4. Eddie Wilson, Chandler High School

UA football was in the dumpster, 1-8-1 in 1957, when Wilson was chosen MVP of the annual Arizona High School All-Star Game in Flagstaff in August, 1958. He did not make his final college choice – Arizona or Missouri – until the first week of school. By his senior year, Wilson led Arizona to an 8-1-1 record, then the finest in school history, leading Arizona into the modern era of football. The Wildcats were 15-4-1 his final two seasons.

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