Since the end of the 2025 season, Arizona head coach Brent Brennan and his staff have hit the high school recruiting trail hard, extending offers to hundreds of prospects and making progress with some of their top targets.
While the Wildcats’ primary focus has been on the 2027 cycle, they are also targeting several recruits in the 2028 cycle, including recently extending an offer to a three-star quarterback from Texas.
Arizona Offers 3-Star 2028 Quarterback
On Jan. 27, Arizona extended an offer to Tristin Gaines, a three-star quarterback from Waller High School in Waller, Texas. He shared on X that the Wildcats’ offer came after a conversation with offensive coordinator Seth Doege.
#AGTG✝️ After great conversation with @CoachDoege I’m blessed to receive a 🅾️ffer from @ArizonaFBall blessed🙏🏾! @waller_football@MarcusMendoza@[email protected]/Uo8lTcUpbs
— Tristin “TK” Gaines (@TKGaines0) January 27, 2026
- “AGTG After great conversation with [Coach Doege], I’m blessed to receive an offer from [Arizona Football] blessed!” Gaines wrote.
Arizona is the ninth Division I program and eighth Power Four school to offer Gaines, joining Baylor, Houston, TCU, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Vanderbilt, and SMU. He’s coming off a strong sophomore season at Waller, where, according to his X, he threw for 2,016 yards and 22 touchdowns, while adding 542 yards and 9 scores on the ground.
Although it’s still early in his process, Gaines has already established himself as one of the top signal-callers in the country. Rivals’ industry rankings list him as the No. 142 overall player in the 2028 class, the No. 10 quarterback, and the No. 15 prospect from Texas…