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Quincy Craig scored his second touchdown of the game on a 24-yard run with 39 seconds left in regulation and Arizona rallied to beat Kansas 24-20 on Saturday. Coming off a blowout win over Colorado, the Wildcats (6-3, 3-3 Big 12) had a hard time moving the ball against a defense that entered the game ranked 12th in the Big 12. Noah Fifita threw an early touchdown pass, but was sacked five times and nearly had three passes intercepted before rallying Arizona to become bowl eligible. "We knew it was going to be an incredible battle and our players kept responding," Arizona coach Brent Brennan said. "They kept responding and responding...I know it wasn't perfect, but we'll fix that." After Kansas' Laith Marjan pushed a 30-yard field goal wide right - his first miss in 15 attempts this season - the Wildcats took over at their own 20 with 2:39 left. Arizona moved quickly down the field and Craig burst through a big hole up the middle for the go-ahead score. "That was definitely one of my favorite touchdowns I've experienced," said Craig, who had 47 yards rushing on three carries. The Jayhawks (5-5, 3-4) controlled Arizona's offense for most of the game, holding the Wildcats to 323 total yards - nearly 100 yards below their season average. They also held Fifita to 158 yards and two touchdowns on 16-of-31 passing.

Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels threw for 199 yards and a touchdown, adding 74 yards and another score rushing. His desperation attempt bounded out of the end zone as time expired. "We were able to throw a very accurate quarterback really out of rhythm there for a while," Kansas coach Lance Leipold said. "But they made the plays down the stretch." Fifita showed off his dual-threat skill set on Arizona's second drive, breaking off a 19-yard run - his longest of the season - and floating a 16-yard touchdown pass to tight end Sam Olson just as he got hit. Daniels took his two-way turn on the Jayhawks' next two drives. He scored on a 1-yard keeper set up by a 14-yard run, then hit Emmanuel Henderson Jr. in stride for a 24-yard touchdown. Kansas appeared to be headed to a 24-7 halftime lead when Leroy Harris III returned an interception 77 yards for a touchdown. Instead, it came back when cornerback Jalen Todd was called for holding away from the play. Craig scored on an 8-yard touchdown two plays later by reaching the ball to the pylon, pulling Arizona within 17-14 at halftime. The defenses took over in the second half. - Arizona/AP College Football

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11/01/25 - Noah Fifita, rJr/2027, Arizona, 5-10, 195 (DS#16 QB) + More +

Noah Fifita threw four first-half touchdown passes and the Arizona Wildcats forced five turnovers in rebounding from two closes losses with a 52-17 rout of the Colorado Buffaloes on Saturday night. "This is a huge win coming off two heartbreaking losses," said coach Brent Brennan, whose Wildcats had lost in double-overtime to BYU and by a field goal at Houston. "We're gonna enjoy the plane ride home." The Wildcats (5-3, 2/3 Big 12) raced to a 38-7 halftime lead by scoring on six of their first seven drives, and the Buffaloes (3-6, 1-5) trudged into the locker room with more penalties (nine) than points. For the first time in his three-year tenure in Boulder, Colorado, coach Deion "Prime" Sanders didn't allow any of his players to talk post-game. He said that was because he was solely to blame for the bedraggled Buffs' second straight blowout loss. "Don't attack the coordinators. Come at me. Don't attack the players. Come at me," Sanders said.

Sanders had no answers as to why the Buffs played so poorly again, insisting good practices had given no inkling another rout was forthcoming. He bristled when asked if his team had checked out: "I know a quitter when I see one. I haven't seen that." Sanders added that he's confident he can coach Colorado back into winning ways, saying, "I don't doubt me. Let's get that straight: I. Don't. Doubt. Me." Buffaloes QB Kaidon Salter was benched late in the first half for Ryan Staub, who was also benched after both of his passes were intercepted in the third quarter. Freshman Ju-Ju Lewis came on and threw a 59-yard touchdown strike - the first of his career - to Omarion Miller. The pass also was 10 yards longer than the 49 yards passing that Salter managed while completing 11 of 15. Lewis left the game in the final minute with an injury to his throwing hand. Colorado's two most damaging first-half flags wiped out a 75-yard touchdown catch and an interception. - Arizona/AP College Football

