Jayden de Laura joined Arizona in January, and almost from the moment he arrived he was penciled in as the Wildcats’ starting quarterback. That meant he got a full compliment of spring practices and all of preseason training camp to learn, and then master, Jedd Fisch’s offense.
But there’s a big difference between practice and games, with the chances for something to go wrong amplified in the latter. That was the case a week ago when de Laura threw three interceptions and was also sacked twice against Mississippi State, looking a lot less polished than in his UA debut at San Diego State.