Football continues home stand against Hawai'i

TEMPE — Arizona State hosts Hawai‘i at Mountain America Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 10. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. Arizona time on FS1. The Sun Devils enter at 2-2 overall and 1-1 in Big 12 play and will wrap up its regular seasonnon-conference schedule with this tilt.

The Rainbow Warriors

• Arizona State leads the all-time series with Hawai‘i 5-2. The teams last met in the 2006 Hawai‘i Bowl, when the Rainbow Warriors won 41-24 in Honolulu. This is their first meeting in 20 years.
• The Sun Devils won the first five games in the series, which began in 1954. Hawai‘i won the two most recent meetings, in 1979 and the 2006 Hawai‘i Bowl.
  • Hawai‘i is 1-4 overall and 0-3 in the Mountain West following a 20-16 home loss to San José State on Oct. 3. The Rainbow Warriors step out of conference play for their trip to Tempe.
• Micah Alejado leads Hawai‘i with 1,361 passing yards and four touchdown
  passes through five games. He has completed 132-of-216 attempts with three
  interceptions.
• DeVon Rice leads the Rainbow Warriors with 276 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns. Kainoa Carvalho has a team-high 249 receiving yards, while Tama Uiliata leads with 27 receptions.
• Hawai‘i averages 275.0 passing yards and 361.0 total yards per game. The Rainbow Warriors average 17.6 points and allow 24.8 points per game.
• Kona Moore leads Hawai‘i with 38 tackles, followed by Jamih Otis with 35. Sean Olvera-Harle has made 9-of-11 field goals, including a long of 44 yards

Non-Conference Notables

• The Sun Devils will be looking to avoid a losing regular season non-conference record for the third time in the last five seasons (‘22 and ‘23).
• Prior to those back-to-back seasons, ASU had just five total losing non-conference records in the regular season dating back to 1950 and the most recent one was in 2008.
• Additionally, the Sun Devils will be looking to avoid losing consecutive regular season games in general for the first time since the final two games of the 2023 season.
• Saturday will mark ASU’s latest regular season non-conference game since playing Notre Dame on Nov. 8, 2014. It also played Notre Dame on Oct. 5, 2013. Prior to that, the last time ASU had played a non-conference game in October or later was an Oct. 18, 2003 tilt at North Carolina.

Over the air

• Saturday’s game against Hawai‘i will air nationally on FS1 with kickoff at 7:30 p.m. Arizona time (10:30 p.m. Eastern). Dan Hellie and Robert Smith will provide the action from the press box.
• The Sun Devil Radio Network broadcast will air on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM.
• Long-time Voice of the Sun Devils Tim Healey will provide the action alongside Rose Bowl winning former quarterback-now-analyst Jeff van Raaphorst with Kevin Turner providing insights from the sidelines. Turner joins Jeff Munn and recently graduated Sun Devil lineman Ben Coleman on the pre-game show with Munn and Coleman hosting the halftime and postgame shows as well.

An ASU victory would …

• Extend ASU’s series lead over Hawai‘i to 6-2 and end the Rainbow Warriors two-game winning streak (‘79 and ‘06).
• Keep ASU from losing consecutive games in the regular season for the first time since the final two games of the 2023 campaign
• Give ASU a victory in its final non-conference game of the regular season and help the Sun Devils avoid a losing regular season non-conference record for the third time in the last five years (‘22 and ‘23). ASU had just five seasons with a losing non-con record dating back to 1950 prior to the ‘22 and ‘23 seasons.
• Give Kenny Dillingham his 25th victory as Arizona State’s head coach.

Schedule odds and ends (mostly odds)

• Arizona State’s road schedule features two teams that took part in the College Football Playoff this past season (Texas A&M and Texas Tech) and one that was one of the first two teams left out of the CFP (BYU).
• With two road games and a bye following the Morgan State tilt, 2026 marks the first time since the 1991 season that ASU will play just a single home game before the month of October (ignoring the unique circumstances of the COVID-altered 2020 season in which ASU didn’t have a home opener until December). The 1982 season was the last time it occurred before it became more commonplace, pre-1975, when the season typically did not start until the second or third week of September.
• ASU will leave the continental United States to play a football game for the first time since taking part in the 2006 Hawai’i Bowl when it heads across the Atlantic to historic Wembley Stadium to take part in the first-of-its-kind FBS contest in the inaugural Union Jack Classic on Sept. 19 in London. It will be just the second time ASU has traveled internationally for a game, after the 1990 Coca-Cola Classic in Tokyo against Houston.
• ASU played the inaugural Union Jack Classic at Wembley Stadium on Sept. 19, in the first college football game played on British soil and defeated Kansas 24-17.
• The Kansas game in London counted as a Jayhawk home game and ASU’s Big 12 opener. The Sun Devils won 24-17 and improved to 1-0 in conference action.
• All told, Sun Devil Football will post over 17,000 round-trip miles over the course of the coming season. For perspective, ASU logged about 9,000 air miles during the 2025 campaign. 
• In fact, ASU will be making two of its longest road trips of all time this season alone. The approximate 5,200 miles between Phoenix and London represents the second-longest trip in history, behind only the 1990 Coca-Cola Classic in Tokyo. The Sun Devils have played seven games all told in Honolulu, Hawai’i (four regular-season games at Hawai’i and three appearances in the Aloha/Hawai’i Bowl, ~2,900 miles). Arizona State took on Miami (FL) in a road tilt in 1997 (~1970 miles), and then ASU’s contest at UCF this season (~1,850 miles) is next on the list.
• ASU will be playing games in Orlando and College Station for the first time in program history. ASU previously played Texas A&M in a neutral-site game in Houston in 2015, and both contests in program history against UCF have taken place in Tempe. 
• The Sun Devils will play games on nine consecutive weekends following their Bye Weekend on Sept. 26. That will be the most since ASU closed out 11 straight weekends in the 2009 season. The 2003 season started with 11 consecutive weekends of action prior to a bye week ahead of the Territorial Cup. There were also nine-game stretches in the middle of the 1999 and 2000 seasons.

By the numbers

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All told, Sun Devil Football will post over 17,000 round-trip miles over the course of the 2026 season. For perspective, ASU logged only about 9,000 air miles during the 2025 campaign. In fact, ASU will be making two of its longest road trips of all time this season alone. The approximate 5,200 miles between Phoenix and London represents the second-longest trip in history, behind only the 1990 Coca-Cola Classic in Tokyo.

The Sun Devils have played seven games all told in Honolulu, Hawai’i (four regular-season games at Hawai’i and three appearances in the Aloha/Hawai’i Bowl, ~2,900 miles). Arizona State took on Miami (FL) in a road tilt in 1997 (~1970 miles), and then ASU’s contest at UCF this season (~1,850 miles) is next on the list.

When ASU heads to Wembley Stadium to take part in the inaugural Union Jack Classic on Sept. 19 in London, it will be just the second time ASU has traveled internationally for a game outside of the 1990 Coca-Cola Classic in Tokyo against Houston.

