Cutter Boley named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week

Big 12 Co-Offensive Player of the Week - Cutter Boley

• It would be hard to imagine a player having a more productive and successful debut with his new program than Cutter Boley did with Arizona State on Saturday.
• In the Sun Devils' 70-7 season-opening win over Morgan State, Boley put together a record-setting performance.
• He finished with 387 yards passing and six touchdowns, completing 21-of-27 (77.8%) of his passes.
• Boley ended up as one of just four quarterbacks nationally with a perfect NFL QBR for the week (158.3).
• He became the first Sun Devil quarterback to throw for six touchdown passes since Andrew Walter in 2004 - tied for the second-most with Danny White and Walter and one off the school record of seven set by Mike Pagel. 

Holy Boley

• Boley threw for 387 yards in his first game in the Maroon and Gold, the most by an Arizona State quarterback in a debut performance in program history.
• It was the most passing yards in a game for an ASU quarterback since Trenton Bourguet’s 435 against Colorado on Oct. 29, 2022, and just the second time since 2015 an ASU quarterback has thrown for over 380 yards. 
• Since 2020, Boley is now one of just 30 FBS quarterbacks to throw for six or more touchdowns with no interceptions.
• His 22.2 touchdown percentage (six touchdowns on 27 passes) is the seventh-highest in the FBS since the 2020 season.
  

Cuttin' it loose

• Boley was distributing the ball to all of his offensive weapons.
• The Sun Devils had three 100-yard receivers: Harris (137), Grayson Rigdon (110) and Miller (102) - a feat that has not been achieved at Arizona State since at least 1996. 
• The trio combined for five receiving touchdowns, all coming from Boley.
• According to PFF, Boley's 72.7 percent accuracy percentage (ball location accurate, frame, away from coverage) was sixth in the country (min. 25 dropbacks).
• His 77.8 completion percentage was second in Big 12 (min. 25 dropbacks) and 85.2 adjusted completion percentage (accounting for blocks, batting passed, hit while thrown, throwaways and spikes) was tops in the league and 11th nationally.
• Boley's 14.3 yards per pass attempt led the nation (min. 25 dropbacks). 
  
  

Smooth Operator

• Arizona State recorded 681 yards of total offense with Boley leading the effort, the most in a contest since Sept. 10, 2016 against Texas Tech with 652 yards.
• The 681 yards, 9.6 yards per play, six passing touchdowns and 432 passing yards were all the most in the Big 12 this week.
• Arizona State’s 30-second scoring drive to open up the game orchestrated by Boley is the fastest opening scoring drive for the Sun Devils since at least 2007. The next closes was a 1:02 scoring drive to open the 2011 season against Missouri.
• Boley and the Sun Devils put up 28 points in the first quarter, their highest-scoring opening quarter in a season opener.
• It is the most in ANY quarter by Arizona State since Sept. 24, 2016 when they tallied 31 points against California on Sept. 24, 2016.
• Boley helped the Sun Devils score 70 points for just the third time in school history. They did so in less than three quarters of action, with the starters pulled early in the second half.
• It was tied for the second-most points in program history (the 70-7 victory over Arizona in 2020). 
• The 63-point margin of victory was also the second-most in program history.
• The school record for both categories was a 79-7 victory over Colorado State in 1969. 

Boley Ball

• The Sun Devils were extremely balanced and versatile in their scoring with Boley in charge, recording six passing touchdowns and four rushing touchdowns - marking just the 21st time since 1996 an FBS team has reached those milestones in the same game.
• ASU had over 400 passing yards and over 200 rushing yards, just the fourth time since 1996 it has reached both milestones in the same game.
• The 70 points against the Bears were the sixth-most allowed by Morgan State in program history behind 87 against Grambling in 1993, 83 against Florida A&M in 1986, 77 to Maine in 2003, 73 to Western Illinois in 2000, and the first-ever game the Bears played in 1899 - a 71-0 loss.
• Morgan State gave up just seven points in their season opener against North Carolina A&T a week ago.
• The Sun Devils did not attempt a single field goal and also did not punt a single time on Saturday - marking just the second time since at least 1996 that has happened (vs. Navy in the 2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl).

Arizona State finished with 10 Player of the Week selections in the 16-team Big 12 in 2025, reaching double digits for the second straight season. They had the fourth-most winners last season, a year after having the highest total of any team in the league (12) in 2024. The success has continued into this campaign, with ASU already claiming one of the first six available weekly awards.

A Sun Devil has now earned a conference player of the week award 27 times total in the three years of the Kenny Dillingham era ( nine O, six ST, four D, three newcomers, three DL, two OL).