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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NO. 0 IN 2024 — LB JUSTIN FLOWE & WR REYMELLO MURPHY
Honors & Awards
- 2023: Butkus Award Watch List
- 2023: Preseason All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
- 2023: Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List
Flowe, 6-foot-2 and 220 pounds, appeared in all 13 games during first season with Arizona last year after transferring from Oregon. He made a career-high 44 total tackles (13 solo, 31 assists) with two tackles for loss and one sack. Broke up two passes and recovered one fumble. In 2022 with Oregon, he had 35 tackles (14 solo, 21 assists) with 2.5 tackles for loss over 10 games played. Recorded season-high 10 tackles (5 solo, 5 assists) against Georgia (9/3) in the season opener. Named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week in 2021 after racking up a career-high 14 tackles, including five solo tackles, one tackle-for-loss, and a forced fumble in his first career start. Became the first Oregon player since 2007 and just the fourth since 2000 to record at least 14 tackles and force a fumble in the same game. Prepped at Upland (Calif.) High School and was a consensus five-star prospect, top 11 player in the nation, No. 1 inside linebacker and top defensive player in California by ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports.
Murphy, 6-foot and 201 pounds, is a senior who transferred to Arizona after being a standout at Old Dominion. Last season at Old Dominion, he appeared in all 13 games, starting eight at wide receiver. Finished third on the team with 28 receptions. Led the team with 502 receiving yards. Scored three touchdowns. Finished 27th in the country averaging 17.9 yards per catch. From Fremont. Calif.
NOTE
Saturday night marks the start of a lot of things — a new season, the Brent Brennan Era, dawn of longtime coaches Duana Akina and Dino Babers as coordinators, first season in the Big 12, Tetairoa McMillan’s unanimous All-American campaign and Noah Fifita’s Heisman watch. Will make Fifita and/or McMillan make the trip to New York City at season’s end as contenders for college football’s most coveted award?
THEY SAID IT
“I’m not an individual award guy, but I would be lying if I said that I didn’t grow up dreaming about the Heisman Trophy. I think every little kid dreams about that. So to be in the same sentence, to be in that conversation is a blessing.” — Fifita to ESPN.com
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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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