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High School: Minneapolis Star-Tribune All-Metro RB/LB as a Waconia HS
senior… Minnesota High School All-Star Football Game June 2008… 2007 AP
All-State second-team honors as running back…
Personal: Academic major is sociology... Date of birth April 5, 1990... Recruited
by UA coach Tim Kish…
Fabbians Ebbele 73
Offensive Tackle
Freshman-RS, 6-6, 305 - Chicago, Ill. (Simeon)
Arizona: RS… Penciled in as the starting right tackle
after solid spring ball… One of the Cats twin frosh
towers outside with Baucus… Redshirted in 2010…
High School: Chicago Sun-Times first-team All-Public
League… Sun-Times Area Top 100… Blocked for
Wolverines’ all-city RB Horatio Banks and all-city QB
Robert Gregory…Simeon won city championship in
2009 under coach Jesse Chick… Also standout forward
for Simeon hoops team and threw the shot in track and
field…
Personal: Studies in College of Letters Arts &
Sciences… Date of birth April 2, 1992...
Aiulua Fanene 98
Defensive Tackle
Freshman-RS, 6-4, 295 - Nu’uuli, American Samoa (Tafuna)
Arizona: RS… Likely to earn rotation duty inside after a
good spring showing… Redshirted 2010 on scout team
duty… Earned team award as Scout Defense MVP for
2010… 5,000-mile trip to leave the South Pacific for the
desert as UA’s final signee in the class of 2010…
High School: Played offensive guard and defensive
end… Played in USA Football’s Team USA vs. The
World game in January 2010 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., in
connection with the Pro Bowl, as a member of the
International Federation of American Football worldselect
squad… Starting offensive guard for the
American Samoa All-Star team that beat a Hawaii
team, 23-20, in the 2010 Samoa Bowl VII earlier in
January... Finished his senior season as Co-Defensive Player of the Year and
First-Team All-Star for 2009-2010 football season at Tafuna High School in
American Samoa… Has six years of football experience, including two on the
Tafuna varsity… Played two years of elementary flag football… Older brother,
Jonathan Fanene, plays for the Cincinnati Bengals… greatest football memory
was playing offensive guard in the Samoa 2010 because the competition as
great…
Personal: Academic major is sociology… Son of David and Anna Fanene…
Would like to meet President Barack Obama… Speaks English, Samoan, and
Tongan… One of 12 children… Date of birth Nov. 3, 1992… Pronunciation: eyeih-loo-uh
fa-NAY-nay
Jake Fischer 33
Linebacker, Junior, 5-11, 225
Oro Valley, Ariz. (Ironwood Ridge)
Arizona: 2L… Starting strong-side linebacker whose
status is unclear after knee surgery in April… Full
season as starter in 2010, occasionally giving way to
nickel back in some formations… Finished with 58
tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, two PBUs and a
fumble recovery in 13 games… Season and careerhigh
seven hits against Cal and ASU, six apiece against
Oklahoma State and USC… Pac-10 Special Teams
POW after 29-yard run on fake punt at UCLA…
Coaches POW honors on special teams for UCLA and
Cal games… Lettered as a true freshman backup and
special teams player in 2009, playing in all 13 games…
Won coaches’ special teams co-player of the week
honor in his career debut… Finished with seven tackles (six solo), with seasonhigh
two against both Central Michigan and WSU…
High School: Ironwood Ridge High School, Oro Valley, Ariz., 2009… Arizona
Football Coaches Association Class 5A second-team All-State… PrepStar All-
West… Arizona Republic All-5A second-team honors as a linebacker for coach
Gary Minor… 24 carries for 216 yards in playoffs against Sunnyside…
Nighthawks made 5A Division II state semifinals and had a 10-3 finish… 5A
Southern II All-Region Defensive MVP by coaches in 2008, first-team defense,
2nd-team offense… 2007 All-Southern Arizona by Arizona Daily Star…
Personal: Academic major is pre-business… First-team Academic All-Pac-10 in
2010… Recruited by coach Dave Nichol… Son of Sue and Brett Fischer… Date
of birth Aug. 30, 1990.
