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Arizona football countdown: 45 days...will the breakout player be Derrick Turituri?

What can we expect from No. 45?

Whenever you're talking Arizona Wildcats linebackers, the conversation usually starts and ends with Scooby Wright III, which is understandable.

But there's a guy that flanks him who I think could have an enormous season. That guy is Derrick Turituri.

Starting in eight of the 14 games last year, Turituri piled up 44 total tackles, five tackles for loss, and his three sacks were tied with Reggie Gilbert for fourth-most on the team.

Turituri played both tight end and linebacker in high school, and Rich Rodriguez has joked about using either him or Scooby at tailback at some point in their Arizona careers.