2008 Arizona roster

32 players. From 8 states; the most from California (10) and Texas (4). The 2008 season.

Our source’s roster for 2008 is partial: 32 names, most without a position or size. Rosters are complete from about 2010.

Quarterbacks 3

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2008
	Willie Tuitama QB4-star recruit		Stockton, CA	3,088 passing yards, 23 TD
10	Matt Scott QB4-star recruit	6′3″	Corona, CA	188 rushing yards, 2 TD
7	Bryson Beirne QB	6′3″	Honolulu, HI	4 rushing yards

Running backs 4

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2008
5	Nic Grigsby RB3-star recruit	5′10″	Whittier, CA	1,153 rushing yards, 13 TD
2	Keola Antolin RB	5′8″	Las Vegas, NV	525 rushing yards, 10 TD
	Xavier Smith RB			153 rushing yards, 5 TD
26	Nick Booth RB	6′2″	Naperville, IL	59 rushing yards

Receivers 7

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2008
	Mike Thomas WR			74 catches, 825 yards, 4 TD
18	Delashaun Dean WR	6′4″	Fairfield, CA	53 catches, 593 yards, 4 TD
84	Terrell Turner WR	6′2″	Garland, TX	43 catches, 580 yards, 1 TD
82	Juron Criner WR	6′4″	Las Vegas, NV	7 catches, 88 yards, 1 TD
19	William Wright WR	5′9″	Tatum, OK	3 catches, 42 yards
85	David Douglas WR	6′1″	McKinney, TX	3 catches, 41 yards
81	David Roberts WR	6′0″	Rancho Cucamonga, CA	2 catches, 15 yards

Tight ends 2

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2008
48	Rob Gronkowski TE4-star recruit		6′6″	265	Amherst, NY	47 catches, 672 yards, 10 TD
88	A.J. Simmons TE		6′3″		Oakland, CA	2 catches, 11 yards

Defensive line 1

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2008
44	Ricky Elmore DE		6′5″		Simi Valley, CA	1 INT

Defensive backs 4

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2008
24	Trevin Wade CB3-star recruit	5′11″	Round Rock, TX	4 INT
6	Devin Ross CB4-star recruit	5′11″	Rancho Cucamonga, CA	3 INT
9	Joseph Perkins S	6′2″	Gardena, CA	1 INT
2	Mike Turner CB	5′11″	Manteca, CA

Specialists 3

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2008
	Jason Bondzio K			14 of 16 field goals
47	Keenyn Crier P	6′1″	Spring, TX	48 punts, 43.9 average
14	Alex Zendejas PK	5′11″	Glendale, AZ	5 of 5 extra points

Athletes and others 8

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2008
	Marquis Hundley			4 INT
	Nate Ness			2 INT
	Ronnie Palmer			1 INT
37	Chris Gronkowski	6′2″	Amherst, NY	8 catches, 198 yards, 3 TD
	Derrick Barkum			1 return, 42 yards
	Brandon Lopez			1 catch, 12 yards
	James Tretheway
	Joe Longacre

Rosters from CollegeFootballData.com, as the school listed them, each group in order of its players’ 2008 production (yards, tackles, kicks), then by number. Hometowns are each player’s latest on file. Transfers are this season’s arrivals through the portal; stars are the player’s 247Sports composite rating as a recruit.