2021 Arizona Wildcats football team

The 2021 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona during the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Jedd Fisch, and they played their home games at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona. It was the Wildcats' 122nd season overall and 43rd as a member of the Pac-12 Conference and 11th in the Pac-12 South Division.

Outgoing transfers
The Wildcats lost fifteen players via transfer portal for the 2021 season.

Incoming transfers

The Wildcats add fourteen players via transfer portal from the 2020 season.

Recruiting class
The Wildcats signed a total of 18 scholarship recruits and 7 walk-ons during national signing period.

2021 NFL draft
The following Wildcats were selected in the 2021 NFL draft.

Returning starters
Offense

Defense

Special teams

† Indicates player was a starter in 2020 but missed all of 2021 due to injury.

Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released

Pac-12 Media Day
The Pac-12 Media Day was held on July 27, 2021, in Hollywood, California. Arizona head coach Jedd Fisch, wide receiver Stanley Berryhill, and linebacker Anthony Pandy were in attendance to field questions from the media.

Preseason All-Pac-12 teams
Second team

Coaching staff

 * Graduate assistants


 * Analysts

Depth chart
Starters and backups.

True Freshman

Double Position : *

Depth Chart Source: 2021 Arizona Wildcats Football Fact Book

Spring game
The 2021 Wildcats spring game is tentatively scheduled to take place in Tucson, Arizona on April 24, 2021. The Wildcats were scheduled to hold spring practices on March 23, 2021, will practice every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday for five weeks.

Regular season
The Wildcats' 2021 schedule consists of 4 home and 5 away games and 1 neutral site game for the regular season. Arizona's out of conference opponents represent the Big Sky, NCAA Division I FBS independent and Mountain West conferences. The Wildcats currently own the nations longest FBS losing streak at 14 games.

The Wildcats are scheduled to play three non-conference games, against San Diego State from the (Mountain West) and Northern Arizona from the (Big Sky) at home and on the neutral against BYU (NCAA Division I FBS independent) at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. The Wildcats are scheduled to host California, UCLA, Utah and Washington. They are scheduled to travel to Colorado, Oregon, Washington State, USC and arch-rival Arizona State for the 95th annual Territorial Cup. Arizona is not scheduled to play Pac-12 North opponents Oregon State, and Stanford for the 2021 Pac-12 regular season.

Defense
Key: POS: Position, SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, PD: Passes Defended, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FR: Fumbles Recovered, FF: Forced Fumbles, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties, TD : Touchdown

NFL draft
The NFL draft will be held at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada on April 28–30, 2022.

Six Arizona Wildcats players who were picked in the 2022 NFL draft:

NFL draft combine
No members of the 2021 team were invited to participate in drills at the 2022 NFL Scouting Combine.

† Top performer

DNP = Did not participate

Radio

 * ESPN Radio – (ESPN Tucson 1490 AM & 104.09 FM) – Nationwide (Dish Network, Sirius XM, TuneIn radio and iHeartRadio)
 * KCUB 1290 AM – Football Radio Show – (Tucson, AZ)
 * KHYT – 107.5 FM (Tucson, AZ)
 * KTKT 990 AM – La Hora de Los Gatos (Spanish) – (Tucson, AZ)
 * KGME 910 AM – (IMG Sports Network) – (Phoenix, AZ)
 * KTAN 1420 AM – (Sierra Vista, AZ)
 * KDAP 96.5 FM (Douglas, Arizona)
 * KWRQ 102.3 FM – (Safford, AZ/Thatcher, AZ)
 * KIKO 1340 AM – (Globe, AZ)
 * KVWM 970 AM – (Show Low, AZ/Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ)
 * XENY 760 – (Nogales, Sonora) (Spanish)

TV

 * CBS Family – KOLD (CBS), CBSN
 * ABC/ESPN Family – KGUN (ABC), ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+,
 * FOX Family – KMSB (FOX), FOX/FS1, FSN
 * Pac-12 Network (Pac-12 Arizona)
 * NBC – KVOA, NBC Sports, NBCSN