Arizona football will be one key. A year ago Arizona’s leading tackler (Clay Hardt) was a safety playing a hybrid rover linebacker post. Coach Tim Kish has been a coordinator for the past seven years and spent more than a decade working in the Big Ten. He knows the drill. Arizona will have a pair of seniors with experience in Pat Howard and Kirk Johnson, a pair of third-year sophomore lettermen in John McKinney and Akin Akinniyi, and a bunch of young guys and newcomers looking to make a difference in a program that no doubt will bear the stamp of defensive – minded Mike and Mark Stoops. Switching to a 4-3 and the zone-conceptual system the Stoops are likely to use will require some swift learning by the players. Everyone’s eager to get going. Redshirt freshman Dane Krogstad attracted attention for his style of play in practice a year ago. Mid-year transfer Randy Sims was hand-picked by the UA staff as a potential ready-to-go player. Two-year letterman Sean Jones moves over to one of the linebacker spots after his first two years as a fullback. Mid-year freshman enrollee James Alford switched allegiance from a defensive power in the East to come West. On paper, Howard (98 career hits) and Johnson (110) have the starting backgrounds and experience to win two of the roles. A pair of incoming freshman in the fall bring what Stoops’ staff feels are the physical skills and mind set necessary at linebacker. They may not be ready, but they were recruited to play defense the way Stoops demands it be played.

Arizona Football – 2004 Prospectus

Defensive Line Coaches Mike Tuiasosopo, Joe Robinson A year ago, four projected rotation players on the front line (two starters) ended up not being around when fall camp started. It wasn’t the best transition from spring ball to fall camp. In fact, it caused then coordinator Mike Hankwitz to generally scrap his preferred 3-4 defense and try something else. Entering spring 2004 ball, UA line coaches Mike Tuiasosopo (interior) and Joe Robinson (ends) will each work with five scholarship guys. One of the 2003 departures, tackle Brad Brittain, is back after a successful year in junior college. Three-year letterman Carlos Williams and sophomore lettermen Paul Phillip and Clifton Stanford also are back, as is redshirt freshman Cedric Cofer. At one of the ends, junior Marcus Smith earned honorable mention all- league honors and has the potential to be one of UA’s best defenders. Junior Copeland Bryan and senior Andre Torrey should contend for the role opposite, and redshirt freshmen Jason Parker and Lionel Dotson are considered good prospects at end. Walk-on Jeremy Willoughby kept working and earned travel status and some playing time at the tackle spots. The new UA staff went out and recruited Brittain, plus four other defensive linemen for UA’s 2004 class. If a few of those guys come as advertised, they could play. In the meantime, Tuiasosopo and Robinson will mold Arizona’s front line based on results from the winter conditioning program: get stronger and tougher; then focus that growth into attitude. There’s plenty of X&O’s background on UA’s defensive staff, but getting more help from the front line is going to require making it a more rugged bunch.

Secondary Coach Mark Stoops When Mike Stoops talks about coaching, the secondary gets some emphasis. That’s been his gig. That’s been his brother’s thing, too. A cursory view of 2003 Arizona football, on paper, shows a few things. Pass defense – 112th nationally. Pass efficiency defense – 112th nationally. Total defense – 109th nationally. Scoring defense – 107th nationally. Not all that litany of low ratings stemmed from play in the secondary, but when you give up big plays, your secondary generally isn’t doing its job well. Here are some compelling numbers: Arizona gave up 26 passes of 20-30 yards, 8 passes of 30-40 yards, 5 passes of 40-50 yards and 6 passes of 50+ yards. That’s about 1,600 yards in big chunks. Lack of run support hurt, too: the Cats gave up 400 more yards on runs of 20 yards or more. You don’t have to be an expert to realize 2,000 yards on 57 big plays is unreal. Again, don’t blame it on the safeties and corners – but Stoops and Stoops simply won’t have it. Junior safeties Darrell Brooks and Lamon Means are UA’s best bets to help turn it around. The switch to 4-3 and zone will help, too. Candidates on the corners include senior lettermen Zeonte Sherman and Luis Nunez, mid-year transfer Keil McDonald and redshirt freshmen Wilrey Fontenot and Michael Beach. Senior Tony Wingate and sophs Gary Shepard and Marcus Hollingsworth return to contend against Brooks and Means at the safety spots. Fall recruits come in at each position and will get a shot. In the recent past UA appeared to not believe that hard work and playing as a team could make some difference. Arizona will recruit talented players across the board, but in the meantime the Stoops brothers’ belief structure that “you don’t need talent to work hard” will pay off. Mike’s biggest citation is 2003 Thorpe and Nagurski Awards winner Derrick Strait of Oklahoma – a guy he says was just another DB recruit but one who took to coaching.

Special Teams Coach Joe Robinson They weren’t too special in 2003. Hence UA brought aboard a coach hand-picked for excellence focusing on that aspect of the game at a number of schools – Joe Robinson. Arizona needs to improve its return game, bolster its net punting and kickoff coverage, block some kicks and keep the other guys from blocking any, and reduce penalties and mistakes in the kicking game. Ninety-five percent of the teams in Division I-A were better than Arizona on punt returns and kickoff returns. The Cats had three punts blocked. At all places, special teams jobs are manned by the good players with speed and instincts. Arizona will open up the cupboards and identify the full spectrum from scratch. Job opening: Special Teams. Punter Danny Baugher probably has a sure thing going. He had a good individual figure (42.6) and UA’s net punting was modestly decent. Field goal kicking was poor – 2-for-11. Whether it was snapping or missed blocks that created hurries or simply bad kicks doesn’t matter – 11 guys didn’t do their job. How much time UA can spend on special teams in spring remains to be seen, but expect it as a focal point long before Sept. 4.

The Classroom Four Arizona underclassmen players earned honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic status in 2003 – sophomore punter Danny Baugher, sophomore tackle Tanner Bell, sophomore quarterback Nic Costa and redshirt freshman placekicker Nick Folk. Departed senior special teams player Lee Patterson earned second-team honors. Sophomore safety Darrell Brooks was a second-team selection in 2002. Arizona has earned 14 league academic honors in the past three years, plus had two players named to the AFCA Good Works Team for exemplary scholastic achievement and citizenship, plus 2002 senior quarterback Jason Johnson won the Woody Hayes National Scholar Athlete Award.

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2003 Arizona Statistics Results (2-10, 1-7)

Date Opponent W/L Score Weather Time TV Attendance Aug. 3 Texas-El Paso W 42-7 Clear, 96 7 p.m./3:19 - 40,264 Sept. 6 #13 LSU L 13-59 Cloudy, 83 7 p.m./3:20 TBS national 46,110 Sept. 13 Oregon L 10-48 Clear, 90 7 p.m./3:24 TBS national 40,462 S 20 at #25 Purdue L 7-59 Fair, 66 Noon/3:11 - 52,310 S 27 #19 TCU (OT) L 10-13 Thin clouds, 86 7 p.m./3:22 FSNA/KWBA-58* 40,515 O 4 at #14 Wash. State L 7 -30 Sunny, 86 2 p.m./3:11 FSNA 34,923 O 11 UCLA^ L 21-24 Mostly Clear, 85 3:30 p.m./3:09 Fox Sports Net 44,481 O 25 at California L 14-42 Clear, 80 12:30 p.m./3:00 - 33,249 N 1 at Oregon State L 23-52 Fair, 45 1 p.m./3:40 FSNA* 36,168 N 8 Washington% W 27-22 Sunny, 77 4 p.m./3:22 FSNA* 48,319 N 15 #2 USC L 0-45 Clear, 66 5 p.m./3:03 TBS national 39,201 N 28 at Arizona State L 7-28 Clear, 66 1 p.m./3:07 Fox Sports Net 55,498 ^Family Weekend; %Homecoming; *Tape Delay TV

