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Game #6 Date: October 10, 2015 Time: 7:00 p.m. PT ARIZONA STATE Colorado Site: Tempe, Ariz. (3-2, 1-1 Pac-12) (3-2, 0-1 Pac-12) Venue: Sun Devil Stadium Capacity: 64,248 @TheSunDevils @CUbuffs Surface: Bermuda Grass @FootballASU @runralphierun Series: ASU leads, 6-0 TV: Pac-12 Networks

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SUN DEVIL MEDIA RELATIONS | PO BOX 872505 | TEMPE, AZ 85287-2505 | OFFICE #: 480-965-6593 | THESUNDEVILS.COM schedule THE GAME - The Sun Devil football program continues its four- AN ASU VICTORY WOULD... Results game stretch against Pac-12 South foes this weekend as it welcomes the Colorado Buffaloes to Tempe, Ariz., on Saturday, Oct. 10. The game is scheduled for a 7 p.m. PT kickoff and will Sept. 5 » Improve ASU to 7-0 all-time against Colorado. vs. Texas A&M be broadcast live on the Pac-12 Networks. Houston » Make it a fi ve-game winning streak in conference games L, 17-38 THE BUFFALOES - The Buffaloes enter the game with a 3-2 record this season and are against the Buffaloes, its longest winning streak against Sept. 12 0-1 in Pac-12 action following a hard-fought 41-24 loss to Oregon last weekend in a game a conference foe outside its nine straight wins against vs. Cal Poly that was much tighter than the fi nal score might tell. Tempe Washington. W, 35-21 » Improve ASU to 276-100-3 (.731) all-time at Sun Devil Colorado is a team that has gotten off to a solid start this year, already surpassing last year’s Sept. 18 win total (2) just fi ve games into the season. The squad has done so behind an emergent Stadium, the 15th best record of all programs that have vs. New Mexico Tempe rushing offense that is currently 18th nationally and third in the conference at 233.0 yards per been at their home stadiums for at least 50 years. W, 34-10 game. They have done so with a committee of rushers that includes three players averaging » Improve ASU to 19-5 all-time at Sun Devil Stadium under over 60 rushing yards per game. Sept. 26 . vs. USC » Improve ASU to a Pac-12 South leading 21-9 record in Tempe ASU holds the all-time series record against the Buffaloes, 6-0, and have won all four contests conference games since 2012. L, 14-42 against CU in the current Pac-12 era. In those games, ASU has outscored the Buffs, 245-85, Oct. 3 and have an average margin of victory of 43.3 points per game. Of all the teams that ASU » Move ASU to 15-2 in all conference games following its at UCLA has played at least six times throughout history, Colorado is the only one that ASU has an fi rst Pac-12 loss of the season in the past 2+ seasons. undefeated record against. W, 38-23 oct. 10 THE PAC-12 - The Sun Devils are now 16-21-1 all-time in Pac-12 road openers but have ASU STATISTICAL LEADERS vs. Colorado won three of four with Todd Graham at the helm. The UCLA victory keeps ASU just a half game Tempe Mike Demario D.J. Jordan back behind Utah for fi rst in the Pac-12 South. 7 p.m. | Pac-12 Net Bercovici Richard Foster Simone Oct. 17 120-201 93 rush, 4 TD 26 catches 45 tackles at Utah In the past two plus seasons, ASU has responded in an exemplary fashion following its fi rst Salt Lake City conference loss of the season - in the conference opener against Stanford in 2013, the second 1344 Yards 508 yards 246 yards 6.0 TFL/1 Sack TBA | TBA game of conference play against UCLA in 2014 and the fi rst Pac-12 game this season against 9 TDs 101.6 ypg 2 TD 2 INTs Oct. 29 USC - compiling a 14-2 conference record following those losses. 3 INT 5.5 ypc 9.5 ypc 3 Pass Defense vs. Oregon PASSING RUSHING RECEIVING DEFENSE Tempe 7:30 pm | ESPN STACKING THEM UP (2015 Rankings) Nov. 7 at washington st. FBS RANK PAC-12 AVERAGE CATEGORY AVERAGE PAC-12 FBS RANK pullman 76 11 27.6 Scoring Offense 33.4 8 45 TBA | TBA 84 10 26.8 Scoring Defense 21.4 5 46 Nov. 14 70 10 169.2 Rushing Offense 233.0 3 18 vs. Washington Tempe 63 7 156.8 Rushing Defense 190.4 10 93 TBA | TBA 34 4 268.8 Passing Offense 210.6 10 81 Nov. 21 58 5 212.6 Passing Defense 10.97 10 99 vs. Arizona 44 8 438.0 Total Offense 443.6 7 38 Tempe 59 4 369.4 Total Defense 380.4 6 66 TBA | TBA 34 5 24.53 Kickoff Returns 27.29 2 15 Nov. 28 51 3 20.25 Kickoff Return Defense 20.80 4 63 at Berkeley 105 11 4.00 Punt Returns 4.17 10 103 TBA | TBA 120 11 19.86 Punt Return Defense 7.29 9 58

*All Times Arizona TIME 7 2 35.80 Penalty Yards Per Game 54.20 8 53 91 11 -0.60 Turnover Margin 0.60 4 37

