2025 Arizona Wildcats football team

The 2025 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the Big 12 Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Arizona was led by second-year head coach Brent Brennan. They played their first six home games at Arizona Stadium, located in Tucson, Arizona. On November 11, 2025, The University of Arizona announced a 20-year naming rights deal with the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, with the venue now being called Casino Del Sol Stadium for the final home game. This was the Wildcats' 126th season overall, and their second year in the Big 12.

The Arizona Wildcats drew an average home attendance of 41,782.

Offseason

Departures Team departures Over the course of the off-season, Arizona lost 14 total players. 9 players graduated, 5 declared for the 2025 NFL draft.

2025 Arizona Offseason departuresName Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Quali Conley RB 5′10 207 Senior Fresno, CA Graduated/Declared by 2025 NFL Draft Justin Holloway LS 6'3 206 Senior Venice, FL Graduated Jacory Croskey-Merritt RB 5′11 205 Senior Montgomery, AL Graduated/Declared by 2025 NFL Draft Stanley Ta’ufo’ou DL 6′2 275 Senior Simi Valley, CA Graduated Owen Goss DB 6′0 205 Senior Hinsdale, IL Graduated/Declared by 2025 NFL Draft Jared Small LB 6'2 220 Senior Baton Rouge, LA Graduated Joey Capra OL 6'4 301 Senior Auburn, CA Graduated Montana Lemonious-Craig WR 6′2 190 Senior Inglewood, CA Graduated Josh Baker OL 6′3 280 Senior Eureka, MO Graduated Kevon Darton DL 5′11 271 Senior Fitchburg, MA Graduated Lance Keneley LB 6′4 250 Senior Mission Viejo, CA Graduated Tyler Loop PK 6′1 190 Senior Lucas, TX Graduated Tetairoa McMillan WR 6′5 212 Junior Waimānalo, HI Declared by 2025 NFL Draft Jonah Savaiinaea OL 6′5 336 Junior Tafuna, AS Declared by 2025 NFL Draft

Outgoing transfers Forty-two Arizona players elected to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal during or after the 2024 season.

Outgoing Name Pos. Height Weight Hometown New school Jacob Manu LB 5'11" 230 lbs Kahuku, HI Washington Brayden Dorman QB 6'5" 215 lbs Colorado Springs, CO CSU Pueblo Brandon Johnson RB 5'11" 210 lbs Highland, CA Northern Colorado (FCS) Jackson Holman WR 6'1" 200 lbs Irvine, CA Wyoming Tacario Davis DB 6'2" 190 lbs Long Beach, CA Washington Gunner Maldonado CB 6'0" 180 lbs Chandler, AZ Kansas State Reymello Murphy WR 6'0 185 lbs Fremont, CA UConn Jonah Rodriguez OL 6'4 275 lbs San Diego, CA Southwestern College (JC) Demetrius Freeney CB 6′0 190 lbs San Leandro, CA Boise State Rayshon Luke RB 5′9 165 lbs Bellflower, CA Fresno State Wendell Moe OL 6′3 330 lbs Long Beach, CA Tennessee Taitai Uiagelelei DL 6'3" 255 lbs Santa Ana, CA Washington Malachi Riley WR 6'1" 165 lbs Corona, CA San Jose State AJ Jones WR 6'4" 195 lbs Ontario, CA Middle Tennessee Jai-Ayviauynn Celestine CB 5'10" 175 lbs Miami, FL FIU J.T. Hand OL 6'3" 285 lbs Mission Viejo, CA Oregon State Bryce Echols DL 6'5" 275 lbs Las Vegas, NV Nevada Elijha Payne OL 6'6" 286lbs Las Vegas, NV Delaware State (FCS) Emmanuel Karnley CB 6'2" 180 lbs Pittsburg, CA Virginia Anthony Garcia QB 6'2" 193 lbs Sacramento, CA Utah State Nicholas Fernandez DL 6'4" 255 lbs San Pedro, CA UT Rio Grande Valley (FCS) Cyrus Durham EDGE 6′4 235 lbs Redwood, CA Akron Nolan Clement CB 6'3" 220 lbs Scottsdale, AZ TBA Keanu Mailoto DL 6'4" 275 lbs Auburn, WA Boise State Kamuela Kaaihue LB 6'2" 210 lbs Honolulu, HI UNLV Tristan Davis DE 6'6" 235 lbs Lake Oswego, OR New Mexico Military Institute (JC) Dorian Thomas TE 6'6" 215 lbs Kent, WA New Mexico Adam Damante QB 6'2" 180 lbs Gilbert, AZ Tennessee State (FCS) Leif Magnuson OL 6'5" 300 lbs Saskatoon, CAN Cal Poly (FCS) Cole Tannenbaum QB 6'4" 201 lbs Los Angeles, CA TBA Sam Graci-Glazer WR 6'2" 165 lbs Tampa, FL TBA Trey Naughton LS 6'0" 277 lbs Tucson, AZ TBA Dylan Tapley TE 6'4" 212 lbs Scottsdale, AZ San Diego Justin Flowe LB 6'2" 225 lbs Upland, CA UNLV Sterling Lane II LB 6'3" 234 lbs St. Louis, MO Boise State Elijah Brown CB 6'1" 185 lbs Los Angeles, CA Colorado State Isaiah Johnson DL 6'1" 311 lbs Camden, NJ North Carolina Tylen Gonzalez OL 6'6" 324 lbs Carlsbad, NM TBA Lachlan Bruce LS 6'2" 220 lbs Geelong, Victoria, Australia TBA Cash Peterman P 6'0" 210 lbs Chandler, AZ UCLA