TEAM STATISTICS ARIZ OPP FINAL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (Returnees in italics) SCORING 181 429 RUSHING GP ATT Yards Lost Net Avg. TD Long Avg/G Points Per Game 15.1 35.8 Bell 12 168 992 72 920 5.5 6 69 76.7 FIRST DOWNS 169 284 Farmer 8 90 376 50 326 3.6 2 29 40.8 Rushing 59 123 Costa-QB 11 23 163 62 101 4.4 1 43 9.2 Passing 91 139 Carr 5 19 52 13 39 2.1 0 13 7.8 Penalty 19 22 Heavner-QB 9 31 80 47 33 1.1 0 17 3.7 RUSHING YARDAGE 1486 2169 Henry 2 14 40 7 33 2.4 0 12 16.5 Yards gained rushing 1790 2464 Jones 10 8 29 0 29 3.6 0 11 2.9 Yards lost rushing 304 295 Scott 2 6 11 1 10 1.7 0 6 5.0 Rushing Attempts 380 552 Harris 8 3 8 0 8 2.7 1 4 1.0 Average Per Rush 3.9 3.9 Steptoe-WR 12 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 0.2 Average Per Game 123.8 180.8 Team 3 5 10 8 2 0.4 0 10 0.7 TDs Rushing 10 26 Folk-PK 10 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 PASSING YARDAGE 2204 3351 O'Hara-QB 5 11 25 44 -19 -1.7 0 15 -3.8 Att-Comp-Int 395-185-23 394-241-7 Total 12 380 1790 304 1486 3.9 10 69 123.8 Average Per Pass 5.6 8.5 Opp 12 552 2464 295 2169 3.9 26 49 180.8 Average Per Catch 11.9 13.9

Average Per Game 183.7 279.2 PASSING TDs Passing 14 26 G Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G TOTAL OFFENSE 3690 5520 Heavner 9 102.74 237-121-15 51.1 1501 8 58 166.8 Total Plays 775 946 O'Hara 5 77.24 78-33-4 42.3 341 2 79 68.2 Average Per Play 4.8 5.8 Costa 11 91.59 76-30-2 39.5 362 4 41 32.9 Average Per Game 307.5 460.0 Team 3 0.00 1-0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS 41-685 23-476 Molina 11 -200.00 1-0-1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS 18-93 60-524 Relford 8 -200.00 1-0-1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS 7-65 23-254 Bell 12 100.00 1-1-0 100.0 0 0 0 0.0 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 16.7 20.7 Total 12 93.76 395-185-23 46.8 2204 14 79 183.7 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 5.2 8.7 Opp 12 150.83 394-241-7 61.2 3351 26 98 279.2 INT RETURN AVERAGE 9.3 11.0

FUMBLES-LOST 27-7 28-18

PENALTIES-YARDS 84-768 99-797 RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Average Per Game 64.0 66.4 Ealy-WR 11 42 577 13.7 4 53 52.5 PUNTS-YARDS 98-4012 60-2448 Williams-WR 12 36 563 15.6 2 52 46.9 Average Per Punt 40.9 40.8 Fleming-TE 11 24 222 9.2 2 58 20.2 Net punt average 35.6 39.2 Relford-WR 8 16 218 13.6 1 79 27.2 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 27:15 32:45 Jefferson-WR 11 16 214 13.4 2 33 19.5 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 48/181 81/187 Harris-RB 8 10 86 8.6 0 27 10.8 3rd-Down Pct 27% 43% Steptoe-WR 12 9 77 8.6 0 15 6.4 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 3/11 8/15 Farmer-RB 8 9 73 8.1 1 31 9.1 4th-Down Pct 27% 53% Bell-RB 12 6 53 8.8 0 16 4.4 SACKS BY-YARDS 25-142 19-118 Jones-FB 10 5 23 4.6 0 11 2.3 MISC YARDS 31 0 Padron-TE 9 4 34 8.5 2 12 3.8 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 25 56 Eidson-WR 5 2 41 20.5 0 23 8.2 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 2-11 12-18 Henry-RB 2 1 14 14.0 0 14 7.0 PAT-ATTEMPTS 23-24 55-55 O'Hara-WR 5 1 6 6.0 0 6 1.2 ATTENDANCE 299352 212158 Lefotu-OL 11 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.3 Games/Avg Per Game 7/42765 5/42432 McRae-TE 12 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1

Costa-WR 11 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 SCORE BY QUARTERS Limon-FB 8 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.1 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Total 12 185 2204 11.9 14 79 183.7 Arizona 41 35 47 58 0 181 Opp 12 241 3351 13.9 26 98 279.2 Opp 81 157 86 102 3 429

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PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Steptoe-WR 15 69 4.6 0 18 Jefferson-WR 3 24 8.0 0 9 Total 18 93 5.2 0 18 Opp 60 524 8.7 1 62

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Jolivette-CB 2 0 0.0 0 0 Means-SS 1 32 32.0 0 32 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR/KOR/Int Tot Avg/G Brooks-FS 1 0 0.0 0 0 Bell 12 920 53 0-0-0 973 81.1 Wingate-FS 1 3 3.0 0 3 Steptoe 12 3 77 69-480-0 629 52.4 Hardt-LB 1 21 21.0 0 21 Ealy 11 0 577 0-36-0 613 55.7 Howard-LB 1 9 9.0 0 9 Williams 12 0 563 0-0-0 563 46.9 Total 7 65 9.3 0 32 Farmer 8 326 73 0-0-0 399 49.9 Opp 23 254 11.0 3 55 Jefferson 11 0 214 24-0-0 238 21.6 Fleming 11 0 222 0-0-0 222 20.2 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Relford 8 0 218 0-0-0 218 27.2 Steptoe-WR 28 480 17.1 0 41 Hollingsworth 11 0 0 0-149-0 149 13.5 Hollingsworth-S 9 149 16.6 0 26 Costa 11 101 0 0-0-0 101 9.2 Ealy-WR 3 36 12.0 0 17 Harris G. 8 8 86 0-0-0 94 11.8 Love-CB 1 20 20.0 0 20 Jones 10 29 23 0-0-0 52 5.2 Total 41 685 16.7 0 41 Henry 2 33 14 0-0-0 47 23.5 Opp 23 476 20.7 0 58 Eidson 5 0 41 0-0-0 41 8.2 Carr 5 39 0 0-0-0 39 7.8 FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Padron 9 0 34 0-0-0 34 3.8 Sherman-CB 2 6 3.0 1 5 Heavner 9 33 0 0-0-0 33 3.7 Smith-DE 1 3 3.0 0 3 Means 12 0 0 0-0-32 32 2.7 Love-CB 1 19 19.0 0 19 Hardt 12 0 0 0-0-21 21 1.8 Philipp-DT 1 3 3.0 0 3 Love 10 0 0 0-20-0 20 2.0 Total 5 31 6.2 1 19 Scott 2 10 0 0-0-0 10 5.0 Opp 0 0 0.0 0 0 Howard 10 0 0 0-0-9 9 0.9 Wingate 12 0 0 0-0-3 3 0.2 TOTAL OFFENSE Lefotu 11 0 3 0-0-0 3 0.3 G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G Team 3 2 0 0-0-0 2 0.7 Heavner-Q 9 268 33 1501 1534 170.4 McRae 12 0 1 0-0-0 1 0.1 Bell-B 12 169 920 0 920 76.7 Folk 10 1 0 0-0-0 1 0.1 Costa-Q 11 99 101 362 463 42.1 Limon 8 0 -1 0-0-0 -1 -0.1 Farmer-B 8 90 326 0 326 40.8 O'Hara 5 -19 6 0-0-0 -13 -2.6 O'Hara-Q 5 89 -19 341 322 64.4 Total 12 1486 2204 93-685-65 4533 377.8 Carr-B 5 19 39 0 39 7.8 Opp 12 2169 3351 524-476-254 6774 564.5 Henry-B 2 14 33 0 33 16.5 Jones-B 10 8 29 0 29 2.9 Scott-B 2 6 10 0 10 5.0 FG SEQUENCE Harris-B 8 3 8 0 8 1.0 Arizona Opponents Steptoe-R 12 1 3 0 3 0.2 Texas-El Paso 38 42 Team 3 6 2 0 2 0.7 Louisiana State - (47) Folk-K 10 1 1 0 1 0.1 Oregon (44) (29),(22) Total 12 775 1486 2204 3690 307.5 at Purdue 50 (27) Opp 12 946 2169 3351 5520 460.0 TCU 37,(30) 36,25,(24),(33) at Washington State - (22),(38),(23) PUNTING UCLA 32,28 (32),35 No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd at California 50,31 - Baugher 76 3238 42.6 62 3 12 14 2 at Oregon State - (54) Molina 19 754 39.7 53 1 5 6 0 Washington 32 35 Team 3 20 10.0 20 0 0 0 1 Southern California - (36) Total 98 4012 40.9 62 4 17 20 3 at Arizona State 23 43 Opp 60 2448 40.8 59 7 9 19 0 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