1 SUN DEVIL FOOTBALL GAME WEEK SCHEDULE • COLORADO 2015 SUN DEVIL FOOTBALL MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 • No Practice • 8:35-11 a.m. - Practice • 8:35-11 a.m. - Practice • 8:35-11 a.m. - Practice • No Practice Game Day • TBD • 12 p.m. - Coach Graham -Foster available -Foster available -Bercovici/Graham avail- • No Interviews vs. Colorado Press Conference -Coordinators available -Coordinators available able Sun Devil Stadium • 12:30 p.m. - Mike Berco- -No Graham/Bercovici -No Graham/Bercovici -No Coordinators Tempe, Ariz. vici Press Conference -Only one period (team 7:00 p.m. PT stretch) available to view General game week. The press conference is tentatively Media Highlights Policy GAME CAPSULE The Sun Devil Athletics media relations staff scheduled for 12 p.m. (Noon) Arizona Time each Highlights include Pac-12 Networks/ESPN/ understands the importance of assisting the week. When the team practices on Mondays, FOX broadcasts and all home hosted non-televised media in providing coverage of the institution, its Coach Graham will not be available following competitions, including those that are live SUN DEVILS VS. COLORADO athletics programs, administrators, coaches and practice. streamed. Location: Tempe, Ariz. student-athletes. We pride ourselves in being able Following home contests, Arizona State will Stadium: Sun Devil Stadium to disseminate information as widely, uniformly bring several student-athletes to the Dutson Live Broadcasts Date: October 10 and fairly as possible using normally accepted Theater for a post-game press conference. Head It is not permissible for any non-rightsholder Kick-off: 7:00 p.m. PT media standards. To this end, the best attempt will Coach Todd Graham will follow the student- to broadcast over the air, stream over the Television: FOX be made to fill reasonable requests by recognized athletes. internet (audio or video), or transmit in any Radio: Sun Devils Sports Radio Network media outlets. Members of the media are All press conference will be streamed live other way, any live event without the consent of Presented by MidFirst encouraged to work with the Sun Devil Football via the Pac-12 website at http://pac-12.com/ the Sun Devil Athletics Department. Live events media relations staff to assist in that endeavor. It live/arizona-state-university. Additionally, ASAP include varsity contests, press conferences COLORADO & SERIES INFORMATION is not permissible for media members to contact Transcription Services will provide a transcript (including but not limited to weekly scheduled 2015 Record: 3-2 (0-1 Pac-12) any athletics department administrator, associate, following each press conference throughout the and postgame press conferences) and any other 2015 Ranking: N/A coach or student-athlete directly without working year that will be made available via TheSunDevils. group media availability. Exceptions may be through the media relations department. com and will also be sent to members of the made for any major news-breaking event and Last Game: Lost, 41-24, vs. Oregon media following each press conference. will be communicated in the media advisory for Coach: Mike MacIntyre Practice Policies the event. Career: 25-41 (6th season) Due to the nature of Arizona State game dates Credentials at Colorado: 9-20 (6th season) this season, practices schedules each week will Media credentials for Sun Devil home games Third-Party Website Highlight Policy Series: ASU leads, 6-0 vary dependent upon that week’s game. The for the 2015 football season will be handled No third party organization may post at ASU: ASU leads, 3-0 ASU media relations office will provide a practice online through Sports Systems. For access to the competition footage of any Pac-12 game or at CU: ASU leads, 3-0 schedule prior to each game week for the media. online portal request system, please contact Doug any non-conference home game on its website Last 5: 2014 - ASU won, 38-24 (Boulder) media members will be able to view three periods, Tammaro ([email protected]). For road games, without a license to the content from the Pac-12 2013 - ASU won, 54-13 (Tempe) beginning with team stretch. Media wishing to please contact Mark Brand (mark.brand@asu. Networks or its licensing partner (XOS Digital), 2012 - ASU won, 51-17 (Boulder) shoot practice will be able to do so for the first edu) for more information. with the exception of news window privileges 2011 - ASU won, 48-14 (Tempe) two of the three allowed periods, beginning with described below. Third parties are permitted to 2007 - ASU won, 33-14 (Tempe) team stretch and followed by the individual drills. Photography/Videoography post video on their websites through the use Following that open viewing period, the members Media wishing to shoot practice will be able of the Pac-12 Digital embeddable video player THIS WEEK’S TELEVISION CREW of the media will be escorted out of the facility to do so for the first two of the three allowed (embed code available at http://video.pac-12. Pac-12 Networks and reconvene near the end of the practice period periods, beginning with team stretch and followed com). Play-by-Play: Kevin Calabro for post-practice interviews. by the individual drills. On-camera interviews will Color: Yogi Roth be conducted at the end of each practice. News Outlet Highlight Policy Sideline: Lewis Johnson Interview Policies For home games, a photographer work area Certified news outlets may use a maximum Interviews are conducted at the end of each has been established inside the Carson Student- of 3 minutes of Pac-12 event footage on their practice. Due to high demand, several players Athlete Center (first floor). Internet access to newscasts during the 48-hour news window THIS WEEK’S RADIO CREW and members of the coaching staff might only transmit files is available in the photography following the conclusion of included events. If