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  10/10/21 - Jayden de Laura, rSr/2024, Arizona, 5-11, 207 (DS#40 QB) + More +

  Jayden de Laura threw for 399 yards and three touchdowns as Washington State beat Oregon State 31-24 on Saturday. Travell Harris caught eight passes for 147 yards for the Cougars (3-3, 2-2 Pac-12), who beat Oregon State for the eighth consecutive time. B.J. Baylor rushed for 145 yards and Deshaun Fenwick added 127 yards and a pair of touchdowns for Oregon State (4-2, 2-1 Pac-12), which saw its four-game winning streak broken. De Laura completed 32 of 46 passes and was intercepted once. The Washington State defense also forced Oregon State to turn the ball over on downs during its last possession of the game.

Jack Colletto ran up the middle for two yards and an Oregon State touchdown in the opening seconds of the second quarter. Washington State replied with Dean Janikowski's 30-yard field goal. Everett Hayes kicked a 39-yard field goal to lift Oregon State to a 10-3 lead late in the second quarter. The Cougars drove to the Oregon State 7 on their next possession, but had to turn the ball over on downs. Oregon State quarterback Chance Nolan was intercepted by George Hicks III, giving the Cougars the ball at the Oregon State 28 with less than a minute remaining in the second quarter. The Cougars drove down to the 4, but Omar Speights intercepted de Laura's pass and OSU led 10-3 at halftime. - Washington State/AP College Football


(DS#40 QB) rSr/2024 QB Jayden de Laura, Arizona
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  10/03/21 - Jayden de Laura, rSr/2024, Arizona, 5-11, 207 (DS#40 QB) + More +

  Jayden de Laura passed for three touchdowns, two to Calvin Jackson Jr. who made a spectacular one-handed grab near the corner of the end zone, and Washington State beat California 21-6 on Saturday. Playing for the first time since suffering a leg injury against Southern California two weeks ago, de Laura matched his career-best of 25 completions on 41 attempts for 219 yards with two interceptions to help the Cougars (2-3, 1-2 Pac-12) to their first win at Memorial Stadium since 2013.

Jackson finished with six catches for 53 yards. De'Zhaun Stribling added an 8-yard score and Washington State's defense had five sacks and held the Golden Bears (1-4, 0-2) to 273 yards of offense. Cal quarterback Chase Garbers failed to throw a touchdown pass for the first time this season and was limited to 152 yards passing, 44 of them coming on one play for the Golden Bears (1-4, 0-2). It was the first meeting between the two teams since 2019. Last year's game was canceled two hours before kickoff due to COVID-19 protocol issues within Cal's program. - Washington State/AP College Football


(DS#40 QB) rSr/2024 QB Jayden de Laura, Arizona
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  09/11/21 - Jayden de Laura, rSr/2024, Arizona, 5-11, 207 (DS#40 QB) + More +

  Jayden de Laura threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score as Washington State beat Portland State 44-24 on Saturday. Deon McIntosh rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown and Max Borghi added 59 yards and a touchdown for Washington State (1-1), which rebounded from a last-minute loss to Utah State at home last weekend. Travell Harris had 188 all-purpose yards and caught two touchdown passes. Davis Alexander threw for 318 yards and two touchdowns for Portland State (0-2), an FCS program which upset Washington State in Pullman the last time the teams played in 2015. His favorite target was Beau Kelly, who caught 10 passes for 152 yards.

Portland State, a member of the Big Sky Conference, fell to 4-42 all-time against FBS teams. Washington State blew the game open in the second quarter when it switched to a hurry-up offense and scored on four straight possessions to take a 30-10 lead at halftime. "Jayden plays good at that pace," WSU coach Nick Rolovich said. "It was very effective today." "This was in our plans," Rolovich said. Also effective was the WSU running game, which gained 159 yards on an average of 4.8 yards per carry. Rolovich said he was dissatisfied with how often his quarterbacks checked out of running plays during the loss to Utah State. "We threw it too much when it should have been handed off," Rolovich said of the Utah State game. As a result, "we took out some pre-snap decisions for the quarterback." - Washington State/AP College Football


(DS#40 QB) rSr/2024 QB Jayden de Laura, Arizona
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  09/07/21 - Stanley Berryhill III, Sr/2022, Arizona, 5-10, 182 (DS#66 WR) + More +

  The most notable aspect of Stanley Berryhill III's career-best performance in the season opener wasn't what he did but how he did it. The veteran Arizona receiver notched personal highs with 12 catches for 102 yards against BYU last week. That shouldn't be surprising given that Berryhill led the team in receiving last year and had a stellar offseason, earning the coveted No. 1 jersey. The fact that 83 of his yards came after the catch? That's a big deal.