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Arizona State is allowing just 201.0 passing yards per game through four games. Opponents have completed 70-of-125 passes (56.0 percent) against the Sun Devils - the 23rd-lowest total in the country. Rodney Bimage and Ashton Stamps rank eighth and 12th among Big 12 corners with a completion percentage allowed when targeted of 44.4 and 47.4 percent, respectively. Jessiah McGrew has quietly put up quality numbers despite not starting a game this season, leading ASU’s safeties with 101 coverage snaps. His three receptions allowed are tied for fifth-lowest among Big 12 safeties while his 50 yards allowed in coverage are eighth-lowest. McGrew has allowed just one first down in coverage this season, tied for third lowest in the Big 12 among safeties. His 33.3 forced incompletion percentage is tops among league safeties. McGrew was the nation’s 27th-highest graded safety in coverage (83.6) at FIU last year and his 19.4 forced incompletion percentage when targeted was 22nd among FBS safeties while his 12.9 percent interception rate was 18th

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Removing garbage time, ASU has 37 scoring drives in the final five minutes of either the first or second half over the last two-plus seasons - 16th-most in the country. It has a 39.4 score percentage in those final five minutes,good for 42nd in the country. For perspective, in the previous three seasons from 2021-23, ASU managed just 28 TOTAL scoring drives in the final five minutes of a half (28-97) - a 28.9 percent score percentage that was 102nd in the FBS. The Sun Devils have a 32.8 percent (20-of-61) offensive touchdown drive rate in the final five minutes of the first half dating back to the start of 2024 (does not include pick six against UCF in 2024, which makes it 21 total touchdowns) - good for 14th in the nation. For perspective, in the previous five seasons (2019-23), ASU scored just 17 TOTAL touchdowns in the final five minutes of the first half - at a 17.7 rate (17-of-96) that was 112th in the FBS. Conversely, ASU has allowed just five touchdown drives in the final five minutes of the first half dating back to 2024 and held opponents to a 9.1 touchdown drive percentage in that stretch (5-for-55) (drives that end at any point in the final five minutes of the half) - the fifth-lowest total in the country.

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Controling the first half has been a cornerstone of Kenny Dillingham’s success at Arizona State as the Sun Devils are 19-4 when leading at halftime (2-0 this season) in his tenure. The Sun Devils are allowing just 165.8 first half yards per game to opponents this season, the 49th-lowest total in the country. ASU was 39th a season ago at 172.8 first half yards per game. ASU has allowed just 353 TOTAL first half passing yards (88.3 per game), ranking 13th in the FBS
in fewest yards and 28th in fewest yards per game. Last season ASU ranked 57th with 110.9 allowed per game. Opponents have scored just 10 offensive touchdowns in the first three quarters of games this season. ASU has a 182-87 advantage since the start of 2024 in points scored in the “middle eight” of games (points scored in the last four minutes of first half, first four minutes of second half) ASU’s struggle, however, has been waiting until the final five minutes to get the offensive going, especially since the start of last year, with ASU managing just 241 first half points (14.2 per game) but 81 of those (33.6 percent) have not come until the final five minutes of the first half.

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The Sun Devils are 11-2 since the start of 2024 in games decided by seven or fewer points. ASU’s winning percentage in that span is .846. ASU’s 10 such victories in a two-year span from 2024-25 were tied for the most over a two-season span in Big 12 history and tied for the eighth-most for any FBS team since the 1996 season. Since Kenny Dillingham took the reins in 2023, 15 of the 24 Sun Devil victories in that time have been by 10 points or less. The Sun Devils have won seven games in the past two seasons in which they were trailing or tied at some point in the fourth quarter - including four last year (Baylor, TCU, Texas Tech, West Virginia). Last season, the Sun Devils scored 51 points while trailing in non-garbage time in the fourth quarter of games - 15th-most in the FBS - and scored on 9-of-19 fourth quarter drives when trailing, a 47.4 conversion rate that was 35th-best in the FBS. Those nine scoring drives
were tied for eighth-most in the FBS. Since the start of the 2024, ASU has scored on 16-of-35 fourth quarter drives while trailing in non-garbage time - a 45.7 rate through Sept. 19 that ranked 25th nationally.

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Reed Harris ranks 11th nationally in total receiving yards (499) and fourth in receiving yards per game (124.8), leading the Big 12 in both categories through games Oct. 3. The 499 receiving yards are the most through the first four games of the season in ASU program history. Harris has 11 receptions over 20 yards through ASU’s first four games - good for third in the FBS and first in the Big 12. His 19.19 yards per reception are second in the country among players with at least 20 catches this season. Harris’ 87.1 receiving grade is 10th in the nation and leads the Big 12 while he has a 85.5 overall offensive grade that leads the Big 12 wide receivers and is 14th among all FBS receivers. His 20 receptions for a first down/touchdown are tied for 18th in the country, while his 192 yards after the catch are 22nd in the country. His 104 yards after contact are 14th nationally.Harris has emphasized Hines Ward’s “No Block, No Rock” mantra as well as everyone, recording the nation’s best run blocking score among wide receivers in Week 5 with his 89.5 grade against Baylor (fourth among all players in the country). He ranks ninth in the country with his season-long run blocking score of 73.6 (min. 90 run block snaps).

10 things

1. Arizona State has allowed 165.8 first half yards of offense per game this season, the 49th-lowest total in the country. ASU has allowed 663 total first half yards (27th) and 353 first half passing yards (13th)
2. Baylor’s 564 total yards on Oct. 3 ended Arizona State’s streak of regular-season games without allowing 450 total yards. The Sun Devils had held every regular-season opponent below that mark since the start of 2024 (one of just three teams to do so).
3. Opponents have a 37.1 conversion percentage (23-of-62) on third and fourth-down attempts against ASU this season. They have converted 21-of-55 third downs and 2-of-7 fourth downs.
4. Arizona State has 37 scoring drives in the final five minutes of a half in non-garbage time since the start of 2024, good for 16th in the FBS.
5. Arizona State is 18-7 under Kenny Dillingham when winning time of possession and 6-12 when it does not
6. Jessiah McGrew has not been credited with a missed tackle this season, posting the nation’s fifth-best tackle grade overall at 88.1.
7. Arizona State receivers are third in the nation with 8.1 yards after the catch per reception and ranked sixth with 372 yards after contact.
8. The Sun Devils have scored on 10-of-11 red zone drives this season (90.9 percent), tied for 39th nationally, after finishing 106th in the category last season at 78.72 percent
9. Arizona State is 11-2 (.846) since the start of 2024 in games decided by seven points or fewer.
10. Arizona State holds a 182-87 scoring advantage in the middle eight minutes of games since the start of 2024.

Opening statement

• Arizona State enters its Hawai‘i game at 2-2 (1-1 Big 12) following a 55-19 loss to Baylor. The Sun Devils gained 409 total yards, including 310 through the
  air, while Carson Smith made all four field goal attempts.
• Linebacker Owen Long recorded a season-high 14 tackles against Baylor. Martell Hughes added eight tackles and two tackles for loss, while C.J.
  Fite had four tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and a sack.
• Wide receiver Reed Harris caught seven passes for 125 yards against Baylor, his third 100-yard receiving game this season. He leads the Sun Devils with 26 receptions for 499 yards and five touchdowns through four games. Omarion Miller added five catches for 85 yards and a touchdown against the Bears.
• Cutter Boley completed 25-of-43 passes for 304 yards and a touchdown against Baylor. His 30-yard scoring pass to Omarion Miller came with 1:51 remaining in the first half.
• Carson Smith connected from 46, 32, 36 and 40 yards and has made all seven field goal attempts this season. He is one of just 15 FBS kickers to be
  perfect on four or more field goal attempts in a single game this season.

