2024 Arizona Wildcats football team

The 2024 Arizona Wildcats football team will represent the University of Arizona in the Big 12 Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Arizona will be led by first year head coach Brent Brennan. They play at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona. The season will be the Wildcats' first year in the Big 12.

Previous season
The Wildcats finished the 2023 season with a 10–3 overall record and a 7–2 record in conference play, good for third place. The Wildcats finished the season on a seven-game winning streak, achieving the fourth 10-win regular season in program history. The Wildcats netted a berth in the 2023 Alamo Bowl, the school's first bowl appearance since 2017, where they faced the Oklahoma Sooners. Arizona won 38–24, marking their first bowl victory since 2015. Arizona finished ranked 11th in the final AP Poll, their highest finish in the poll since the 1998 season.

Spring Game
The Wildcats were scheduled to hold spring practices on March 26, 2024, with spring game is tentatively scheduled to take place in Tucson, Arizona on April 27, 2024.

Preseason Big 12 Poll

 * First place votes in

Preseason Big-12 awards
2024 Preseason All Big-12 teams

Offensive

Defense

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Preseason All-Americans
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Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released

Depth Chart
True Freshman Double Position : * projected Depth Chart Week 1 vs New Mexico

Coaching staff additions

 * : to be confirmed

Team departures
Over the course of the off-season, Arizona lost 42 total players. 5 players graduated, 11 declared for the NFL Draft, while the other 26 entered the transfer portal.

Transfers out
The Wildcats have lost 26 players via transfer.

Transfers in
The Wildcats have added 26 players via transfer. According to 247 Sports, Arizona had the No. 37 ranked transfer class in the country.

Note: Players with a dash in the new school column didn't land on a new team for the 2024 season.

CFL global draft
The following player have headed for the 2024 CFL global Draft : TE Tanner McLahlan.

Returning starters
Offense

Defense

Special teams

Recruiting Class
Arizona signed 8 players in the 2024 recruiting cycle. The Wildcats' was ranked fifty-six by 247Sports and ranked forty-six by Rivals.com rankings. No Arizona signees were ranked in the ESPN 300 top prospect list. Arizona also signed 4 JuCo, 6 walk-ons during national signing period.

*= 247Sports Composite rating; ratings are out of 1.00. (five stars= 1.00–.98, four stars= .97–.90, three stars= .80–.89) †= Despite being rated as a four and five star recruit by ESPN, On3.com, Rivals.com and 247Sports.com, Williams and Whittington received a four star 247Sports Composite rating. Δ= Demond Williams Jr. and Jordan Washington left the Arizona program following signing but prior to the 2024 season.

2024 overall class rankings

 Walks-ons 

Awards and honors
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