Anu Solomon

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Anu Solomon
Arizona Wildcats No. 12
Position Quarterback
Class Redshirt Sophomore
Major Economy and Industry
Career history
College
High school Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, NV)
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-11-05) November 5, 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Honolulu, Hawaii
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Jarrett Pekelo Kahanuolaokalani "Anu" Solomon Jr. (born November 5, 1994) is an American football quarterback for the Arizona Wildcats. Solomon was named the Wildcats starting quarterback as a redshirt freshman on August 25, 2014.

Early years

Solomon is Hawaiian. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada at age 10. He grew up with an interest in sports. His father, Jarrett Sr., was an all star, all-state linebacker at Farrington High school and attended San Jose State University. As a youngster, Anu played a variety of sports—baseball (pitcher), basketball (point guard) and football (linebacker and quarterback).

Solomon graduated from Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2013. In four seasons, he passed for 5,234 yards and 49 touchdowns, and rushed for another 1,263 yards and 19 more scores in leading the four time champion Bishop Gorman Gaels to an overall record of 43–3.

As a freshman, Bishop Gorman won its first 12 games. Solomon passed for 2,026 yards with 19 touchdowns, and had 78 yards rushing with 3 touchdowns. He led Bishop Gorman to a 12–1 record.

In his sophomore year, Solomon passed for 2,419 yards and 42 touchdowns, and also rushed for 276 yards and two scores. Bishop Gorman had a 13–2 record.

Solomon passed for 2,770 yards and 41 touchdowns in his junior year of high school. He also rushed for 389 yards and six scores. Bishop Gorman finished with a 15–1 record.

Solomon, in his senior year, became the most accomplished passer in Nevada history. Quarterbacking the Bishop Gorman Gaels since his freshman season, he helped in winning the school a record four state titles. In his final high school season, Solomon passed for 2,271 yards and threw 30 touchdowns, while rushing for 179 yards and eight scores. He led Bishop Gorman to a 12–1 record and won a record fourth state title.

Coming out of high school, Solomon received scholarship offers from Football Bowl Subdivision schools Arizona, Arizona State, Brigham Young University, Colorado, Illinois, Purdue, Utah, Oregon State, Hawaii, Washington, Washington State, Wisconsin and the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. Solomon made a verbal commitment to Arizona on National Signing Day and signed with Arizona on May 2012.[1] He was ranked by Rivals.com as a four-star recruit and the second best dual-threat quarterback in his class.[2]

Name Home town High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Anu Solomon
QB		 Las Vegas, NV Bishop Gorman High School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 202 lb (92 kg) May 20, 2012 
Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 76
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 27   Rivals: 37  ESPN: 39
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College career

2013

Solomon signed with the Arizona Wildcats in 2012 and redshirted that year.[3]

2014

In 2014, Solomon would enter his redshirt freshman year as the unquestioned starter for the Wildcats and as one of the most high-profile players at the FBS level.[4][5] He would lead his team to a first-ever Pac-12 Conference South division championship, losing to Oregon in the Pac-12 championship, and also a first-ever trip to the Fiesta Bowl for College Football Playoff's New Years Six losing to Boise State. In 15 games in 2014, Solomon threw for 3,793 yards and 28 touchdown passes, both of which rank as the third-best totals in FBS single-season history.

2015

In 2015, Solomon would enter his redshirt sophomore year as the starting quarterback for the Wildcats. Arizona entered the 2015 season ranked No. 22 by the Associated Press and Coaches Poll. In the season opener, Solomon completed 22 of 36 passes for 229 yards and four touchdowns as Arizona defeated University of Texas at San Antonio 34–16.

Statistics

All statistics from arizonawildcats.com[6]

Passing Rushing Receiving
Season* Team W-L Games C-A Comp % Yards TD INT RAT Att Yards Avg TD Rec Yards Avg TD
2014 Arizona 10–4 13 313–540 58.0 3,793 28 9 130.7 137 291 2.1 2 1 21 21 0
2015 Arizona 7–5 11 205–330 62.7 2,667 20 5 143.7 61 186 7.0 2 0 4 0 0
Career Arizona 17–9 24 518–870 59.5 6,460 48 14 130.2 160 378 2.3 3 1 25 21 0

Year* 2013 – red shirt

Awards & Honors

High School Awards & Honors

  • Prep Top-150 Dream Team
  • Lemming Top Player (Combo Passer) selection
  • Three-time all-conference (Division I/I Sunset)
  • Three-time all-region
  • Four-time all-state selection (NV)
  • Three-time MaxPreps All-American

2014

  • Polynesian College Football Player of the Year finalists
  • All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
  • 2x Coaches Offensive Player of the Week
  • Three-time Manning Award of the Week
  • Athlon Sports' National Freshman of the Week
  • Two-time Davey O'Brien Award QB of the Week
  • Athlon Sports' Pac12 Player of the Week
  • Vegas Seven- Las Vegas Bowl Pac-12 Player of the Week, Sept. 24th
  • Maxwell Award Preseason Watchlist

2015

†Shared award

Records

Pac-12 Conference

Arizona

Note – Conference Records are also school records. Once a conference record is recorded, its corresponding school record is removed. For example, the record for single season total touchdowns is only recorded in the conference section, but it is both a conference record and a University of Arizona record.

Personal life

Anu is the son of Jarrett Sr. and Jamielyn Solomon and he has three siblings. His given name is Jarrett Pekelo Kahanuolaokalani Jr. He has shortened his middle name to Anu because his young cousins couldn't pronounce Kahanu. At college, he is majoring in economy and industry.

References

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