Reed all about him

• Reed Harris has recorded 499 receiving yards and five touchdown receptions through Arizona State’s first four games. His 26 catches lead the Sun Devils, and he has topped 100 receiving yards against Morgan State, Texas A&M and Baylor.
• Harris ranks 11th nationally in total receiving yards (499) and fourth in receiving yards per game (124.8), leading the Big 12 in both categories through games Oct. 3. The 499 receiving yards are the most through the first four games of the season in ASU program history.
• Harris has 11 receptions over 20 yards through ASU’s first four games - good for third in the FBS and first in the Big 12. His 19.19 yards per reception are second in the country among players with at least 20 catches this season.
• He is tied for seventh in the nation with 14 explosive plays (receptions over
  15 yards). 
• Harris’ 87.1 receiving grade is 10th in the nation and leads the Big 12 while he has a 85.5 overall offensive grade that leads the Big 12 wide receivers and is
  14th among all FBS receivers.
• His 20 receptions for a first down/touchdown are tied for 18th in the country, while his 192 yards after the catch are 22nd in the country. His 104 yards after contact are 14th nationally.
• Harris has emphasized Hines Ward’s “No Block, No Rock” mantra as well as everyone, recording the nation’s best run blocking score among wide receivers in Week 5 with his 89.5 grade against Baylor (fourth among all players in the country). He ranks ninth in the country with his season-long run blocking score of 73.6 (min. 90 run block snaps).
• Harris became just the third player in Big 12 history to record at least 325 receiving yards and four receiving touchdowns through his team’s first two games of a season. He joined Baylor’s Corey Coleman (2015) and Texas Tech’s Darrin Moore (2011).

Cutter Boley became the first Sun Devil quarterback to throw for six touchdown passes since Andrew Walter in 2004.

Holy Boley

• Through four games, Cutter Boley has completed 78-of-127 passes (61.4 percent) for 1,040 yards, 10 touchdowns and three interceptions. He has
  also rushed for 45 yards and one touchdown.
• Boley has thrown for at least one touchdown in each of ASU’s first four games: six against Morgan State, two at Texas A&M, one at Kansas and one
  against Baylor.
• Boley’s has been credited by PFF with seven Big Time Throws this season (excellent ball location and timing, generally thrown further down the field and/ or into a tighter window), good for a tie for 33rd in the country.
• Boley has been credited by PFF with just one turnover worthy throw this season (his interception against Baylor), tied for the sixth-lowest in the country. For perspective, he ranked 13th in the nation for MOST turnover-
  worthy throws last season with 19.
• Much ado has been made over his career interception numbers, but as always, context is important. Of his 19 career interceptions - all but two came while Boley was trailing in a game and attempting to come back. Additionally, of
  those 18, all but six came in the final five minutes of the first or second halves
  and/or came on 3rd-and-10 or longer. 

A cut above the rest

• Kenny Dillingham announced Kentucky transfer Cutter Boley as the team’s starting quarterback ahead of the team’s opening against Morgan State.
• Boley was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week for Week One after completing 21-of-27 (77.8%) of his passes in the opener and 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 (1981)
• His 22.2 touchdown percentage (six touchdowns on 27 passes) was the seventh-highest in the FBS since the 2020 season. Since 2020, Boley is now one of just 30 FBS quarterbacks to throw for six or more touchdowns with no interceptions.
• 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.
• Boley completed 65.8 percent of his passes last season as a redshirt freshman (198-of-301), breaking the UK freshman record for completion percentage in a season previously held by Jared Lorenzen in 2000
• In 2025, Boley set the school freshman record for touchdown passes in a season in SEC games with 12 and set the UK freshman record for touchdown passes in a game with five vs. Tennessee.
• He became the first UK quarterback with a completion percentage of at least 74 percent in four games (min. 20 attempts) in one season since Tim Couch in 1998 (vs. Texas, Tennessee, Florida and Tennessee Tech) and became the first UK freshman quarterback with a touchdown pass in five straight games since Jared Lorenzen had six in the 2000 season (vs. Tennessee, Auburn, Florida, Tennessee Tech and Vanderbilt).
• He was the first UK quarterback to complete at least 74.3 percent of his passes (min. 30 attempts) in consecutive games since Dusty Bonner in 1999, and the first UK quarterback with at least 26 completions in consecutive games since 2015 (Patrick Towles) and consecutive conference games since 2010 (Mike Hartline)
• In eight SEC games, Boley ranked 3rd in pass completion percentage (66.52), behind UGA’s Gunner Stockton (71.1) and Vandy’s Diego Pavia (70.1), 6th in pass completions (155), 7th in passing TDs (12) and 8th in total offense TDs (13). In his last six SEC games, he completed 144-211-8 for 1,422 yards and 12 touchdowns. His pass completion percentage in those six games was 68.2 percent.

In 2025, Cutter Boley set the school freshman record for touchdown passes in a season in SEC games with 12 and set the UK freshman record for touchdown passes in a game with five vs. Tennessee.

Who's this guy?

• There is no shortage of new faces on the Sun Devil roster in 2026, featuring 30 collegiate transfers from all levels and 18 incoming freshmen - with the 48 combined newcomers making up 44.9 percent of the team’s current 107-man roster.
• All those new faces put ASU in a vastly different position than it found itself in at the beginning of last season, when the Sun Devils entered the year with 16 players who had started at least six games during the 2024 College Football Playoff run - a total that was tied for the most in the nation.
• The 2026 roster, however, features just three such players — DL C.J. Fite (13), DB Boogie Wilson (10) and OL Wade Helton (7). And of that trio, only Fite started on Opening Day last season, with Wilson and Helton filling in later in the year to replace injured starters.
• The longest active starting streak in ASU games for the Sun Devils is Fite's, with 28, followed by a steep drop-off to Helton with 6 and Maki Stewart with 4.
• Another example of the fresh look for the 2026 edition of the Sun Devils comes along the offensive line. Last year, the ASU group at that position recorded 134 combined starts. The 2026 version will feature just 33, 14 of whom are coming via Luke Baklenko, who did not start a game at Oklahoma last season.
• In fact, the entire Sun Devils roster features just 118 combined starts—a smidge over one start per player on the team. 