ASU - Sun Devils Sports Radio Network be available on a limited basis each week. A full workroom. Credentials must be worn in plain view these highlights do not contain a Pac-12 mark, Play-by-Play: Tim Healey availability schedule will be provided to the media throughout the game while on the field and all the news outlet must insert “Courtesy of the Color: each week. photographers must adhere to painted lines and Pac-12 Conference” over the footage. Highlights Sideline: Doug Franz Following home contests, Arizona State will instructions given by security personnel and/or may also be posted to certified news providers’ Channels: Arizona Sports 98.7 bring several student-athletes to the Dutson Arizona State staff members at all times. websites, but must be removed 48 hours after Sirius Channel 113/XM Channel 198 Theater for a post-game press conference. Head the conclusion of any included event, unless Coach Todd Graham will follow the student- Weekly Media Teleconference a license for that footage is obtained from the Sun Devil Sports Radio Network Affi liates athletes. Any members who wish to contact The Pac-12 Football Coaches Weekly Media Pac-12 Conference. Highlights may not be posted KATO 1240 - Safford a student-athlete or coach outside of the Teleconference Call will take place each Tuesday to YouTube, Facebook, or other social media KBXZ 1650 AM - Flagstaff aforementioned interview periods should contact during the season. Coach Graham is scheduled to properties. Beyond the 48 hour news window, KNTR 980 AM - Lake Havasu Thomas Lenneberg (480-965-6594 or Thomas. speak at 12:05 PT/1:05 MT each Tuesday. The certified news outlets are permitted to use a KZUA 92.1 FM - Holbrook [email protected]) to arrange a time outside of teleconferences will be recorded and available maximum of 1 minute of footage – on their KAZM 780 AM - Sedona practice or post-game for interviews. at Pac-12.com that same afternoon of the call. television newscasts only – for 14 calendar days KEVT 1210 - Tucson Members of the media may reach out to the after the conclusion of the game in question. Weekly Press Conferences Pac-12 (925-932-4411) for the media-only phone This policy pertains to the 2013-14 academic KIKO 1340 AM - Globe, Miami Todd Graham will resume his number for the teleconference. year only and is subject to change in subsequent KRVZ 1400 AM - Springerville years. KYCA 1490 AM - Prescott weekly press conferences each Monday prior to KNKI 106.7 FM - Show Low Sun Devils and Midfirst bank MidFirst Bank is proud to be the exclusive banking partner of Arizona State University. In addition to a comprehensive sponsorship program with ASU athletics, which includes the naming rights to the Sun Devil Stadium press box and the MidFirst Bank Stadium Club, the bank provides ASU branded MasterCard® check and credit cards that support the university. In just three years, ASU cardholders have collectively generated more than $1 million for the university. The alliance also includes a student ID card program that combines MasterCard® check card and student ID card functionality, full-service banking on campus, and a fi nancial literacy program.

2 SUN DEVIL FOOTBALL AP TOP 25 (As of Oct. 4) COACHES POLL (As of Sept. 27) ON THE AIR #BYTHENUMBERS 1 Ohio State (38) 1 Ohio State (50) Hear the hometown call with broadcaster The defensive duo of linebacker Salamo Fiso and safety Jordan 2 TCU (5) 2 TCU (4) Tim Healey and color analyst Jeff Van Raa- Simone has been a force this season. The two lead the team 3 Baylor (10) 3 Michigan State (1) in tackles this season (Simone at 45, Fiso at 44) while Fiso phorst as well as sideline reporter Doug Franz 4 Michigan State 4 Baylor (5) is currently second nationally and leads the Pac-12 with 7.8 providing all the action for Sun Devil Football solo tackles per game, just ahead of Simone in third/ 5 Utah (7) 5 LSU (1) this season. The hometown broadcasts are second with 7.4 solo tackles per game. The duo has combined 6 Clemson 6 Clemson boosted by Bonneville’s powerful sports/talk for 14.5 tackles for loss and Fiso is 18th nationally and fi rst in 7 LSU 7 Utah (1) lineup of Arizona Sports 98.7 FM, 620 AM 7.8 the Pac-12 with 1.7 TFL per game. 8 Alabama 8 Florida State KTAR and 92.3 KTAR News FM. This week’s ASU is one of just seven teams in the country that has at 9 Texas A&M (1) 9 Oklahoma game will broadcast on Arizona Sports 98.7 least four players with 15 or more receptions this season (Foster/ 10 Oklahoma 10 Alabama FM. The home town call will be on Sirius Richard/Lucien/Kohl). , the Pac-12 Offensive Player of 11 Florida 11 Texas A&M Channel 113/XM Channel 198. the Week, has shown his chops as far as being able to spread the 12 Florida State 12 Florida ball around this season. In each of ASU’s five games this season, a 13 Northwestern 13 Ole Miss LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION diferent player has led the team in total receiving yards (Jefferson/ 14 Ole Miss 14 Northwestern 15 Notre Dame 15 Notre Dame Saturday’s contest will mark the third ASU Lucien/Richard/Chambers/Foster). 