When Arizona last played a college football game—if you call being on the losing end of a 70-7 result at home to your arch rival as actually playing, that is—it started six Wildcats who grew up in the state. Another nine Arizona-bred players saw action in that disastrous contest.
When the UA returns to the field, on Saturday night in Las Vegas against BYU, as many as nine in-state products could be among the starting lineup while another 10 figure to play significantly.
All told, Arizona has 18 players from its own state on its season-opening depth chart that was released Thursday.