University of Arizona Athletics

Arizona Captains
Team members elected players to represent offense, defense and special teams as 2000 Arizona football captains. Defensive end Joe Tafoya, a senior from Pittsburg, Calif., quarterback Ortege Jenkins, a senior from Long Beach, Calif., and outside linebacker/kicking teams player Adrian Koch of Tucson, Ariz., were selected by their teammates late in October.

Adieu to UA Senior Class
Fifteen Arizona seniors concluded their careers at Arizona Stadium against the Sun Devils Nov. 24. Eleven of the group are starters. The group has started a combined 72 games this year and finished 2000 with a 30-18 record over the past four years. Senior captains are DE Joe Tafoya, LB Adrian Koch and QB Ortege Jenkins. The rest of the class: WR Brad Brennan, LS Nate Campbell, OG David Floyd, RT Makai Freitas, DE Idris Haroon, TE Brandon Manumaleuna, LT Marques McFadden, LB Antonio Pierce, C Bruce Wiggins and LB Trevor Wilde. Also, TB Leon Callen, who did not play this year but continued his academic coursework, has exhausted his eligibility as did DE Mike Robertson.

2000 Team Award Winners
Senior defensive end Joe Tafoya was selected by teammates for the Damon Terrell Most Valuable Player award at the team's annual Football Awards Banquet Dec. 3. Tafoya, a second-team All-Pac-10 selection from Pittsburg, Calif., led the team with 18 tackles for loss and six sacks. He also knocked down four passes, recovered a fumble and forced two others. Late in the season he was selected one of the team's captains, representing the defense. He and the other captains -- senior quarterback Ortege Jenkins of Long Beach, Calif., and senior linebacker/special teams player Adrian Koch of Tucson -- each were cited by coaches at the banquet. Senior offensive lineman Marques McFadden of Meridian, Idaho, received the team's Bronco Nagurski Award for the player contributing at various positions or on both sides of the ball. McFadden started at right tackle initially, then because of season-ending injuries to several teammates also had starts at left guard and left tackle during the year. He also was prepared to play center. Sophomore quarterback Jason Johnson of Puyallup, Wash., and senior offensive lineman David Floyd of Peoria, Ariz., were named the team's top scholastic achievers, winning the Undergraduate Scholarship and Jim Ewing Awards, respectively. Floyd also earned the team's Offensive Scout of the Year Award for superb practice duty. The defensive Scout of the Year honor went to freshman end Fata Avegalio of Pago Pago, American Samoa. Senior defensive end Idris Haroon and senior center Bruce Wiggins, both of Houston, were named winners of the Martin Gentry Scholarship Award to the team's senior linemen who exhibited top play and exemplified outstanding work ethics and leadership. Sophomore defensive back David Laudermilk of Moreno Valley, Calif., won the Ball Hawk Award for helping offensive backs and receivers stress ball security by attempting to cause the most fumbles during drills.

2000 Injury Wrap-up
Injuries to offensive guard Steven Grace (missed 10 games), offensive tackle Makoa Freitas (missed eight games) and center Bruce Wiggins (missed five games) had a critical effect on UA's 2000 offensive scheme, although replacements did admirable jobs filling in. (Notable there was true freshman Reggie Sampay, who started five games at center and played three at guard, but also missed a start late in the year and was hobbled weekly with ankle sprains.) Freitas (foot) had surgery Oct. 12 after playing in three games. Grace, a second-team All-Pac-10 selection in 1999, missed the first game with a shoulder injury, aggravated it in a brief appearance against Ohio State and had surgery Oct. 3. He should have his year of eligibility restored, with a medical hardship appeal. Backup DE Austin Uku (shoulder), played in only three games. KOR Gary Love (broken foot at UW) missed the last two games. Starting FS Jarvie Worcester (shoulder at UW) missed the OSU game. Missed starts because of injury: 20 - LG Grace (3), WR Brad Brennan (3), C Wiggins (5), OT Makoa Freitas (3), WR Bobby Wade (1), OT Marques McFadden (1), DE Idris Haroon (1), TB Clarence Farmer (1), Worcester (1), Sampay (1). A number of players had postseason medical procedures including SS Brandon Nash (knee), TE Tyrone Brown (thumb), QB Kyle Slager (finger), and several others were being evaluated - TE Peter Hansen (knee), TB Leo Mills (shoulder), OT Darren Safranek (shoulder), DT Ben Alualu (knee) and WR Bobby Wade (shoulder). Most should be available for spring practice.