7 16 Stanford 16 Georgia game of the season that will be broadcast ASU has gone on the road to defeat an AP Top-10 team just four 17 USC 17 USC on the Pac-12 Networks. Kevin Calabro will times in program history following its win against then No. 7 18 Michigan 18 Stanford be on the call alongside analyst Yogi Roth UCLA this past weekend. The last time it happened was a 45-42 19 Georgia 19 Oklahoma State while Lewis Johnson will provide insight from thriller over No. 8 Oregon in Eugene in 2002. ASU could get a 20 UCLA 20 UCLA the sidelines. ASU is 12-1 all-time on games chance at another when it faces current No. 5 Utah in Salt Lake 21 Oklahoma State 21 Michigan played on the Pac-12 Networks. City next week. The last ASU played two Top-10 teams on the road was 2005 (#7 Cal and No. 1 USC), losing both games. 22 Iowa 22 California The Pac-12 will again provide access to 4 23 California 23 Iowa Armed Forces Network for carriage of Pac-12 ASU has thrived on being able to limit its opponents in the fi rst half 24 Toledo 24 Boise State football games in 2015 for the benefi t of the under Todd Graham. Since 2012, ASU has lost just one game 25 Boise State 25 Memphis men and women in the military. (Notre Dame in 2013) in which is held its opponent scoreless in the fi rst quarter and is 21-1 overall and 3-0 this season in doing so. Additionally ASU has lost just one game under Graham when leading at halftime (Oregon State in 2014) and has a 27-1 2015 @Pac12 Conference Records Dr. Javier Cárdenas record in such games. SOUTH DIVISION Dr. Javier Cárdenas of Phoenix’s Barrow Neurolog- 1 School O’ALL Win% Pac-12 Win% ical Institute is on the sidelines of every Sun Devil Utah 4-0 1.000 1-0 1.000 home football game to consult with players who #10THINGS (Twitter-Friendly Notes) UCLA 4-1 .800 1-1 .500 may have sustained a concussion. Dr. Cárdenas, USC 3-1 .750 1-1 .500 an ASU alumnus, is one of the nation’s foremost 1. D.J. Foster has accounted for at least one reception in each of the 45 Arizona State 3-2 .600 1-1 .500 experts on the diagnosis and treatment of concus- games he has played at ASU, the longest active streak in FBS. Colorado 3-2 .600 0-1 .000 sion and other forms of brain injury. Arizona 3-2 .600 0-2 .000 2. D.J. Foster (@ASTATE_8) is currently third in the nation among active Dr. Cárdenas is the medical director of the Bar- players with 4,326 all-purpose yards in his career. NORTH DIVISION row Concussion and Brain Injury Center, which is School O’ALL Win% Pac-12 Win% part of Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and 3. Mike Bercovici and took two out of three of the @Pac12 Stanford 4-1 .800 3-0 1.000 Medical Center. He leads ASU’s S.N.A.P. (Sideline Player of the Week honors, taking offensive and special teams accolades. California 5-0 1.000 2-0 1.000 Neurologic Assessment Program), which includes Oregon 3-2 .600 1-1 .500 a certifi ed athletic trainer in a press box booth. 4. Of Demario Richard’s 748 yards from scrimmage this season, 329 have Washington State 2-2 .500 0-1 .000 There are two neurologists on the fi eld and all are come after fi rst contact (44.0 percent/3.0 yards per play). Oregon State 2-2 .500 0-1 .000 in communication with each other and a designat- Washington 2-2 .500 0-1 .000 ed team physician on the sidelines. Dr. Cárdenas 5. Salamo Fiso and Jordan Simone are now ranked 2nd/3rd nationally and is the only Arizona neurologist on the NFL’s Head, 1st/2nd in the Pac-12 at 7.8 and 7.4 solo tackles per game. #DynamicDuo Neck and Spine Committee, where he advises the This Week in the @Pac12 (All Times PT) NFL on best practices for concussion prevention 6. D.J. Foster became just the fi fth person in FBS history to reach 2,000 Team Date Time Opponent/TV and management. Dr. Cárdenas is on the sidelines career yards rushing AND receiving against USC. Arizona State 10/10 7 p.m. vs. Colorado (P12N) of every home game and worked Arizona 10/10 1 p.m. vs. Oregon State (1 p.m.) both the 2015 Pro Bowl and Super Bowl 49 at 7. ASU is one of just seven schools nationally with at least four players with California 10/10 7 p.m. at Utah (ESPN) University of Phoenix Stadium. 15 or more receptions this season. #SpreadingTheWealth Colorado 10/10 7 p.m. at Arizona State (P12N) Oregon 10/10 3 p.m. vs. Washington State (P12N) Dr. Cárdenas graduated Magna Cum Laude in 8. ASU is 20-9 in Pac-12 games since 2012, one game ahead of UCLA’s Oregon State 10/10 1 p.m. at Arizona (FS1) Special Education from ASU in 1999 and received 19-10 mark in that same time span for the best Pac-12 South tally. Stanford his MD from the College of UCLA Medicine in 2004. He later served residencies at 9. The Sun Devils are 6-0 all-time against Colorado, the only team ASU is undefeated against in six or more contests. USC 10/8 6 p.m. vs. Washington (ESPN) St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center and Utah 10/10 7 p.m. vs. California (ESPN) Barrow Neurological Institute. Barrow neurologists 10. In past 2+ seasons, @FootballASU has compiled a 14-2 conference Washington 10/8 6 p.m. at USC (ESPN) also run S.N.A.P. at ASU women’s soccer home Washington State 10/10 3 p.m. at Oregon (P12N) games. record following early @Pac12 losses (Game 1 in ‘13, Game 2 in ‘14, Game 1 in ‘15).

