PRESCOTT — Uriah Tenette possesses one of those rare and unique talents to be good at anything he chooses to set his mind to.

From changing positions on the football field this fall, to being unstoppable on the basketball court, or dominating his friends in a game of EA Sports’ College Football 2025. Even the prowess he shows at the local bowling alley where a 206 score can be hard to come by for most, but not for this Prescott senior.

Eclipsing the career 2,000 points scored mark during a mid-December game against ALA-Gilbert, Tenette continues to rack up accolades and he hasn’t even walked across the graduation stage yet.

He’s currently averaging a tick over 27 points per game this season after averaging 31.4 as a junior.

Recently committing to play basketball for UC-San Diego next year, the California kid was named the 2024 All-Grand Canyon Region Player of the Year after completing 104 of 188 passes for 2,117 yards and 21 touchdowns, while running 127 times for 927 yards and 15 touchdowns this past fall.

Not bad for a young man who played receiver for much of his career and never took a snap under center until August.

The 5-foot-11, 170-pound safety also received first team All-State honors in the 4A conference after collecting five interceptions and 56 tackles for Prescott, which went 10-2 overall this season, won the Grand Canyon region title and made it to the second round of the state playoffs.

Accolades are nothing new for Tenette, who won the Grand Canyon Region Player of the Year in basketball as a sophomore and junior, and will be searching for his third consecutive crown this season in 2024-25.

There can’t be too many region player of the year award winners in both football and basketball in the same school year, can there?

Tenette said he’s always known that he wanted to play basketball at the next level.

“I’ve been talking to UC-San Diego for a while now, since the end of my sophomore year. It just felt like the right fit, the coaches loved me, and I loved them back,” Tenette said, adding that the campus isn’t too far from his family in Prescott.

“I’m also California born and raised, northern California," Tenette said. "So, I have family there too. It was the right spot. Being next to the beach, you can’t go wrong with that.”

The senior said he doesn’t have too much trouble transitioning from football to basketball.

“I’m used to it. Me and my dad are in the gym during football. I always work on my basketball skills, no matter what,” said Tenette, who plays plenty of his College Football video game to relax, giving his allegiance to Ohio State.

“My older brother always liked Ohio State and so I’ve always followed them,” Tenette said.

So it was no surprise when the first-year quarterback scored six touchdowns against Combs during a September game that saw him toss three scores, run for two and return a 105-yard interception for touchdown.

“Simply put, he’s one of the best players in the state on both sides, offense and defense. I don’t know what else to say, he’s unbelievable. Chandler, anywhere, he’s one of the best players in the state, anywhere,” longtime Prescott head coach Cody Collett said after Tenette’s standout game in September.

Collett knew his senior was heading to play hoops in college, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t good enough to throw the pigskin around at that level, he said.

“[He’s a] Division I football player, there’s no question in my mind about it,” Collett said in September.

As for his basketball coach, Travis Stedman had plenty to gush about after watching his star score 47 points in a game against Tempe last year, a school record.

“Since his first day in summer camp freshman year, he has been a winner. His pick-up teams always win. His small groups always win in practice,” Stedman said. “He’s a competitor that plays the game with such joy, but has the IQ of someone three-times his age. His contribution to our program and community has been very profound.”

Brian M. Bergner Jr. has covered professional, collegiate and high school sports for more than 20 years. Follow him on Twitter @AzPreps365Brian. Have a story idea? Email Brian at bbergner@azpreps365.com.