All-Pacific-10 Conference Wildcats
Arizona sophomore inside linebacker Lance Briggs (113 tackles, 2 interceptions) and sophomore return specialist Bobby Wade (10.1 punt return average, 22.0 KOR) earned first-team All-Pac-10 playing honors in 2000. Second-team selections were senior defensive end Joe Tafoya (18 TFL, 6 sacks), redshirt freshman cornerback Michael Jolivette (5 interceptions, 19 total passes defensed), senior offensive lineman Marques McFadden (starts at three positions) and special teams player Peter Hansen (2 blocked kicks). Also receiving votes and honorable mention were junior DT Keoni Fraser, senior DE Idris Haroon, senior QB Ortege Jenkins, sophomore PK Sean Keel, senior TE Brandon Manumaleuna, senior ILB Antonio Pierce, senior C Bruce Wiggins and Bobby Wade at WR. Tight end/H-Back Eli Wnek, a family studies junior with a 3.76 cumulative grade point average, and strong safety Brandon Nash, a media arts sophomore with a 3.13 GPA, earned first-team Pac-10 All-Academic Football Team honors. Junior wide receiver Malosi Leonard and sophomore free safety Jarvie Worcester earned honorable mention all-academic citations.

All-America Honors
Three freshman Wildcats earned All-America honors. True freshman running back Clarence Farmer and redshirt freshman cornerback Michael Jolivette earned first-team Freshman All-America from The Sporting News. Earning third-team honors was true freshman center/guard Reggie Sampay. Farmer and Sampay also were named to the True Freshman All-America team by Rivals.com

Individual All-Star Bowl Appearances
Several Arizona senior players have been invited to play in postseason all-star games. The include Makai Freitas, offensive lineman, Hula Bowl; Bruce Wiggins, center, East-West Shrine Bowl; Marques McFadden, Rotary Gridiron Classic; Joe Tafoya, defensive end, East-West Shrine; and Ortege Jenkins, quarterback, Rotary Gridiron Classic.

Close Games
Arizona lost to Ohio State by 10 points and to Oregon, UCLA and Washington by a combined 10 points. The Cats lost to Arizona State by 13 points. The Oregon State loss by 22 points was the mold breaker in an otherwise closely played season. Arizona's victories came by margins of 14, 14, 24, 16 and 6 points, in order. Aside from the OSU game, the Cats had fourth-quarter chances to win in all other contests. The season scoring total: Arizona 254, Opponents 237.

Pacific-10 Conference Players of the Week
Joe Tafoya - (Sept. 2) - Senior defensive end Joe Tafoya played with a sore shoulder this year, and ignored it. He was the team leader in sacks (6) and tackles for loss (18). He had three sacks and a tackle for loss among five hits against OSU. At Oregon he had eight hits including one for a loss and knocked down two passes. At Utah he had two sacks and two tackles for losses among eight hits, plus knocked down a pass on 4th-and-goal at the 2 yard-line. He had two scoring plays - jarring hits on sacks which caused fumbles that Arizona recovered for scoop-and-score returns of 10 yards (Adrian Koch at Utah) and 32 yards (Idris Haroon at Stanford). In 11 games he had 54 tackles, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and four passes batted away. The Utah work earned him Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Week honors for Sept. 5.
Idris Haroon - (Sept. 30) - Senior defensive end Idris Haroon helped UA beat Stanford. He returned a fumble 32 yards for a score and had a sack and two other tackles as UA limited the Cardinal to three points and 68 yards rushing. Later, he helped hold USC to 15 points and 10 yards rushing with four tackles, including one sack that caused a fumble he recovered on the USC 19 yard-line to set up Arizona's final touchdown. He was second on the team with four sacks, recovered two fumbles and forced two in 2000.
Michael Jolivette - (Oct. 7) - Redshirt freshman cornerback Michael Jolivette learned on the job and did a fine job of taking over UA's field cornerback spot in his first year of play. He finished 19th nationally and first in the Pac-10 with five interceptions despite missing most of the Oregon game and bits of the UCLA game after getting hit in the mouth by the top of a helmet at Eugene. The entire team had five interceptions in 1999 and the defense had 16 this season. He had a jarring sack on a blitz to cause a fumble that Alex Luna picked up and raced 17 yards for a score against WSU. This was a week after he was named Pacific-10 Conference Defensive Player of the Week after his two interceptions at USC. Arizona's outlook in the secondary looks promising with none of the rotation players a senior.
Gary Love - (Oct. 14) - Sophomore wide receiver Gary Love was one of the Cats' key special teams players as a kickoff return threat and a coverage man on punts. He averaged 21.2 yards on 15 kickoff returns and was consistent enough to make the mark with a long return of only 37 yards. His speed and potential to break the big one were evident. He had five tackles in kick coverage. The Pac-10 recognized his value to a team in naming him conference Special Teams Player of the Week after he totaled 126 yards on six returns and notched two tackles on kick coverage in UA's overtime victory over Washington State.