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FOSTER THE PEOPLE sacks per game (Stanford, Utah). FOOD FOR THOUGHT » D.J. Foster has the seventh-most career receptions of all active FBS » Wide reciever D.J. Foster extended his streak of at least one reception to players with 189 and his 11 career receiving TDs were most among all 45 games against UCLA, the longest active streak in FBS and also John active FBS running backs prior to his position switch. » ASU has scored 50 or more points 12 times Jefferson’s long-standing school record in the process. » Foster now has 4,326 career all-purpose yards (2,186 rushing, 2,063 since Todd Graham and arrived in » With four receptions, Foster now has 189 in his career, and stands alone in receiving, 16 return) and finds himself ranked third among all active Tempe. second all-time at ASU. The ASU school record is 258 by . players in the category behind only SJSU’s Tyler Ervin (4,647) and » To put that in perspective, ASU eclipsed 50 » Demario Richard made it five games this season with 100+ all-purpose Lousiana Tech’s Kenneth Dixon (4,646). That comes despite having just points 10 times total in the previous 10 years yards against UCLA with 134 total (79 rushing, 55 receiving). He is currently 16 career return yards - a category that is the bread and butter among before the current coaching regime (2001-11). 17th nationally and second in the Pac-12 in averaging 149.60 all-purpose many leaders in the all-purpose category. » ASU went 86 games without scoring 60 from yards per game this season. » With 62 receptions in 2014, Foster became just the third player in 2005-2011. Under Coach Graham it has » Salamo Fiso and Jordan Simone continue to be one-man wrecking crews, program history to log 60 or more receptions. He leads the team with scored 60 or more three times (63 NAU, 62 now ranked second and third nationally and first and second in the Pac-12 26 receptions this season and now has 189 in his career, a total that Navy, 62 USC). at 7.8 and 7.4 solo tackles per game. ranks him second all-time among Sun Devil receivers. » The Sun Devils fi nished 10th nationally in 2013 » The Sun Devils continue to dominate in tackles for loss, averaing 8.8 per at 39.7 points per game and scored 556 total game this season, good for ninth nationally and second in the Pac-12. GO D.J., THAT’S MY D.J. points, just six points behind the 1972 school » Coach Graham notched his eigth win over an AP ranked team in four » Foster is the only active FBS players who has accounted for over 2,000 record. seasons at ASU, including the second against a top-10 team (#8 Notre career rushing yards (2,190) AND over 1,500 career receiving yards » ASU fi nished 2014 ranked 16th nationally in Dame in 2014). (2,120). scoring offense, averaging 36.9 points per » The Devils have gone 8-5 in their past 13 games against ranked teams. » Foster became just the five player in NCAA history to reach 2,000+ game. rushing AND receiving yards against USC, joining Stanford’s Darrin STRIKE FIRST Nelson, Tulane’s Mewelde Moore, Texas Tech’s Taurean Henderson and » Arizona State has scored first in 32 of the 45 games with Todd Graham at Houston/West Virginia’s Charles Sims. Should he reach 2,500 yards in » Demario Richard has eclipsed 100 all purpose the helm and is 26-6 in the Graham era when getting on the scoreboard both, he would be the first Division I player to accomplish the feat. yards in every game this season. first. » Foster has the nation’s longest active streak of games with a reception » Richard now has 10 in his past » The Sun Devils are currently 3-0 when scoring first this season, doing so vs. at 45 and broke John Jefferson’s (1974-77) long-standing school six games dating back to the Sun Bowl last Cal Poly, UNM and UCLA. ASU was 7-1 when scoring first last season. record. The Pac-12 record is 48 by USC’s (99-02). season. » With 151 receiving yards and 104 rushing STRIKE FAST DON’T CROSS THAT LINE yards against UNM, Richard became just the » 184 of ASU’s 251 offensive scoring drives under Mike » Against UCLA, the Sun Devils forced 27 plays that did not earn positve fourth FBS player since 1996 to eclipse 150 Norvell have come in three minutes or less (73.3 percent). yardage (18 incomplete passes, seven tackles for loss and 2 stops for receiving and 100 rushing yards in a game and » Of ASU’s 22 scoring drives this season, 16 have come in under three no gain) out of 68 total plays (39.7 percent) is just the second player in Pac-12 history to minutes following five sub-minute drives out of six against UCLA. » Under Graham, ASU has forced 1,153 plays that have not resulted in do so. positive yardage out of 3,230 total plays (35.7 percent). » Richard is currently 17th nationally and second GETTING STARTED ON THE RIGHT FOOT in the Pac-12 in averaging 149.60 all-purpose » The Sun Devils have outscored their opposition 406-214 in