Hold on to your butts

• The Sun Devils are 11-2 over the last two seasons in games decided by seven or fewer points — the second-most victories in that time in the FBS
  (Arkansas State, 12)
• ASU’s .846 winning percentage in that span is fifth-best in the nation among teams that have played in at least five such games.
• ASU’s 10 such victories in a two-year span from 2024-25 were tied for the most over a two-season span in Big 12 history and tied for the eighth-most for any FBS team since the 1996 season.
• Since Kenny Dillingham took the reins in 2023, 15 of the 24 Sun Devil victories in that time have been by 10 points or less.
• The Big 12 had 30 conference games decided by eight points or fewer last season. ASU was in six of them and went 5-1. Thirteen games were decided by three points or fewer, and ASU was 3-0 with wins over Baylor and TCU (both 27-24) and West Virginia.
• The Sun Devils have won seven games in the past two seasons in which they were trailing or tied at some point in the fourth quarter - including four last year (Baylor, TCU, Texas Tech, West Virginia).
• Last season, the Sun Devils scored 51 points while trailing in non-garbage time in the fourth quarter of games, 15th-most in the FBS, and scored on 9-of-19 fourth-quarter drives when trailing, a 47.4% conversion rate that was 35th-best in the FBS. Those nine scoring drives were tied for eighth-most in the FBS.
• Since the start of 2024, ASU has scored on 16 of 35 fourth-quarter drives while trailing in non-garbage time, a 45.7% rate that ranks 25th nationally. 
• The Sun Devil defense deserves credit as well for allowing the comebacks, posting a -.105 EPA when trailing in the fourth quarter of non-garbage time of games over the last two-plus seasons, which is 24th-best nationally.
• Opponents are averaging just 4.1 yards per play when ASU is trailing in the fourth quarter in non-garbage time over the last two seasons - the 11th- lowest tally in the FBS.
• Over the last two-plus seasons with ASU trailing in the fourth quarter of non-garbage time, opponents have picked up a first down just 27 times on 123 opportunities - a 21.9 conversion rate that is 17th-lowest in the FBS.
• Only three times over the last two-plus seasons has a team added to its lead when the Sun Devils were within eight points in the fourth quarter - at Texas Tech in 2024, at Arizona last season and at Texas A&M this year.
• Through Sept. 19- The 13 total points allowed in such a scenario over the last two-plus seasons (excluding lead-extending extra-point tries) are tied for the 22nd-lowest total in the country.

Setting the tone

• First-half dominance has been a cornerstone of Kenny Dillingham’s time at Arizona State, as the Sun Devils are 19-4 when leading at halftime (2-0 this season) in his tenure.
• The Sun Devils are allowing just 165.8 first half yards per game to opponents this season, the 49th-lowest total in the country. ASU was 39th a season ago at 172.8 first half yards per game.
• ASU has allowed just 353 TOTAL first half passing yards (88.3 per game), ranking 13th in the FBS in fewest yards and 28th in fewest yards per game. Last season ASU ranked 57th with 110.9 allowed per game.
• Removing garbage time, ASU has 37 scoring drives in the final five minutes of either the first or second half over the last two-plus seasons - 16th-most in the country. It has a 39.4 score percentage in those final five minutes, good for 42nd in the country. For perspective, in the previous three seasons from 2021-23, ASU managed just 28 TOTAL scoring drives in the final five minutes of a half (28-97) - a 28.9 percent score percentage that was 102nd in the FBS.
• The Sun Devils have a 32.8 percent (20-of-61) offensive touchdown drive rate in the final five minutes of the first half dating back to the start of 2024 (does not include pick six against UCF in 2024, which makes it 21 total touchdowns) - good for 14th in the nation. For perspective, in the previous five seasons (2019-23), ASU scored just 17 TOTAL touchdowns in the final five minutes of the first half - at a 17.7 rate (17-of-96) that was 112th in
  the FBS. 
• Conversely, ASU has allowed just five touchdown drives in the final five minutes of the first half dating back to 2024 and held opponents to a 9.1 touchdown drive percentage in that stretch (5-for-55) (drives that end at any point in the final five minutes of the half) - the fifth-lowest total in the country.
• ASU has a 182-87 advantage since the start of 2024 in points scored in the “middle eight” of games (points scored in the last four minutes of first half, first four minutes of second half).

Keep them in front of you

• Arizona State has allowed 15 plays of 20 or more yards through four games, ranking tied for 39th nationally.
• ASU has allowed 18 plays of 50 or more yards to opposing offenses in the Dillingham/Ward era, following two long rushing plays against Baylor - 35th-lowest in the country in that time.
• ASU has allowed 30 plays of 50 or more yards to opponents since the 2018 season - tied for the third-lowest in the country (Washington 22, Wisconsin 23). From 2014-17, ASU allowed a nation-leading 55 such plays, 13 more than any other FBS team.
• ASU has allowed just 18 catches for 50 or more yards since 2018, the sixth-lowest in the FBS in that time. The team has allowed just 11 in the Dillingham/Ward era. 
• ASU has allowed 71 plays of 30 or more yards during the Dillingham/Ward era - 27th-lowest in the country in that span
• Since 2018, ASU has allowed 157 plays over 30 yards in 99 games (1.60 per game), sixth-lowest in the country in that span (excluding Kennesaw State, which joined the FBS later). For perspective, from 2014-17, ASU gave up 38, 44, 40, 40 such plays each SEASON, respectively ranked 116th, 124th, 117th and 119th.

Rule of thirds (or fourths)

• Opponents have two fourth down conversions against ASU this season (2-for-7) and have converted just 37.1 percent of their third or fourth down attempts (23-of-62).
• Overall, opponents managed just a 36.5 percent conversion rate on third downs against the ASU defense last season, tied for 37th nationally. ASU was 97th in the category in 2024 (43.0 percent).
• Since Kenny Dillingham took over in 2023, the Sun Devils have attempted 122 fourth-down conversions, including 12 attempts through four games this season. That total is sixth-most in the FBS in that span - though only third-best in the Big 12 behind Baylor (146) and West Virginia (123).
• ASU has converted 6 of 12 fourth-down attempts (50.0 percent) this season.
• The team’s 24 third OR fourth down conversions in the fourth quarter of one-score games in the last two-plus years are 22nd in the FBS.
• Opponents have managed just a 28.0 first down conversion rate in non-garbage time in the fourth quarter of games over the last two-plus seasons (134-of-478), a total that is 37th-lowest in the FBS.
• Last season, ASU struggled mightily to move the ball on third- and fourth-and short situations, managing a paltry 56.0 conversion percentage (28-of-50) on 3rd and 4th and 1-2 yard scenarios — the sixth-worst total in the nation. The team has shown improvement early this season, going 9-for-14 on those this year (64.3 percent).
• Last season marked the first time ASU had held two opponents (vs. NAU, at Iowa State) for two or fewer third down conversions on ten or more attempts since the 2010 season (vs. NAU and Oregon).
• On offense in 2025, the Sun Devils had six fourth down conversions in the fourth quarter of one-score games - tied for the 10th-most in the FBS. The team’s 13 third OR fourth down conversions in the fourth quarter of one-score games were 13th in the FBS.

Rodney Bimage (pictured) and Ashton Stamps rank eighth and 12th among Big 12 corners with a completion percentage allowed when targeted of 44.4 and 47.4 percent, respectively.

