Arizona football's Hunter Echols has become a mentor for Wildcats

Hunter Echols has become a mentor for Arizona football's freshmen. E chols transferred to Arizona in January. He has appeared in 39 college games. He believes the players are more advanced at this stage than he was. Arizona's defensive coordinator Johnny Nansen believes E Chols is more mature. The Wildcats play North Dakota State on Saturday. They are ranked 99th in the FBS. Russell Davis II and Sterling Lane II are the only freshmen on the team. Jacob Manu is one of EChols' favorite players. Nanson was Eachols position coach when he began his college career.

Josh Baker has had some problems with snapping the ball. Offensive line coach Brennan Carroll is not overly concerned about it. Baker made two bad snaps against Mississippi State. One of them was too high for quarterback Jayden de Laura to handle cleanly. Backup center JT Hand suffered a minor shoulder injury in the opener.

UA receiver Dorian Singer is from Saint Paul, Minnesota. North Dakota State linebacker Luke Weerts is the older brother of UA linebacker Mojo Weerds. Lucas Havrisik played for Arizona from 2017-21. He was signed to the Indianapolis Colts' practice squad.