89  Derick Barkum Class: Junior Hometown: Brawley, Calif. High School: Brawley Last College: San Diego Mesa CC Height / Weight: 6-2 / 185 Position: Wide Receiver Birthdate: 10/07/1987 Experience: RS

Arizona: SQ... Barkum will contend for role in receiving corps after minimal debut in 2007... Played in second game of the year against NAU and caught two passes for seven yards, but injury thwarted return... Signed a scholarship agreement in late May `07... UA's first recruit out of Imperial Valley since Jimmie Hopkins of Brawley Union was an early Desert Swarm member from 1990-93... Junior College: Mesa Community College, San Diego, 2007... Caught 33 passes for 673 yards and seven touchdowns in 2006... Earned second-team All-Foothill Conference... High School: Brawley, Calif., High School, 2005... Helped team compete for San Diego Section title as a senior, as tight end, running back and defensive back, plus returned punts (20.77) and kickoffs (27.4) his senior year in `04... Ran the 110 hurdles and 400 for the track team, earning Breitbard All-CIF as a hurdler after earning the section title in 2005...