By Brian J. Pedersen, Arizona Desert Swarm: There’s no shortage of stories about in-state recruits that Arizona missed out on during the Kevin Sumlin era. Gunner Cruzfalls into that category, having made several trips to the UA campus while in high school despite the program not having much interest in him.
“I had a little bit of contact with Coach (Noel) Mazzone and Coach Sumlin,” Cruz said Thursday after Arizona’s second spring practice. “But I knew they were taking … they had Grant (Gunnell). I knew what they were doing, I understood it.”

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