the first quarter SERIOUSLY, DON’T CROSS IT yards per game. under Todd Graham. » With 44 tackles for loss this season, ASU’s 8.8 tackles per loss per » Of Demario Richard’s 748 yards from » The Sun Devils are 21-1 under Graham when holding their opposition game is ranked ninth in the nation and second in the Pac-12. scrimmage this season, 329 have come after scoreless in the first quarter and are 3-0 this season when doing so. » ASU’s is also averaging 2.20 sacks per game this season, a total that fi rst contact (44.0 percent/3.0 yards per play). » The Sun Devils were 36th nationally against FBS teams in 2014 in giving up ranks 45th nationally and third in the conference. just 5.1 points per first quarter while being 31st with 8.0 points scored per » Entering the game against Colorado, ASU was fi rst in the Pac-12 and first. ASU is giving up just 3.5 points per first quarter vs. FBS team this year second in the nation (Clemson) with an average of 8.02 TFL per game » With 13 passes in his first » ASU has posted an impressive 27-1 overall record under Graham when under Graham and one of two teams in the nation with more than 360 five career starts, Bercovici topped Rudy leading at halftime. total tackles for loss (Clemson). They rank third in that time with 3.13 Carpenter’s previous school record of 12

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sacks per game (Stanford, Utah). touchdowns in his first five starts. Sun Devil Football Coaches » Mike Bercovici’s is responsible for 72 of ASU’s FIELD LIGHT’ EM UP 138 points this season (52.2 percent). He has Head Coach ...... Todd Graham Deputy Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/QBs ...... Mike Norvell » ASU has scored 50 or more points 12 times nine passing touchdowns and three rushing Associate HC/Special Teams Coord/OLBs ...... Shawn Slocum since Todd Graham and Mike Norvell arrived in touchdowns, making up eight of ASU’s 17 total Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line ...... Chris Thomsen Tempe. touchdowns this season. Off. Pass Game Coord./Receivers ...... DelVaughn Alexander » To put that in perspective, ASU eclipsed 50 » Oddly enough, Bercovici has ASU’s two long- Assistant Coach/Defensive Line ...... Jackie Shipp points 10 times total in the previous 10 years est touchdown rushes this season. His career- BOOTH before the current coaching regime (2001-11). long 34-yard scamper against UCLA topped Co-Def. Coordinator/Def. Passing Game/Secondary ...... Chris Ball » ASU went 86 games without scoring 60 from his previous team leading 19-yard rush in the Assistant Coach/Running Backs ...... Josh Martin Recruiting Coordinator/TEs/Off. Special Teams ...... Chip Long 2005-2011. Under Coach Graham it has season opener against Texas A&M. Defensive Coordinator/LBs/Def. Special Teams .....Keith Patterson scored 60 or more three times (63 NAU, 62 Navy, 62 USC). LIKE MIKE » The Sun Devils fi nished 10th nationally in 2013 » Mike Bercovici enters the weekend in the Sun Devil Football Support Staff Sr. Associate A..D. of Football...... Tim Cassidy at 39.7 points per game and scored 556 total national top-30 in completions per game Head Coach Of Sports Performance ...... Shawn Griswold points, just six points behind the 1972 school (15th/24.00), passing touchdowns (25th/9), Assistant A.D. For Recruiting ...... Patrick Suddes record. passing yards (19th/1,344), passing yards Senior Associate Offensive Analyst ...... Ryan Silverfield On-Campus Recruiting Manager ...... Danny Phillips » ASU fi nished 2014 ranked 16th nationally in per game (27th/268.8), points responsible for Director of Player Personnel ...... Marcus Castro-Walker scoring offense, averaging 36.9 points per (17th/72) and points responsible for per game Graduate Assistant/Offense ...... game. (29th/14.4). Graduate Assistant/Offense ...... Kenny Dillingham » Bercovici has shown his chops as far as being Graduate Assistant/Defense ...... Ray Brown Graduate Assistant/Defense ...... Jarred Holley SUPER DEMARIO able to spread the ball around this season. Offensive Quality Control ...... Brennan Marion » Demario Richard has eclipsed 100 all purpose In each of ASU’s four games this season, Defensive Quality Control ...... Brennan Ball yards in every game this season. a diferent player has led the team in total » Richard now has 10 touchdowns in his past receiving yards (Jefferson/Lucien/Richard/ Sun Devil Quick Facts six games dating back to the Sun Bowl last Chambers/Foster). Location ...... Tempe, Ariz. 85287-2505 season. » ASU is one of just seven schools nationally Enrollment ...... 