Arizona Football

Arizona Wildcats football: Stat tracker and social media reactions

By Javier Morales

Posted on November 22, 2014

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How adversity turned @ArizonaFBall QB Anu Solomon into such an unflappable leader despite being only a freshman: http://t.co/JT3Gx6Qv7r

— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) November 21, 2014

Solomon is currently No. 7 on the season record list at Arizona. Here are the Top 7 totals:
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Yards,QB,Att,Comp,Year
4334,Nick Foles,560,387,2011
3683,Willie Tuitama,524,327,2007
3620,Matt Scott,499,301,2012
3327,Jason Johnson,410,239,2002
3191,Nick Foles,426,286,2010
3088,Willie Tuitama,399,259,2008
3058,Anu Solomon,441,256,2014
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Only once in Arizona football history has a quarterback thrown for at least 3,000 yards, running back rushed for at least 1,000 yards and receiver compiled at least 1,000 yards in a season. That happened only two years ago with Matt Scott (3,620 passing yards), Ka’Deem Carey (1,929 rushing yards) and Austin Hill (1,364 receiving yards). Never has an Arizona team had a 4,000-yard passer, 1,000-yard passer and 1,000-yard receiver.
3,000/1,000/1,000 CLUB?
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Pos,Player,Yr,Yds,Needed
QB,Anu Solomon,RFr,3058,Accomplished
RB,Nick Wilson,Fr,867,133
WR,Cayleb Jones,Soph,788,212
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ARIZONA SEASON SACK LEADERS
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Sacks,Player,Pos.,Year
19,Tedy Bruschi,DE,1993
14.5,Tedy Bruschi,DE,1995
13,Steve Boadway,OLB,1984
12,Scooby Wright III,LB,2014
12,Danny Lockett,OLB,1985
11.5,Joe Salave’a,DT,1997
11,Chuck Osborne,DT,1994
11,Reggie Johnson,DT,1990
11,Ricky Elmore,DE,2010
10.5,Ricky Elmore,DE,2009
10.5,Stan Mataele,DT,1986
10,Joe Tafoya,DE,2000
10,Jon Abbott,DT,1977
10,Chris Singleton,OLB,1989
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Scooby Wright is just not somebody you want bearing down on you. Links: http://t.co/tekk7bp1CW pic.twitter.com/EDzuygAdpc

— Pac-12 Networks (@Pac12Networks) November 21, 2014

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Another weekend to show improvement. Thanking God for the opportunities presented to us. Love this… http://t.co/cVRAIWxYne

— Anu Solomon (@anu_solomon) November 22, 2014

FRESHMAN PASSING YARDS
NR — National rank. FR — Freshman rank.
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NR,FR,Name,School,G,A,C,INT,TD,Yds
8,1,Anu Solomon,Arizona,10,441,256,7,25,3058
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Note: Ronald Veal highlighted in red because he led Arizona in passing and rushing as a freshman in 1987. Solomon and Wilson are vying to become first freshmen to lead the Wildcats in those categories in the same season in school history.
MOST YARDS BY ARIZONA WILDCATS
FRESHMAN QB IN PAC-10/12 ERA
Compiled by AllSportsTucson.com
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Yards,Year,QB,Att,Comp,Int,TD
3058,2014,Anu Solomon,441,256,7,25
1660,1997,Ortege Jenkins,235,115,5,19
1501,2003,Kris Heavner,237,131,15,8
1450,1996,Keith Smith,193,117,6,11
1239,1987,Ronald Veal,153,75,9,4
1204,1980,Tom Tunnicliffe,173,96,9,8
1105,2005,Willie Tuitama,142,82,5,9
950,2004,Richard Kovalcheck,168,80,7,6
381,1989,George Malauulu,35,19,2,4
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TOP ARIZONA FRESHMAN RUSHERS
Compiled by AllSportsTucson.com
*Quarterbacks
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Year,Player,C,Yds,TD,Avg,PG
2014,Nick Wilson,160,867,9,5.4,96.3
2007,Nic Grigsby,161,704,2,4.4,70.4
2000,Clarence Farmer,138,666,5,4.8,66.6
1981,Vance Johnson,123,654,6,5.3,59.4
1987,*Ronald Veal,161,566,9,3.5,56.6
1996,*Keith Smith,136,546,8,4.0,49.6
2011,Ka’Deem Carey,91,425,6,4.7,38.6
2002,Mike Bell,106,341,1,3.2,28.4
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ARIZONA TFL LEADERS
Tackle for lost yardage leaders in Arizona history:
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TFL,Player,Pos.,Year
29,Tom Nelson,DT,1968
27.5,Tedy Bruschi,DE,1993
22,Rob Waldrop,NT,1992
21,Scooby Wright III,LB,2014
20,Bill McKinley,DE,1970
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As the stage gets bigger Arizona football's freshmen Nick Wilson & Tyrell Johnson step up http://t.co/IY9fC2u3ox via @SteveRivera95

— FOX Sports Arizona (@FOXSPORTSAZ) November 21, 2014

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ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He also writes articles for Bleacher Report and Lindy’s College Sports.