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QB Noah Fifita, Arizona
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10/08/25 - Noah Fifita, rJr/2027, Arizona, 5-10, 195 (DS#16 QB) + More +

WEEK 6 BIG 12 CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Noah Fifita, QB, Arizona,...Fifita found the endzone five times and guided the Wildcats to 41 points in their win over Oklahoma State. The Arizona quarterback threw for 376 yards, completed 28 of his 38 passes, and matched his career high with five touchdown passes. Fifita eclipsed 300 passing yards for the ninth time in his career as he moved into fourth and third in school history in career passing yards and passing touchdowns, respectively. - Big 12 Football

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09/15/25 - Ismail Mahdi, rSr/2026, Arizona, 5-09, 184 (DS#10 RB) + More +

WEEK 3 BIG 12 CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Ismail Mahdi, RB, Arizona,...Mahdi erupted for 189 yards on the ground on 22 attempts in the Wildcats' win over Kansas State. His 189 rush yards are the most in a game against a Power Four opponent through week three. The senior's performance in Tucson also marked the most rushing yards by an Arizona back in a game since the 2022 Territorial Cup. - Big 12 Football

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09/15/25 - Kaena DeCambra, rSr/2026, Arizona, 6-3, 308 (DS#25 C) + More +

WEEK 3 BIG 12 OFFENSIVE LINE OF THE WEEK: Arizona,...Arizona's offensive line paved the way for the Wildcats' backs to rush for 234 yards and allowed quarterback Noah Fifita to rush for two scores against K-State. Fifita also became the first Wildcat QB to rush for multiple touchdowns in a game since Khalil Tate in 2017. The unit allowed its fewest tackles for a loss to a Power Four opponent since 2023. - Big 12 Football

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09/13/25 - Ismail Mahdi, rSr/2026, Arizona, 5-09, 184 (DS#10 RB) + More +

Ismail Mahdi ran for 189 yards, Noah Fifita had two touchdown runs and Arizona overcame a shaky start to the second half for a 23-17 win over Kansas State on Friday night. Arizona (3-0) faced its first big test of the year after beating two smaller-conference teams by a combined score of 88-9. The Wildcats led by 14 at halftime, but let Kansas State back in it with a series of mistakes. They sealed the win with a turnover on downs, opening 3-0 for the first time since 2015. Coming off a home loss to Army, Kansas State (1-3) struggled offensively for much of the nonconference matchup between future Big 12 foes - a game scheduled before Arizona joined the league. Kansas State had 193 total yards and quarterback Avery Johnson was limited to 88 yards and no touchdowns on 13 of 29 passing.

Arizona led 17-3 at halftime on touchdown runs of 15 and two yards by Fifita. Kansas State needed one play to get back in it. Taking a direct snap, Jayce Brown weaved through a blockade of tacklers on the right side and raced past the rest of the defense for a 75-yard touchdown run - the first touchdown Arizona’s defense has allowed this season. After a three-and-out, Arizona punter Michael Salgado-Medina fumbled a snap and had his kick blocked, setting up Kansas State at Arizona’s 13. Johnson scored four plays later on a 1-yard run to tie it at 17-all. Salgado-Medina kicked field goals of 31 and 41 yards to put Arizona up 23-17 before hitting the upright on a 46-yard attempt with 1:55 left. - Arizona/AP College Football

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RB Ismail Mahdi, Arizona
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09/08/25 - Noah Fifita, rJr/2027, Arizona, 5-10, 195 (DS#16 QB) + More +

