With both Arizona quarterbacks Jayden de Laura and Noah Fifita playing in four games through the first half of the season, GOAZCATS.com will be breaking down de Laura and Fifita’s performance through their respective efforts.
Jayden de Laura (stats through four starts: 87 of 125 passing for 1069 yards, nine touchdowns, and five interceptions)
Before suffering an ankle injury at the start of the fourth quarter at Stanford which caused him to miss the last three starts, de Laura has had his ups and downs. A streaky signal-caller, the Honolulu native, who Fisch compared to legendary NFL quarterback Brett Favre, has had games like UTEP where he threw for 285 yards, three touchdowns, and zero interceptions, but other performances such as the Mississipi State game in Starkville, where he threw four interceptions, three of which came in the first quarter.