Redshirt report: Predicting which Arizona Wildcats freshmen will, won’t play

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The Arizona Wildcats are about to enter game-week preparations for their season opener against Northern Arizona. They participated in a dress rehearsal Friday night, and if you were paying close attention to the "Beanie Bowl" – which I was; it's my job, after all – you could get a feel for who's going to play this year and who isn't.

The scout-team players – those most likely to redshirt – stood on the west sideline and wore all-white uniforms. The rest of the squad manned the east sideline and wore red game jerseys.

Based on who was wearing what and other factors, here's a look at which UA freshmen are going to play this season, which ones will redshirt and which ones are straddling the fence. (Note: The list does not include walk-ons, with the exception of Donavan Tate.)


WILL PLAY IN 2017 (13)

RB Nathan Tilford
WR-RB Gary Brightwell
WR Brian Casteel
TE Bryce Wolma
DT Kurtis Brown
DE Kylan Wilborn
DE Jalen Harris
LB Colin Schooler
LB Tony Fields II
CB Tony Wallace
S Scottie Young Jr.
S Troy Young
K Lucas Havrisik
WILL REDSHIRT IN 2017 (10)


QB K'Hari Lane
WR Drew Dixon
TE Bryce Gilbert
OT Edgar Burrola
DE My-King Johnson
DE Jose Ramirez
LB JB Brown
CB Malik Hausman
S Rhedi Short
S Xavier Bell
TO BE DETERMINED (3)

QB Rhett Rodriguez
QB Donavan Tate
LB Anthony Pandy
Comment: Rodriguez, Tate and Pandy were on the red team Friday; Rodriguez and Tate played extensively. Ideally, neither will be required to play in a real game this season. As of now, though, they're neck and neck for the No. 3 QB job, so it's impossible to separate them. It's hard to see a path to playing time for Pandy, unless it's on special teams, but his presence on that sideline suggests the coaches like him.

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