Rich Rodriguez has 24 commitments although signing period is four months away
It’s early — the college football signing period is not until February — but if the recruits could sign on the dotted line today, Rich Rodriguez would have the best class in the Pac-12, according to Scout.com (see the above chart released Monday).
That has happened as many times as Arizona has been to a Rose Bowl — zero.
Does a high ranking such as this correlate to a trip to Pasadena? It certainly helps.
The Wildcats currently have 24 verbal commitments out of a potential 25 signees come February.
Other elite programs in the conference — traditionally and competitively — still have a lot of work to do. UCLA (nine commitments), Oregon (eight) and USC (seven) will undoubtedly get their share of blue-chippers when signing date rolls around.
But for now, Rodriguez and his staff must be appreciative of Scout.com’s ranking of No. 14 nationally. If that holds, it will be Arizona’s highest ranking since it was No. 15 in 2005.
Here is a look at each class since 2002 (national and Pac-12 rankings determined by Scout.com):
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Year,Coach,Natl,Pac12,Top players (4-star or 3-star rated unless noted)
2002,John Mackovic,No. 34,No. 7,WR Michael Jefferson/DT Carl Tuitavuki/QB Ryan O’Hara
2003,,No. 40,No. 7,QB Richard Kovalchek/QB John Rattay/TE Ray Gurley
2004,Mike Stoops,No. 64,No. 10,DE McCollins Umeh/LB Ronnie Palmer/CB Antoine Cason*
2005,,No. 15,No. 3,QB Willie Tuitama/RB Xavier Smith/OL Eben Britton
2006,,No. 19,No. 2,DE Louis Holmes**/DT Gabe Long**/CB Devin Ross
2007,,No. 49,No. 9,TE Rob Gronkowski/DT Kaniela Tuipulotu/DE Apaiata Tuihalamaka
2008,,No. 39,No. 7,CB Robert Golden**/DT Solomon Koehler/OG Mike Diaz
2009,,No. 47,No. 8,WR Adam Hall/DE Jonathan Hall/LB Trevor Erno
2010,,No. 39,No. 8,S Marquis Flowers/DT Kirifi Taula/CB Jonathan McKnight
2011,,No. 70,No. 10,LB Rob Hankins/S Domonique Petties/RB Ka’Deem Carey
2012,Rich Rodriguez,No. 46,No. 11,LB Dakota Conwell/C Beau Boyster/OG Zach Hemmila
2013,,No. 27,No. 5,CB Derek Babiash/RB Pierre Cormier/QB Anu Solomon
2014***,,No. 14,No. 1,LB Jamardre Cobb/WR Cameron Denson/LB Marquis Ware
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* — Cason was a two-star prospect
** — Five-star recruits
*** — Recruiting class has yet to sign
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