FIELD GOALS FGM-A Pct 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk Gill 2-8 25.0 0-0 0-0 1-5 1-1 0-2 44 0 Folk 0-3 0.0 0-0 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 Total 2-11 .181 0-0 0-2 1-6 1-1 0-2 44 0 Opp 12-18 .667 0-0 6-7 4-7 1-3 1-1 54 0

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2002 Statistics - 3 |------PATs ------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points Bell 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36 Ealy 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 Gill 0 2-8 15-16 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 21 Farmer 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Williams 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Padron 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Fleming 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Jefferson 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Folk 0 0-3 8-8 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 8 Sherman 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Relford 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Harris 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Costa 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Team 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2 Molina 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 0 Total 25 2-11 23-24 0-0 0 0-1 0 1 181 Opp 56 12-18 55-55 0-1 0 0-0 0 1 429

Defensive Statistics GP UT AT TT TFL-Yd Sk-Yd Int-Yd PBU FR-Yd FF Block Saf Hardt 12 59 28 87 5.0-14 1.0-1 1-21 5 . . . . . Siofele 12 52 32 84 7.5-20 4.0-14 . 2 . . 3 . . Brooks 11 55 24 79 3.5-7 . 1-0 3 . 1-0 . . . Means 12 48 18 66 2.0-10 1.0-7 1-32 4 . . 2 . . Jolivette 12 49 12 61 1.0-3 . 2-0 6 . 2-0 . . . Love 10 38 11 49 . . . 4 . 2-19 3 . . Johnson 10 31 18 49 1.0-2 . . 1 . . 2 . . Howard 10 27 21 48 1.5-8 0.5-4 1-9 2 1 1-0 . . . Wingate 12 29 14 43 1.0-3 . 1-3 ...... Smith 12 24 16 40 6.0-25 4.0-21 . . 1 1-3 . . . Molina 11 19 15 34 7.5-29 4.0-21 . 2 . . . . . Williams 11 19 11 30 0.5-6 0.5-6 . 1 . 2-0 1 . . Bryan 12 19 10 29 2.5-10 0.5-4 . 3 . 1-0 1 . . Tuitavuki 12 16 11 27 1.0-2 . . 1 1 1-0 . . . Sherman 12 16 8 24 . . . 4 . 2-6 . . . McKinney 12 16 7 23 0.5-4 0.5-4 . 1 . 1-0 . . . Torrey 12 16 6 22 7.0-34 4.0-26 ...... Shepard 8 13 7 20 . . . . . 1-0 . . . Hollingsworth 11 12 7 19 3.0-12 1.0-6 . . . . 1 . . Stanford 12 10 7 17 2.5-14 2.0-14 . 2 . . . . . Nunez 9 8 3 11 . . . 3 . . . . . Philipp 12 7 3 10 1.0-7 . . . . 2-3 1 . . Patterson 8 6 . 6 ...... Ealy 11 6 . 6 . . . . . 1-0 . . . Stewart 5 4 1 5 ...... 1 . . Pack 10 4 1 5 1.0-7 1.0-7 . . . . 1 . . Jefferson 11 4 . 4 ...... Jones 10 3 1 4 ...... Singfield 9 3 1 4 1.0-7 1.0-7 ...... Baugher 12 2 . 2 ...... Fraser 11 1 . 1 ...... Williams 12 1 . 1 ...... Fleming 11 1 . 1 ...... Farmer 8 1 . 1 ...... Kaspar 2 1 . 1 ...... Relford 8 1 . 1 ...... Folk 10 1 . 1 ...... Team 3 1 . 1 ...... 1 Sparksman 3 1 . 1 ...... Bell 12 1 . 1 ...... Costa 11 1 . 1 ...... Eidson 5 . 1 1 ...... Steptoe 12 1 . 1 ...... Total 12 627 294 921 56-224 25-142 7-65 44 18-31 16 . 1 Opp 12 440 248 688 79.0-244 19-118 23-254 53 7-0 17 3 1

