Not too many people know the name...Antoine Cason out of the University of Arizona, but the 6'0 190 lb CB has the NFL on notice. Cason, out of Los Alamitos (near Long Beach) CA, has all the tools the NFL looks for out of a CB...size, speed (4.39 forty) jumping ability (40 inch) a willingness to hit and an even stronger desire to learn. Did I mention he also has the bloodline?!! His Dad, Wendell Cason, played at Oregon, and for the Falcons form 1984-87, and his cousins are Ken-Yon Rambo (NYJ) and Avieon Cason (Dallas). His brother ran track at Washington St.

Cason is one of the top defensive backs in the PAC-10, not to mention the nation. He has started all 22 games and played every snap his first two years. He received second-team All-PAC-10 honors in 2005, when he finished with three interceptions, five passes defensed and 50 tackles including 2.5 for losses. Normally plays the strong side of the field, Cason has seven career interceptions coming into the 2006 season, and those 7 picks puts him in position to rate with UA’s best ever on the all-time chart, with five more needed to his the top nine. He had a season-long 27-yard interception return against Oregon. Cason had seven tackles three times last season. He started 11 games as a true freshman in 2004, earning All-PAC-10 honorable mention. Cason was selected to the FWAA and Sporting News freshman All-America teams ... TSN’s All-PAC-10 freshman team selection and PAC-10 defensive freshman of the year honors. Cason was also selected to Rivals.com freshman All-America club. He finished the season 70 tackles (54 solo), 5.5 tackles for loss (-18 yards), four interceptions, six pass breakups and three forced fumbles. Cason was the second-leading tackler on the squad, while ranking fifth in the PAC-10 in interceptions, 20th in tackles, fifth in forced fumbles and ninth in passes defended. He tallied 12 tackles (8 solo) and forced a fumble vs. ASU. Cason also returned an interception 23 yards, had nine tackles (7 solo), two pass breakups and two tackles for a loss (-8 yards) at Washington. Cason also returned two interceptions for a total of 61 yards and tallied five solo tackles vs. California. He was named PAC-10 Defensive Player of the Week after first collegiate game: tallied a career-high 13 tackles (12 solo), including one for a loss, forced two fumbles, broke up one pass and returned an interception four yards vs. NAU.

Out of Los Alamitos high school he was second-team All-CIF Southern Section and first-team Division I CIF as senior. He also earned Southern Section Division I all-defense honors. He was also a member of the Tacoma News-Tribune Western 100 and was a Prep Star All-America selection as a top 300 national recruit. A Super-Prep All-Far-west honors as a Top 100 California prospect and Rivals.com three-star rating and No. 38 as a DB prospect. Cason also played running back at Los Alamitos where he had 41 tackles, four interceptions and two fumble recoveries in 2003. A First-team all-league as a junior, with six interceptions and was the Sunset League Defensive Back of the Year and first-team honors as a senior. Cason was also a member of the Orange County Register first-team all-county. He won team’s ‘Hit of the Year’ for 2002, and he also participated in track.

Cason's activities outside of football show what a well-rounded person he is, his likes includes dogs, PS2, working out and monthly church usher duties. I see Cason as a sure first round pick and possibly the first CB off the board. He reminds me of less physical UA alum, Chris McCalister, but I would say at this point in his progression, he is a better cover corner then Chris Mac.