Ortege Jenkins Era Over
Quarterback Ortege Jenkins' four-year career at Arizona came to a close against Arizona State. Based on some previous work, he oddly had a strange season that could largely be traced to the raw and inexperienced offensive line the Cats used after some injuries. He had some games like 6-17 throwing (66 yards) against Oregon State and some like a 206-yard passing and 45-yards running day at Seattle where he led Arizona to 471 offensive yards against No. 8 Washington. He moved into the No. 5 spot on Arizona's all-time career total offense chart during the season. Against UCLA he ran for a career-high 104 yards, but suffered four interceptions. The 2000 season was his first as the sole proprietor of the QB position. At Oregon he completed five passes for 52 yards on a 90-yard field in the final drive alone to help UA move within striking distance of the potential winning score. Against WSU he threw for three scores and ran for another and finished with 236 passing yards and 61 rushing yards. Against SDSU he completed 19 passes for 200 yards and a TD - the third-most completions in his career. He was one of 23 senior QB candidates for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. Jenkins was a 1997 Pac-10 freshman record holder (19 TD throws), a 1998 big-play icon (somersault TD at Washington) and a 1999 thrower with 61 percent accuracy and a 144.72 efficiency rating. His 2000 season saw his completion percentage drop to 47 percent and his efficiency rating to 102.32. Jenkins' 5,577 career total offense yardage and his 5,107 career passing yards are both No. 5 on the UA charts. He had 42 career touchdown passes, No. 4 on the UA chart and four short of the UA record set by Tom Tunnicliffe 17 years ago in 1983. He added some unfortunate first-time stats this year - two tackles, which each came after a pair of the 12 interceptions he suffered in 2000. He entered the year with 15 picks in 516 career attempts, then had the 12 interceptions in 261 attempts this time around.

Football Graduation Rate Tops Pac-10
The NCAA's November graduation report showed that the University of Arizona football team's graduation rate ratio led the Pac-10 and was 10th nationally. The ratio - the difference between the institution's student body graduation rate and the football team's rate - was 15 percent for UA, better by five percent than the nearest school in the league. UA graduated 67 percent of its athletes in the study, which covered students who entered institutions for the first time in 1993-94. Arizona and Hawai'i (26 percent) were the only schools west of Texas in the Top 10 nationally.

Lance-a-Lot
Sophomore inside linebacker Lance Briggs has 58 tackles in the last five games (11 at Washington, 13 vs. UCLA, 12 at Oregon, 10 vs. OSU, 12 vs. ASU). With 113 tackles, he finished second in the league and averaged 10 tackles per game. He knocked down seven passes, second highest on the team. His move from true freshman fullback to a natural linebacker spot was the right move. He intercepted a pass at Southern California and had another pick against SDSU, tacking on a 17-yard return. He finished with 11 tackles for loss, second on the club. He opened the year strong at Utah with a game-high 16 tackles including one for a loss. He deserved first-team All-Pac-10 honors, and received them.

Bobby Didn't Wade
Sophomore wide receiver Bobby Wade caught 45 passes for 626 yards and three scores. He returned 26 punts for a 10.1 average and one score of 60 yards (at UW). He rushed eight times for 27 yards. He returned three kickoffs for 66 yards. His all-purpose skills earned him first-team All-Pac-10 honors as a return specialist. His two-year figures are 75 receptions for 1,080 yards and seven TDs. He's 23 catches from UA's all-time Top 10 list. He had a season-high eight receptions against ASU and a season-high 112 yards on six grabs at UW. Both are career highs. He gives Arizona one of its best options in the open field. He had scoring plays of 60, 75 and 14 yards on receptions.

Young Secondary Picked Up the Pace
Arizona's secondary had 11 of the team's 16 interceptions and broke up 63 other passes broken up. Redshirt freshman field corner Michael Jolivette led the way with five. Junior cornerback Jermaine Chatman was next with three, followed by sophomore strong safety Brandon Nash with two. The initial starter opposite Jolivette, David Hinton, had the other interception among defensive backs. Nash was a steadying force in the secondary as a third-year player who redshirted last year following a shift from wide receiver. He broke up seven passes and notched three sacks, plus blocked a punt. Only sophomore free safety Jarvie Worcester had starting experience prior to the year (seven starts in 1999), and the backfield did a fairly good job considering that UA's run defense often prompted teams to throw. Junior letterman Anthony Banks had some 1999 snaps at corner, and had good outings filling in at cornerback for injured players in second halves at Oregon and Washington. He had his first career start vs. Oregon State, as did redshirt freshman safety Clay Hardt (filling in for injured Worcester). SS Zaharius Johnson, a junior, saw plenty of special teams' action as well as rotation duty. The unit finished third in the league and 32nd nationally in pass efficiency defense.

