Jalen Harris had a good reason to wear No. 49 at Arizona. The number was a tribute to his father Sean, who also donned it when he was an all-conference linebacker for the Wildcats in the 1990s.
But when Jedd Fisch announced that Arizona’s No. 1 jersey would be awarded based on merit this season, Harris was willing to ditch the family heirloom.
“First of all, not many D linemen wear single digits, so I thought that was a good opportunity to do that,” Harris said. “And also you had to earn it.