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Honoring Arizona Wildcats workhorses on Labor Day

Dennis Northcutt (pictured here) and Bobby Wade hold the UA record with 42 consecutive games catching a pass

Dennis Northcutt (pictured here) and Bobby Wade hold the UA record with 42 consecutive games catching a pass

With this being Labor Day, we honor these former Wildcats who went above and beyond their line of work …

FOOTBALL SCHOOL RECORDS

Most Career Rushing Attempts: Ontiwaun Carter, 815 carries in 46 games from 1991-94. That averages to 17.7 carries a game, a hefty load, especially for a scatback. The next highest attempts is Mike Bell’s 678 from 2002-05.

Most Career Receptions: Mike Thomas, 259 from 2005-09. That’s also a Pac-12 record, topping ASU’s Derek Hagan by one and USC’s Robert Woods by nine.

Most Consecutive Games Catching a Pass: Dennis Northcutt and Bobby Wade are tied with 42. Northcutt’s streack lasted from Oct. 26, 1996 against Oregon State to Nov. 27, 1999 against ASU. Wade’s streak: Sept. 19, 1999 against Stanford to Nov. 29, 2002 against ASU.

Most Career Passing Attempts: The top three are Nick Foles (1,396 from 2009-11), Willie Tuitama (1,276 from 2005-08) and Tom Tunnicliffe (1,069 from 1980-83).

Most Career Tackles: Linebacker great Ricky Hunley (1980-83) holds the record of 566 from 1980-83 in what is the most physically demanding of all stats.

Three-Time All-Pac-10/12 selections: These guys improved their level of excellence in at least three consecutive seasons — Hunley (1980-83), center Joe Tofflemire (1986-88), defensive end Tedy Bruschi (1993-95), cornerback Chris McAlister (1996-98), linebacker and linebacker Lance Briggs (2000-02).

Jason Gardner is the UA's Iron Man, playing the most career minutes with the most career starts in Wildcat history (YouTube video capture)

Jason Gardner is the UA’s Iron Man, playing the most career minutes with the most career starts in Wildcat history (YouTube video capture)

BASKETBALL SCHOOL RECORDS

Career Games Played: Kyle Fogg tops the list with 139 from 2008-12, followed by Jason Gardner (136 from 1999-2003) and Sean Elliott (133 from 1985-89).

Career Games Started: Gardner is No. 1 at 135 games, followed by Elliott’s 133 and Mustafa Shakur’s 129 from 2003-07.

Career Minutes Played: Gardner, now an assistant at Memphis under former UA player/assistant coach Josh Pastner, tops the charts with 4,825 from 1999-2003, followed by Elliott’s 4,499 and Steve Kerr’s 4,136 from 1983-88.

Lute Olson on Gardner (in an interview with Pac12.com): “He’s such a good person. Tremendous leader. He didn’t turn the ball over a lot and he always got the ball to the open man. He still ended up being the all-time point guard scorer (1,984 career points) at Arizona and we’ve had some pretty good point guards go through that school.”

BASEBALL SCHOOL RECORDS

Chip Hale, now a coach with the Oakland A's after a stint with the Mets, is the UA's equivalent of Cal Ripken Jr.

Chip Hale, now a coach with the Oakland A’s after a stint with the Mets, is the UA’s equivalent of Cal Ripken Jr.

Career Innings Pitched: Preston Guilmet’s 416 2/3 innings from 2006-09 tops the UA charts in overall games. In Pac-12 games, Ed Vosberg (1980-83) is No. 1 at 273.1.

Career Complete Games: Don Lee recorded a record 36 from 1954-56.

Career Games Played: Chip Hale (19847) is No. 1 at 255 games.

Consecutive Games Played: Hale’s 255 is also the record in this category.

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