Arizona Football – 2004 Prospectus

2004 University of Arizona Alphabetical Roster

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. DOB Yr. Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous School) 69 John Abramo OT 6-4 294 8-10-83 Jr.* 1L Los Altos Hills, Calif. (St. Francis) 38 Akin Akinniyi LB 6-0 230 2-29-84 So.* 1L Carrollton, Texas (Creekview) 41 James Alford LB 6-1 230 11-7-86 Fr. HS New Orleans, La. (East Jefferson) 29 Aaron Anderson WR 6-3 210 4-22-85 So. SQ+ Tucson, Ariz. (Tucson) 14 Adam Austin QB 6-3 213 11-20-83 So.* SQ+ Mundelein, Ill. (Mundelein) 43 Danny Baugher P 5-10 195 1-24-84 Jr. 2L Phoenix, Ariz. (Mountain Pointe) 14 Michael Beach CB 6-0 181 6-14-85 Fr.* RS Los Angeles, Calif. (Fremont) 11 Mike Bell RB 6-1 218 4-23-83 Jr.* 2L Phoenix, Ariz. (Tolleson) 72 Tanner Bell OT 6-8 308 1-18-84 Jr. 2L Castroville, Calif. (N. Monterey County) 28 Matt Binford DB 5-10 180 4-19-84 Jr. SQ Monrovia, Calif. (Monrovia/Citrus College) 20 Brent Bolden RB 5-11 195 7-7-84 Fr.* RS League City, Texas (Clear Creek) 91 Brad Brittain DT 6-5 292 12-29-82 Jr.* 1L San Diego, Calif. (Torrey Pines/Arizona/Mesa CC) 6 Darrell Brooks FS 6-1 205 3-11-83 Jr.* 2L Moreno Valley, Calif. (Moreno Valley) 5 Bennie Brown CB 5-9 160 4-12-84 Jr.* SQ+ Tucson, Ariz. (Mountain View) 61 Philip Brown OG 6-3 305 10-1-84 Fr.* SQ+ Scottsdale, Ariz. (Horizon) 51 Copeland Bryan DE 6-4 235 7-14-83 Jr.* 2L San Jose, Calif. (Bellarmine Prep) 97 Cedric Cofer DT 6-3 300 8-19-85 Fr.* RS DeSoto, Texas (DeSoto) 26 Darius Coles DB 6-1 195 7-2-82 Jr.* RS+ Mamaroneck, N.Y. (Mamaroneck/SUNY Morrisville) 7 Nic Costa QB 5-11 210 10-15-82 Jr.* 2L Aloha, Ore. (Aloha) 58 Ben DalMolin LS 6-0 195 3-3-82 Sr.* 2L+ Globe, Ariz. (Globe) 37 Rishard Davis DB 54 Lionel Dotson DE 6-4 252 2-11-85 Fr.* RS Pasadena, Texas (Dobie) 82 Biren Ealy WR 6-3 194 7-1-84 Jr. 2L Houston, Texas (Cypress Falls) 4 Ryan Eidson WR 5-10 160 2-29-84 So. 1L+ Moraga, Calif. (De La Salle) 87 Steve Fleming TE 6-6 256 3-17-81 Sr.* 3L Scottsdale, Ariz. (Chaparral) 16 Nicholas Folk PK 6-2 206 11-5-84 So.* 1L Sherman Oaks, Calif. (Notre Dame) 3 Wilrey Fontenot CB 5-9 170 10-14-84 Fr.* RS Humble, Texas (Humble) 33 Andrew Ford FS 6-1 205 8-24-82 Jr. SQ+ Coburg, Ore. (Marist) 67 Keoki Fraser C 6-3 295 7-28-82 Sr.* 3L Waimanalo, Hawaii (Kailua) 73 Ismael Garcia OG 6-5 310 4-12-85 Fr.* RS Pomona, Calif. (Garey) 74 Matt Garcia OL 6-2 264 11-11-84 So. SQ+ Yuma, Ariz. (Kofa) 34 Adam Goldstein PK 5-5 150 9-17-84 Fr.* RS+ Phoenix, Ariz. (Paradise Valley) 76 Peter Graniello OT 6-7 293 6-3-85 Fr.* RS El Paso, Texas (Coronado) 34 Chris Harris RB 5-10 190 12-10-81 Sr.* SQ Elysian Fields, Texas (Elysian Fields) 36 Gilbert Harris FB 6-2 223 6-18-84 Jr. 2L San Antonio, Texas (Churchill) 12 Kris Heavner QB 6-2 230 9-24-84 So. 1L Johnson City, Texas (Lyndon B. Johnson) 27 Chris Henry RB 6-0 220 6-6-85 Fr.* RS Stockton, Calif. (Edison) 24 Marcus Hollingsworth S 5-10 208 6-20-85 So. 1L San Diego, Calif. (San Diego) 44 Pat Howard LB 5-11 241 1-17-82 Sr.* 3L La Marque, Texas (La Marque) 83 Mike Jefferson WR 6-2 203 12-28-82 So.* 1L El Paso, Texas (Parkland) 9 Anthony Johnson WR 6-2 200 5-23-85 Fr.* RS San Diego, Calif. (Horizon) 59 Chris Johnson OT 6-3 315 3-14-82 Sr.* 3L Houston, Texas (North Shore) 25 Kirk Johnson LB 6-1 228 9-21-83 Sr. 3L Oakland, Calif. (Skyline) 35 Sean Jones LB 5-11 230 8-19-82 Jr.* 2L Houston, Texas (North Shore) 81 Ryan Kilpatrick TE 6-3 232 8-18-84 Fr.* RS Fort Worth, Texas (All Saints’ Episcopal) 18 Ryan Koller WR 5-10 185 5-28-83 Jr. SQ Naperville, Ill. (Benet Academy) 5 Richard Kovalcheck QB 6-2 211 10-1-84 Fr.* RS San Diego, Calif. (St. Augustine) 39 Dane Krogstad LB 6-1 226 1-4-85 Fr.* RS Guerneville, Calif. (El Molino) 66 Kili Lefotu OG 6-5 320 11-22-83 Jr. 2L Riverside, Calif. (Arlington) 71 Erick Levitre OG 6-1 270 2-9-84 So.* SQ+ Ben Lomond, Calif. (San Lorenzo Valley) 48 Pedro Limon FB 6-0 244 10-31-82 Jr.* 1L Douglas, Ariz. (Douglas) 21 Keil McDonald CB 5-10 188 4-22-83 Jr. JC Milpitas, Calif. (Doherty-Colo./Sac. CC) 65 Garon McHone OL 6-4 270 3-17-85 So.* SQ+ Suisun, Calif. (Justin-Siena) 40 John McKinney LB 6-0 232 11-16-83 So.* 1L Copperas Cove, Texas (Copperas Cove) 88 Clarence McRae TE 6-2 242 10-17-81 Sr.* 1L+ Deltona, Fla. (Pueblo/Arizona Western) 19 Lamon Means SS 6-3 210 7-21-84 Jr. 2L Galena Park, Texas (Galena Park) 85 Willis Morrison WR 6-0 180 10-14-83 So.* SQ+ Big Spring, Texas (Sinagua (Flagstaff, Ariz.)) 13 Luis Nunez CB 6-0 188 12-14-80 Sr.* 1L San Diego, Calif. (Hilltop/Southwestern CC) 15 Ryan O’Hara QB 6-6 198 9-1-83 So.* 1L Pasadena, Calif. (Muir) 46 Matt Padron TE 6-5 265 1-23-84 So.* 1L San Antonio, Texas (Clark) 70 John Parada OG 6-7 310 2-15-84 So.* 1L Alta Loma, Calif. (Alta Loma) 53 Jason Parker DE 6-3 255 1-23-85 Fr.* RS San Diego, Calif. (Mission Bay) 24 Jerome Parker WR 6-1 158 4-27-83 Jr.* SQ+ Tucson, Ariz. (Marana) 42 Mark Pettit FB 6-2 230 9-15-82 Jr.* SQ+ St. Peters. Mo. (Orange Coast College) 94 Paul Philipp DT 6-3 278 7-31-84 So.* 1L San Bernardino, Calif. (San Bernardino) 68 Brandon Phillips OT 6-8 310 12-1-80 Sr.* 3L Chandler, Ariz. (Corona del Sol) Arizona Football – 2004 Prospectus 93 Matthew Richards TE 6-5 249 10-9-84 Fr.* SQ+ Cupertino, Calif. (Saint Francis) 23 Gainus Scott RB 5-10 185 4-13-83 Jr.* 1L La Porte, Texas (La Porte) 89 Eric Sheehan WR 6-2 192 9-9-82 So.* SQ+ Atherton, Calif. (Woodside) 17 Gary Shepard SS 5-10 202 9-25-84 So.* 1L Spring, Texas (Westfield) 10 Zeonte Sherman CB 5-11 196 8-7-81 Sr. 1L St. Petersburg, Fla. (Pinellas/Ariz. Western) 30 Ryan Shirley FB 5-11 240 So. SQ Tucson, Ariz. (Mountain View) 32 Randy Sims LB 5-11 225 12-25-82 Jr. JC San Francisco, Calif. (Riordan/San Francisco CC) 45 Antoine Singfield LB 6-2 235 11-2-82 Jr.* 1L Moreno Valley, Calif. (Rancho Verde) 55 Marcus Smith DE 6-5 249 2-7-84 Jr. 2L San Diego, Calif. (Mission Bay) 62 Clifton Stanford DT 6-4 302 8-13-85 So. 1L Los Angeles, Calif. (Thomas Jefferson) 29 Sam Stephenson CB 5-9 170 5-21-83 So.* SQ+ San Ramon, Calif. (California) 1 Syndric Steptoe WR 5-9 185 12-6-84 So. 1L Bryan, Texas (Bryan) 57 Justin Stewart LB 6-1 240 5-10-81 Sr.* 1L+ Woodinville, Wash. (Redmond) 50 Marquell Stinson LB 6-0 241 4-4-83 Jr.* RS Tulare, Calif. (Tulare Western/Fresno City) 39 Tim Taylor LB 6-2 220 1-27-81 Sr.* 1L+ San Antonio, Texas (Madison/Blinn JC) 56 Andre Torrey DE 6-4 245 1-28-82 Sr.* 1L San Francisco, Calif. (Alameda/Laney CC) 84 Juan Valentine WR 6-1 190 9-22-81 Sr.* 1L Houston, Texas (Clear Lake/TylerJC) 91 Chad Werley K/P 5-11 170 2-10-83 Jr.* SQ+ Yuma, Ariz. (Kofa/Arizona Western CC) 92 Carlos Williams DT 6-4 306 10-16-82 Sr. 3L Denver, Colo. (Montbello) 2 Ricky Williams WR 6-2 211 9-14-82 Sr.* 2L Los Angeles, Calif. (Verbum Dei) 67 Jeremy Willoughby DT 5-11 280 9-16-82 Jr.* SQ+ Tucson, Ariz. (Flowing Wells) 30 Tony Wingate SS 6-1 204 6-7-82 Sr.* 2L Tucson, Ariz. (Sahuaro)

* Has used redshirt year + Non-scholarship Last updated: March 10, 2004

Incoming Recruits – August 2004

Player Pos Ht. Wt. Cl Exp Hometown (High School)