Noah Fifita threw for 373 yards and five touchdowns in less than three quarters, Javin Whatley caught two touchdowns and Arizona rolled to a weather-delayed 48-3 win over Weber State on Saturday night. Lightning led to a delay of more than two hours, but it did little to slow down Arizona (2-0) against the FCS Wildcats (0-2). Arizona raced out to a 24-0 first-quarter lead, pushed it to 34-0 by halftime and racked up 556 total yards. Its defense had a second straight dominating game, holding Weber State to 184 total yards while forcing two turnovers, including a 27-yard interception return for a touchdown by Jay'Vion Cole. "Staying mission focused, that was the main thing for us in the locker room," Arizona linebacker Max Harris said of the delay. "Adversity's going to hit, it's going to come in different ways and just stay mission focused." Offensive coordinator Seth Doege wanted Arizona to sharpen up its passing game after last week's 40-6 win over Hawaii and Fifita responded with a highly-efficient performance. The third-year starter completed his first 14 passes and finished 17 for 22 after throwing for 161 yards on 13-of-23 passing last week. He connected with Whatley five times for 168 yards. Fifita hit Whatley on a 31-yard TD pass on Arizona's opening drive and found him again on its next play from scrimmage for an 85-yard score. Fifita connected with Tre Spivey on a 10-yard touchdown late in the first quarter and added a 13-yard scoring pass to Brandon Phelps in the second. Arizona didn't let up until late. Ismail Mahdi opened the second half by turning a third-and-22 screen pass into a 27-yard touchdown and Cole's pick-6 made it 48-0. - Arizona/AP College Football

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QB Noah Fifita, Arizona
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08/31/25 - Noah Fifita, rJr/2027, Arizona, 5-10, 195 (DS#16 QB) + More +

Noah Fifita threw for a touchdown and ran for another score, Arizona's defense forced five turnovers and the Wildcats rolled to a 40-6 win over Hawaii on Saturday night. It was an impressive opener for second-year coach Brent Brennan and the Wildcats, who are trying to bounce back from a disappointing 4-8 season in 2024. Arizona's defense had 10 tackles for a loss, including five sacks, snagged three interceptions and recovered two fumbles. Quincy Craig had 125 yards rushing and a touchdown on just seven carries. Fifita connected on a 5-yard touchdown pass to Sam Olson early in the third quarter, pushing Arizona up 24-6 and giving them a comfortable advantage for the rest of the night. Fifita - a redshirt junior - is now the sixth-leading passer in Wildcats history with 6,126 career yards.

Hawaii freshman quarterback Micah Alejado threw for 157 yards and an interception before leaving the game in the third quarter with a right ankle injury. He battled a similar injury in last week's win over Stanford. Arizona (1-0) jumped ahead 7-0 on its first offensive drive, starting with excellent field position after Jeremiah Patterson returned a punt 41 yards to Hawaii's 47. Four plays later, Kedrick Reescano ran 13 yards for a touchdown, slicing right through the middle of the Rainbow Warriors' line. The Wildcats exposed the middle of Hawaii's defense again in the second quarter when Craig took a handoff and sprinted 54 yards for a touchdown and a 14-3 lead. Hawaii (1-1) was one of the few teams in the country playing its second game of the season this weekend. The Rainbow Warriors beat Stanford 23-20 last week for their first win against an ACC opponent. - Arizona/AP College Football

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QB Noah Fifita, Arizona
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09/03/24 - Tetairoa McMillan, Jr/2025, Arizona, 6-4, 219 (DS#1 WR) + More +

WEEK 1 AP NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona,...McMillan, an AP first-team preseason All-American, set the school record with 304 yards receiving and tied another with four touchdown catches in the Wildcats' 61-39 win over New Mexico. It was the first 300-yard receiving game in the Bowl Subdivision since Ohio State's Jaxon Smith-Njigba amassed 347 against Utah in the 2022 Rose Bowl.

