DEL: WELCOME BACK. TAYVIAN CUNNINGHAM, WHO WAS BORN RIGHT HERE IN FAIRFIELD, IS A UNIQUE ATHLETE. HIS SKILL SET HAS EARNED HIM NATIONAL RESPECT ON THE TRACK AND ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD. TAYVIAN CUNNINGHAM IS THIS WEEK’S MY58 SUPERSTAR OF THE WEEK. CUNNINGHAM IS A QUICK RECEIVER WHO CAN DOMINATE THE SHORT ROUTES, AND HE IS FAST ENOUGH TO BE A DEEP THREAT AS WELL. TELL ME ABOUT THE FOUR GAMES THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PLAYED THIS YEAR. >> INJURIES WAIT ON ME. IT WAS NOT THE BEST. EVERYONE WAS GOING THROUGH TOUGH TIMES. DEL: PRE-PANDEMIC, CUNNINGHAM PLAYED IN ALL GAMES FOR THE WILDCATS. IN 2020, AS COLLEGE FOOTBALL BATTLED COVID-19, HE STILL PUT UP GREAT NUMBERS, DESPITE THE WILDCATS PLAYING ONLY FOUR GAMES. AFTER THAT ABBREVIATED COVID SEASON, THE NCAA GAVE B1 SENIORS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN FOR ANOTHER YEAR. >> I DID NOT HAVE MUCH ON MY RESUME YET, SO I DECIDED TO COME BACK AND FILL IT UP MORE. DEL: WHAT MAKES TAYVIAN UNIQUE IS THAT FOOTBALL IS NOT HIS ONLY FORTE. THE GUY IS A WORLD-CLASS SPRINTER AS WELL. HE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET DRAFTED AND/OR QUALIFY FOR THE YOU ARE -- QUALIFY FOR THE OLYMPIC TRIALS. HE IS THAT GOOD, COACH. >> HE IS. COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, NOBODY KNEW ABOUT HIM AND HE WAS VERY INCONSISTENT, I WOULD SAY, AND THEN WHEN HE CAME TO MY DOOR, KNOCKED ON MY DOOR AND SAID, HEY, I’M TAYVIAN CUNNINGHAM, I KNEW WHO HE WAS, AND WE JUST STARTED WORKING WITH HIM. TO DO BOTH IS EXCEPTIONAL. TO DO ONE IS GREAT, BUT TO DO BOTH, I THINK HE HAS THE ABILITY TO DO THAT, AND IF HE JUST STAYS IN THE RIGHT COURSE, WHICH I THINK HE WILL, HE IS GOING TO DO WELL. DEL: HOW IS IT BEING A DUAL SPORT ATHLETE AT A D1 COLLEGE, PAC-12? >> COMMUNICATION IS KEY. THE HEAD HAS TO BE ALL IN WITH IT, GIVE THE OK FOR IT. DEL: IN FACT, WHILE RUNNING TRACK AT SAC CITY COLLEGE, CUNNINGHAM TURNED INTO HUNDRED METER TIMES COMPARABLE TO ONE AN OLYMPIC TRIALS ATHLETE WOULD RUN. >> I STARTED OFF RUNNING AROUND 21.3, THE SAME TIME I RAN IN HIGH SCHOOL AS A SENIOR. IT STARTED KICKING IN WHEN ERRANI 20.8 AT SAC STATE -- WHEN I RAN A 20.8 AT SAC STATE. AFTER THAT, I WAS GETTING CALLS FROM EVERYWHERE. DEL: CUNNINGHAM HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MULTISPORT ATHLETE. HE WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL IN VACAVILLE WHEN THE WILDCATS WENT TO-ONE IN 2016. AFTER THAT SEASON, HE FINISHED FIFTH IN THE STATE MEET IN THE 200 METERS. HE WOULD LATER RUN TRACK AND PLAY FOOTBALL FOR SEX CITY COLLEGE, EARNING ALL-AMERICAN HONORS AS A RETURN SPECIALIST IN 2017. THIS SPORTS STAR SAYS HIS FAMILY HAS BEEN A DRIVING FORCE. >> THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT I DO IT FOR. MY MOM, MY STEPDAD, AND MY DAD ALWAYS WORK AND NEVER DOUBTED ME AND NEVER PUT ME DOWN. I’LL -- THEY ALWAYS KNEW I WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL. I CAN’T THANK THEM MORE FOR THAT. DE IRONI