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4 Rhett Rodriguez

  • Position Quarterback
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 186
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Tucson, Ariz.
  • High School Catalina Foothills HS

Biography

Honors and Awards:
  • 2019 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
  • 2018 Pac-12 All-Academic (Second Team)
2020: Pac-12 Football Scholar Athlete after being Arizona Athletics Valedictorian at Spring commencement… Appeared in the Territorial Cup game with seven completions for 52 yards as well as five rushing yards.

2019: Appeared in one game (Northern Arizona) without collecting any statistics...Preserved redshirt season.

2018: Named second-team Pac-12 All-Academic…Played in seven games with one start at quarterback (at UCLA on Oct. 20)…Completed 43-of-83 passes for 516 yards and three touchdowns against two interceptions on the season…Longest completion was a 42-yard touchdown toss to Cedric Peterson at Utah (Oct. 12)…Completed 2-of-4 passes for 10 yards in backup duty at Washington State (Nov. 17)…Played but did no record statistics in upset of No. 19 Oregon (Oct. 27)…Made first career start while passing for career-best 231 yards and two touchdowns at UCLA (Oct. 20). Finished game completing 15-of-34 attempts with two interceptions, and rushed for 14 yards on four attempts…Earned significant playing time as backup at Utah (Oct. 12). Completed 20 passes for 226 yards and a touchdown on career-high 38 attempts…Rushed one time for eight yards in limited action at Oregon State (Sept. 22)…Completed both attempts for nine total yards while adding one rushing yard on one attempt against Southern Utah (Sept. 15)…Completed 4-of-5 pass attempts for 40 yards in season debut at Houston (Sept. 8).

2017: Played in two games as a reserve quarterback … Completed first career pass attempt for 10 yards in road win at UTEP (Sept. 15) … Saw first collegiate action and scored a rushing touchdown in season opener against NAU (Sept. 2).

High School: Graduated in 2017 from Catalina Foothills High School…Served as the team captain for two years…First-Team 4A All-State…2016 Kino Region First-Team as a senior…2015 Division III, Section VI First-Team…4A Offensive Player of the Year as a senior…Southern Arizona Offensive Player of the Year as a senior…Honors Student freshmen-senior years…Awarded Catalina Foothills High School Outstanding Scholar-Athlete of the Year as a senior…Threw for 2,996 yards as a senior with 30 touchdowns and three interceptions…Also rushed for 592 yards and 15 touchdowns…Holds the school record for most passing touchdowns in a game and season…Led his team to the state championship as a senior…Also played basketball.
 
Personal: Son of Rich and Rita Rodriguez…Has one sister, Raquel…Father served six seasons as the head coach at Arizona (2012-17)…Sister was four-year member of the cheer team, including a senior cheer captain in 2017…Majoring in Entrepeneurship.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2017Freshman

    Quarterback
    6'0" 186 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2018Sophomore

    Quarterback
    6'0" 201 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2019Junior

    Quarterback
    6'0" 192 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2020Redshirt Junior

    Quarterback
    6'0" 186 lbs
    4
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