GRADUATE STUDENT (2022)
- Most rushing touchdowns (16) in the Pac-12 in 2022
- One of three Pac-12 running backs with over 1,000 rushing yards in 2022
- Led Sun Devils with 1,481 all purpose yards
- Rushed for a touchdown in eight-straight games, the most by a Sun Devil since Cam Marshall in 2011.
- Three 1,000+ rushing yard seasons
- 22 games with 100+ rushing yards
- Became the first running back in the FBS to rush for and catch a touchdown in back-to-back games
Xazavian Valladay has been named to the Doak Walker Award watch list for the nation's top RB ??#ForksUp | #O2V pic.twitter.com/kkKqA8sz0r
— Sun Devil Football (@ASUFootball) July 20, 2022
--Wyoming RB Xazavian Valladay joins Sun Devils (ASURivals.com)
--Sun Devils get commitment from Wyoming RB transfer Xazavian Valladay (arizonasports.com)
--ASU adds impact transfer RB Xazavian Valladay (247Sports.com)
--Wyoming transfer Xazavian Valladay commits to the Sun Devils (House of Sparky)
WYOMING/HIGH SCHOOL
- Versatile back that can do damage as a receiver out of the backfield and a workhorse transfer who joined the Sun Devils from Wyoming with one year of eligibility remaining and was one of the best running backs in Wyoming history
- Ranked as the No. 152 overall transfer prospect in the nation by 247 Sports
- In four seasons with Wyoming, he compiled 3,281 yards and 19 touchdowns on 626 carries and finished career as the second-leading rusher in program history
- Returns as the FBS active leader in career rushing yards this season
- Has 68 explosive runs (10+) yards since 2019 - the 22nd most among all FBS running backs from 2019-21
- Eclipsed 1,000 yards in two seasons, including a 1,265-yard effort in 2019 which was the third-most in single-season program history
- Earned Second Team All-MWC after rushing for 1,070 yards in 2021
- Put together 14 100-yard performances with the Cowboys, including a 204-yard game in the Arizona Bowl victory over Georgia State in 2019
- Finished his Cowboys’ career with 51 catches for 584 yards and two touchdowns
- Earned Special Mention All-State honors from the Chicago Tribune as a senior and was ranked by 247 Sports as the No. 75 overall recruit in the state of Illinois in the 2017 recruiting class
- Helped lead Brother Rice High School a No. 8 seed in the 2016 Illinois Class 8A State Playoffs, before losing in the first round
- Class 8A is the largest classification in the state of Illinois
- Brother Rice High began the season with a perfect 8-0 start before ending the season with a 9-3 record
- Twice during his senior season, Valladay was named his team’s Offensive MVP of the Week