Arizona gets boost as Fifita, McMillan to return

Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterJan 20, 2024, 05:18 PM ET Arizona and brand-new coach Brent Brennan received a huge increase to their possible football fortunes in 2024 as quarterback Noah Fifita and wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan will both be back for another season.Fifita and McMillan

made their statements Saturday throughout a break in the UCLA-Arizona men’s basketball game.The show goes on. pic.twitter.com/oVwMvCNTx1!.?.!— Arizona Football(@ArizonaFBall)January 20, 2024 Fifita and McMillan were essential cogs in an offense that finished 4th in the Pac-12 with 448.0 backyards per game

and fifth in passing (308.3)last season as the program won its last 7 games and secured its very first 10-win project because 2014. In a league that had significant quarterback play across the board, Fifita discovered his niche in helping the Wildcats(10-3)break out.

After getting in the lineup in late September following Jayden de Laura’s ankle injury in a 21-20 win versus Stanford, Fifita was sixth in the Pac-12 in passing with 2,869 lawns to opt for 25 touchdowns(connected for fifth in the Pac-12 )and simply six interceptions.Editor’s Picks 1 Associated On the other hand, McMillan’s 90 receptions

and 1,402 getting yards ranked 2nd in the league behind Washington’s Rome Odunze.In Jedd Fisch’s 3 seasons in Tucson(2021-23), the program improved from one win to 5 and then to 10. Fisch parlayed that success into getting the Washington task on Jan. 14, being successful Kalen DeBoer, who left for Alabama following Nick Saban’s retirement.Brennan takes control of for Fisch after spending the last 7 seasons at San Jose State, where he went 34-48 overall however is coming off a set of winning seasons. He will now shepherd the program through its shift from the Pac-12 to the Huge 12.