Berryhill conceded that in the past he would look to avoid contact and head to the sideline after securing the ball. "Try to take the least hits as possible," Berryhill said Tuesday. At the urging of his new coaches, Berryhill changed his approach this offseason. With their words - "We don't run out of bounds. We fight for extra yards" - running through his head, Berryhill ran through and around the BYU secondary. - Arizona Star News


(DS#66 WR) Sr/2022 WR Stanley Berryhill III, Arizona
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  09/06/21 - Jacob Cowing, rSr/2024, Arizona, 5-08, 168 (DS#23 WR) + More +

  AUG 30 CONFERENCE USA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: UTEP WR Jacob Cowing picked up right where he left off in 2020, recording a career-high 158 receiving yards on just five receptions and a 59-yard touchdown catch on Saturday. The 158 yards receiving marked Cowing's sixth 100-yard game of his career as the Miners started the 2021 season on the right foot. Cowing solidified himself as a deep threat for the Miners, making receptions of 72 and 59 yards in the win over the Aggies. The 59-yard touchdown on the opening drive of the second half was the seventh touchdown reception of Cowing's young career. - Conference USA Football

(DS#23 WR) rSr/2024 WR Jacob Cowing, Arizona
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  08/30/21 - Jalen Harris, rSr/2023, Arizona, 6-4, 257 (DS#56 DE) + More +

  The No. 1 jersey will not be the exclusive domain of receiver Stanley Berryhill. Arizona announced Monday that a second player, defensive end Jalen Harris, has earned the right to wear No. 1. Players can wear duplicate jersey numbers in college if they play on opposite sides of the ball. Like Berryhill, Harris is entering his fifth year as a Wildcat and has put together a sterling offseason. Nine players were in the running for the No. 1, which was to be awarded based on academic achievement, community service, workout attendance and on-field performance. Harris has 74 tackles, including 13 stops for losses (seven sacks), in 32 career games. He had a career-high three passes defensed last season. - Arizona Star News

(DS#56 DE) rSr/2023 DE Jalen Harris, Arizona
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  08/30/21 - Tayvian Cunningham, rSr/2022, Arizona, 5-10, 168 (DS#999 WR) + More +

  Cunningham might have been the most improved Wildcat during training camp. He put on about nine pounds of muscle over the summer and expanded his game, running sharper routes and making more plays in the intermediate areas of the field. Cunningham has split time between the football and track teams. He clocked a personal-best time of 10.61 seconds in the 100 meters earlier this year. A player that fast should have career averages greater than 11.9 yards per reception and 19.4 yards per kickoff return.

Cunningham's 15.4-yard per-catch average last season included a 75-yard touchdown reception in the opener vs. USC. He averaged only 8.0 yards on his other eight grabs. How could an athlete as explosive as Cunningham get so little bang for his buck? Arizona's porous pass protection undoubtedly played a role. If the scheme created opportunities for him, they weren't realized aside from that deep ball against the Trojans. Cunningham also wasn't as polished a player as he is now. We don't expect Cunningham to lead Arizona in receptions; that should be a two-man battle between Stanley Berryhill III and BJ Casteel. But there's a good chance Cunningham will rank among the offense's leaders in big plays thanks to his own improvement and Jedd Fisch recognizing how potent a weapon Cunningham can be. - Arizona Star News


(DS#999 WR) rSr/2022 WR Tayvian Cunningham, Arizona
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  08/29/21 - Jacob Cowing, rSr/2024, Arizona, 5-08, 168 (DS#23 WR) + More +