Yaniv Barnett DT 6-3 285 Fr. HS Schertz, Texas (Clemens) Travis Bell TE 6-6 225 Fr. HS Castroville, Calif. (North Monterey County) Jason Bondzio K 5-10 170 Fr. HS Humble, Texas (Humble) Antoine Cason CB 6-1 180 Fr. HS Los Alamitos, Calif. (Los Alamitos) B.J. Dennard CB 6-1 175 Fr. HS Phoenix, Ariz. (Brophy) Danny Espinosa C 6-1 290 Fr. HS Los Alamitos, Calif. (Los Alamitos) Dillon Hansen OT 6-5 290 Fr. HS Las Cruces, N.M. (Las Cruces) Michael Klyce SS 6-2 190 Fr. HS Los Angeles, Calif. (Alain Leroy Locke) Chris Kolone DT 6-4 280 Fr. HS San Diego, Calif. (Rancho Bernardo) Joe Longacre OT 6-4 310 Fr. HS Katy, Texas (Katy) Brandon Lopez LB 6-2 210 Fr. HS Vail, Ariz. (Cienega) Bobby McCoy WR 6-2 180 Fr. HS Houston, Texas (Klein Forest) Ronnie Palmer LB 6-2 227 Fr. HS Spring, Texas (Spring) Dominic Patrick FS 6-0 200 Fr. HS Houston, Texas (Klein Forest) Gerold Rodrigues WR 5-11 180 Fr. HS Los Angeles, Calif. (Venice) Eddie Rollman OG 6-4 282 Fr. HS Burnet, Texas (Burnet McCollins Umeh DE 6-3 245 Fr. HS Houston, Texas, (Klein Forest) Justin Walsh TE 6-6 240 Fr. HS Laguna Hills, Calif. (Laguna Hills) Sheldon Watts OG 6-3 265 Fr. HS Fort Bend, Texas (Hightower) Chris Wilson DE 6-5 240 Fr. HS San Clemente, Calif. (San Clemente)

Arizona Football – 2004 Prospectus

2004 University of Arizona Football Numerical Roster

No. Name Pos. 1 Syndric Steptoe WR 67 Keoki Fraser C 2 Ricky Williams WR 67 Jeremy Willoughby DT 3 Wilrey Fontenot CB 68 Brandon Phillips OT 4 Ryan Eidson WR 69 John Abramo OT 5 Richard Kovalcheck QB 70 John Parada OG 5 Bennie Brown CB 71 Erick Levitre OG 6 Darrell Brooks FS 72 Tanner Bell OT 7 Nic Costa QB 73 Ismael Garcia DT 9 Anthony Johnson WR 74 Matt Garcia OL 10 Zeonte Sherman CB 76 Peter Graniello OT 11 Mike Bell RB 81 Ryan Kilpatrick TE 12 Kris Heavner QB 82 Biren Ealy WR 13 Luis Nunez CB 83 Mike Jefferson WR 14 Michael Beach CB 84 Juan Valentine WR 14 Adam Austin QB 85 Willis Morrison WR 15 Ryan O’Hara QB 87 Steve Fleming TE 16 Nicholas Folk PK 88 Clarence McRae TE 17 Gary Shepard SS 89 Eric Sheehan WR 18 Ryan Koller WR 91 Brad Brittain DT 19 Lamon Means SS 91 Chad Werley K/P 20 Brent Bolden RB 92 Carlos Williams DE 21 Keil McDonald CB 93 Matt Richards TEl 23 Gainus Scott RB 94 Paul Philipp DT 24 Marcus Hollingsworth S 97 Cedric Cofer DT 24 Jerome Parker WR 25 Kirk Johnson LB 26 Darius Coles DB 27 Chris Henry RB 28 Matt Binford DB Incoming recruits, numbers to be assigned in summer: 29 Sam Stephenson CB 29 Aaron Anderson WR 30 Tony Wingate SS Yaniv Barnett DT 30 Ryan Shirley FB Travis Bell TE 31 Tim Taylor LB Jason Bondzio K 31 Ben di Grazia WR Antoine Cason CB 32 Randy Sims LB B.J. Dennard CB 33 Andrew Ford DB Danny Espinosa C 34 Chris Harris RB Dillon Hansen OT 34 Adam Goldstein PK Michael Klyce SS 35 Sean Jones LB Chris Kolone DT 36 Gilbert Harris FB Joe Longacre OT 37 Rishard Davis DB Brandon Lopez LB 38 Akin Akinniyi LB Bobby McCoy WR 39 Dane Krogstad LB Ronnie Palmer LB 40 John McKinney LB Dominic Patrick FS 41 James Alford LB Gerold Rodrigues WR 42 Matt Pettit RB Eddie Rollman OG 43 Danny Baugher P McCollins Umeh DE 44 Patrick Howard LB Justin Walsh TE 45 Antoine Singfield LB Sheldon Watts OG 46 Matt Padron TE Chris Wilson DE 48 Pedro Limon FB 50 Marquell Stinson LB 51 Copeland Bryan DE 53 Jason Parker DE 54 Lionel Dotson DE 55 Marcus Smith LB 56 Andre Torrey LB 57 Justin Stewart LB 58 Ben DalMolin LS 59 Chris Johnson OT 61 Philip Brown OL 62 Clifton Stanford DT 65 Garen McDone OL 66 Kili Lefotu OG Arizona Football – 2004 Prospectus

2004 Recruiting Class

(+ signifies mid-year enrollment, participate in spring ball)

+James Alford Linebacker 6-3, 225, Freshman Metairie, La. (East Jefferson) SuperPrep Louisiana 45 honors out of high school, listed the No. 24 prospect in the state… Enrolled in January… Rivals.com three-star outside linebacker… Had 146 tackles as a junior, with two forced fumbles, a recovery and a sack… Missed eight games his senior year with a knee injury, and then had 14 tackles in the final two games…Played defensive back as a sophomore… All-district honors… Four-year track letterman, with 4.6 speed… Originally signed with West Virginia in 2003…

Yaniv Barnett Defensive Tackle 6-3, 285. Freshman Schertz, Texas (Clemens) SuperPrep All-Southwest honors as the No. 40 prospect in Texas… Texas Spaorts Writer’s Association 5A All-State first- team honors… texasHSfootball Team Texas second-team selection, and first-team Class 5A honors… Second-team All-State 5A by the Associated Press… Alan Outlook Texas Gridiron Gold all-state… San Antonio Express-News Defensive Player of the Year… Austin American Statesman top 50 list… 5AtexasFootball.com 1st-team all-state selection… Max Emfinger Mid- America 200 and national Top 300 with a four-star and top 18 nose tackle rating… Region 4 Player of Week after 12 tackles and two sacks against San Antonio O’Connor… Rivals.com three-star rating and No. 43 tackle prospect… Three-time all- district and two-time all-area honors… Had 129 tackles in helping the Buffaloes to a 13-2 record…

Travis Bell Tight End 6-6, 225, Freshman Castroville, Calif. (North Monterey County) PrepStar All-West preseason and postseason honors as a top tight end in the region…Helped lead 7-3-1Condors to Monterey Bay League co-championship and CIF Central Coast Section playoffs… Brother of UA offensive tackle Tanner Bell… Eight receptions for 97 yards and a score in 2003… Also had 75 tackles and four sacks as a defensive lineman… Career 16 receptions for 220 yards, 138 tackles and eight sacks…

Jason Bondzio Kicker 5-10, 170, Freshman Humble, Texas (Humble) Honorable mention All-State 5A by the Associated Press… Rivals.com No. 24 rating as kicking prospect… PrepStar All-Midlands postseason honors… Played as kicker-punter in NFL Global Championship VIII in Houston in January for Team USA, an event bringing scholar-athletes with a 3.0 grade point average… 5Atexasfootball.com top second-team All-Texas… Set the Texas all-time consecutive PAT kick record in 2003, kicking 94 straight… Averaged 38.5 yards per punt, made 35 of 36 PAT kicks and 9 of 10 field goal attempts as a senior… Career: 126 of 127 PATs, 13 of 15 FG tries… Second-team Academic All-State Class 5A honors… Academic All-District 22 …

+Brad Brittain Defensive Tackle 6-5, 285, Jr. San Diego, Calif. (Torrey Pines/Arizona/Mesa CC) Brittain lettered at Arizona in 2002 as a redshirt freshman, then transferred to Mesa, Ariz., Community College for his sophomore season. He’s a mid-year signee who will participated in spring ball… Led MCC with seven sacks and was second with 10 TFL and 27 solo tackles among 89 total hits… Blocked a kick… At UA he played in nine games with two starts in 2002, collecting 11 solo tackles and eight assists, including a sack… Missed three games during that year with an ankle injury… Career-high five tackles at Wisconsin…

