Long snapper was among the positions of need for Arizona after its five-week spring practice schedule, and the Wildcats landed one Monday night, when Broden Molen committed to Arizona in front of family and friends at a ceremony at Great Falls High School in Montana.
Molen, a 6-foot, 215-pound senior at Great Falls, also
Molen is one of the top long snappers at the high school level and played in the Navy All-American Bowl in San Antonio in January. Molen is now in position to succeed Justin Holloway, who was a graduate transfer long snapper last season.
Molen is now the only long snapper on Arizona’s roster, after Tucson native and former Salpointe Catholic High School product Trey Naughton entered the transfer portal before medically retiring from football. The Wildcats recently offered Jackson State transfer Avery Salerno, who played the last two seasons with the Tigers in the post-Deion Sanders era.
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Molen joins a specialists group — or, as special teams coordinator Craig Naivar calls it, “teams†— that includes sophomore kicker and punter Michael Salgado-Medina, Illinois State kicker and punter transfer Ian Wagner and walk-on punter Jordan Forbes.
Arizona kicks off the 2025 season against Hawaii on Aug. 30 in Tucson.
Contact Justin Spears, the Star’s Arizona football beat reporter, at jspears@tucson.com. On X(Twitter): @JustinESports
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