Scheme: 4-2-5
Defensive Coordinator: Marcel Yates
Pass Defense: 214.2 yards/game (61st)
Run Defense: 204.6 yards/game (108th)
Total Defense: 28.4 ppg (84th)
Week 5: 24-20 Loss @ USC (197 passing yards, 253 rushing yards)
Redshirt Senior Dereck Boles is the anchor of the Arizona defensive line. He started all of the 2017 season after being a JUCO transfer the year before and has been the nose tackle for this defense ever since. PJ Johnson, another JUCO transfer, is playing in his first year with the Wildcats.