Coaching staff departures NamePositionNew TeamNew Position Source Dino Babers Offensive coordinator/Quarterbacks coach Not Retained - TBD TBD Matt Adkins Tight end coach/Passing game coordinator Not Retained - TBD TBD

Entered NFL draft

The deadline for players to declare for the NFL draft was January15, 2025.

Four Arizona players were drafted in 2025.

During the first round of the draft that April, wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan was the Carolina Panthers's 8th pick. In the second round, guard Jonah Savaiinaea (#37) was picked by the Miami Dolphins; in the sixth round, kicker Tyler Loop (#186) was chosen by the Baltimore Ravens and the seventh round, running back Jacory Croskey-Merritt (#245) was selected by the Washington Commanders.

Tetairoa McMillan WR 1 8 Carolina Panthers Jonah Savaiinaea OG 2 37 Miami Dolphins Tyler Loop K 6 186 Baltimore Ravens Jacory Croskey-Merritt RB 7 245 Washington Commanders Quali Conley RB Undrafted UFA Cincinnati Bengals

Total picks by school TeamRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7TotalArizona 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 4

Recruiting class

The following recruits and transfers have signed letters of intent or verbally committed to the Arizona Wildcats football program for the 2025 recruiting year.

*= 247Sports Composite rating; ratings are out of 1.00. (five stars= 1.00–.98, four stars= .97–.90, three stars= .80–.89) †= Despite being rated as a four and five star recruit by ESPN, On3.com, Rivals.com and 247Sports.com, Williams and Whittington received a four star 247Sports Composite rating. Δ= TBD left the Arizona program following signing but prior to the 2025 season.

2025 overall class rankings ESPN -- -- -- 2 17 On3 Recruits 48 10 -- 1 27 Rivals 42 4 -- 1 21 247 Sports 49 8 -- 1 22

Acquisitions Incoming transfers Over the off-season, Arizona added twenty-nine players from the transfer portal. According to 247 Sports, Arizona had the No. 18 ranked transfer class in the country.

