Arizona cornerback Tacario Davis officially enters transfer portal with Do Not Contact designation

With all the shuffling of head coaches to end the 2023 college football season, there has been a high amount of transfer portal activity for programs affected by those moves. On Tuesday, the Arizona Wildcats, who saw their former head coach, Jedd Fisch, head north to Washington, lost another player to the transfer portal in cornerback Tacario Davis. The 6-foot-3 defensive back enters with a ‘Do Not Contact’ designation.

Davis played high school football at Millikan High in Long Beach, CA, where he was a three-star prospect. He was the No. 1183 overall recruit in the 2022 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Rankings, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

Arizona donor Humberto Lopez sends message to Jedd Fisch on transfer portal

One prominent donor of the University of Arizona had some strong words for Jedd Fisch after he left the Wildcats to coach at Washington. Humberto Lopez sent a text message to Fisch warning him that he “went out of my way to make sure you didn’t get our best players.”

Arizona received great news Saturday as both quarterback Noah Fifita and receiver Tetairoa McMillan would both return for the 2024 season. It had been rumored that the pair could following Fisch and join the Huskies after connecting for 1,402 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2022.

That in mind, it seems there was some truth to what Lopez said to Fisch. You can view his full message to the former Wildcats coach below, according to Cathie Batbie of KVOA-TV.

“You could have been a legend here at Arizona had you stayed,” he began. “I went out of my way to make sure you didn’t get our best players. I don’t ever wish anyone bad luck and you are the first one. You disappointed me. I thought we were friends.”