  Before UTEP started emptying the bench, Jacob Cowing was in national player of the week contention. Three plays into the third quarter he had four catches for 163 yards and a touchdown before finishing with five grabs for 158. Gavin Hardison threw one interception that was a result of him being belted in the chest by Donovan King as he released the ball on what he thought was a free play (what UTEP thought was an NMSU offsides wasn't called), but he was good, especially on deep balls to his stars Cowing and Justin Garrett. He finished 11 of 16 with a touchdown pass and 249 yards (22.6 yards per completion) before sitting out the fourth quarter. "The connection between Gavin and I, we've put a lot of time on that in the offseason," Cowing said. "We studied New Mexico State, we knew them like the back of our hand, so when we came out we knew what to expect." - Las Cruces Sun News

(DS#23 WR) rSr/2024 WR Jacob Cowing, Arizona
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  08/29/21 - Anthony Pandy, rSr/2022, Arizona, 6-1, 224 (DS#79 ILB) + More +

  The Arizona Wildcats named their 2021 team captains Friday evening as UA's season opener against BYU now sits just eight days away. The Cats' team captains are as follows: WR Stanley Berryhill III, LB Anthony Pandy, DE Jalen Harris, OL Josh McCauley, WR Thomas Reid III and K Lucas Havrisik. Four of the six captains are seniors; Berryhill (redshirt junior) and Harris (redshirt junior) are the exceptions. All six have also invested a significant amount of time in the Arizona program and are some of the most experienced players on the roster. Berryhill, Pandy, Harris, McCauley and Havrisik project as starters to open the season, with Reid competing for snaps at wide receiver and on special teams. Berryhill and Pandy both represented the Wildcats during the team's Pac-12 Media Day in Los Angeles earlier this summer. - Arizona Star News

(DS#79 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Anthony Pandy, Arizona
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  08/29/21 - Stanley Berryhill III, Sr/2022, Arizona, 5-10, 182 (DS#66 WR) + More +

  SB3 will be wearing No. 1. Veteran Arizona receiver Stanley Berryhill III has earned the right to wear the No. 1 jersey for the Wildcats, his father posted on Facebook. Nine players were in the running for the number, which was to be awarded based on academic achievement, community service, workout attendance and on-field performance. First-year coach Jedd Fisch said it was possible two players could wear No. 1 - one on offense, one on defense - but Berryhill is the only known recipient. Entering his fifth season, Berryhill is Arizona's leading returning receiver. Berryhill had 23 catches for 227 yards and three touchdowns in five games. For his career, Berryhill has 56 receptions, 733 yards and eight scores in 25 contests. - Arizona Star News

(DS#66 WR) Sr/2022 WR Stanley Berryhill III, Arizona
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  08/28/21 - Jacob Cowing, rSr/2024, Arizona, 5-08, 168 (DS#23 WR) + More +

  Jacob Cowing had a career-high 158 yards receiving, including a 59-yard score, and UTEP opened the season with a 30-3 victory over New Mexico State on Saturday night. Cowing's yardage came on just five catches, including one for 72 yards, as he finished with his sixth career 100-yard game. Gavin Hardison was 11-of-16 passing for 249 yards and an interception. UTEP rolled to a 20-3 halftime lead with Hardison throwing for 154 yards, 104 to Cowing, before the duo combined for their long score just over a minute into the second half.

Ronald Awatt and Deion Hankins rushed for touchdowns and Gavin Baechle kicked three field goals. The Miners, 3-5 last fall, returned all 11 starters on offense and eight on defense as they outgained the Aggies 452-190. New Mexico State didn't play in 2020 and split two games in the spring. The Aggies were playing at home for the first time since a 44-35 victory over the Miners on Nov. 23, 2019. - UTEP/AP College Football


(DS#23 WR) rSr/2024 WR Jacob Cowing, Arizona
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  08/26/21 - Gunner Cruz, rJr/2025, Arizona, 6-5, 230 (DS#999 QB) + More +

  After months of jockeying for Arizona's starting quarterback spot, Gunner Cruz and Will Plummer will both earn reps in the Wildcats' Sept. 4 season opener against BYU. UA coach Jedd Fisch announced the decision during his weekly press conference Tuesday afternoon. Cruz, a Gilbert native and Washington State transfer, and Plummer, a fellow Gilbert product and second-year returner, will start ahead of South Florida transfer Jordan McCloud, who missed spring ball and didn't arrive on campus until the start of preseason training camp. Cruz will handle Arizona's opening drive against BYU. "Two's better than one," Fisch said. "That's our mindset until further notice."

