There’s no shortage of stories about in-state recruits that Arizona missed out on during the Kevin Sumlin era. Gunner Cruz falls into that category, having made several trips to the UA campus while in high school despite the program not having much interest in him.
“I had a little bit of contact with Coach (Noel) Mazzone and Coach Sumlin,” Cruz said Thursday after Arizona’s second spring practice. “But I knew they were taking … they had Grant (Gunnell). “I knew what they were doing, I understood it.”
Cruz said his visits to the UA were with Queen Creek Casteel High School teammate Khyheem Waleed, a 3-star wide receiver in the 2019 whom the Wildcats were very interested in.