PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES 2018 Arizona Wildcat Seniors TRE ADAMS #88 TYRELL APONTE #73 Freshman Freshman (RS) Receiver // 6-3 // 190 Offensive Line // 6-4 // 286 Frisco, Texas (Wakeland HS) Peoria, Ariz. (Peoria HS) High School: Graduated in 2018 from Wakeland High School in Frisco, Texas … 2017: Redshirted. Four-year letterwinner in football at wide receiver … Three-year letterwinner in track and field in the triple jump, 200-meters and 400-meters … Two-time team High School: Graduated in 2017 from Peoria (Ariz.) High School…Earned two captain … Team MVP as a senior … First-Team All-Collin County … Member of the letters in football at right tackle and one letter in basketball at center…Sec- National Honors Society … Compiled 1,043 yards and 13 touchdown receptions as ond-Team All-Section selection…Member of the school’s honor roll…Helped a senior … Finished his high school career with 1,867 yards and 21 touchdowns … guide his team to the state quarterfinals as a senior…Helped pave the way for an Consensus three-star recruit. offense that ran for more than 2,000 yards and passed for more than 2,000 yards. Personal: Son of Luis Aponte and Landa Tartaglio … Has two brothers, William and Logan and two sisters, Brittini and Tiana … Mom played basketball at the GENO ALBINI #66 University of Mary … Majoring in pre-law. Freshman MATT ARAGON #26 Snapper // 5-11 // 213 Austin, Texas (Wimberley HS) Junior (RS) Punter // 6-5 // 220 High School: Graduated in 2018 from Wimberley (Texas) High School … Three- Tucson, Ariz. (Cienega HS) year letterwinner in football as a long snapper and linebacker … Earned two let- ters in golf … Voted team special teams MVP … Academic All-District and All- 2017: State … All-District 4A as a specialist … Was a part of a 13-2 team his senior season Did not play. and state semifinalist … Posted five sacks as a senior linebacker. Spring 2017: Began working with the wide receivers in addition to his punting Personal: Son of Julie and Paul Albini … Has one brother … Grandfather, Jim duties during spring drills. Albini, ran track at San Jose State … Undecided on a major. 2016: Appeared in one game at punter, which came on the road at Washington State (Nov. 5) … Punted three times for 116 yards (38.7 average), including a long of 53 yards and one downed inside the 20-yardline. LEE ANDERSON III #51 High School: Graduate of Cienega High School ... Named to Division 2 Section 2 All-State Team in 2013 and 2014 ... Arizona Football Coaches Association Division 2 All-State Football 2013 and 2014 punter ... All-Section Wide Reciever 2014 ... Junior Also recognized in the Kornblue Kicking Fab 50 for two consecutive years ... Holds STUD // 6-1 // 243 school record for longest punt of 71 yards. Moreno Valley, Calif. (Rancho Verde HS) Personal: Son of Buddy Nedrow and Diana Aragon ... Majoring in Geography. Career Punting Stats 2017: Played in all 13 games as a reserve on the defensive front or on special Season GP ATT YDS Long AVG TB FC I20 50+ BLK teams … Broke up a pass in road victory at UTEP (Sept. 15) … Re- 2016 3 10 394 52 39.4 0 4 4 1 0 corded one tackle in season-opening victory over NAU (Sept. 2). Total 3 10 394 52 39.4 0 4 4 1 0 2016: Appeared in two contests, including against USC (Oct. 15) and at Oregon State (Nov. 19). LUKE ASHWORTH #13 High School: Three-year letterwinner at Rancho Verde High School … Team Cap- tain his senior season … First-team All-Conference his senior season … Post- Freshman ed 136 tackles and eight sacks his senior season with the team going 10-2. Quarterback // 6-0 // 197 Personal: Son of Lee and Angel Anderson…Majoring in sociology with a thematic minor. Phoenix, Ariz. (Arcadia HS) Career Defensive Stats High School: Graduated in 2018 from Phoenix Arcadia High School...Earned three Season GP UA A TOT TFL TFLY PD FF FR BLK letters in football as a quarterback and two in basketball as a forward...Served as 2016 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 team captain as a senior...Two-time team MVP...Three-time All-Northwest Region 2017 13 1 0 1 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 selection...Scholar Athlete honoree...Also recruited to play basketball by several Total 15 1 0 1 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 Division III schools. Personal: Son of Heidi and Mark Ashworth...Has one sister, Loly...Dad graduated from University of Arizona...Pre-Business major. 