Far away from Arizona Stadium on Saturday, a “what could have been” scenario played out for the Wildcats in College Station, Texas.
There, Ole Miss decided to burn its redshirt on highly-touted true freshman quarterback Shea Patterson.
Patterson led the Rebels on an impressive comeback in his first-ever college game, overcoming a 21-6 deficit to score 23 fourth quarter points and beat No. 8 Texas A&M 29-28. Patterson set an Ole Miss freshman record with 338 passing yards and 402 total yards.
Patterson verbally committed to the UA in December 2012 as a high school freshman. He decommitted two years later and flipped to LSU before ultimately settling on Ole Miss.
Patterson played alongside UA receiver Shun Brown and former Wildcats running back Orlando Bradford at Calvary Baptist High School in Shreveport, Louisiana, before transferring to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, as a senior.