Tailbacks Were Capable
Arizona used a trio of tailbacks in 2000 and the position finished with 1,508 yards on 316 carries for a 4.8 yard average and 10 touchdowns. True freshman Clarence Farmer earned freshman All-America honors with his 666 net yards and 4.8 average, plus led runners with five touchdowns. He had three 100-yard rushing games (Stanford, USC and UCLA) and became the UA's all-time freshman leader with the 666 yards and 66.6 per-game figures. He and Ontiwaun Carter (1991) are the only true freshmen to have three 100-yard games in a UA season. Farmer had an 80-yard TD run against USC, his longest of the year. Close behind Farmer and the team leader with a 5.1 yard average was sophomore Leo Mills, who finished with 585 yards and four scores. He had the most productive single day of the season in his first career start, with 185 yards on 29 carries at Washington, with two touchdowns, plus caught a pass in that game for 34 yards. One of his TD runs covered 51 yards and gave Arizona a 32-28 fourth-quarter lead that looked like it might hold up. He also returned two kickoffs for 63 yards and had a nifty 34-yard catch-run to give him 282 all-purpose yards, No. 9 on UA's all-time single-game chart. His 28.2-yard average on four kickoff returns led the club. Farmer and Mills shared duties with soph Larry Croom, the leader in the backfield with eight pass receptions for 78 yards. Croom scored UA's lone touchdown against Oregon on a 58-yard pass play. He returned four kickoffs for 61 yards. True freshman Anthony Fulcher saw his first action at Stanford, playing on kickoff units and rushing twice and played the rest of the year on kicking units, recording three tackles.

Even Keel
Sophomore Sean Keel helped UA boost its placekicking fortunes. The soph connected on 13 of 17 field goal attempts to rank 26th nationally and third in the league. The percentage (76%) made an impact after the Cats were 6-19 in 1999. Keel had a 5-for-8 effort that year and carries a career .720 accuracy mark into the 2001 season. He was nine for 10 inside 40 yards and made four of five kicks in the 40s range in 2000. The consistency was a boon to UA's red-zone scoring efforts as he booted nine FGs in such situations. The longest kick of his career came on his first try of the year at Utah, knocking a 44-yarder home. He had misses of 52, 51, 45, and 36 yards. The 51-yard try was blocked on the last play of the game in a three-point loss at Washington. He made 25 of 26 extra-point kicks, with the lone miss also blocked at Washington.

Blocking It
Arizona again illustrated emphasis on kick blocking in 2000 and came up with five. The leader - again - was erstwhile tight end Peter Hansen, who added two PAT blocks to give him seven career blocked kicks. Hansen stopped points-after at Utah and at Southern California, and his work earned him second-team All-Pac-10 special teams player honors. Linebacker Adrian Koch blocked a punt at Oregon, linebacker Antonio Pierce blotted out a USC PAT try. Strong safety Brandon Nash got his second career blocked punt against San Diego State, a play that culminated in Andrae Thurman's 34-yard return for a score. Hansen is 6-foot-8, has a good reach and has a recorded a 39-inch vertical leap. In 1999 he had three of the six kicks Arizona blocked, then went and lettered on Arizona's basketball team. The Cats had 14 blocks in 1998-99 and appear to be in tune for the new millennium. Arizona has 42 blocks in the past 11 years.

Turnovers Went UA's Way
Arizona was among national leaders (13th ) in turnover ratio with a .91 per-game margin. UA is second nationally with 33 total turnovers gained, third in the country with 17 fumble recoveries, and 14th with 16 interceptions. Physical ball-jarring play was a heavy off-season emphasis. The turnover business, at +10, was a welcome feature of 2000 Wildcat football. UA recovered 17 of opponents' 22 fumbles. If it was in the air, the Arizona secondary showed it could breaks on the ball well.