82,000 Nickname ...... Sun Devils » With 151 receiving yards and 104 rushing with at least four players with at least 15 Colors ...... Maroon & Gold yards against UNM, Richard became just the receptions this season, also a testament of Conference ...... Pac-12 fourth FBS player since 1996 to eclipse 150 ASU’s ability to spread the ball. President ...... Dr. Michael Crow receiving and 100 rushing yards in a game and » Out of all the players on last year’s team with Vice President for University Athletics/AD ...... Ray Anderson Senior Associate Athletic Director of Football ...... Tim Cassidy is just the second player in Pac-12 history to a reception that weren’t named Faculty Representative ...... Dr. Jeffrey Wilson do so. or D.J. Foster, there were 137 total receptions Stadium ...... Field/Sun Devil Stadium » Richard is currently 17th nationally and second made on the season. Bercovici, in his limited All-Time Record ...... 586-375-24 (.606) Capacity ...... 64,248 in the Pac-12 in averaging 149.60 all-purpose action, was responsible for 61 of those passes Playing Surface ...... Bermuda Grass yards per game. (44.5 percent). Head Coach ...... Todd Graham (East Central University ‘87) » Of Demario Richard’s 748 yards from Graham’s Career Record...... 80-43 (10th season) Graham at ASU ...... 31-14 (4th season) TAKING OFFENSE scrimmage this season, 329 have come after 2014 ASU Record ...... 10-3 fi rst contact (44.0 percent/3.0 yards per play). » Entering the game against Colorado, ASU ranks 2014 Pac-12 Record (Finish) ...... 6-3 (2nd Pac-12 South) second in the Pac-12 and tenth in the nation Offensive Set ...... Multiple BERC-ING FOR THE WEEKEND at 37.18 points per game (Baylor, Oregon, Defensive Set ...... Multiple Offensive Starters Returning/Lost ...... 7/4 » With 13 touchdown passes in his first Ohio State, Marshall, Texas A&M, Florida State, Defensive Starters Returning/Lost ...... 9/2 five career starts, Bercovici topped Rudy Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma State) in the Carpenter’s previous school record of 12 Graham era.

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» ASU ranks second in the Pac-12 and 10th in the nation with 1,673 total TCU, Boise State, Louisville, Tulane) since 2012 and is tied for first in points (Baylor, Oregon, Ohio State, Marshall, Florida State, Texas A&M, the Pac-12 and tied for fifth in the nation with 61 total . Alabama, Georgia, Northern Illinois) in that time. GOLD ZONE MAKE ‘EM PAY » The Sun Devils have scored on 18 of its 23 trips to the red zone this » Under Todd Graham, ASU has outscored opponents 427-205 in points season (78.2 percent) and have scored touchdowns on 13 of those. off takeaways, though it uncharacteristically trails 55-10 this season. » In 2014, ASU scored on 58 of its 64 trips inside the red zone (90.6 per- » The Sun Devils outscored the opposition 142-62 in points off turnovers cent), ranked 12th in the nation in conversion percentage. In 2013, ASU in 2014, ranked fourth nationally behind only Louisiana Tech’s 172, points on the board 91.3 percent of the time in the red zone against FBS Nevada’s 170 and Oregon’s 164. opponents in 2013, fi nishing sixth nationally in the category. » ASU scored 22 times following 27 total takeaways (81.5 percent) and » In 2012, ASU scored on just 76.1 percent of their drives inside the 20 and scored touchdowns on 19 of those occasions (70.4). ranked a lowly 93rd in the nation against FBS opponents. » In 2013, ASU outscored its opponents 146-42 on points off turnovers » In 2013 ASU allowed its FBS opponents to score 88.9 percent of the time while posting a +15 takeaway number, putting points on the board when entering the red zone (ranked 106th nationally). In 2014, however, following 75.8 percent of opponent turnovers (25-of-33) compared to ASU held its opponents to 35 scores in 46 red zone appearances (76.1 just the 33.3 (6-of-18) percent clip ASU opponents scored off of Sun percent) - good for 23rd nationally. Devil turnovers. » Opponents are currently 13-for-17 (76.8 percent) inside of the red zone against ASU this season, good for 32nd nationally and third in the Pac-12. A HAND IN THE COOKIE JAR » ASU finished with 27 takeaways in 2014 (2.1 per game) after having WINNING THE BATTLE FOR FIELD POSITION a streak of 29 consecutive games forcing a turnover come to an end » Under Todd Graham, ASU has had an average starting yard line of its own in the season opener. The total was good for 24th nationally and third 34.9 in 31 victories compared to a starting yard line of the 25.8 for their among Pac-12 schools. opponents in such contests. » ASU led the Pac-12 with 33 takeaways in 2013, finishing fifth » ASU allowed just 11 drives to start inside its own territory in 2014, tied nationally. The team was seventh nationally with a 1.1 turnover margin with Arizona for the fewest as far Pac-12 teams went. ASU has allowed that season. seven such drives this season » The Sun Devils have forced 97 turnovers under Todd Graham in the » Conversely, opponents have an average starting fi eld position of their own past four seasons, which the seventh-highest total in the country in that 32.7 yard line compared to ASU starting at