Mostly sunny and warm today, with a high of 100 in Phoenix.
This will not be quite as warm as the 104-high temperature in Phoenix on Saturday. Winds will increase to 10-15 mph this afternoon in the Phoenix metro area, with some gusts of around 25 mph. In the high country, gusts of 30 mph are possible this afternoon.

The Arizona Wildcats just got done hosting a big recruiting weekend, hosting multiple transfer players on official visits. By Sunday evening, it was clear that these efforts were successful, culminating in numerous commitments from the visitors.

One of the players who announced, albeit not an FBS transfer, was junior college wide receiver Jeremiah Patterson.

Patterson, who is coming in from College of San Mateo, is a perfect fit for the slot position after Kevin Green’s departure for Washington. What’s better, he will most likely slide in behind his CSM teammate Reymello Murphy, who is also heading to Tucson.

The 5-foot-9, 175 pound speedster finished his first JUCO season with 328 yards on 35 catches and 4 scores. This past year, he increased his production in a big way. He caught 55 passes for 790 yards and 11 touchdowns. Some of the eye-opening stats between his 2 seasons in JUCO are his average yards per game and averages yards per catch. His yards per game jumped from 29.8 in 2022 to 60.8 last year. For his yards per catch, 9.4 his first year to 14.4 this past season.

On the recruiting side, he is ranked as a 2-star in 247’s internal JUCO rankings, with no composite ranking. He had 8 offers and chose the Wildcats over Eastern Michigan, UNLV, San Jose State, Georgia State and Missouri State among others.

It is clear that the staff has a strong connection to the College of San Mateo. With Patterson’s announcement, there have been 5 additions from CSM. The others are Murphy, defensive back Johno Price, edge Cyrus Durham, and defensive back Demetrius Freeney (who also committed Sunday).

ARIZONA — The Arizona Cardinals added plenty of talent on both sides of the ball ahead of the 2024 season.

Much of Arizona’s success will come from the offensive side of things, where Kyler Murray now enters offseason activities fully healthy with new weapons in Marvin Harrison Jr., Zay Jones and Trey Benson.

On top of James Conner, Trey McBride, Michael Wilson and Greg Dortch, Murray should have no shortage of options moving forward.

Of course, the added talent eventually means somebody will have to be bounced off the roster when final cuts are made later down the road.

Bleacher Report believes that could be Zach Pascal.

“Similar to a few others, the Cardinals just don’t have the luxury of cutting much recognizable talent. That leaves us with Zach Pascal, a worthwhile dart throw in 2023 who logged 202 snaps at receiver but only caught four passes. He added 202 more plays on special teams,” wrote David Kenyon.

Pascal was brought in last year during the first season of Jonathan Gannon’s tenure. Gannon and Pascal had previous experience together before the wideout was brought to the desert.

Pascal was initially viewed as a serviceable, big-bodied receiver who could bring valuable veteran experience to a young Cardinals roster.

He didn’t play much in 2023, and with the addition of Harrison/Jones, his opportunity isn’t getting any stronger ahead of 2024.

Pascal certainly finds himself on the fringe of the roster – we’ll see if Gannon feels the same way when push comes to shove.