Wiggins and the Mix-Match Offensive Line
Senior center Bruce Wiggins started 31 games in his career as a Wildcat center, plus played in seven games as a reserve in his redshirt freshman year. He missed action in five games because of an ankle injury in 2000, then returned to action at Washington. Wiggins had started 28 consecutive games before the misses. Arizona's offensive production during his tenure was superlative and he consistently graded well in the trenches. UA used a new offensive line in its first five league games and the newcomers helped. True freshman center Reggie Sampay started for Wiggins, Darren Safranek started for Makoa Freitas (out for the year), Aaron Higginbotham started two games for Grace before he got the flu and right tackle Marques McFadden started for him, and Makai Freitas started for McFadden at right tackle. Right guard Kevin Barry was a constant. McFadden moved to left tackle at Washington, while Sampay played left guard. Higginbotham started at LG against OSU because of Sampay's sore ankles. It was a mix-and-match season which should help next year when Wiggins and McFadden are gone and a new coaching staff works with at least some improved experience. Arizona's line (and blocking backs) allowed 41 sacks, ninth in the league. Three teams spoiled the protection in a big way, with Ohio State, Oregon and Arizona State each recording eight sacks against the Cats.

Stopping the Run
Arizona ranked 8th nationally in rushing defense, a philosophical emphasis under Dick Tomey throughout his 14 seasons at UA. Four three teams managed to rush for more than 100 yards against the Cats, and they had to work at it - Ohio State with 101 (40 carries), Washington State with 112 (34 carries), Oregon with 137 (45 carries) and Washington with 211 (30 carries). That was well over half the season total (973) for opponents, and was a 3.7 average. League leader Ken Simonton of Oregon State managed 73 net yards, but did shake loose for a critical late running score. UCLA managed 54 net yards and UA held DeShaun Foster to 78 net yards and 2.7 per tote (29 carries). UA held USC to 10 net rushing yards. The Cats held Stanford to 68 net yards. The team leaders in tackles for loss were guys up front - DE Joe Tafoya (18) and DT Anthony Thomas (11), while DT Keoni Fraser added 10. UA had about 15 tackles from defensive linemen in games, including a season-best 23 tackles at Oregon. The Cats had 19 tackles from its defensive linemen against San Diego State. Tafoya, Thomas, Fraser, and DE Idris Haroon started most of the year. DT Ben Alualu and DE Alex Luna had fill-in starts, while DT Young Thompson and DE Johnny Jackson also saw action. Until the Washington game UA had allowed only four rushing TDs all year but the Huskies (4), OSU (2) and ASU (2) combined for eight to make it 12 for the season.

Bagging It
UA had 38 quarterback sacks for the season to rank second in the Pac-10 behind leader California with 44. The Cats mixed it up with 19 different players reaching the quarterback. The season high was in the opener, with six at Utah, and UA had five at USC and against Oregon State.. The Cats notched three against an Oregon offense which had allowed only five in the previous six games. Three of the 2000 sacks led directly to scores - fumble-jarring hits and scoop-and-score plays by Joe Tafoya/Adrian Koch at Utah, Joe Tafoya/Idris Haroon at Stanford and Michael Jolivette/Alex Luna against Washington State. Joining team leaders Tafoya (6) and Haroon (4) with sacks were DE Alex Luna (3.5), SS Brandon Nash (3), CB Jermaine Chatman (3), LB Antonio Pierce (3), OLB Joe Siofele (2), LB Adrian Koch (2), DT Keoni Fraser (2), DT Anthony Thomas (1.5), LB Trevor Wilde, DE Austin Uku, DT Young Thompson, CB Michael Jolivette, CB Anthony Banks, LB Lance Briggs, SS Zaharius Johnson and DL Tony Thompson/Johnny Jackson (0.5).

Brennan Does It Again
Senior wide receiver Brad Brennan led the team in yards per catch for the third consecutive season, this time with a 19.9 average on 15 grabs. He led with 18.4 and 20.9 figures in 1999 and 1998, respectively. His career averaged was 18.7 yards, with 71 receptions for 1,332 yards and 12 touchdowns. He missed the first three games with a sore back, then returned to snag a touchdown catch on his first play of action in the Stanford game.

Red Zone Offense and Defense:
The Cats did a fair job of scoring on red zone penetrations, with a 73 percent scoring rate on 33 trips. That rated ninth in the league. In red zone defense the team was more effective, rating second in the league with a 67 percent effectiveness. The Cats were 5-for-5, all touchdowns, against Washington State, including three crucial OT plays. (WSU was 3-4).

Arizona Football On TV
Five UA games were shown nationally on cable, plus three were network regional telecasts and three were in-state telecasts produced by UA partner Fox Sports Net Arizona.