The 6-foot-5, 212-pound third-year player from Waimanalo, Hawaii, averaged 30.4 yards on his 10 catches and in the third quarter surpassed the previous school record of 283 yards by Jeremy McDaniel in 1996. McMillan matched Jacob Cowing's touchdown catches record set against Southern California last season. It was McMillan's fifth straight 100-yard receiving game and eighth of his career. He had touchdown catches of 69, 17 and 78 yards in the first half and a 40-yarder early in the third quarter. - AP College Football

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WR Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona
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09/03/24 - Tetairoa McMillan, Jr/2025, Arizona, 6-4, 219 (DS#1 WR) + More +

WEEK 1 BIG 12 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Arizona wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan's performance against New Mexico broke school records and made FBS history with 10 catches for 304 yards and four touchdowns. He became the first player in FBS history to have a game with 10-plus receptions, 300-plus receiving yards, 30-plus yards per reception and four-plus receiving touchdowns. His 304 receiving yards were the second most in Big 12 history and his quartet of touchdowns tied for the third most ever in the conference. - Big 12 Football

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WR Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona
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09/01/24 - Tetairoa McMillan, Jr/2025, Arizona, 6-4, 219 (DS#1 WR) + More +

New Mexico had a plan in place to slow Tetairoa McMillan, one that included multiple coverages against Arizona's All-American receiver. The Lobos lost track of McMillan on Arizona's opening drive, leading to a big play, and couldn't corral him no matter what they tried. McMillan had a school-record 304 yards receiving and matched another with four touchdown catches - all from Noah Fifita - and No. 21 Arizona opened coach Brent Brennan's first season with a 61-39 win over New Mexico on Saturday night. "We tried man, man with help, zone pressures," New Mexico coach Bronco Mendenhall said. "They did a very good job of moving him around and we didn't do a very good job stopping him." The Wildcats (1-0) put on an offensive show in their first game as a Big 12 member, with McMillan and Fifita headlining.

Arizona's stars connected on a 69-yard touchdown on the Wildcats' opening drive and kept gouging New Mexico's defense for big chunks. McMillan averaged 30.4 yards on 10 catches and broke the Arizona single-game record of 283 yards receiving set by Jeremy McDaniel in 1996. McMillan matched Jacob Cowing's touchdown catches record set against Southern California last season and fell 10 yards short of the Big 12 record set by Baylor's Terrance Williams in 2012. Fifita finished with 422 yards and four touchdowns on 19-of-31 passing with an interception. Quali Conley ran for 90 yards and three touchdowns to round out an Arizona offense that racked up 627 total yards. "I like the way we rallied in the second half and thought we played good team football," Brennan said. "That's the rhythm that we need, complementing each other as we play." The Lobos (0-2) opened Mendenhall's first season by blowing a 17-point lead in a 35-31 loss to Montana last week. - AP College Football

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WR Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona
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12/27/23 - Noah Fifita, rJr/2027, Arizona, 5-10, 195 (DS#16 QB) + More +

2023 PAC-12 OFFENSIVE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Noah Fifita, Arizona,...Fifita becomes that 2nd Arizona player to lock in the Pac-12 Freshman Offensive Player of the Year since the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year award was split into the Offensive and Defensive awards prior to the 2009 season...RB J.J. Taylor split the award with Stanford OL Walker Little in 2017...Arizona WR Mike Thomas shared the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year Award with Oregon State OG Jeremy Perry in 2005...LB Colin Schooler is the lone Wildcat to win Pac-12 Freshman Defensive Player of the Year back in 2017...6-2 as the team's starting quarterback, leading the team on a 6-game win streak to end the regular season...It's the longest win streak for Arizona since 1998...Arizona is 9-3 this season, their most wins since going 10-4 in 2014.

