The ASU victory…

• Improved ASU to 5-1 in regular season non-conference games over the past two seasons.
• Extended ASU’s home winning streak to 8 consecutive victories, its longest since a 9-game stretch between the 2012-14 seasons.
• Brought ASU back to .500 (6-6) against schools from the state ofTexas since the 2000 season
• Kept Texas State from its first 3-0 start since 1983
• Moved ASU to 2-0 in the all-time series 
• Helped ASU avoid its first two-game losing streak since the final two games of the 2023 season.

Air Jordyn

• Tyson now has seven career games in which he has eclipsed the century mark in receiving since becoming a Sun Devil with his 6 catch, 105 yard effort on Saturday. 
• Tyson became the first Sun Devil receiver with a touchdown reception in the first three games of the season since N’Keal Harry in 2018
• Tyson now has 11-straight games with over 60 receiving yards - the longest active streak in the nation. Since the start of that stretch against Kansas last year, Tyson is second among all FBS receivers with 13 touchdowns and receiving yards (1,206)  - despite Tyson not playing in ASU’s Big 12 Championship or College Football Playoff games.  Tyson’s 58 receiving first downs (4 tonight) in that stretch are 10 more than any other player in the country.
• Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith has the most yardage in the stretch at 1,283 and has one more touchdown than Tyson with his 13 touchdowns, but it should be noted Smith has done so in four more games of action than Tyson in that time. 
• Tyson’s 30-yard touchdown reception was his third straight game finding the endzone this season for his fourth touchdown of the year. It’s his fourth straight game with a touchdown dating back to last year’s 49-7 win over Arizona for the longest touchdown streak of his career.
• In his first six games as a Sun Devil, Tyson compiled 25 receptions for 369 yards and three touchdowns (61.5 ypg). Over the nine games since, he has accounted for 74 receptions for 1,046 yards and 11 touchdowns (116.2 ypg)

Causing a Leek

• Raleek Brown’s 12.0 yards per carry (144 yards on 12 carries) were the fourth-most for an ASU running back that has cleared 125 rushing yards since the 1996 season. 
• He is the only player in that time to reach 140 rushing yards on 12 or fewer carries.
• His 75-yard touchdown run was the longest run AND touchdown run for an ASU player since Kalen Ballage vs. Texas Tech in 2016. 
• Brown has now recorded back-to-back outings of 100+ rushing yards for the first time in his career while piling up a new career-high of 144 rushing yards. 
• The 144 yards were the third-most by a Big 12 running back this season.
• He now has two 100 yard performances, one of two running backs to accomplish the feat in the league.
• His 8.3 yards per rush are the most in the Big 12 for a running back that has played at least three games this season.

Rule of thirds

• ASU has held opponents to a third down percentage of 28.9 through three games this season - its lowest through the first three games of a season since a 26.2 percentage in 2011. 
• Texas State was 5-for-16 (31.3 percent) after entering the game with a 13-26 mark (50.0). 

Second quarter surge

• It was a dominant second quarter that helped seal the victory for the Sun Devils.
• Arizona State outscored Texas State 17-0 to build a 20-3 lead heading into halftime.
• ASU has now outscored opponents 110-19 in the “middle eight” of games since the start of last year (last four minutes of first half, first four minutes of second half) after a 3-0 advantage tonight.
• ASU has outscored opponents 144-56 in the first half of its last eight games dating back to last year.

Sam I am

• Sun Devil quarterback Sam Leavitt excelled with his arms and his legs in the win over Texas State.
• He accounted for 247 yards (188 passing and 59 rushing) while also scoring through the air and on the ground.
• Leavitt recorded 50+ rushing yards for the fifth time in his career and second time in three games this season reaching the mark. 
• Leavitt also recorded the fourth game of his career with at least one passing and one rushing touchdown. 
• The 30-yard touchdown strike to Tyson was the longest passing touchdown of the season through three games. 

Getting defensive

• The Sun Devil defense held Texas State to a season low of 303 yards after the Bobcats piled up 454 and 604 yards in each of their last two outings. 
• The 303 total yards of offense were the lowest by the Bobcats since a 300-yard game against Rice in Dec. of 2023 and lowest in a regular season game since having 280 yards against Coastal in Nov. of 2023. 
• ASU recorded 10 tackles for loss and 5 sacks against TXST, the first time it posted both those numbers in a single game since the UCLA contest on Dec. 5, 2020 (also 10 and 5). 
• ASU has 24 tackles for loss through three games this season, already representing 36.4 percent of its season tally in 14 games (66) last season. 
• Since 2018, ASU has held opponents to the 400 or less mark for total offensive yards on 49 occasions over 84 games (58.3 percent of the time). For comparison, ASU accomplished the feat just 24 times in the 65 previous games (36.9 percent) from 2013-2017. The team has accomplished the feat 20 times in 29 games (69.0 percent) under Kenny Dillingham and Brian Ward (303 tonight).
• ASU has  held opponents to 30 points or less in 56 of 84 games since 2018 (66.7 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 has accomplished this 22 times in 29 games (75.9) under Kenny Dillingham and Brian Ward (15 tonight). 
• ASU has held its two opponents after the opener to fewer points than they were averaging per game coming into the contest (Miss St. 24/34.0, Texas State (15/47.5)) ASU was 11 for 14 in holding opponents under their season scoring average last year, 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). 

Hold the line

• Texas State came into the game with the nation’s No. 7 rushing offense, averaging 280.0 yards per game. ASU’s No. 21 rushing defense held them to just 119 yards on 42 carries.
• Texas State’s 2.8 yards per carry was its lowest since 2.7 yards against South Alabama on Nov. 25, 2023 and its 10th-lowest in a game since the 2020 season (65 games)
• On the other side of the ball, ASU ran for 245 yards and are now 9-3 when rushing for over 200 yards under Kenny Dillingham.

Crook-ed numbers 

• Jordan Crook led the game with a career-high 12 tackles, including 3.5 tackles for loss and added a sack in the win.
• His 3.5 tackles for loss were the most since Tyler Johnson had 3.5 against Stanford on Oct. 8, 2021. 
• It was the most for an ASU linebacker since, ironically, teammate Keyshaun Elliott also had 12 at Texas State last season. 

Quick hits 

• Myles Rowser’s fumble recovery in the second quarter was his second career fumble recovery and the first since November 19, 2022 against Delaware State as a member of the Campbell Camels.
• C.J. Fite recorded his first career forced fumble, contributing to the Rowser fumble recovery.
• Chamon Metayer set a new single-game career-high in receptions (6) and yards (60)
• Metayer’s third-quarter touchdown was the first receiving touchdown by a Sun Devil this season outside of Jordyn Tyson. 
• Safety Adrian Wilson tied a career-high with seven tackles, last achieving on Nov. 9, 2024 against Utah State.
• Redshirt freshman Albert Smith recorded his first-career sack in the victory. 
• Clayton Smith has matched his exact total of three sacks through three games for the second consecutive year.