College football recruiters have discovered Pima College’s secondary. Last week, sophomore cornerback Haki Woods of Chicago committed to play for Arizona. A few days later, freshman cornerback Aaron Maddox was offered a scholarship by Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre. You can’t get much deeper Wildcat blood than Maddox has; his father, Richard Maddox, was captain of Arizona’s 1992 Desert Swarm defense. Aaron grew up in Augusta, Georgia. Over its 45-year sports existence, Pima College’s four leading recruits to Arizona have been pitcher Gilbert Heredia; third baseman George Arias; distance runner Abdi Abdirahman; and basketball player Greg Cook. A football player could soon join them: Aztecs linebacker Bryan Pirtleo has narrowed his college choices to Arizona, Oregon, Utah and Texas A&M.


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