Name Pos. Height Weight Hometown Prev. school Year Eligibility Remaining Ka'ena DeCarmbra OL 6'3" 320 lbs Honolulu, HI Hawaii Junior 1 Tristan Bounds OL 6'8" 305 lbs Wallingford, CT Michigan Senior 1 Blake Gotcher LB 6'2" 230 lbs Little Elm, TX Northwestern State (FCS) Junior 1 Ismail Mahdi RB 5'10" 190 lbs Plano, TX Texas State Junior 1 Deshawn McKnight DL 6'4" 275 lbs Sumter, SC UT Martin (FCS) Junior 1 Jordan Brown OL 6'5" 310 lbs Atlanta, GA Georgia Tech RS Junior 1 Ty Buchanan OL 6'6" 290 lbs Corpus Christi, TX Texas Tech Junior 1 Kris Hutson WR 5'11" 175 lbs Compton, CA Washington State Senior 1 Jshawn Frausto-Ramos DB 6'0" 185 lbs Los Angeles, CA Stanford Sophomore 2 Jay'Vion Cole DB 6'1" 195 lbs Dallas, TX Texas Junior 1 Michael Dansby DB 6'0" 190 lbs San Jose, CA San Jose State Junior 1 Chancellor Owens DL 6'3" 280 lbs Shreveport, LA Northwestern State (FCS) Freshman 3 Luke Wysong WR 5'10" 180 lbs Albuquerque, NM New Mexico Junior 1 Tre Spivey WR 6'4" 217 lbs Chandler, AZ Kansas State RS Freshman 3 Cameron Barmore WR 6'6" 230 lbs Panama, NY Mercyhurst (FCS) Graduated Student 1 Riley Wilson LB 6'2" 230 lbs Prosper, TX Montana (FCS) Junior 1 Braedyn Locke QB 6'1 195 lbs Rockwall, TX Wisconsin Sophomore 2 Mike Mitchell RB 6'0 216 lbs Orange Park, FL Utah Freshman 3 Ayden Garnes CB 6'0" 175 lbs Philadelphia, PA West Virginia RS Junior 1 Javin Whatley WR 5'10" 167 lbs Rockmart, GA Chattanooga (FCS) RS Junior 1 Quincy Craig RB 5'10" 195 lbs Garden Grove, CA Portland State (FCS) Sophomore 2 Issac Perez OL 6'3" 325 lbs Corona, CA Portland State (FCS) Sophomore 2 Max Harris LB 6'0" 225 lbs Montgomery, AL Texas State Junior 1 Malachi Bailey DL 6'2" 260 lbs Atlanta, GA Alcorn State (FCS) Junior 1 Tiaoalii Savea DL 6'4" 295 lbs Las Vegas, NV Texas Senior 1 Ian Wagner K 6'2" 215 lbs Sierra Vista, AZ Illinois State (FCS) Junior 1 Avery Salerno LS 6'0" 220 lbs Clemmons, NC Jackson State (FCS) Junior 1 Keona Peat OL 6'4" 260 lbs Tucson, AZ Arizona State RS Freshman 3

Walk-ons Name Pos. Height Weight Hometown High school - - - - - -

Coaching staff additions

NameNew PositionPrevious TeamPrevious Position SourceSeth Doege Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Marshall Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Joe Salave'a Associate head coach/defensive line coach Miami Associate head coach/run game coordinator/defensive line coach Josh Miller Tight ends coach Marshall Tight ends coach Craig Naivar Special Teams coordinator Coastal Carolina Defensive coordinator/safeties coach Josh Bringuel Linebackers coach

Preseason

Award watch lists Listed in the order that they were released Lott Trophy Taye Brown LBJr. Maxwell Award Noah Fifita QB Paul Hornung Award Ismail Mahdi RBSr. Wuerffel TrophyGenesis Smith DBJr.Biletnikoff Award Luke WysongWRSr.John Mackey AwardKeyan BurnettTEPolynesian College Football Player Of The Year AwardKa'ena Decambra OLR-Sr.Chubba Ma'aeRhino Tapa'atoutaiR-So.Noah FifitaQBJr.Tiaoalii SaveaDLR-Jr.Johnny Unitas Golden Arm AwardNoah FifitaQBJr. Comeback Player of the Year AwardTreydan StukesCBR-Sr. Earl Campbell Tyler Rose AwardTy BuchananOLSr.

Schedule

Rankings

Game summaries vs Hawaii