6 2018 Arizona Football Media Guide www.arizonawildcats.com 7 PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES JAILEN BAILEY #83 JUSTIN BELKNAP #86 Freshman Junior (RS) Receiver // 5-10 // 163 Defensive End // 6-3 // 259 San Diego, Calif. (Lincoln HS) Henderson, Nev. (Coronado HS) High School: Signed with the Wildcats in December of 2017 … A speedy playmak- 2017: Played in 12 games, including starts at defensive end in the first 11 games of er that competed in track and field in addition to his football career … As a senior, the season … Totaled 23 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks and a fumble recov- hauled in 37 receptions for 865 yards and nine touchdowns … Added 104 rushing ery … Recorded one solo tackle as a reserve against Purdue in the Foster Farms yards and a score on seven carries … Ranked a three-star prospect and the No. Bowl (Dec. 27) … Missed first start of season and did not play due to injury against 120 receiver nationally by ESPN … Also rated a three-star recruit by 247 Sports. Arizona State (Nov. 25) … Had a pair of tackles before leaving contest with appar- ent injury in road contest at Oregon (Nov. 18) … Split a sack and had two tackles in final home victory over Oregon State (Nov. 11) … Set a season high with six tackles, including a half-tackle for loss, in road contest at USC (Nov. 4) … Chipped STEVEN BAILEY #63 in two tackles in home upset of No. 15 Washington State (Oct. 28) … Added one tackle in double-overtime victory at California (Oct. 21) … Recorded one tackle in home win over UCLA (Oct. 14) … Registered a sack and tallied two tackles in road Junior win at Colorado (Oct. 7) … Recovered a fumble and added three solo tackles in Offensive Line // 6-3 // 318 conference opener against Utah (Sept. 22) … Started but did not record any sta- tistics in road win at UTEP (Sept. 15) … Recorded two solo tackles against Houston Litchfield Park, Ariz. (Peoria Centennial HS/Glendale CC) (Sept. 9) … Opened season with a solo sack against NAU (Sept. 2). Spring 2017: Awarded a scholarship at the end of the spring semester. Before Arizona: Played the 2017 season at Glendale Community College, seeing substantial playing time on the offensive line … Spent the 2016 season at NAU, 2016: Earned starting role at defensive end as a walk-on during preseason camp where he played as a true freshman … Prepped at Peoria Centennial High School … Played in all 12 contests with starts in first 11 games … Finished season with 16 … Three-year letterwinner at guard and center … Also earned a letter in baseball tackles – 2.5 for loss – one sack and a pair of pass breakups … Made collegiate … Voted Centennial’s most valuable offensive lineman … First-Team All-State Di- debut with two tackles, including one for loss, against BYU (Sept. 3) in the Cac- vision I … All-Region and All-District selection … Helped guide his team to back- tus Kickoff Classic in Glendale, Ariz. Named the team’s Hard Edge Player of the to-back state championships his junior and senior seasons. Week for the breakout debut effort … Collected first career sack in home-opening victory over Grambling State (Sept. 10) … Tallied a half-tackle for loss in victory Personal: Son of Caren and Jeff Bailey … Has one sister … General studies major. against Hawai’i (Sept. 17) … Had two solo stops in Pac-12 opener against No. 9 Washington (Sept. 24) … Broke up a pair of passes at UCLA (Oct. 1) … Registered season-high four tackles – three solo stops – at No. 24 Utah (Oct. 8) … Made two JIMMY BANJOKO-WANGJOBE tackles in Homecoming game against Stanford (Oct. 29) … Added two solo stops #35 against Colorado (Nov. 12) … Totaled two tackles in Territorial Cup victory over Arizona State (Nov. 25). Freshman 2015: Redshirted. Cornerback // 6-0 // 212 High School: Football and basketball letterman for Coronado High School … Tampa, Fla. (IMG Academy) All-conference and all-division honoree … Totaled 126 tackles, five sacks, two in- terceptions and three touchdowns as a senior. Personal: High School: Graduated in 2018 from IMG Academy in Florida...Earned three let- Son of Jeff and Anna Belknap...Majoring in general studies. ters in football as a defensive back...Earned one letter in track and field...Had 16 Career Defensive Stats tackles and two tackles-for-loss as a senior strong safety. Season GP UA A TOT TFL TFLY PD FF FR SACKS YDS Personal: 2016 12 13 3 16 2.5 19 2 0 0 1.0 15 Son of Casey Wangboje and Stephen Banjoko...Has one brother, Timi, 2017 12 15 8 23 3.0 19 0 0 1 2.5 17 and one sister, Tomi...Undecided on a major. Total 24 28 11 39 5.5 38 2 0 1 3.5 32 MCKENZIE BARNES #15 XAVIER BELL #37 Freshman Freshman (RS) Cornerback // 6-1 // 178 Safety // 6-2 // 196 Fresno, Calif. (Edison HS) Long Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) High School: Graduated in 2018 from Edison High School … Earned three letters 2017: Redshirted.