The dawn of the Brent Brennan era took place at the Arizona practice facility on Tuesday with spring practice starting.
“It was awesome,” Brennan said in an Arizona football interview on X (Twitter). “It feels so good to be out here just to be in the practice environment. We’ve been spending the last two months lifting, running and getting to know each other. But this is the part that everyone’s excited about is starting to play football and starting to figure out which way we’re gonna go as a football team. So today was an awesome start.”
Brennan’s impression of the functionality of the team in the first practice: “I thought our defense did a fantastic job with the communication for a first day. I was also impressed with our offensive operation, just handling some of those things, you know the shifts and motions and the communication on offense also. I think we’re off to a good start. We’re still trying to figure out how demanding we’re going to be of each other in terms of our effort and and our execution, but that’s what spring ball is all about. So here we go.”
@CoachBrennan on the first practice of Spring Ball! pic.twitter.com/z6kcqlfzC2
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“Spring practice is a fun time of year because it’s all about opportunity,” Brennan said.
Brent Brennan talks about being on the field for Day 1 of spring ball: pic.twitter.com/TbIRJVe8LY
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Feels good to be backpic.twitter.com/hpnRc8WdAH
— Arizona Football (@ArizonaFBall) March 27, 2024
Brent Brennan on the leadership he inherited at Arizona and the impact that's having:
"I think that player-led teams are really special. The best teams I've ever been a part of were player-led. And they continue to lead – workouts or practice today or in the media room or in the…
— Michael Lev (@MichaelJLev) March 27, 2024
Tacario Davis: “I wanted to be part of something special, stay together, stick around and give the coaches a shot and see what it’s all about.”
Tacario Davis talks about his decision to stay at Arizona: pic.twitter.com/X6CRKR5bhA
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— Arizona Athletics (@AZATHLETICS) March 26, 2024
New era of Big 12 football under Head Coach Brent Brennan has begun @KVOA pic.twitter.com/JTjZWDawnE
— Jenna Fink (@jennamfink) March 26, 2024
Spring Ball Day pic.twitter.com/ogxCswzbmH
— Arizona Football (@ArizonaFBall) March 26, 2024
Some QB drills with Noah Fifita and Brayden Dorman: pic.twitter.com/dcdg3lWkpg
— Troy Hutchison (@THutch1995) March 26, 2024
Noah Fifita with the accuracy pic.twitter.com/gT0JCU0ZSx
— GOAZCATS.com (@GOAZCATScom) March 26, 2024
Noah Fifita getting some reps with his targets on the outside. pic.twitter.com/VAcctAve5u
— Devin Homer (@devin_homer) March 26, 2024
Noah Fifita to Keyan Burnett: pic.twitter.com/W8Pg5iNVmu
— Aidan Wohl (@aidan_wohl) March 26, 2024
Arizona legend Bobby Wade back at his old stomping grounds to coach a receiver group led by Tetairoa McMillan.
T-Mac is 1,248 yards shy of breaking Wade’s all-time receiving yards record. pic.twitter.com/1BhgsiTzVz
— Justin Spears (@JustinESports) March 26, 2024
My biggest takeaway from opening day of Arizona spring ball: T-Mac is still making insane catches that look so effortless to him.
— Justin Spears (@JustinESports) March 27, 2024
T-Mac chatting with new wide receivers coach Bobby Wade: pic.twitter.com/t9ULLKzykR
— Aidan Wohl (@aidan_wohl) March 27, 2024
Year 3 of spring ball for Noah and T-Mac: pic.twitter.com/ENSX1L19iq
— Aidan Wohl (@aidan_wohl) March 26, 2024
Arizona DC Duane Akina coaching up his defense: pic.twitter.com/8J0QMyJvjO
— Aidan Wohl (@aidan_wohl) March 26, 2024
Former Salpointe standout Anthony Wilhite is with the Wildcats as a preferred walk-on:
Arizona running backs:
7 – Quali Conley (San Jose State transfer)
21 – Rayshon “Speedy” Luke
20 – Brandon Johnson
28 – Anthony Wilhite
24 – Jordan Washington pic.twitter.com/me57erBzpL— Justin Spears (@JustinESports) March 26, 2024
Great to see local players trying to make their mark on the Arizona football program such as RB Anthony Wilhite (Salpointe), DB CJ Flores (Cienega), DB Nezayah Stubblefield (Sabino), LB Tyler Mustain (Pusch Ridge) and DT Chase Randall (CDO). All are on Arizona's roster heading…
— Javier Morales (@JavierJMorales) March 27, 2024
Some quick takeaways from the first @ArizonaFBall spring practice under Brent Brennan:
-The offense looked smooth from an operational standpoint, impressive considering that it's a new system.
-Noah Fifita and Tetairoa McMillan appeared to be in midseason form. Multiple…
— Michael Lev (@MichaelJLev) March 27, 2024