Antoine Cason Cornerback 6-1, 180, Freshman Los Alamitos, Calif. (Los Alamitos) Second-team defense selection on All CIF-Southern Section team… Also earned Southern Section Division I all-defense honors… Tacoma News-Tribune Western 100… PrepStar All-America selection as a top 300 national recruit… SuperPrep All-Farwest honors as a Top 100 California prospect… Rivals.com three-star rating and No. 38 as a DB prospect… Also played as a running back at Los Alamitos… Had 41 tackles, four interceptions and two fumble recoveries in 2003… First-team all-league as a junior, with six interceptions… Sunset League Defensive Back of the Year and first-team honors as a senior… Second-team All-CIF Southern Section and first-team Division I CIF as senior… Orange County Register first-team all-county…

Arizona Football – 2004 Prospectus B.J. Dennard Cornerback 6-1, 175, Freshman Phoenix, Ariz. (Brophy Prep) …Was also recruited by schools as a wide receiver… 50 receptions for 800 yards and eight touchdowns his senior year… SuperPrep All Farwest honors as the No. 12 prospect in Arizona… All-state honors… Rivals.com three-star rating and listed No. 56 as an athlete… PrepStar postseason All-West as a wide receiver… Helped lead the Broncos to the 5A state playoffs… 42 tackles and two interceptions in 2003, and caught 44 passes for 528 yards… His father, Glenn Dennard, earned two letters as a receiver at Arizona State in 1984-85 and his cousin, Ryan Dennard lettered three years as a receiver at ASU from 1999-01… Uncle, Preston Dennard, was a four-year letterman at New Mexico from 1974-77 and an eight-year NFL veteran receiver….

Danny Espinosa Offensive Lineman 6-1, 290, Freshman Los Alamitos, Calif. (Los Alamitos) SuperPrep All-Farwest honors as a California Top 125prospect… PrepStar All-West preseason and postseason honors… First-team Associated Press All-State as both an offensive and defensive lineman, one of four two-way players on the list… Orange County Register top 25 area recruit…Los Alamitos won the CIF Division I championship in Espinosa’s junior year… Earned first-team All-Sunset League honors in 2003… Also competed as a wrestler in high school… His brother attends the UA…

Dillon Hansen Offensive Lineman 6-5, 290, Freshman Las Cruces, N.M. (Las Cruces) UA coaches ventured into New Mexico for lineman Dillon Hansen of Las Cruces… Associated Press first-team all-state honors as a senior… Rivals.com No. 51offensive line prospect and a three-star rating… A big lean lineman with sky-high potential… Max Emfinger Super Mid-America Top 200, plus national Top 300 pick with four-star OT rating… UA coaches feel Hansen has as much talent as numerous well-known recruits of his size… Good student at LCHS, which finished 9-2 and reach state quarterfinals… Hanson’s father lives in Tucson…

Michael Klyce Defensive Back 6-2, 190, Freshman Los Angeles, Calif. (Locke) SuperPrep All-Farwest honors as a California Top 120 prospect… PrepStar All-West selection… One of the earliest commitments for the Cats, committing in November… Recruited as an athlete, with experience as a prep quarterback and linebacker for Locke… had 95 tackles in 2003, with three interceptions and three sacks… As a track athlete he has reported times of 22.5 in the 200 and 49.0 in the 400… Reportedly a wrap-up hitter and tackler who should get his first look at Arizona as a safety… Los Angeles Times preseason City Section No. 4 linebacker rating…

Chris Kolone Defensive Lineman 6-4, 280, Freshman San Diego, Calif. (Rancho Bernardo) Kolone was recruited with potential on both sides of the ball as either an offensive tackle or defensive end… Second- team Union-Tribune All-San Diego Section honors as a defensive lineman… SuperPrep All-Farwest honors as a Top 100 California offensive line prospect… PrepStar All-West postseason selection as a defensive lineman… Played defensive end for Rancho Bernardo in ’04 after playing offensive tackle at Campbell High School in Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii his first two years of high school… Born in Long Beach, but spent much of his youth in American Samoa and Hawaii

Joe Longacre Offensive Tackle 6-4, 310, Freshman Katy, Texas (Katy) Honorable mention All-State 5A by the Associated Press… Texas Sports Writer’s Association 5A first-team all-state… TexasHSFootball.com First-Team All-Texas…Second-team 5AtexasFootball.com All-Texas honors, and preseason top 10 “watch list” member… 5AtexasFootball.com No. 5 rated offensive lineman… InsideTexas.com cited Longacre as the best lineman at the Houston Combine… Honorable mention AP all-state and first-team all-Houston area by Houston Chronicle… Selected to NFL Global Junior Championship team for January competition… Longacre’s state-champion team beat fellow recruit Yaniv Barnett’s team in the state semi-finals, and finished 15-1 with a 2,000-yard rusher…

Arizona Football – 2004 Prospectus Brandon Lopez Linebacker 6-2, 210, Freshman Vail, Ariz. (Cienega) The lone Tucson-area player signed by the Cats, Lopez was one of the first players to commit to the class, giving an oral pledge to the previous coaching staff in mid September… PrepStar postseason All-West selection… All-area honors by the Tucson Citizen and Arizona Daily Star… Cienega’s featured halfback on offense his senior year, though UA wanted him as a linebacker… Rushed for 1,509 yards and 25 scores as a senior… Rushed for 1,687 yards and 17 touchdowns, plus 98 tackles on defense as a junior…

Bobby McCoy Wide Receiver 6-1, 170, Freshman Houston, Texas (Klein Forest) With a reported 4.4 time in the 40-yard dash, McCoy is a bonafide sprinter… Led team with 32 catches for 585 yards in 2003… Houston Chronicle Top 100… First-team all-district as junior and senior… Nominated for Red Zone Player of the Year… SuperPrep All-Southwest honoree, listed the No. 82 prospect in Texas… PrepStar All-West pick, citing his playmaking ability… Max Emfinger Mid-America 200 and national Top 300 with a four-star rating… Lone Star Recruiting Top 10 receiver… District 15 400-meter sprint and 1600 4x4 relay winner in 2003, second in 5A State meet in 400 at 46.88, third-place relay finish…

+Kiel McDonald Cornerback 5-11, 190, Junior Colorado Springs, Colo. (Doherty/Sacramento CC) McDonald is a mid-year transfer who will contend for a role in spring ball… All-NorCal Conference honorable mention in 2003… Max Emfinger national top 300 juco selection with four-star and top 20 cornerback rating… Prepped at Colorado Springs Doherty High School… Versatile athlete who earned letters in football, hockey, baseball and track… First-team all-league track honors as a senior for the Spartans, with a 10.6 in the 100-meters…Mom, Jeanette Harvey, lives in London, England, and is an Illinois graduate…

Ronnie Palmer Linebacker 6-2, 227, Freshman Spring, Texas (Spring) SuperPrep All-Southwest honors, listed the No. 32 prospect in Texas…. PrepStar All-Midlands preseason and postseason selection… Rivals.100 No. 18 inside linebacker prospect… Insiders.com No. 44… Houston Chronicle Top 100… Fort Worth Star- Telegram State 100 honors… Max Emfinger national Top 100 honors with a five-star inside linebacker rating among national Top 10 at the position… Emfinger Fabulous 50 Linebackers and National 150 Playmakers citations… Recorded 73 tackles his junior year and 70 as a senior …All-district first-team honors… 5Atexasfootball.com Top 10 linebacker … Lone Star Recruiting Top 10 linebacker… Co-defensive player of the year in District 15-5A and All-District as a junior and senior… Collegesports.com Super Prospect LB… Played quarterback as a sophomore… Also plays basketball at Spring…

Dominic Patrick Safety 6-0, 200, Freshman Houston, Texas (Klein Forest) Played linebacker in high school, but Patrick should open his career as a safety for the Wildcats…SuperPrep All- Southwest honors on its Texas 134 list… Lone Star Recruiting Top 10 safety selection…Had 90 tackles and five interceptions in 2003, returning one for a score…Blocked two punts as a senior… Helped Klein Forest hold opponents to 94 yards passing per game in 2003… Second-team all-0istrict as a junior, first-team honors in 2003… Super Team Sophomore honors… Team linebacker MVP…

