Arizona Wildcats
2004 Recruiting Class
Star of the Class
Zach Miller
TE
Fr.
6-4
245
Phoenix, Ariz. (Desert Vista HS)
Named the state of Arizona's
Gatorade Player of the Year in 2003 ... named the Phoenix
Metro Player of the Year by Phoenix Metro Football Magazine
... Southeast Valley Player of the Year ... Central Region
Offensive Player of the year ... Tempe all-city tight end
as a senior ... as a senior, had 47 catches for 790 yards and
six touchdowns ... he also added 134 tackles on defense,
11 quarterback sacks and one interception ... he also won
the Larry Gordon Award, presented annually to the state's best
linebacker by Phoenix Metro Football Magazine ...
Gordon was a former ASU linebacking star ... winner of the
Henry Stanton Award, presented annually to the state's top receiver by
Phoenix Metro Football Magazine was first-team offense and defense
by that same magazine ... as a junior he amassed 27
receptions for 520 yards and six touchdowns ... on defense
he accumulated 102 tackles, 16 tackles for loss and 11 quarterback
sacks ... made all-Central Region first-team at tight end
as a soph ... selected Desert Vista's Best Defensive
Player Award as a sophomore and was first-team all-City at tight end
(Tempe) ... made all-Central Region second-team at tight
end as a freshman ... a tremendous student with a perfect
4.0 grade-point average ... brother Brent is a redshirt
freshman at ASU
Instant Impact Players
Quency Darley
DL Jr.
6-2
270
Alcolu, South Carolina (Kilgore CC)
Earned postseason honorable mention all-conference in 2003 ...
earned preseason honorable mention all-American honors in 2003 ...
had 45 tackles and seven quarterback sacks in 2002 as a freshman at
Kilgore College ... in 2003, collected 58
tackles, six sacks and 19 tackles for loss ...
coached there by Timmy Rieves ... rated
as the No. 1 defensive lineman in South Carolina ...
originally from Alcolu, South Carolina ...
played in the Shrine Bowl, an all-star game between South Carolina and
North Carolina ... career statistics in
high school included 323 tackles, 71 tackles for loss and 39
quarterback sacks in three years as a starter ...
made first-team all-area by The Sumter Daily Item as a junior
and senior ... made first-team
all-statewide defensive linemen for two seasons by the High School
Sports Report ... made first-team
all-Pee Dee Area as a defensive lineman by WBTW, Channel 13 ...
made first-team all-region three times ...stats
included 72 tackles and 16 quarterback sacks as a senior at defensive
end ... had 156 tackles and 18 sacks as a
junior at tackle ... tallied 95 tackles
and five sacks as a sophomore at tackle ...
initially signed out of high school with Appalachian State Š played
at Kilgore College in Texas
Dale Robinson
LB
Jr.
6-1
240
Queens, New York (Glendale CC)
Was selected as the Defensive Player of the
Year in the Western States Football League in 2003 ...earned
first-team All-Western States Football League in 2003 ... all-region
first-team as well ...tallied 114
tackles, 10 quarterback sacks, three forced fumbles and two fumbles
recovered as a sophomore in 2003 ... led Glendale in tackles last
year and scored a defensive touchdown ... last year, Glendale
finished 9-2 and No. 8 in the nation ... originally from New York
and grew up four blocks from current Sun Devil cornerback Chris
McKenzie ... played Pop Warner football with McKenzie at Holy Cross
High School ... two-time all-borough and all-city first-team ... was
the Queens Player of the Year ... was all-metro and second-team
all-state as a senior ... 118 tackles as a senior was a school
record ... high school coach was Tom Pugh ... played as a freshman
at C.W. Post, a New York Division II program in 2001 and 2002 ...
led C.W. Post in tackles as a freshman with 97 ... was
all-conference and made the all-freshman team there ... coached by
Joe Kersting at Glendale Community College
Rest of the
Class
Rudy Carpenter
QB
Fr. 6-3
190
Westlake, Calif. (Westlake HS)
Myrio Davis
S
Fr. 6-1 190 Chandler, Ariz. (Hamilton HS)
Wes Evans
DL
Fr.
6-3
250 Reno, Nev. (Reno HS)
Angelo Fobbs-Valentino
DB
Fr.
6-1 185
San Mateo, Calif. (Junipero Serra HS)
Max Hall
QB Fr. 6-1
180
Mesa, Ariz. (Mountain View HS)
DeWayne Hollyfield
DL
Jr.
6-4
275
Los Angeles, Calif. (Harbor CC)
Michael Jones
WR
Fr.
6-3
190
Sugar Land, Tex. (Fort Bend Austin HS)
Nate Kimbrough WR
Fr.
6-1
175
Santa Fe Springs, Calif. (Santa Fe HS)
Jonathan Lehmann OL
Fr.
6-4
267
Giddings, Tex. (Giddings HS)
Maurice London FS
Jr.
6-0
185
Atlanta, Ga. (Grossmont CC)
Uriah Marshall
CB
Fr. 5-11
180
Phoenix, Ariz. (Brophy Prep)
Bradis McGriff
OL
Fr.
6-5
300
Vallejo, Calif. (Vallejo HS)
Jeremy Payton
WR
Fr.
6-1
190
Covina, Calif. (South Hills HS)
Andrew Pettes
TE
Fr.
6-4
230 Phoenix, Ariz. (Moon Valley HS)
Brent Russum
OL
Fr.
6-5 275
Lewiston, Idaho (Lewiston HS)
Antone Saulsberry
LB
Fr.
6-0 215
Bellflower, Calif. (Bellflower HS)
Leo Talavou
OL
Fr.
6-4
320 Fountain Valley, Calif. (F. Valley HS)
Adam Vincent
LB
Fr.
6-2
215
Chandler, Ariz. (Hamilton HS)
Price Wilks TB
6-0 185
Hacienda Heights, Calif. (Wilson HS)