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Arizona football: Brandon Golson commits to Arizona

Junior college linebacker Brandon Golson has verbally committed to Rich Rodriguez and the University of Arizona's football program.

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After originally verbally committing to the University of South Carolina, Georgia Military College linebacker Brandon Golson has now committed to the University of Arizona.

The 6'3, 220-pound linebacker is listed as three star recruit by Rivals.com, and also received interest from Texas A&M and Tennessee before giving a verbal commitment to Rich Rodriguez on Monday.

Golson has 11 tackles and one forced fumble for Georgia Military College through four games this season. In 2011, Golson recorded 24 tackles and one interception in 10 games.

After starting the season with three consecutive wins, Arizona has lost three straight games to ranked Pac-12 opponents -- Stanford, Oregon State and Oregon -- to fall to 3-3 on the season. The Wildcats are giving up 32.7 points a game, which ranks 97th nationally.

Arizona will attempt to win its first conference game and a end a three game losing streak at home against Washington this Saturday. Washington is coming off a 52-21 loss to Oregon.