All-Time Sun Devils in the Super Bowl
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SSuggsuggs bbecameecame jjustust tthehe ssecondecond pplayerlayer iinn sschoolchool hhistoryistory ttoo eearnarn uunanimousnanimous AAll-Americanll-American hhonorsonors aandnd ssetet tthehe NNCAACAA rrecordecord wwithith 224.04.0 ssacksacks iinn 22003.003. TThehe BBaltimorealtimore RRavensavens ttookook SSuggsuggs aass tthehe 110th0th sselectionelection iinn tthehe fi rrstst rroundound ooff tthehe 22003003 NNFLFL DDraft.raft. AAfterfter tturningurning iinn a rrookieookie tteam-recordeam-record 1122 ssacksacks iinn 22003,003, SSuggsuggs wwasas nnamedamed tthehe NNFLFL DDefensiveefensive RRookieookie ooff tthehe Year,Year, aandnd wwasas vvotedoted ttoo tthehe 22004004 PProro BBowlowl iinn jjustust hhisis ssecondecond NNFLFL sseason.eason. 6 AARIZONARIZONA STATESTATE FOOTBALLFOOTBALL 20052005 ““AttendingAttending ArizonaArizona SStatetate UniversityUniversity waswas thethe bestbest LLefteft tackletackle LeviLevi Jones,Jones, a walk-onwalk-on whowho ddecisionecision ofof mymy life.life. 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HeHe developeddeveloped meme intointo a completecomplete pplayerlayer andand a completecomplete person.”person.” ---- TerrellTerrell Suggs,Suggs, FormerFormer ASUASU DefensiveDefensive EndEnd BBaltimorealtimore RavensRavens TTightight endend TToddodd HeapHeap andand TTerrellerrell Suggs,Suggs, bothboth fi rrst-st- rroundound draftdraft pickspicks byby thethe BBaltimorealtimore Ravens,Ravens, foundfound a momentmoment toto reminiscereminisce oonn theirtheir playingplaying daysdays atat OOverver 100100 formerformer SunSun DevilsDevils returnedreturned toto campuscampus AArizonarizona State.State. fforor tthehe WWashingtonashington StateState gamegame lastlast yearyear asas AASUSU rretiredetired PatPat TTillman’sillman’s No.No. 4242 jersey.jersey. 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Vince Amoia, FB New York Jets OOverver 100100 formerformer SunSun Brian Jennings, SN San Francisco 49ers Levi Jones, LT Cincinnati Bengals (First-round draft pick) DDevilsevils attendedattended thethe John Knight, LB San Diego Chargers HHuddleuddle ClubClub GolfGolf Jason Kyle, LB Seattle Seahawks Brad Williams, P Minnesota Vikings TTournament.ournament. SSt.t. LouisLouis RamRam AAdamdam ArchuletaArchuleta (above)(above) aandnd LeviLevi JonesJones werewere AASUSU walk-onswalk-ons wwhoho wentwent onon toto becomebecome fi rrst-roundst-round NNFLFL draftdraft picks.picks. 7 In Honor of Pat Tillman (1976-2004) Cpl. Pat Tillman was killed in the line of duty in April of 2004 in Afghanistan. The 1997 Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year and a three-time all- league honoree, Tillman played linebacker at ASU from 1994-97. After a successful fi ve-year NFL career with the Arizona Cardinals, Tillman and his brother, Kevin, a former ASU baseball player, enlisted in the U.S. Army and became members of the elite U.S. Rangers unit. An Academic All-American and three-time Pac-10 All-Academic selection, Tillman graduated summa cum laude from Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business with a B.S. in marketing on Dec. 19, 1997. Tillman’s No. 42 jersey was retired at halftime of the Washington State game last season and Pat Tillman Sr. visited the locker room after the game. The Sun Devil team will continue to wear a patch with Tillman’s number on the front of their jerseys this season. The Pac-10 Conference has also honored Tillman by renaming its Defensive Player of the Year Award after him. In cooperation with the family of Pat Tillman, Arizona State and the Arizona Cardinals have established the Pat Tillman Memorial Scholarship, which will provide support for ASU students in the W.P. Carey School of Business marketing program and Sun Devil Athletics. For more information on the scholarship, please contact Lynda Lumpkin at (480) 965-2475. Donations can be sent via mail to the ASU Foundation, Attn: Lynda Lumpkin, P.O. Box 873208, Tempe, AZ 85287- 3208. Tillman’s family has also established a foundation in his memory, which can be reached at pattillmanfoundation.net. 8 ARIZONA STATE FOOTBALL 2005 RRepresentativesepresentatives fromfrom thethe NFL,NFL, iincludingncluding coaches,coaches, generalgeneral mmanagers,anagers, assistantassistant coachescoaches andand sscouts,couts, traveltravel toto TTempeempe eacheach yearyear ttoo seesee thethe SunSun DevilsDevils performperform onon PProro TimingTiming Day.Day. 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