Gerold Rodriguez Wide Receiver 5-11, 180, Freshman Los Angeles, Calif. (Venice) Had 56 catches for 1,082 yards and 14 touchdowns in 2003, plus had 198 rushing yards with three scores, averaging eight yards per carry… Could figure on special teams as a kick returner… PrepStar postseason All-West… 46 grabs for 1,042 as a junior, with seven touchdowns… One of three wide-outs on 2003 Venice squad with more than 1,000 yards receiving…

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Eddie Rollman Offensive Lineman 6-4, 282, Freshman Burnet, Texas (Burnet) Played for 14-1 team in 2003 and was three-year starter for Burnet… Reportedly did not allow a sack as a senior, plus helped the offense average 419 yards and 46 points per game… Earned Texas Sports Writer’s Association first-team 3A All-State honors… Texas 3A All-State first-team honors by the Associated Press… Also earned AP all-state honors as a junior… SuperPrep All-Southwest honors on its Texas 134 list… Max Emfinger Mid-America 200 and national Top 300 with a four-star offensive guard rating …Lone Star Recruiting Top 10 guard… Three-year starter on teams that were a combined 36-5…

+Randy Sims Linebacker 5-11, 230, Junior San Francisco, Calif. (Riordan/San Francisco CC) Sims will participate in spring ball as a mid-year transfer… Three-star outside linebacker rating by Rivals.com… Collegefootballnews.com No. 19 juco linebacker prospect… A San Francisco native, Sims lettered three years in football and twice in track at Riordan HS… All-NorCal Conference honors in 2003 for 12-0 state juco champions…Sergeant-at-Arms for California State Black Student Union association… Honor roll junior year in high school… Son of Melvin and Paulette Sims of San Francisco… Dad attended San Jose State and mother attended Kent State… Full name Randy Wesley Sims….

McCollins Umeh Defensive End 6-3, 245, Freshman Houston, Texas, (Klein Forest) SuperPrep All-America and SuperPrep All-Southwest honors as the No. 25 prospect on its Texas 134 list… Texas Sports Writer’s Association 5A all-state first-team honorsw… Third-team 5AtexasFootball.com all-state honors… PrepStar All-Midlands region preseason and postseason honors… Fort Worth Star-Telegram State 100 honors… No. 33 on Austin American-Statesman Fab 55… Had 111 tackles and eight sacks in 2003… 84 tackles as a junior, with eight sacks and two fumble recoveries… Rivals.com No. 15 defensive line prospect and a four-star rating, plus rated a top 15 player in Texas… Collegesports.com Super Prospect DL… Insiders.com top 20 national defensive end rating… Lone Star Recruiting Top 10 DE… Collegefootballnews.com No.19 defensive end prospect… Max Emfinger Mid-America 200 and national Top 300 with a four-star strong-end rating… Second-team all-District 15-5A as a sophomore, then first-team as junior and senior… Varsity basketball as soph and junior… His father, Betrand, played for the Nigerian national soccer team…

Justin Walsh Tight End 6-6, 240, Freshman Laguna Hills, Calif. (Laguna Hills) SuperPrep All-Farwest honors as a Top 100 California prospect… PrepStar postseason All-West honors… Senior year was exemplary with 30 receptions for 484 yards and three scores, averaging 16.1 yards per catch… Orange County Register top 25 area recruit… Caught 10 passes for 135 yards and 3 scores as a junior, despite an injury… Will start his UA career as a tight end but could have a future as an interior lineman as well…

Sheldon Watts Offensive Lineman 6-3, 265, Freshman Fort Bend, Texas (Hightower) SuperPrep All-Southwest honors on its Texas 134 list… One of the seven Houston area recruits to sign with Arizona… Hightower completed the year 9-4 and made it to the third round of the 5A state playoffs in Watt’s senior year… 5Atexasfootball 2003 Best Offensive Linemen list… All-District 20-5A honors…

Chris Wilson Defensive Lineman 6-5, 240, Freshman San Clemente, Calif. (San Clemente) Wilson could have potential at Arizona as a defensive end, as well as a tight end… Played both ways for the Tritons of San Clemente… SuperPrep All-Farwest honors as a California Top 130 prospect… PrepStar All-West selection as an offensive line prospect… South Coast League second-team offense honors at SCHS… Orange County Register top 25 area recruit…Committed to Arizona in November before he knew who would be the head coach…

Arizona Football – 2004 Prospectus 2004 Pac-10 Conference Opponent Information University of Arizona Football

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Tucson, Ariz. 85721 Enrollment: 35,500 Colors: Cardinal and Navy Nickname: Wildcats Conference: Pacific-10 NCAA Division: I-A (19 Sports; 11W, 8M)

UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL President: Dr. Peter Likins (Stanford ‘57) Phone: 520-621-5511 Faculty Rep: Dudley B. Woodard (MacMurray ‘62) Phone: 520-621-7951 Athletic Director: Jim Livengood (Brigham Young '68) Phone: 520-621-4622 Athletic Department Phone: 520-621-4622 Ticket Office Phone: 520-621-2287 1-800-452-CATS MEDIA RELATIONS - 520-621-4163 Media Relations Director: Tom Duddleston Jr. (FB contact) Home Phone: 520-881-1203 Email: [email protected] Media Relations Overnight Address: ICA Media Relations; McKale Center - Room 106, Tucson AZ 85721 Mail: Media Relations, McKale Center - Room 106; P.O. Box 210096, Tucson AZ 85721-0096 Media Relations Office Phone: 520-621-4163 SID FAX: 602-621-2681 Football Press Box Phone: 520-621-2801; 2803 Originating Radio Station: FOX (1290 AM/107.5 FM) Associate Director: Matt Rector (football support) Home Phone: 520-327-2617 Assistant SIDs: Rich Paige, TBA Home Phones: 790-4347; TBA E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Web Sites: arizonaathletics.com; www.arizona.edu

FOOTBALL INFORMATION Head Coach (Alma Mater, Year): Mike Stoops (Iowa ’86) Record at Arizona (Years): First Year Record, Overall (Years): First Year Record vs. Pac-10 Schools - Arizona State: 0-0. California: 0-0. Oregon: 0-0. Oregon State: 0-0. Stanford: 0-0. UCLA: 0-0. USC: 0-0. Washington: 0-0. Washington State: 0-0. Office Phone: 520-621-4917 Best Time To Call: W-Th, 1-2 Media Meeting: Tuesdays, 1 p.m., McKale Center 106; Sundays, TBA teleconference

Assistant Coaches (Alma Mater, Year): Mark Stoops (Iowa ’89), defensive coordinator/DBs, 1st year; Mike Canales (BYU ’84), offensive coordinator/QB, 1st year; Kasey Dunn (Idaho 92), running backs, 1st year; Tim Kish (Bowling Green ’76), linebackers, 1st year; John Peterson (Ohio State ’91), offensive line, 1st year; Joe Robinson (LSU ’85), /DE/special teams, 1st year; Mike Tuiasosopo (Pacific Lutheran ’89), defensive tackles, 1st year; Charlie Williams (Colorado State ’82), wide receivers, 1st year; Eric Wolford (Kansas State ’94), offensive line/TE, 1st year; Gene Johnson (Louisiana Tech ’92), offensive graduate assistant, 1st year; Marcus Bell (Arizona ’99), defensive graduate assistant, 1st year; Erick Harper (Kansas State ’92), director of football operations, 1st year; Dan Berezowitz (Wisconsin-Whitewater ’94), recruiting coordinator, 4th year; Corey Edmond (North Carolina State ’93), football strength coach, 1st year; Mark Hill (Tennessee-Chattanooga ’99), assistant football strength coach, 1st year.

