AP National Player of the Week - Jeff Sims
- A big reason why was the play of quarterback Jeff Sims. He put together a historic performance in helping ASU become bowl eligible thanks to a 24-19 win in front of a packed house at Jack Trice Stadium.
- Sims finished with 405 total yards of offense (228 rushing and 177 passing) while accounting for three touchdowns (2 rushing, 1 passing).
- Sims' 228 rushing yards were the most for an ASU quarterback in a single game in program history, topping Mark Malone’s 1978 previous school record of 139 yards against USC.
- It is just the seventh 100-yard rushing game for an ASU quarterback in program history. Notably, the six previous instances came in Sun Devil home games played in Tempe.
- The 228 rushing yards by Sims are the 8th most in program history regardless of position, as he joins an exclusive list of some of the program’s legendary players.
Sun Devil 220-yard rushing games
312, Eno Benjamin vs. Oregon State (Sept. 29, 2018/30 carries, 3 TDs)
262, Cam Skattebo vs. Mississippi State (Sept. 7, 2024/33 carries)
251, Ben Malone at Oregon State (Oct. 27, 1973/24 carries, 5 TDs)
243, Leon Burton vs. Hardin-Simmons (Oct. 10, 1955/5 carries)
239, Art Malone vs. New Mexico (Nov. 2, 1968/29 carries)
236, Wilford White at Brigham Young (Sept. 23, 1950/30 carries)
232, Wilford White at Northern Arizona (Oct. 7, 1950/18 carries)
—--> 228, Jeff Sims at Iowa State (Nov. 1, 2025/29 carries)
226, Delvon Flowers vs. Oregon State (Oct. 20, 2001/23 carries, 2 TDs)
221, Darryl Clack vs. Wichita State (Sept. 24, 1983/22 carries, 3 TDs)
220, Max Anderson at Wisconsin (Sept. 30, 1967/21 carries, 1 TD)
- He is just the sixth player in program history to go over 220 yards on 30 carries or less.
- It is the 23rd 200-yard rushing performance in program history.
- Sims’ 88-yard touchdown run in the third quarter was the second-longest rush for an ASU quarterback in program history behind Malone’s 97-yard rush against Utah State in 1979.
- It was the longest run for a Sun Devil since Rachaad White’s 93-yard touchdown run at Arizona in 2020.
- Sims’ previous career high for rushing yards was 128 while at Nebraska against Minnesota in 2023.
- He became just the 40th FBS quarterback since 1996 to rush for 225 or more yards in a game. Of those 40, 16 were quarterbacks operating a triple option offense. Of those 40, only 13 occurrences occurred on the road (5 triple option offenses).
- Only seven of those road instances also happened against a power five team.
- Sims’ 88-yard touchdown run was tied for the 16th-longest for a quarterback since 1996. It was tied for the fifth-longest against a power five school (at the time of the contest).
- Sims had the most rushing yards of any FBS player in Week 10.
- Sims' 228 rushing yards were the most by an FBS quarterback this season and 48 more than the next closest player.
- It was the sixth-most for a quarterback in a road game in the last 10 seasons of FBS football (three of the players in front of him were from Army or Navy).
- It was the most for an FBS quarterback in a road game since Army's Ahmad Bradshaw had 244 at North Texas on Nov. 18, 2017.
- His 405 yards of total offense were the 13th most for an FBS quarterback in a ROAD game this season (and eighth-best at a Power Four conference opponent)
