Of the 23 high school players that Arizona signed in the 2022 recruiting class, its best in at least 15 years, 14 were from California and the majority hailed from the southern part of the state. The 2023 class is shaping up to have the same makeup, with eight of 17 known commitments coming from the Golden State.
As coach Jedd Fisch sees it, that reliance on California prospects will only increase as UCLA and USC prepare to leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten in 2024.
“We are a California-based recruiting program,” Fisch said at Pac-12 Football Media Day.