The last time the 6-foot-5, 227-pound Cruz started a game at quarterback was his senior season in 2018 at Queen Creek Casteel High School, when the Colts lost Gilbert Higley in a playoff game. As a junior, Cruz led Casteel to a perfect 14-0 record and the Class 3A state championship. Casteel finished his high school career with 3,598 yards, 30 touchdowns and five interceptions. At Washington State, Cruz only saw action in one game against USC, completing 5 of 7 passes for 34 yards and a touchdown. - Arizona Star News


(DS#999 QB) rJr/2025 QB Gunner Cruz, Arizona
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  08/22/21 - Tayvian Cunningham, rSr/2022, Arizona, 5-10, 168 (DS#999 WR) + More +

  Senior receiver Tayvian Cunningham has been one of the most improved players on the team since spring. Known mainly for his straight-line speed, Cunningham, who doubles as a sprinter for the track team, has made plays in tight quarters as well as down the field during camp. "I'm so proud of Tay," Cummings said. "The work that he put in in the offseason shows that he's serious about this. He's always been track and football. In the spring he was (still) going to track. I wouldn't say he wasn't fully into football, but he had other things that he was doing. This whole summer he was focused on ball."

Cunningham gained strength and a greater knowledge of the playbook. The latter has enabled him to play fast. "Now he knows exactly what he's doing, so you see that speed show up," Cummings said. "People think that Tayvian is just a speed guy. What he's really done is show that he could be a pure route runner." Cunningham, a transfer from Sacramento City College, has 44 catches for 522 yards and three touchdowns in 16 games at the UA. He also has averaged 19.4 yards on 18 kickoff returns. - Arizona Republic


(DS#999 WR) rSr/2022 WR Tayvian Cunningham, Arizona
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  08/22/21 - Rashie Hodge Jr., rSr/2022, Arizona, 5-11, 209 (DS#107 ILB) + More +

  Arizona added five linebackers via the NCAA transfer portal. The least heralded among them has made the strongest early impression. Rashie Hodge Jr., via New Mexico State, has been buzzing around the practice field this week. After recording three tackles for losses Thursday, including a sack, Hodge had an interception Friday (the aforementioned pick of Plummer). He also played perfect coverage on a sideline pass intended for tailback Michael Wiley that fell incomplete. "I saw a guy flash, make a play, flash, make a play," defensive line coach Ricky Hunley said. "One thing that we can't teach is speed, and he's got it." Hodge attended Mountain Pointe High School in Phoenix and Glendale Community College before playing for NMSU in 2019. He started 11 of 12 games for the Aggies, recording 90 tackles, including 10 tackles for loss. The Aggies didn't play last season because of the pandemic. - Arizona Star News

(DS#107 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Rashie Hodge Jr., Arizona
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  08/21/21 - Jared Small, rSr/2025, Arizona, 5-09, 220 (DS#123 ILB) + More +

  Statistically speaking, LSU linebacker Jared Small has not produced big numbers. He has been on the football roster since 2017 and has exactly one tackle. That happened on Aug. 31, 2019, on special teams in the season-opening, 55-3 win over Georgia Southern. Small, a fifth-year senior, has played in 15 games during his career, but the walk-on from Catholic High in Baton Rouge was given a scholarship just before the 2020 season. And this season, he is expected to play either as a starter or a fourth linebacker along with Clemson sophomore transfer Mike Jones Jr. and seniors Micah Baskerville and Damone Clark.

"Jared Small is all over the place," LSU coach Ed Orgeron said. "They're all four going to be considered starters." Small cannot wait for regular, non-special teams play, which will begin on Sept. 4 (7:30 p.m., FOX) when the No. 13 Tigers play at UCLA. "Growing up in Baton Rouge, it's every kid's dream to play for LSU," he said. "With that being the goal in mind, I just stayed with it. The journey itself - you've just got to know that there is an end goal in mind. You've just got to keep working on it each and every day." Incremental progress helped over the years. After a redshirt season in 2017, Small played in four games in 2018, five in 2019 and six last year. "Jared Small is a grinder. He came in here and earned it," Jones said. Then he had a breakthrough, leading both teams with 15 tackles and intercepting a pass at the spring game in April. - Lafayette Daily Advertiser


(DS#123 ILB) rSr/2025 ILB Jared Small, Arizona
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