Arizona Football On Radio
All Arizona games were carried live on the Wildcat Sports Network, with KNST Radio (790 AM, Tucson) as the flagship station. Play-by-play announcer Brian Jeffries and analyst Les Josephson called the play. Affiliates included KOY/1230-Phoenix, KDAP-Douglas, KVNA-Flagstaff, KJAA-Globe, KWRQ-Safford, KTAN-Sierra Vista/Bisbee, KINO-Winslow, KNOT-Prescott/Chino Valley, KVWM-Showlow, KBLU-Yuma, KTOX-Needles, Calif., and KRLV in Las Vegas, Nev. Airtime: 40 minutes prior. TEAMLINE (1-800-846-4700) carries KNST's broadcast via telephone. Yahoobroadcast netcasts KNST's signal via the Internet, clickable at arizcats.com. Arizona games also were carried in Southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico, on XENY Radio (760 AM) of Nogales, Sonora, with Joel Bojorquez, Javier Espinoza and Francisco Romero describing the play.

Coaches Shows:
Dick Tomey's weekly radio show, with host Brian Jeffries, aired Tuesdays at 7:05 p.m. on KNST Radio. The weekly coach's television show, with Brian Jeffries, was shown Wednesdays on KTTU-TV-18 at 9:30 p.m.

Arizona Football in Cyberspace
Arizona home games were "TotalCast" live by TotalSports in programming available at the UA's athletic web site, www.arizcats.com, which also posted weekly releases, game summaries and football feature or news conference information on a daily basis. Information by FAX: SID Fax Number: 520-621-2681. Pivotal Communications (770-558-6000) for media on-demand fax services, or releases via the Internet at www.mediateamlink.com

KNST Radio's broadcasts of Arizona games are netcast on the Internet, reachable through yahoobroadcast.com (http://www.broadcast.com/sports/ncaa/Arizona/Football/). or www.KNST.com. Pay-per-listen phone service for KNST broadcasts is available worldwide through TEAMLINE at 1-800-846-4700 or its web site at www.teamline.cc

The Last Time Arizona...
Returned a punt for a TD: 		Bobby Wade (60 yards) at Washington, 2000
Returned a blocked punt for a TD: 	Andrae Thurman vs. S.Diego State 2000 (34 yards), Brandon Nash block
Returned a kickoff for TD: 		Chris McAlister (100 yards) at Hawaii, 1998
Returned an INT for a TD (last 2): 	Keoni Fraser-DT (36 yds) vs. UCLA 2000; Greg Payne-SS (24 yards) vs. UTEP, 1999
Scored a safety: 			Team vs. Ohio State, 2000 (bad pitch by Steve Bellisari)
Did not score: 				at Washington, 1991 (UW 54-0)
Did not score a touchdown:		vs. Oregon State, 2000 (OSU 33-9)
A back ran for 200 yards (last 2):	Trung Canidate (33-221) at OSU 1999; Canidate (27-202) vs. UTEP 1999
A back ran for 100 yards (last 2):	Leo Mills (29-185) at Wash., 2000; C. Farmer (33-107) and O.Jenkins (11-104) vs. UCLA, 2000
					A quarterback ran for 100 yards	Ortege Jenkins (11-104) vs. UCLA, 2000
Two players rushed for 100 yards:	C. Farmer (33-107) and O.Jenkins (11-104) vs. UCLA 2000
Blocked a punt (last 3): 		Adrian Koch at Oregon 2000; Brandon Nash vs. SDSU 2000; Nash vs. Nebraska 1998
Blocked a field goal (last 3): 		Peter Hansen at Utah 2000; Hansen at OSU 1999; Hansen at UCLA 1999
Blocked a PAT kick (last 3): 		Peter Hansen at USC 2000; Antonio Pierce at USC 2000; Peter Hansen vs. Washington 1999
Scored a 2-pt. conversion (last 2): 	Ortege Jenkins' run vs. OSU, 2000; Ortege Jenkins to B. Manumaleuna vs. UW 1999
Missed a PAT kick:			Sean Keel at Washington, 2000 (blocked)
Recovered a fumble for a TD (last 2):  	DE Alex Luna (17 yards) vs. WSU 2000; DE Idris Haroon (32 yards) at Stanford 2000
Beat a ranked team (last 3): 		31-15 at USC (No. 18), 2000; 31-24 USC (No. 22), 1999; 23-20 Nebraska (No. 14), 1998
Lost to a ranked team (last 2): 	9-33 vs. Ore. State (No. 10), 2000; 32-35 at Washington (No. 8), 2000
Beat an unranked team: 			53-47 vs. Washington State 2000
Lost to an unranked team: 		17-30 vs. Arizona State 2000
Won as a ranked  team: 			53-47 vs. Washington State (Arizona No. 22), 2000
Won as an unranked team: 		31-15 at USC 2000
Lost as a ranked team:			24-27 vs. UCLA 2000 (Arizona No. 23)
Lost as an unranked team:		17-30 vs. Arizona State, 2000
Played in tie-breaker game (last 2):	53-47 vs. Washington State, 2000; 41-38 vs. California, 1998