Career Totals
Year G-GS UT AT TT Other
2009 13-0 6 1 7 1-1 TFL
2010 13-8 40 18 58 7.5 TFL, 2-11 Sk, 2 PD, FR
Total 26-8 46 19 65 8.5 TFL, 2-11 Sk, 2 PD, FR
2011 Arizona Football
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Marquis Flowers 4
Safety
Sophomore, 6-3, 220 - Phoenix, Ariz. (Millennium)
Arizona: 1L… Starter at strong safety entering true
sophomore season in 2011… Lettered as true
freshman in 13 games, with 11 tackles, primarily on
special teams in 2010… Season-high three hits in
Toledo opener, two at Oregon… Career: 13 GP, 11
tackles
High School: U.S. Army All-America game January
2010 in San Antonio… NewsTribune.com Western
100… Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West
honorable mention… PrepStar Dream Team All-
American… SuperPrep Elite 50, All-America athlete
and All-Farwest … USA Today Tom Lemming’s Top 25
safety… Arizona Republic top-rated senior prospect… Republic All-Arizona firstteam
and first-team All-Class 5A for coach Curtis Mays… SuperPrep publisher’s
Pre-season Top 50… Had 46 tackles, four passes defended, a field-goal block
and two interceptions as a senior…On offense rushed for 1,247 yards and 16
TDs while catching 13 passes for 162 yards… On numerous Top 100 prospects
lists… 150-plus tackles as an underclassman… Rushed for 932 yards and 8 TDs
on offense as a sophomore…
Personal: Academic major to be determined… Recruited by UA coach Tim
Kish… Son of Shawn and Adarin Flowers… Father is hazardous waste manager,
mother works in medical collections… Date of birth Feb. 16, 1992...
Nick Foles 8
Quarterback
Senior, 6-5, 240 - Austin, Texas, Westlake HS
Arizona: 2L… Likely Arizona’s passing-records holder
in many categories with a solid senior year… Team
Offensive co-MVP… Honorable mention All-Pac-10 first
two years… Threw for 3,191 yards despite missing two
games in 2010… Hooked up for 20 touchdown tosses,
third-best in UA history… Pac-10 POW in Iowa victory,
completing 28 of 39 throws for 303 yards and two
scores… Three TD passes each in OSU, USC, Oregon
and ASU games… Career-high 448 yards against OSU,
No. 3 in UA history… Also had 440 against OSU, No.
6… Career-long 85-yard TD throw to Juron Criner
against Oregon… Missed UW, UCLA starts with
sprained knee… Pac-10 leader in yards and
completions per game… Yards were third-most in UA history, completions No.
2… Followed solid debut in 2009… Emerged in third week of season with
performance at Iowa that earned him the starting role the following week…
Finished the year with 2,486 passing yards, a completion percentage of 63.4,
threw 19 touchdowns against nine interceptions and an efficiency rating of
125.25… Yards were then sixth most in school annals, TD throws fourth best,
completion percentage in top 10… His 260 completions and 410 attempts were
then No. 2 in school history... Earned Pac-10 offensive Player of the Week
honors after a then career-best 415-yard, three-touchdown game against
Stanford, which earned national QB of the week citation from College Football
Performance Awards… Threw career-high four TD passes against Oregon, one
of his three 300-plus yardage games… Completed career-high 40 of career-high
51 tosses against the Cardinal for a school-record 78.4 percent and the 415
yards… Then career-long 71-yard pass (Juron Criner) against Oregon… Joined
team for fall camp 2008 as a transfer from Michigan State... Spent redshirt year
at times emulating opponents' quarterbacks with scout teams, also in drills with
top units... Earned team’s Scout Team Player of the Year award for work against
defense… Also earned weekly honors from coaches for work during ASU and
New Mexico preparations…
Career Stats
Year G-GS Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G
2009 12-10 125. 25 260-410-9 63.4 2486 19 71 207.2
2010 11-11 140.86 286-426-10 67.1 3191 20 85 290.1
Total 23-21 133.20 546-836-19 65.3 5677 39 85 246.8
Michigan State: Played in one game during 2007 season, with 5-for-8 passing
for 57 yards including a long pass of 22 yards...
High School: Westlake High School, Austin, Texas, 2006... Set school career
records for passing yards (5,658) and passing TDs (56), breaking marks
previously held by Drew Brees (New Orleans Saints)… Honorable mention Class
5A all-state pick by the Texas Sports Writers Association (TSWA)… Offensive
MVP of the All-District (25-5A) Team... Central Texas (All-Centex) Player of the
Year by the Austin American-Statesman… Tom Lemming All-America as senior.
. . SuperPrep All-Southwest and PrepStar All-Midlands honors . . State 100 by
the Houston Chronicle, No. 8 at QB... Two-year starter for Coach Derek Long...
Completed 187-of-280 throws (.668) for 3,296 yards, 33 touchdowns and just
four interceptions as a senior while leading the Chaparrals to a 12-3 record
including a trip to the Class 5A Division I championship game against Southlake
Carroll… Named to the All-Texas 5A All-Junior Team by 5ATexasFootball.com...
Threw for 2,353 yards and 23 TDs as a junior… Passed for a school-record 383
yards vs. Hays Consolidated in 2005… Three-year starter and two-time team
MVP for Coach Ben Faulkner's Westlake basketball team… Averaged 15 points
and 11 rebounds in 2005-06 while earning all-district honors, and led the district