Arizona brings back a lot of experience on the offensive line for the 2022 season. But that experience came in 2020 and 2021, when the Wildcats are very bad in the trenches.
Five UA linemen who are expected to be part of the main rotation this fall have combined for 38 starts, most of those on units that over the previous two seasons allowed 53 sacks and 123 tackles for loss in 17 games. Both figures are the most in the Pac-12 during that span.
In between those linemen had to learn a new offense, with new blocking schemes, and the growing pains showed last fall.