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Tony Wingate Biography

Arizona: 1L... Expected to challenge for a top rotation role in the Wildcat secondary entering 2003 fall camp after working at strong safety for most of spring drills... Should contend for starting special teams roles for the second consecutive season... Played in all 12 games for the Wildcats in 2002 and ended the year with 10 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss (-5 yards) and a pass breakup... Tallied three solo tackles and two tackles for loss at Oregon State... Had a solo hit in each of the Stanford and Washington State games... Notched a career-high four tackles, broke up a pass and had a tackle for loss versus Oregon... Played in four games for the Wildcats in 2001 and finished the year with one tackle... Also contributed on the punt and kick coverage teams... Had 5.5 tackles, including a tackle for loss, in the 2001 Red-Blue game... Redshirted for the Wildcats in 2000... Has position flexibility... Led his high school team to the state championship game in 1999 and was the first player to commit to the UA from that class.

High School: Sahuaro High School, Tucson, Ariz., 2000... Earned three varsity football letters under coach Nemer Hassey... Played corner, running back, wide receiver and returned kickoffs... Named to the all-state, all-city and all-region teams and was a team captain... Earned SuperPrep All-America honors and named to the SuperPrep all-region list... PrepStar all-region and Rivals100 region selection... Also lettered in track and field in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay... National Honor Society... Superintendent's honor roll.

Wingate's Career Stats

Year	G-GS	UT	AT	TT	TFL	Other
2002	12-0	8	2	10	2.5-5	1 PD
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