The last time an Opponent...
Returned a punt for a TD: 		Guliford (68 yards), at Ariz State '91
Recovered a blocked punt for a TD:	Frank Primus, Stanford '97
Returned a kickoff for TD (last 2): 	JaWarren Hooker (89), Washington '97; Saladin McCullough (93), Oregon '97
Returned an interception for a TD: 	Chris Martin (31 yards) vs. WSU, 2000
Scored a safety: 			vs. Oregon (Ortege Jenkins lateral into endzone), 1999; at TCU, twice, 1999
Did not score: 				Illinois, '96 (UA 41-0)
Did not score a touchdown (last 3):	at Stanford, 2000 (27-3); San Diego State, 2000 (UA 17-3); at Utah, 2000 (UA 17-3)
A back ran for 100 yards (last 2): 	Willie Hurts (8-116) at Washington, 2000; Maurice Morris (34-114) at Oregon, 2000
A back ran for 200 yards (last 2):	Reuben Droughns (45-202) vs. Oregon, 1999; Saladin McCullough (25-223) at Oregon, 1996
Blocked a punt (last 2): 		Donnie Neal, ASU '00; Eric Sturdifen, Penn State '99
Blocked a field goal: 	 		Vontoure, at Washington, 2000 (51-yard attempt by Sean Keel)
Blocked a PAT kick: 			Larry Tripplett at Washington, 2000
Scored a 2-pt. conversion: 		QB A.J. Feeley rush vs. Oregon, 1999, RB Droughns rush vs. Oregon 1999
Recovered a fumble for a TD:  		Terrell Suggs (0 yards), ASU, 2000


Arizona 2000 Football Depth Chart 		(Returnees in bold)	
OFFENSE
WR	1	Bobby Wade, 5-11, 187, So-1L, Phoenix, Ariz. (Desert Vista) 
	6	Brandon Marshall, 5-11, 194, Jr*-JC/RS, Oceanside, Calif. (Oceanside/Palomar CC)
	3	Andrae Thurman, 6-0, 179, Fr*-RS, Avondale, Ariz. (Westview)
LT	71	Marques McFadden, 6-5, 301, Sr*-21L, Meridian, Idaho (Capital)	
		Injured: Makoa Freitas, Jr., 2L, Honolulu, Hawai'i
	78	Darren Safranek, 6-7, 270, So*-1L, Tucson, Ariz. (Catalina Foothills)
LG 	75	Reggie Sampay, 6-3, 280, Fr-HS, Houston, Texas (North Shore)
	Injured: Steve Grace, Jr., 2L, Honolulu, Hawai'i
	60	Aaron Higginbotham,, 6-5, 270, So*-1L, Calimesa, Calif. (Yucaipa)
C  	70	Bruce Wiggins, 6-3, 282 , Sr*-3L, Houston, Texas (Robert E. Lee) 		 
  	75	Reggie Sampay, 6-3, 280, Fr-HS, Houston, Texas (North Shore) 
RG	72	Kevin Barry, 6-5, 330, Jr.*-JC/RS, Racine, Wis. (Park/Hutchinson CC)
	60	Aaron Higginbotham,, 6-5, 270, So*-1L, Calimesa, Calif. (Yucaipa)
RT	76	Makai Freitas, 6-7, 297, Sr-3L, Honolulu, Hawai'i (Clintondale, Mich. HS)
  or	78	Darren Safranek, 6-7, 270, So*-1L, Tucson, Ariz. (Catalina Foothills)
TE  	90	Brandon Manumaleuna, 6-3, 292, Sr-3L, Torrance, Calif. (Narbonne)
      	89	James Hugo, 6-6, 271, So*-1L, The Woodlands, Texas (Oak Ridge) 
QB	16	Ortege Jenkins, 6-1, 213, Sr*-3L, Long Beach, Calif. (Jordan)
        10	Jason Johnson, 6-2, 200, So*-1L, Puyallup, Wash. (Puyallup)
	17	Kyle Slager, 6-1, 194, Fr*-RS, Columbus, Ohio (Upper Arlington)
WR	25	Malosi Leonard, 6-2, 212, Jr*-2L, Palmdale, Calif. (Palmdale
   or	13	Brad Brennan, 5-11, 177, Sr*-3L/RS, Redwood, Calif. (St. Francis HS/Worcester, Mass. Academy)
	18	Lance Relford, 6-0, 194, Fr*-RS, Houston, Texas (Booker T. Washington)
RB      32	Clarence Farmer, 6-0, 224, Fr-HS, Houston, Texas (Booker T. Washington 
  or	20	Leo Mills, 6-0, 212, So*-1L, Humble, Texas, (Humble) 
	5 	Larry Croom, 5-10, 209, So-1L, Long Beach, Calif. (Polytechnic)	
	36 	Anthony Fulcher, 5-11, 200, Fr-HS, Scottsdale, Ariz. (Horizon)
FB/HB 	91	Eli Wnek, 6-3, 246, Jr*-2L, Glendale, Ariz. (Ironwood HS)
or	40	Mike Detwiler, 6-2, 231, Jr-JC, Truckee, Calif. (Truckee/Pasadena CC)


