While discussing his new quarterback additions last week, Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez asserted that freshmen Donavan Tate and Rhett Rodriguez had brought a new sense of “maturity” to the room.
It made sense. Tate is a 26-year-old, married father of three who spent most of the past eight years playing minor-league baseball. Rodriguez, the coach’s son, approaches the game like a coach.
Rich Rodriguez didn’t say the returning quarterbacks lacked maturity.
But Brandon Dawkins and Khalil Tate would be the first to tell you how much they have grown as players and people during their time in Tucson.