Name: Rhedi Short
Position: Safety
Height: 6-1
Weight: 175 pounds
Hometown (high school): Los Angeles (Cathedral).
Rating: Three stars, No. 50 safety, No. 8 West, No. 4 California.
Other offers: UCLA, Oregon, Penn State, Washington, Colorado.
2016 stats: 47 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, 12 pass deflections, 2 forced fumbles.
Who he is: A former UCLA commit, Short flipped to the Wildcats not long after visiting Arizona’s campus in the fall. He’s expressed some interest in Illinois since, but visited the UA campus over the weekend.
How he fits: Short is one of four safeties in Arizona’s 2017 class, and the Wildcats return a bunch of safeties with experience from last year — namely, Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles, Tristan Cooper and Isaiah Hayes. Playing time will be hard to come by, though Arizona is desperate for defensive depth.
He said it: “The biggest thing is, I was most comfortable there (at Arizona). So when I was up there, and I was talking to everybody, it just felt like home.” — Short