DEFENSE
DE	99	Joe Tafoya, 6-4, 255, Sr*-3L, Pittsburg, Calif. (Pittsburg)
	54	Alex Luna, 6-0, 230, Jr*-2L, San Fernando, Calif. (San Fernando HS)
	9 	Johnny Jackson, 6-3, 265, Jr*-JC, San Diego, Calif. (St. Augustine, Sacramento CC)
DT	56	Keoni Fraser, 6-1, 282, Jr-2L, Kailua, Hawaii (Kailua)
 	93	Young Thompson, 6-2, 298, So*-1L, Aloa, American Samoa (Samoana)
DT 	58	Anthony Thomas, 6-2, 290, Jr.*-2L/RS, Pasadena, Calif. (Pasadena)
  	95	Ben Alualu, 6-1, 275, So*-1L/RS, Honolulu, Hawai'i (St. Louis)
DE 	87	Idris Haroon, 6-2, 248, Sr*-3L, Houston, Texas (Hastings) 
	54	Alex Luna, 6-0, 230, Jr*-2L, San Fernando, Calif. (San Fernando HS)
	92	Aaron Huisman, 6-4, 235, So.*-1L, Phoenix, Ariz. (Phoenix Christian)
WLB 	52	Adrian Koch, 5-9, 216, Sr-3L, Tucson, Ariz. (Desert View) 
	42	Joe Siofele, 6-1, 240, Fr*-RS, Waipahu, Hawai'i (St. Louis)
ILB	27	Lance Briggs, 6-1, 230, So-1L, Sacramento, Calif. (Elk Grove)
	96	Trevor Wilde, 5-10, 200, Sr*-1L, Scottsdale, Ariz. (Horizon/Mesa CC)
ILB	45	Antonio Pierce, 6-1, 233, Sr*-1L, Ontario, Calif. (Serra/Mt. San Antonio CC)
	38	Shelton Ross, 6-0, 222, Jr*-1L, Kansas City, Mo., (Hutchinson CC)
BCB	17	Anthony Banks, 6-0, 165, Jr.-1L, Los Angeles, Calif. (San Pedro/West Los Angeles CC)
	23	Jermaine Chatman, 5-11, 177, Jr-JC, Compton, Calif. (Hawthorne/Pasadena CC)
	2	David Hinton, 5-11, 170, Fr*-RS, San Diego, Calif. (Lincoln Prep)
SS	19	Brandon Nash, 6-1, 215, Jr*-2L/RS, Los Angeles, Calif. (Beverly Hills)
  	24	Zaharius Johnson, 6-0, 194, Jr-1L, Bradenton, Fla. (New Mexico Military Institute)
FS	33	Clay Hardt, 6-1, 192, Fr*-RS, Marana, Ariz. (Marana)
  or	47	Jarvie Worcester, 6-0, 195, So*-1L, La Jolla, Calif. (La Jolla)  - 	Injured
FCB	8	Michael Jolivette, 5-9, 175, Fr*-RS, Houston, Texas (North Shore
    	17	Anthony Banks, 6-0, 165, Jr.-1L, Los Angeles, Calif. (San Pedro/West Los Angeles CC)


SPECIALTY
PK	3	Sean Keel, 6-0, 200, So*-1L, Littleton, Colo. (Mullen)
KO	28	Chris Gray, 6-1, 193, So.-1L, Irvine, Calif. (University)
	12	Ramey Peru, 6-1, 178, Fr*-RS, Chandler, Ariz. (Dobson)
Punter	4	Chris Palic, 6-3, 206, Jr*-2L, Los Angeles, Calif. (St. Francis)
	19	Ramey Peru, 6-1, 178, Fr*-RS, Chandler, Ariz. (Dobson)
Snapper	84	Nate Campbell, 6-1, 223, Sr-3L, Tucson, Ariz. (Canyon del Oro HS) 
Holder	4	Chris Palic, 6-3, 206, Jr*-2L, Los Angeles, Calif. (St. Francis)
Returns	1	Bobby Wade (PR), 9 Gary Love (KOR), 5 Larry Croom (KOR), 20 Leo Mills (KOR), 17 Anthony Banks (PR)