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Arizona football: Sammy Morrison blazing his own trail as a true freshman

When people talk Sammy Morrison, it doesn't take long before his father, Daryl Morrison, comes up in the conversation.

Daryl played at Arizona in the early 1990s, and was a crucial member of those Desert Swarm defenses. But the new Morrison shouldn't just be labeled as Daryl's son.

"Obviously he played for the Desert Swarm defense, one of the greatest defenses ever," Sammy said of his dad. "He just told me about his experience about how he came from a junior college and just laid his claim on this program and tried to do the best that he could.