Cameron Denson is part of an elite group of in-state recruits in the 2014 class. Photo by Andy Morales, TucsonCitizen.com

Emptying the football notebook after last week’s Signing Day and looking ahead …

The Arizona Wildcats have one committed player for their 2014 class — Salpointe Catholic receiver/defensive back Cameron Denson. Based on the early rankings, he could be the highest-rated recruit of the still-young Rich Rodriguez era.

The major recruiting websites have checked in with their 2014 lists, so let’s have a look.

Denson is:

–41st nationally by 247Sports

–51st by Scout.com

–64th by Rivals.com

Denson is a great start for Arizona as it tries to build its brand in-state. Arizona State, with its third-year coach, Todd Graham, is trying to do the same.

Each coach talks about owning the state in recruiting — “we don’t want just a couple of them; we want them all,” Rodriguez said of the best prospects — but neither program has secured the borders in recent years.

Arizona and Arizona State each signed just one of the state’s top 10 recruits, as ranked by Rivals.com. Linebacker Chans Cox (No. 3) is a Sun Devil; linebacker DeAndre Miller is a Wildcat.

UCLA signed three of the state’s top 10 recruits.

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Mauriece Lee ran for 8.2 yards per carry last season for Marcos de Niza. Photo by Pat Shanahan, The Arizona Republic

As of late last week, the Arizona Wildcats football team had offered scholarships to about 110 high school juniors.

Coach Rich Rodriguez turned two of those offers into player commitments on Saturday, according to multiple reports.

Those two players are running backs – Mauriece Lee from Tempe Marcos de Niza High School and Zachary Green from St. Bonaventure High School in Ventura, Calif.

They were on campus visits this weekend, able to watch the team scrimmage Friday night.

Both are considered three-star prospects by 247Sports.com.

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