No-fly zone

• Arizona State has allowed 11 passing plays of 20 or more yards through four games, ranking tied for 38th-lowest nationally.
• Arizona State is allowing just 201.0 passing yards per game through four games. Opponents have completed 70-of-125 passes (56.0 percent) against the Sun Devils - the 23rd-lowest total in the country.
• The Sun Devils are accomplishing the feat despite having four new starters in the secondary this season - including having to overcome the departures of NFL Draft selection Keith Abney and transfer Javan Robinson — a duo that had started 26 consecutive games together at corner for ASU up until the Sun Bowl to conclude last year. 
• Rodney Bimage and Ashton Stamps rank eighth and 12th among Big 12 corners with a completion percentage allowed when targeted of 44.4 and 47.4 percent, respectively.
• Bimage was perhaps the hottest player in the Sun Devil lineup prior to his season-ending concussion sustained in the West Virginia victory last season. Among FBS corners with at least 100 snaps played in coverage, his 4.4 yards allowed per reception were third-lowest in the country. Only 35.7 percent of opponents' passes in Bimage’s direction resulted in a reception (on 107 snaps) - the 13th-lowest tally nationally. He allowed just .21 yards per coverage snap last season, the third-lowest total among FBS corners with at least 100 coverage snaps, while tying for second with his 1.6 yards allowed per coverage target. His 7.1 1D/TD percentage when targeted was tied for the lowest allowed in the FBS.
• While Stamps saw limited game action last season, he was a lockdown corner when it mattered most in 2024 while at LSU and did not allow a single touchdown while in man coverage on the season and posted a 72.0 grade in man defense — where ASU loves to stick its corners — that was 25th-best among the 150+ corners with at least 100 man coverage snaps for the
  season.
• Boogie Wilson is the only returning Sun Devil defender, outside C.J. Fite, to start at least 10 games last season, where he was fourth among all Big 12 secondaries with just 10 receptions allowed (min. 250 coverage snaps) in the regular season. Opponents threw Wilson’s way just 18 times, the third-lowest total among Big 12 secondary players in the regular season.
• Lyrik Rawls was not credited with a touchdown allowed in coverage last season — one of just nine Big 12 safeties with 250+ coverage snaps with such a claim. His 13.3 forced incompletion rate while targeted was seventh among Big 12 safeties, and he was credited with 10 defensive stops in coverage, good for 10th among league safeties.
• Jessiah McGrew was the nation’s 27th-highest graded safety in coverage (83.6) at FIU last year, and his 19.4 forced incompletion percentage when targeted was 22nd among FBS safeties, while his 12.9 percent interception
  rate was 18th.
• ASU ranked 13th in the FBS with 74 passes defended last year (66 PBUs, 9 INT). The Sun Devils were 16th in the nation with 69 passes defended in 2024 and 14th with 16 interceptions.
• ASU’s exceptional work in harrying opposing quarterbacks was due in large part to ASU’s coverage down the field. The Sun Devils had an average time to force a pressure of 2.70 seconds, which was the second-longest time in the FBS to pressure an opposing QB — a credit to ASU’s secondary given Arizona State’s gaudy sack and pressure numbers.

Bring the heat

• Through Sept. 19: The Sun Devils has forced a QB pressure on 32.6 percent of its defensive snaps, just outside the Top-50 in the country after finished 116th in the nation in the category last year (29.0).
• ASU has done so while blitzing just 29 total times, tied for the fourth-fewest of any FBS team the nation this season. 
• The Sun Devils were 23rd in the FBS with 34 sacks last season and 19th with 86 tackles for loss. The sack total was especially notable as the team had just 24 TOTAL sacks during the 2024 season.
• Last year’s results in the categories were marked change in trend from the previous couple seasons, where ASU finished in the lower half of the country in both categories (73rd and 70th in sacks in 2024 and 2023, 83rd and 96th in TFLs).
• ASU had that success despite blitzing just 20.4 percent of the time, the third-LOWEST total in the country. The team brought four or fewer pass rushers 446 times this year - the seventh-MOST in the country.
• Arizona State 28 sacks with four or fewer pass rushers were the ninth-most in the FBS in 2025..

C.J. Fite's 72.6 grade on run defense in 2025 was 15th among defensive interior players with at least 250 run-defense snaps that season.

In the trenches

• The Sun Devils will look toward veteran and Pat Tillman Leadership Council
  member C.J. Fite to anchor the defensive front this season. Fite has played 
  in 41 games in his Sun Devil career and started in 34 of those (29 in a row)
  and has racked up 79 tackles (40 solo)
• Last season, his 72.6 grade on run defense was 15th among defensive interior players with at least 250 run defense snaps on the season 
• His 1,615 career snaps are the fifth-most among active interior linemen in the FBS over the last three-plus seasons. Ironically, that’s also fourth-most in the Big 12 as he is ranked behind Texas Tech’s A.J. Holmes Jr. (1,906), Colorado’s Santana Hooper (1,681) and Baylor’s Hosea Wheeler (1,665) 
• Among active interior linemen with at least 500 run defensive snaps, his 75.7 run defense grade is eighth in the FBS. His 18 tackles for loss or no gain on run plays are fourth-most among active interior linemen, and his 1.13 average depth of tackle is the sixth-closest to the line of scrimmage.
• Jalen Thompson currently has the eight-best pass rush score in the Big 12
  at 74.4 (min. 75 pass rush snaps).
• Thompson’s 15 quarterback pressures this season are tied for fifth in the Big 12 and he has been credited by PFF with a “win” on his pass rush snaps 20.2 percent of the time - second in the Big 12 and 15th in the FBS.
• Thompson, a veteran from Michigan State, brought over 1,000 defensive snaps with him this season. His 19 plays last year, where he was credited with beating his defender but denied an opportunity at a QB pressure last season, were tied for the eighth-most in the Big Ten.
• Emar’rion Winston recorded eight tackles for loss or not gain as an edge defender on run plays last season at Baylor, tied for the sixth-most among edge defenders in the Big 12

Middle of the lineup

• Sun Devil linebacker Owen Long is picking up where he left off last season with back-to-back double-digit tackle games that give him a team-leading 39 tackles for the season - 10 more than any other player on the roster.
• His 9.75 tackles per game are tied for 10th in the country.
• Sun Devil linebacker Owen Long was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week and the Bronko Nagurski National Defender of the Week for his effort against Kansas, where he recorded 12 tackles, an interception, a fumble forced and a fumble recovered.
• Long was the FBS leader in tackles per game and total tackles in 2025 at Colorado State (12.6 tackles per game/151 tackles), the next-closest player averaged 11.8 per game with 142 tackles.
• A Third-Team All-American by the AP, Long recorded 33 “stops” on run defense as a sophomore, good for 30th among FBS linebackers.
• The Sun Devils found themselves in a position where they had to replace nearly 23 percent of their tackles after the departures of linebackers Jordan Crook (101) and Keyshaun Elliott (98).
• Elliott was a fifth-round selection by the Bears this offseason while Crook joined the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the CFL where he has 42 tackles this season. The duo started every regular-season game at linebacker last year and 20 games between them in 2024, leaving a massive hole to fill in ASU’s base nickel formation that only ever features two linebackers on the field at a given time.

Where's the beef?

