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Arizona: IL... Expected to contend for a major role at cornerback in 2004... Played in nine games and earned the starting nod in the LSU game during the 2003 season... Finished the year with 11 total tackles (eight solo) and three pass breakups... Had a solo tackle at California... Tallied two tackles at Purdue... Had a solo hit in the Oregon game... Broke up a pass and added a career-best four tackles vs. LSU... Broke up two passes and had three solo hits in the season opener vs. UTEP... Received a medical redshirt year after only playing in two games during the 2002 season... In those two games, he tallied four solo tackles and broke up two passes... Saw action in the Utah and Wisconsin games before being sidelined with an injury... Arizona looked hard for some corners in 2002 and pulled in a mid-year enrollee from the junior college ranks in Nunez...

Junior College: Southwestern Community College, Chula Vista, Calif., 2001... Assigned by his coaches to cover the other team’s best receiver, he came up with five interceptions, broke up 10 passes, and finished with 25 tackles and a fumble recovery as a sophomore... Had 10 interceptions in his career... Seven punt returns for 49 yards... Earned first-team All-Foothill Conference honors... Three-star rating by Rivals100.com, among its top 60 as his position... One-star TheInsiders.com juco rating... Named Southwestern College’s Defensive Player of the Year...

High School: Hilltop High School, Chula Vista, Calif., 2000...Lettered four years in football and volleyball, and two years in soccer... Football team captain as a senior... All-academic team as a junior...

Personal: Academic major is pre-physical education... Son of Luis Nunez and Sepi Nunez... Father graduated from Laney Junior College and California-Berkeley, and is a physician’s assistant... Full name Luis Oscar Nunez... Date of birth: Dec. 14, 1980.