To put that number in perspective, Anu Solomon passed for 283 yards in last year’s game vs. Colorado — and didn’t throw a pass in the fourth quarter, when Rodriguez replaced him with Jerrard Randall.

Dawkins is averaging 74.6 rushing yards per game. (He missed the Oct. 15 game against USC because of a concussion.) He would need to average almost double that — 134.3 — to reach 1,000. No one else has a realistic chance. Given that Rodriguez plans to continue to rotate his quarterbacks, Dawkins probably doesn’t, either.

Arizona’s leading receiver, sophomore Shun Brown, has 25 catches for 406 yards and three touchdowns. That puts him on pace for 33, 541 and four. (All projections are for 12 games. It should be noted that the UA played 13 games in 2012, ’13 and ’15, and 14 games in ’14.)

The lowest previous totals for a leading receiver under Rodriguez came via then-freshman Nate Phillips in 2013: 51 catches for 696 yards. Phillips had seven touchdowns. At least one receiver had at least six in each of Rodriguez’s first four seasons.

Stats aren’t a frequent topic of conversation among the wide receivers or any position group.