• Maki Stewart has been a highlight along the offensive line for the Sun Devils this season and has been credited with just one pressure allowed, tied for the second-fewest in the Big 12 and 13th-lowest among all FBS players (sixth among all guards).
• Stewart is fresh off one of the most promising freshman lineman campaigns in recent Sun Devil memory. Stewart made four starts on the interior line over the second half of the season and recorded the sixth-best run-blocking grade among Big 12 interior lineman with a score of 74.2 (min. 200 total snaps)
• That was the third-highest grade among ALL freshmen (true or redshirt) interior linemen in the FBS for the season (min. 200 snaps). His 72.0 overall offensive grade was fifth among freshmen interior lineman for the season.
• ASU’s interior linemen have been credited with just nine quarterback pressures allowed this season total, second-lowest in the Big 12 and 12th-lowest in the country.
• For two consecutive seasons, the Sun Devil offensive line had been one of the most experienced in the nation entering the season - a note that will change as it it entered the 2026 campaign with a combined 33 career starts among the position group - 14 of which come from Luke Baklenko, who didn’t start a single game at Oklahoma last season.
• To put that into perspective, ASU entered the 2025 season with 134 starts to its collective credit across the FBS/FCS level, good for the 12th highest total in the nation coming into the year. Last year the group entered with a combined 156 career starts spread amongst them entering the 2024 season, the fifth-highest tally in the country.
• What the team may lack in experience, however, it more than makes up for in size as the 2026 version of the road grades might be the robust in program history. Taking all the offensive linemen into consideration, the group has an average height of just a tick under 6-5 with an average weight of 317 pounds. For perspective, ASU’s 2024 Big 12 Champion roster had an average height of just under 6-4 and 309 pounds.
• Beef in the trenches is the cornerstone of any program hoping to be a contender. Just take a look at last year’s final Top-10 teams in the AP polls, which checked in with a combined OL height/weight average of 6-5 and 312 pounds.
• Wade Helton is the only returning offensive player for the Sun Devils to start at least six games a year ago as a redshirt freshman. Helton’s 422 snaps at center were the eighth-most among centers designated as true or redshirt freshman in the FBS last season and second among Power Four freshmen.
• ASU was one of just 19 schools in the FBS that had two freshmen linemen (true or redshirt) play 200 or more snaps last season.
• Overall in 2025, ASU had a team pass blocking grade of 74.8 according to PFF, good for 27th in the FBS despite running out seven different starting combinations of that offensive line last season. ASU’s offensive linemen received a 82.0 pass blocking grade from PFF as a group in 2024, the 23rd-best tally nationally.
• The Sun Devils allowed just two sacks in their last five contests last season - which was tied for the second-lowest total from Week 10 onwards. ASU had allowed 24 sacks in the first eight games of the season (3.0 per game) prior to the 0.40 over the final five games of the season.
• As a team, ASU was 40th in the country in only allowing 1.50 sacks per game in 2024 after ranking 96th in 2023 with 2.50 allowed per game.
• The team gave its quarterbacks 3.26 seconds to throw per play last year, 38th-most nationally. ASU’s quarterbacks had an average time to throw of 3.51 seconds in 2024, which was good for 14th-best in the FBS after ranking 128th in the country in 2023 at 2.48 seconds..

Getting defensive

• Arizona State allows 355.3 total yards per game through four games. The Sun Devils allowed 342.3 yards per game in the regular season last year, ranking 42nd, and 339.6 in 2024, ranking 38th.
• ASU’s yardage tally last year was especially notable as the team faced five teams ranked in the FBS’s Top-25 in total offense yards per game (Texas Tech, Texas State, Utah, Baylor, TCU) in the regular season.
• The Sun Devils are allowing 5.42 yards per play through four games this season. ASU allowed an average of just 5.13 yards per play last season, good for 36th in the country. Opponents averaged just 5.23 yards per play in 2024 - 40th-lowest in the country after being 93rd at 5.95 in 2023. Only 22.2 percent of opponent plays gained 7 or more yards, the 23rd-lowest tally in the country after ranking 105th in 2023 at 35.1 percent.
• Opponents are picking up just 48.0 percent of their available yards this season. As a result, ASU has found itself receiving the ball back with an average starting field position of its own 30.6 yard line - the 35th-best tally in the country. ASU was 118th in that category last year (own 26.8 yard line average)
• The Sun Devils currently boast a defensive EPA per play of -0.010 this season. ASU’s -0.105 defensive EPA per play in the regular season last year ranked 26th in the FBS. In 2024, ASU’s defense ranked 21st in overall defensive EPA at -0.070.
• Only 74.5 percent (38-of-51) of opponent non-garbage time drives that reached the ASU red zone last season resulted in points for the opponent - the 11th-lowest tally in the FBS. Teams scored a touchdown or recorded a field goal attempt just 83.0 percent of the time when reaching ASU’s red zone in the season - the ninth-lowest total in the FBS.
• Through Sept. 19: Opponents are only managing a touchdown or field goal attempts 77.3 percent of the time when reaching ASU’s 40-yard line this season - theth-lowest mark in the country. Last year, opponents had a field goal attempt or scored a touchdown just 75.7 percent of the time time when reaching the ASU 40-yard line - the 21st-lowest total in the FBS.
• Last season, ASU allowed opponents to pick up just 45.6 percent of the yards available to them, good for 47th nationally. The team allowed offenses to pick up just 45.2 of their available yards in 2024, the 48th-lowest total nationally. ASU was 124th in the country in 2023 in allowing 56.3 percent of available yards.
• Opponents picked up just 65.4 percent of their available yards up to their own 40-yard line last season - the 42nd-lowest total in the country - and just 57.3 percent of the yards to the ASU 40, which was 36th. In 2024, ASU was much improved in keeping opponents from getting across the 50, allowing other teams to pick up just 67.6 percent of their available yards up to their own 40-yard line - the 62nd-lowest total in the FBS while also allowing only 58.5 percent of opponent yards up to the ASU 40 - 51st nationally. For perspective on this improvement the last two seasons, ASU ranked 121st and 126 in those categories in 2023.
• Arizona State has held opponents to 400 or less yards of total offense 29 times in 44 games (65.9 percent) under Kenny Dillingham and Brian Ward. Since 2018, ASU has done so on 58 occasions over 99 games (58.6 percent of the time). For comparison, ASU accomplished the feat just 24 times in the 65 previous games (36.9 percent) from 2013-2017.
• Baylor’s 564 total yards on Oct. 3 ended ASU’s regular-season streak without allowing 450 yards that began at the start of 2024. Entering the contest, ASU was one of only three teams in the nation with such a claim (Indiana and Toledo).
• ASU has held opponents to 30 points or less 33 times in 44 games (75.0 percent) under Kenny Dillingham and Brian Ward. ASU held opponents under the 30-point mark in in 67 of 99 games since 2018 (67.7 percent). This is notable as it DID allow 30+ in 32 of the 43 previous games (74.4 percent) in a span from 2013- 17.
• ASU held 10 of its 11 FBS regular season opponents to fewer points than they were averaging per game coming into the contest (Miss St. 24/34.0, Texas State 15/47.5, Baylor 24/38.0, TCU 24/41.7, TTU 22/47.5, Houston 24/29.4, Iowa State (19/29.0, WVU 23/23.4, CU 17/22.0, ARIZ 23/33.5) ASU was 11 for 14 in holding opponents under their season scoring average in 2024., following the season opener: Mississippi State (23/56.0), Texas State (28/41.5), Texas Tech (30/44.7), Utah (19/28.3), Cincinnati (24/31.0), Oklahoma State (21/30.5), UCF (31/33.2) Kansas State (14/31.2), BYU (21/31.6), Arizona (7/23.1), Iowa State (19/31.2).
• Last year, the Sun Devils faced four teams that entered the contest averaging over 500.0 yards of total offense per game and held those teams to an average of 301.25 yards per game (Texas State/Baylor/TCU/ Texas Tech).Grayson Rigdon and Reed Harris (pictured) had two touchdowns vs. Morgan State, and it was the first time two different Sun Devil receivers recorded two or more receiving touchdowns since Chris Coyle and Rashad Ross against Washington State (two each) in 2012.