4th in FBS with a 73.6 completion percentage this season, tops among freshmen QB nationally...Looking to become the 1st quarterback in school history to complete over 70% of their passes in a season (minimum 100 attempts)...The current Arizona record is 69.1% by Nick Foles in 2011 (387-of-560)...23 pass TD this season is tied for the most of any FBS freshman (USF's Byrum Brown)...It's tied for the 7th most in Arizona single-season history and 2nd most by a Wildcat freshman (Anu Solomon with 28 in 2014). - Pac-12 Football

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QB Noah Fifita, Arizona
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03/05/23 - Jordan Morgan, rSr/2024, Arizona, 6-5, 311 (DS#2 OG) + More +

In an alternate reality, Arizona tackle Jordan Morgan would be in Indianapolis right now, participating in the NFL scouting combine. Morgan, the freakishly athletic lineman from Marana High School, had a breakout season in 2022. He had an invitation to the Senior Bowl. That typically leads to an invite to the combine. But in this reality, it wasn't meant to be. Morgan tore the ACL in his right knee on Nov. 12 at UCLA. He had surgery 18 days later. The injury changed the course of his life. Or at least altered the schedule. So there Morgan was Friday afternoon, sitting on a couch in the media room at Arizona Stadium, still wearing the UA red and blue. Nearly four months removed from the injury, Morgan has accepted his fate and embraced the challenge that lies ahead: Getting back to - or even surpassing - the level of play he had reached previously.

If he does so, he'll be in Indy at this time next year. Wildcats coach Jedd Fisch said Morgan had a chance to be a first-round draft pick if he hadn't gotten hurt. That goal is still within his grasp. It's just delayed. "That's a dream of mine," Morgan said. "Staying another year, I know the process. I know what to do right. I know what's wrong. It'll be smoother sailing now." Which isn't to say any of it will be easy. The average recovery time from a torn ACL is about nine months. Arizona's season opener is Sept. 2 - nine months and two days from Morgan's surgery. "He's doing phenomenal in his rehab," said Fisch, whose team opens spring practice March 14. "Right now it looks like he's scheduled to, if everything goes right, be able to play opening day. Now, that would be everything going right. "If not, you're looking at one week at a time after that. But he's running. He's out of the water, onto land. So that's a great sign." - Arizona Star News

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OG Jordan Morgan, Arizona
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03/05/23 - Tetairoa McMillan, Jr/2025, Arizona, 6-4, 219 (DS#1 WR) + More +

What might T-Mac 2.0 look like? "I feel like he's ready to take over college football this year," Jayden de Laura said. Whoa. That's a lot to put on a sophomore who's been out of high school a little over a year. Then again, there's reason to believe a Tetairoa McMillan Takeover might be coming. McMillan was good as a freshman for Arizona; check that, very good. He made multiple Freshman All-American teams. His 702 receiving yards were the most by any true freshman in the nation and the most ever by a Wildcat freshman. His eight touchdown receptions tied for second most in the Pac-12 - with Jordan Addison and Dalton Kincaid, who are about to be high NFL draft picks.

In short, McMillan lived up to the hype that made him a high four-star recruit - some had him as a five-star - coming out of Southern California's Servite High School. But what if I told you that McMillan has another gear? What if I told you that the 6-5 wide receiver is now among the fastest players on the UA roster? "When I first got here, I was running 18 miles per hour," McMillan said Friday during a media event to preview spring practice, which begins March 14. "Now I'm running 22." - Arizona Star News

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WR Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona
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02/05/23 - Jordan Morgan, rSr/2024, Arizona, 6-5, 311 (DS#2 OG) + More +

Prioritizing offense led Arizona to make a pretty substantial jump from the inaugural season of the Jedd Fisch era to this past season. The additions of quarterback Jayden de Laura, wide receiver Jacob Cowing and tight end Tanner McLachlan through the transfer portal - coupled with star receiver Tetairoa McMillan (the highest-rated high school signee in UA history) and offensive lineman Jonah Savaiinaea from the high school ranks - catapulted the Wildcats from the No. 71-ranked passing offense in FBS to the sixth best, averaging 318.4 yards per game.

All of the aforementioned players, along with other standouts such as left tackle Jordan Morgan - whom Fisch dubbed a "first-round draft pick" during his National Signing Day news conference - and running back Michael Wiley, are all returning for the 2023 season with hopes of leading the Wildcats to a bowl game for the first time in six years. - Arizona Star News

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OG Jordan Morgan, Arizona
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