Stadium (Year Built): Arizona Stadium (1929) Location: UA campus; Tucson, Ariz. Stadium Capacity (Record Attendance): 56,002 (58,817) Field Surface: Bermuda Tiff

2003 Overall Record: 2-10 2003 Pac-10 Record: 1-7, 10th place 2003 Final National Rankings: None 2003 Highest Ranking: NR Most Previous Ranking: No. 24 (AP, Oct. 2000) 2003 Bowl Appearance: None; last: ‘98 Holiday Offensive Formation: Multiple-Pro Defensive Formation: Multiple 4-3

Arizona Football – 2004 Prospectus Offensive Starters Returning: (11): QB Kris Heavner, 6-2, 220, So (8).; TB Mike Bell, 6-0, 215, Jr. (10); TE Steve Fleming, 6-6, 265, Sr. (10); WR Mike Jefferson, 6-1, 210, So. (4); WR Biren Ealy, 6-2, 200, Jr. (10); WR Ricky Williams, 6-2, 215, Sr. (6); OT Chris Johnson, 6-3, 323, Sr. (12); C Keoki Fraser, 6-3, 300, Sr. (12); FB Gilbert Harris, 6-2, 222, Jr. (8); OG Kili Lefotu, 6-5, 310, Jr. (11); OT John Abramo, 6-4, 298, Jr. (4), OT Tanner Bell, 6-8, 314, Jr. (4); OT Brandon Phillips, 6-8,310, Sr.* (3). Offensive Starters Lost: OL Reggie Sampay.

Defensive Starters Returning: (8): DL Marcus Smith, 6-6-6, 240, Jr. (6); DB Darrell Brooks, 6-1, 202, Jr. (10); DB Lamon Means, 6-3, 200, Jr. (12); DL Copeland Bryan, 6-4, 250, Jr. (10); DL Paul Philipp, 6-3, 290, So (7).; DL Carlos Williams (6-4, 298, Sr. (7); LB Patrick Howard, 5-11, 228, Sr. (5); LB Kirk Johnson, 6-1, 230, Sr. (6). Defensive Starters Lost: (4) CB Michael Jolivette, CB Gary Love, LB Joe Siofele, LB Clay Hardt.

Specialty Returnees: PK Nick Folk (So.), P Danny Baugher (Jr.), PR/KOR Syndric Steptoe (So.), KOR Marcus Hollingsworth (So.).

Returning Lettermen: (47) - 24offense, 20defense, 3 specialists Lettermen Lost: 14 (5 offense, 7 defense, 2 kickers)

Top Redshirts: OT Brandon Phillips (medical), RB Chris Henry, LB Dane Krogstad, CB Wilrey Fontenot, WR Anthony Johnson, DE Jason Parker, OL Peter Graniello, RB Brent Bolden.

Top Transfers: DT Brad Brittain, LB Randy Sims, DB Keil McDonald, WR Juan Valentine.

Top Freshmen: LB James Alford*, DT Yaniv Barnett, CB Antoine Cason, CB B.J. Dennard, OL Dillon Hansen, WR Bobby McCoy, LB Ronnie Palmer, S Dominic Patrick, DE McCollins Umeh. (*Mid-year enrollee.)

All-America Candidates: TE Steve Fleming (Sr.), TB Mike Bell (Jr.)

All-Conference Candidates: Jr. FS Darrell Brooks, Sr. C Keoki Fraser, Jr. DE Marcus Smith, Jr. SS Lamon Means, WR Biren Ealy, Jr.

RETURNING INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (2003 Classes) RUSHING ATT YG YL NET AVG TD LG Mike Bell – Jr. 168 992 72 920 5.5 6 69 Beau Carr – Jr. 19 52 13 39 2.1 0 13

PASSING PA PC INT PCT YDS TD LG Rating Kris Heavner – So. 237 121 15 .511 1501 8 58 102.74 Nic Costa – Jr. 76 30 2 .395 362 4 41 91.59 Ryan O’Hara – So. 78 33 4 .423 341 2 79 77.24

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG TD LG Biren Ealy – Jr. 42 577 13.7 4 53 Ricky Williams – Sr. 36 563 15.6 2 52 Steve Fleming – Sr. TE 24 222 9.2 2 58 Mike Jefferson – So. 16 214 13.4 2 33

DEFENSE UT AT TT TFL Sacks Other Darrell Brooks – Jr. DB 55 24 79 3.5 - 1 INT, 3 PBU, 1 FR Lamon Means – Jr. DB 48 18 66 2.0 1.0 1 INT, 4 PBU, 2 FF Kirk Johnson – Jr. LB 31 18 49 1.0 - 2 FF, 1 PBU Patrick Howard – Sr. LB 27 21 48 1.5 0.5 2 PBU, 1 FR Tony Wingate – Sr. DB 29 14 43 1.0 - 1 INT Marcus Smith – Jr. DE 24 16 40 6.0 4.0 1 FR

LEAGUE SERIES INFORMATION All-Time Record vs. Pac-10 Schools: ASU: 43-33-1. California: 11-10-2. Oregon: 12-17. OSU: 19-7-1. Stanford: 12-8. UCLA: 9-17-2. USC: 6-21. Washington: 5-13-1. WSU: 20-12.

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Last Victory vs. Pac-10 Schools: ASU: 34-21, 2001. California: 52-41, 2002. Oregon: 38-3, 1998. OSU: 28-7, 1998. Stanford: 27-3, 2000. UCLA: 33-7, 1999. USC: 31-15, 2000. Washington: 27-22, 2003. WSU: 53-47, 2000.

Most Points Scored vs. Pac-10 Schools: ASU: 67, 1946. California: 55, 1996. Oregon: 41, 3 times. OSU: 50, 1983. Stanford: 41, 1982. UCLA: 42, 1989. USC: 41, 1982. Washington: 32, 2000. WSU: 53, 2000 (3 OT).

Most Points Allowed vs. Pac-10 Schools: ASU: 61, 1951. California: 56, 1996 (3 OT). Oregon: 63, 2001. OSU: 52, 2003. Stanford: 51, 2001. UCLA: 54, 1991. USC: 78, 1928. Washington: 58, 1997. WSU: 48, 2001.

Longest Winning Streak vs. Pac-10 Schools: ASU: 11. California: 4. Oregon: 4. OSU: 12. Stanford: 6; USC: 2. Washington: 2. WSU: 4 (twice).

Longest Losing Streak vs. Pac-10 Schools: ASU: 9. California: 4. Oregon: 5 (live). OSU: 4 (live). Stanford: 2. UCLA: 4. USC: 9. Washington: 5. WSU: 3 (live).

2004 Arizona Schedule Date Opponent Site - Time Sept 4 Northern Arizona Tucson - 7 p.m. MST Sept. 11 Utah Tucson - 7 p.m. MST Sept. 18 Wisconsin Tucson - 7 p.m. MST Sept. 25 Open Oct. 2 *Washington State Tucson - 7 p.m. MST Oct. 9 at *UCLA Los Angeles - 12:30 p.m. PDT Oct. 16 at *Oregon Eugene - 12:30 p.m. PDT Oct. 23 *California# Tucson - 4 p.m. MST Oct. 30 *Oregon State^ Tucson - 4 p.m. MST Nov. 6 at *Washington Seattle - 12:30 p.m. PST Nov. 13 at *Southern California Los Angeles - 12:30 p.m. PST Nov. 20 Open Nov. 26 *Arizona State Tucson - 1 p.m. MST #Family Weekend ^Homecoming Game times subject to change. Television to be announced.

2003 Arizona Football Results (2-10, 1-7) Date Game Score Atten A 30 Texas-El Paso 42-7 40,264 S 6 #13 LSU (TBS national) L 13-59 46,110 S 13 Oregon (TBS national) L 10-48 40,462 S 20 at #25 Purdue L 7-59 52,310 S 27 #19 TCU (*FSNA/KWBA-58) OT L 10-13 40,515 O 4 at #14 Wash. State (FSNA) L 7 -30 34,923 O 11 UCLA^ (FSN national) L 21-24 44,481 O 25 at California L 14-42 33,249 N 1 at Oregon State (*FSNA) L 23-52 36,168 N 8 Washington% (*FSNA) W 27-22 48,319 N 15 #2 USC (TBS national) L 0-45 39,201 N 28 at Arizona State (FSN nat’l) L 7-28 55,498 ^Family Weekend; %Homecoming *Tape Delay