Golden receivers

• Reed Harris’ 104 yards after contact are 14th in the FBS while Omarion Miller’s 93 yards after contact are 20th.
• Among FBS receivers with at least 25 targets, Reed Harris ranks fifth with an NFL QBR rating when targeted of 150.8 when targeted. 
• Through Sept. 19: The Sun Devils are sixth in the nation with 372 yards after contact this season on receiving plays.
• ASU has recorded 681 yards after the catch through four games, good for 26th in the FBS while the team’s 8.1 yards after catch per reception in third in the country.
• The Sun Devil receivers have exemplified Hines Ward’s “No Block, No Rock” mantra as Miller and Harris rank eighth and ninth in the nation among wide receivers with their run blocking grades of 73.9 and 73.6, respectively (min. 90 run blocking snaps)
• The Sun Devils had three 100-yard receivers in the opener: Reed Harris (137), Grayson Rigdon (110) and Omarion Miller (102) - - a feat that had not been achieved at Arizona State since at least 1996. 
• Rigdon and Harris had two touchdowns and it was the first time two different Sun Devil receivers recorded two or more receiving touchdowns since Chris Coyle and Rashad Ross against Washington State (two each) in 2012. ASU was the only team in the country in Week One to have two players achieve that feat. For perspective, that only occured on 14 different occasions in all of the FBS last season.
• Arizona State’s transfer group featured the No. 2 (Harris) and No. 4 (Miller) wideout transfers in the nation, according to 247Sports.
• Harris started all 12 games at wide receiver in 2025, totaling 39 catches for 673 yards and five touchdowns - career highs in each category. His 17.26 yards per reception on the year were 30th in the FBS and third in the ACC
• Miller earned All-Big 12 Second Team honors in 2025 and played in 11 games during the 2025 season, starting in eight. He finished the season leading Colorado in all three receiving stats with 45 receptions forn 808 yards and eight touchdowns
• Miller had either 100 yards receiving or a receiving touchdown in each of the last four games of the season. His 17.9 yards per reception were tops in the Big 12 and 18th in the FBS and his 11 catches on contested targets were fourth in the Big 12 and 30th in the FBS.

Gold rush

• ASU ranked 27th in the country in averaging 193.62 rushing yards per game last season after ranking 20th in the FBS in averaging 199.9 rushing yards per game in 2024. The team is looking to get back on that pace this season, only averaging 149.0 yards per game this season.
• The team has rushed for over 200 yards on 17 occasions under Kenny Dillingham, going 13-4 in those games.
• ASU was the only team in the country that had two different players rush for over 200 yards in a game last year. Four different Sun Devils had a 100+ yard rushing game last season in Raleek Brown, Kanye Udoh, Jeff Sims and Jason Brown. It was the first time that had happened at ASU since the 1996 season.
• ASU was one of just 13 teams in the country to have four separate players reach the century mark for the year.
• The team has rushed for 200 or more yards 17 times under Kenny Dillingham, compiling a 13-4 record when it does. ASU has rushed for 100+ yards in 32 of the team’s 44 games under Kenny Dillingham.
• ASU has rushed for a first down or touchdown on 29.0 percent of its rushes since the 2023 season, good for 39th nationally.
• Arizona State’s 3.35 yards after contact per rush since the 2023 season is tied for 35th in the country.
• The team’s 0.28 missed tackles forced per rush since 2023 are tied for second in the FBS. 
• The Sun Devils forced 120 missed tackles on running plays last year, good for 22nd in the FBS. ASU forced 177 missed tackles on run plays in 2024, second-most in the FBS.
• ASU has received a team rushing grade of 96.4 from PFF since the start of 2023, good for 15th-best nationally.
• The Sun Devils have produced a 1,000-yard rusher 11 times in the last 15 seasons - with one of the lone exceptions being the shortened 2020 season. For comparison, from 1976-2010, ASU had just eight 1000-yard rushers over 34 years.

But also no rush

• The Sun Devils are allowing 154.3 rushing yards per game through four games this season.
• The Sun Devils held opponents to just 112.9 rushing yards per game in 2024 in the regular season, the 21st-best total in the country and tops in the Big 12. That came despite ASU playing four of the Top-15 teams in the nation last season in rushing offense (5. UCF/11. Kansas State/13. Kansas./15. Texas State). No other team in the Top-30 faced more than two such opponents in the regular season. ASU was 36th in the FBS in allowing just 133.5 rush yards per game to opponents in 2023.
• ASU has held opponents to 140 or fewer rushing yards in 29 of 44 games (65.9 percent) in the Kenny Dillingham era.
• The Sun Devils have held opponents under 100 rushing yards 19 times in the 44 games in the Dillingham/Ward era. Between the 2018-22 seasons, it had happened just 13 total times in 55 games.
• ASU has held nine of its last 20 opponents dating back to the 2024 season under 100 rushing yards

Time and time again

• ASU has controlled the ball for over 32 minutes in 18 of 44 games (40.9 percent) under Kenny Dillingham. It had reached the 32-minute mark just 17 times in 55 games from 2018-22 (30.9 percent)
• The Sun Devils are 18-7 under Dillingham when leading in time of possession, compared to 6-12 when they don’t.

Kenny the Giant Slayer

• Kenny Dillingham had won six straight games vs. ranked teams in the regular season, the best mark in the nation entering 2026. That streak ended at No. 10 Texas A&M in Week Two.
• The Sun Devils have won six straight games over Big 12 teams ranked in the AP Top-25 (2-0 last season), which is tied for the sixth-longest streak in Big 12 history.

Mountain America Stadium, Home of the ASU Sun Devils

• Arizona State University and Sun Devil Athletics announced a multi-year naming rights partnership in 2023 with Mountain America Credit Union to form one of the most dynamic naming rights deals in college athletics.
• The 15-year partnership with Sun Devil Athletics, the most important deal in athletics department history, includes ASU’s football stadium, which will now be called Mountain America Stadium, Home of the ASU Sun Devils.
• Both Mountain America and ASU are committed to giving back to the community, and this partnership will provide support to the community and student-athletes in a variety of ways:
  • Football Field Goals: Mountain America will donate $250 to the Sun Devil Club for every field goal made to enhance ASU’s student-athlete experience. 
  • Shoe Donation Program: ASU and Mountain America will develop a donation program to provide brand-new shoes to community members in need. 
  • Scholarships: Each year, Mountain America will provide $20,000 to ASU student-athletes, with $10,000 for women’s sports and $10,000 for men’s sports.
  • Financial Education Programs: Mountain America will offer special student-athlete financial education programs, including personal coaching sessions.
  • Internship Program: Mountain America will also offer an internship program to help student-athletes develop the skills and experience needed for future endeavors.

