To get ready for the upcoming Arizona football season, All Sports Tucson offers a countdown, which will include history notes and a look ahead to the season — a good way to keep Arizona football on the mind in the summer months leading up to fall camp in early August and then kickoff against New Mexico on Aug. 31 in the start of the Brent Brennan era.
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A LOOK BACK — NO. 36 GILBERT HARRIS
With it being the 36th day until kickoff between the Lobos and Wildcats, the best player to wear No. 36 for Arizona is running back Gilbert Harris, who played with the Wildcats from 2002 to 2005. He broke out for a career-high 113 rushing yards against UCLA in 2005 when Arizona upset the No. 7 Bruins 52-14. He went on to play briefly for the Kansas City Chiefs. Harris, who was born in Manhattan, N.Y., and is now 40, and former Arizona soccer standout Kaity Harris are married and live in Gilbert with their two children. He is now a financial consultant for an investment services firm and Kaity is an elementary-school principal in the Higley School District.
NO. 36 IN 2024 — LB DOMINIC HANGER
Hanger, 6-foot-1 and 225 pounds, is in his second year in the program as a walk-on from Chandler High School. He appeared in 26 games over three seasons on varsity at Chandler. He made 156 total tackles (75 solo, 81 assists), averaging 6.0 tackles per game and recording 13.0 tackles for loss.
NOTE
Arizona wide receivers entering the 2024 season:
| No. | Name | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Yr. | Hometown | Previous school |
| 0 | Murphy, Reymello | WR | 6-0 | 185 | Sr. | Fremont, Calif. | Old Dominion |
| 2 | Patterson, Jeremiah | WR | 5-10 | 178 | Jr. | San Francisco, Calif. | Coll. of San Mateo |
| 4 | McMillan, Tetairoa | WR | 6-5 | 210 | Jr. | Waimanalo, Hawai’i | |
| 5 | Lemonious-Craig, Montana | WR | 6-2 | 200 | Sr. | Inglewood, Calif. | Colorado |
| 6 | Jones, AJ | WR | 6-4 | 210 | R-So. | Ontario, Calif. | |
| 9 | Holman, Jackson | WR | 6-4 | 205 | R-Fr. | Mission Viejo, Calif. | |
| 10 | Riley, Malachi | WR | 6-2 | 180 | So. | Corona, Calif. | |
| 13 | Hyatt, Devin | WR | 6-2 | 200 | R-Fr. | Bradenton, Fla. | |
| 14 | Haynes, Rex | WR | 6-4 | 205 | R-So. | San Diego, Calif. | |
| 16 | Hunter, Chris | WR | 6-1 | 195 | R-So. | New Orleans, La. | |
| 18 | Phelps, Brandon | WR | 6-3 | 190 | Fr. | Gilbert | |
| 19 | Clark, Jaden | WR | 5-11 | 185 | R-Jr. | Phoenix | |
| 81 | Oliver, Julius | WR | 6-3 | 195 | R-Fr. | Los Angeles | |
| 83 | Graci-Glazer, Sam | WR | 6-2 | 165 | R-So. | Tampa, Fla. | |
| 89 | McCord III, Jordan | WR | 5-11 | 170 | Fr. | Soquel, Calif. |
Projected rotations:
- Starter: McMillan
- No. 1 reserve: Jones
- No. 2 reserve: Phelps
- Starter: Murphy
- No. 1 reserve: Riley
- Starter: Lemonious-Craig
- No. 1 reserve: Patterson
THEY SAID IT
“I feel like we need to have a good group of six or seven guys. It falls on who is prepared and ready to do it. If we have six, we’ll play six and if we have four, we’ll play four. It’s a matter of putting the best group on the field at the right moment. In order to do that, the leaders in my room have to be demanding of the group underneath them and willing to allow them to have their opportunities. It’s great to have T-Mac and Montana in the room because they are absolutely willing to let that group have their fair share and their opportunities to prove to the coaching staff they are ready and available to play.” — Arizona’s new wide receivers coach Bobby Wade, who is also one of the greatest in program history to play the position.
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ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He is a former Arizona Daily Star beat reporter for the Arizona basketball team, including when the Wildcats won the 1996-97 NCAA title. He has also written articles for CollegeAD.com, Bleacher Report, Lindy’s Sports, TucsonCitizen.com, The Arizona Republic, Sporting News and Baseball America, among many other publications. He has also authored the book “The Highest Form of Living”, which is available at Amazon. He became an educator in 2016 and is presently a special education teacher at Sunnyside High School in the Sunnyside Unified School District.
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