Smart Devils

• Arizona State has one of the top honors colleges in the nation, as Barrett, The Honors College is consistently ranked high in several areas. Football players in Barrett this year include Kyson Brown, Cory Butler, Cam Dyer, Jake Fette, Martell Hughes, Isaiah Iosefa, Davis Kinney, Cardae Mack, Mason Marden, Landen Miree and Uriah Neloms.
• Additionally, 11 different Sun Devils have already earned their undergraduate degrees from Arizona State University and will compete as graduates this season with two others who earned their degrees prior to arriving at Arizona State:
• Kyson Brown: BA in interdisciplinary studies, 2026
• Derek Eusebio: BA in business (sports business), 2026
• Zyrus Fiaseu: BA in liberal studies, 2025
• C.J. Fite: BS in business entrepreneurship, 2025
• My’Keil Gardner: BS in family and human development, 2026
• Jaren Hamilton: BA in liberal studies, 2026
• Roman Pitre: BA in interdisciplinary studies, 2025
• Clayton Smith: BA in liberal studies, 2025
• Zac Swanson: BA in liberal studies, 2026
• Tyler Wigglesworth: BA in mass communication and media studies, 2026
• Blazen Lono Wong: BS in communication, 2025
• Mikey Keene: BS in business administration, 2024 (Fresno State)
• Lyrik Rawls: BS in business administration, 2024 (Oklahoma State)

Milestone Watch

• Linebacker Owen Long reached 200 career tackles earlier this year (currently at 235 tackles). It is the 15th-highest total among active players at the FBS level
• Defensive lineman Clayton Smith is 1 sack away from 15 career sacks (currently at 14 sacks). The 14 sacks are tied for the 18th-most among active players at the FBS level. Smith is 1 game away from having played in 50 career games (currently at 49 games played)
• Quarterback Cutter Boley has now accounted for 30 career touchdowns
• Running back Marquis Gillis eclipsed 450 career rushing attempts in the last game (currently at 455 rushing attempts). Gillis surpassed 2,500 career rushing yards earlier this year (currently at 2,566 rushing yards). Gillis has now played in over 40 career games (currently at 42 games played)
• Wide receiver Jalen Moss is 435 receiving yards away from 2,000 career receiving yards (currently at 1,565 receiving yards). He has the 40th-most career receiving yards among active players at the FBS level. Moss now has over 2,000 career all-purpose yards (currently at 2,052 all-purpose yards). Moss is 1 game away from having played in 40 career games (currently at 39 games played)
• Wide receiver Reed Harris is 340 receiving yards away from 2,000 career receiving yards (currently at 1,660 receiving yards). He has the 35th-most career receiving yards among active players at the FBS level.
• Wide receiver Omarion Miller is 8 receiving yards away from 1,500 career receiving yards (currently at 1,492 receiving yards). Miller is 9 receptions away from 100 career catches (currently at 91 catches) 
• Quarterback Mikey Keene is 223 passing yards away from 8,500 career passing yards (currently at 8,277 passing yards). Keene is 5 passing touchdown passes away from 70 career passing touchdowns (currently at 65 passing touchdowns)
• Kicker Carson Smith reached 200 career points in the last game (currently at 201 points)
• Defensive back Ashton Stamps now has 20 passes defended in his career
• Defensive back Lyrik Rawls now has 150 career tackles (currently at 151 tackles)
• Defensive lineman E’Marrion Winston is 4 games away from having played in 50 career games (currently at 46 games played.
• Defensive lineman C.J. Fite has now played in over 40 career games (currently at 42 games played)
• Defensive lineman Blazen Lono-Wong has now played in 40 career games. All have come in a Sun Devil uniform.
• Running back David Avit eclipsed 300 career rushing attempts earlier this season (currently at 302 rushing attempts). Avit is 378 rushing yards away from 2,000 career rushing attempts (currently at 1,622 rushing yards). Avit is 2 rushing touchdowns away from 20 career rushing touchdowns (currently at 18 rushing touchdowns)

Six degrees of Sun Devil-ation

• Hawai’i head coach Timmy Chang and special teams coordinator Thomas Sheffield coached with Arizona State defensive coordinator Brian Ward at Nevada in 2020 and 2021.
• Arizona State offensive lineman Xander Ruggeroli played under Hawai’i associate head coach/linebackers Chris Brown at Bishop Gorman High School in 2021. Ruggeroli also played under Hawai’i quarterback coach Chad Kapanui at Bishop Gorman High School in 2022 and 2023.
• Ruggeroli attended Bishop Gorman High School with Hawai’i running backs Cam Barfield and DeVon Rice, defensive backs Jeremiah Hughes, Elijah Palmer, Kodi DeCambra and Brayton Correa, wide receivers Audric Harris and Brandon Gaea, linebackers Jamih Otis and Ben Hudson, quarterback Micah Alejado, placekicker Hudson Borsari, offensive lineman Kawaika “KJ” Hallums and tight end Anthony Hickman.
• Hawai’i defensive coordinator/cornerbacks Dennis Thurman was the Director of Quality Control at Colorado when ASU wide receiver Omarion Miller played there in 2023.
• Arizona State defensive line coach Diron Reynolds coached at Stanford at the same time Hawai’i linebacker Benjamin Hudson attended the school in 2022.
• Hawai’i running back Cam Barfield attended Boston College with Arizona State wide receiver Reed Harris in 2023.
• Arizona State defensive lineman Jalen Thompson played with Hawai’i defensive back Jeremiah Hughes at Michigan State in 2024 and 2025. Hughes played with Arizona State defensive back Ashton Stamps at LSU
  in 2023.
• ASU wide receiver Raiden Vines-Bright attended Washington with Hawai’i wide receiver Audric Harris in 2025.
• Hawai’i wide receiver Carson Brown played with ASU offensive linemen Wade and Brent Helton at Iowa State in 2024.
• Arizona State defensive lineman Rashad McKenzie and safety Adrian “Boogie” Wilson played at Washington State with Hawai’i defensive back Jaylon Edmond in 2024.
• Hawai’i wide receiver Tre’ Griffiths played at Oklahoma State with Arizona State defensive back Lyrik Rawls in 2024.
• Hawai’i linebacker Matteus Ioane played at Leilehua High School with ASU offensive lineman Manamo’ui Muti.
• ASU cornerback Nasir Stephens played at Los Alamitos High School with Hawai’i defensive lineman Adam Tomczyk.
• Hawai’i defensive lineman Ka’eo Akana played at Utah with Arizona State
  cornerback Nasir Stephens in 2024.
• Arizona State tight end Kristian Ingman played with Hawai’i defensive
  back Elijah Gipson at Portland State in 2023.
• Hawai’i defensive lineman Spencer Elliot played at Portland State with
  ASU tight end Kristian Ingman in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
• ASU offensive lineman Luke Baklenko played at Stanford with Hawai’i
  linebacker Ben Hudson in 2023.
• Arizona State offensive lineman Filiva’a “Suka” Lokotui attended Kahuku
  High School with Hawai’i wide receiver Diezel Kamoku.
• Hawai’i defensive back Kodi DeCambra attended Oregon with ASU defensive linemen Emar’rion Winston and MyKeil Gardner in 2023.
• Hawai’i running back TJ Fo’ilefutu played at Liberty High School with Arizona State defensive back Zeth Thues.
• ASU defensive lineman Kirt Vakalahi attended New Mexico Military Institute with UH offensive lineman Eric McFall in 2024 and UH offensive lineman Vake Hehea and defensive lineman Tonga Paea in 2024 and 2025.
• Arizona State linebacker Ramere Davis played at Mater Dei High School with Hawai’i offensive lineman Lipe Moala.
• ASU defensive lineman MyKeil Gardner played at Oregon with UH offensive lineman Lipe Moala in 2024.
• Arizona State lineman Emar’rion Winston played at Oregon with Hawai’i offensive lineman Lipe Moala in 2023 and 2024.
• ASU Chief of Staff Jason Cvercko (2016-19) and Executive Director of
  Football Recruiting and Player Personnel Josh Omura (2017-21) both held
  similar positions at Hawai’i.