its own 28.2 in ASU’s 14 span. losses under Graham. » ASU has 11 returns for touchdowns under Graham, » in 2012, ASU posted an average starting spot of its own 33-yard line that compared to posting just four total in the previous three seasons prior ranked 10th in the nation, according to the folks at Football Outsiders to 2012. The total currently leads the nation in for the most interception (www.footballoutsiders.com) and in 2013, the team ranked 13th nationally returns for touchdown in that span and ASU has added three (average starting yard line: 33.3). With a 32.6 average starting spot in returns in the span as well for a NCAA-leading total of 14 defensive 2014, ASU was 13th nationally. touchdowns in the last four seasons. » The Sun Devils also held their opponents to an average starting line of their own 28-yard-line, a total that ranked 24th nationally in 2012 and was TURNOVER FACTORY 32nd in 2013 (average opp. starting yardline: 28.2). ASU jumped to 11th » Entering the week, ASU ranked second in the Pac-12 and sixth in the nationally in 2014, forcing their opponents to an average fi eld position of nation with a .71 average turnover margin per game (Oregon, Michigan their own 26.9 yard line. State, Houston, Boise State, Louisville) since Graham took over the helm and was second in the Pac-12 and seventh in the nation with a plus-32 SEAL THE DEAL total turnover margin. » ASU has outscored other teams 431-300 in the fourth quarter and over- » Also entering the. Colorado tilt, ASU was first in the Pac-12 and sixth time under Todd Graham. in the nation with an average of 1.36 interceptions per game (Houston, » The Sun Devils fi nished sixth nationally against FBS teams with 10.6 points

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per fourth quarter in 2014. second in the nation with an average of 33.29 penalty yards per game » ASU fi nished 10th in the nation in points per fourth quarter in 2013 against (Navy) under Graham and ranks fi rst in the Pac-12 and sixth in the nation FBS opposition (9.9) after fi nishing the 2012 season with 9.3 points per with an average of 4.18 penalties per game (Navy, Air Force, Army, Ball fourth quarter, which was good for eighth nationally. ASU’s 16.8 second-half State, Iowa). points per game against FBS squads in 2013 was 24th nationally. PENALTY YARDS UNDER TODD GRAHAM (National Rank) ROAD WARRIORS Year School Pen. YPG Pen. PG » The Sun Devils are winners of eight of the last 10 true road contests. 2006 Rice 34th (42.9) 59th (5.77) » ASU has 12 wins in the past 19 road games, including 10 Pac-12 Confer- 2007 Tulsa 73rd (56.2) 50th (6.14) 2008 Tulsa 11th (37.0) 11th (4.36) ence road wins in the past 15. 2009 Tulsa 39th (48.5) 10th (4.83) 2010 Tulsa 22nd (41.9) 6th (4.38) » Todd Graham has 10 Pac-12 road victories under his belt already, the 2011 Pitt 18th (39.5) 39th (5.31) 2012 Arizona State 8th (34.9) t-10th (4.23) second-most among all ASU coaches since 1980 behind only Bruce Sny- 2013 Arizona State 7th (31.4) 8th (4.00) der’s 18 from 1992-2000. 2014 Arizona State 4th (32.4) 16th (4.50)

» Graham is 10-5 in Pac-12 road games at ASU, notable as the Devils were 5-13 in four seasons prior. MORE ON PENALTIES » The Sun Devils have won their Los Angeles games in each of the last three » Twenty-four of ASU’s 28 least penalized games since 2006 have come seasons (UCLA in ‘13, USC in ‘14, UCLA in ‘15). Only once before in the under Todd Graham. Pac-12 era (‘91-’93/USC/UCLA/UCLA) has ASU accomplished that. » Since Todd Graham arrived at Arizona State, the Sun Devils have had just 187 penalties in 45 games (4.16 penalties per game). T.N.T, WE’RE DYNAMITE » The Sun Devils have a classifi cation of “explosive plays” that equal a run of PROTECT THIS HOUSE 12 or more yards or a passing play of 16 or more yards. ASU had 10 such » ASU is now 18-5 at Sun Devil Stadium under Todd Graham though it has plays against UCLA and 43 this season (8.6 per game). dropped its Pac-12 home opener in back-to-back seasons. » ASU is currently 23rd nationally in plays over 10 yards this season with 82 » In 23 regular season home games under Todd Graham, the Sun Devils have thus far. averaged 41.8 points per game. » ASU fi nished 24th nationally with 20 plays over 40 yards in 2014 after hav- » ASU has posted under 20 points in a regular home game just twice in Todd ing just 16 total in 2013 and eight the year before. ASU was 26th nationally Graham’s tenure - a 19-16 overtime victory over Utah in 2014 and a 42-14 in plays of 20 or more yards with 71. loss to #19 USC in 2015. » The Sun Devils fi nished 2013 tied for seventh in the nation in plays longer » The Sun Devils are 275-100-3 (.731) all-time at Sun Devil Stadium since than 20 yards with 86 after having 72 in 2012, which was good for 19th in 1958, the 24th-highest active winning percentage in a stadium among all the country in the category. FBS schools.

BETTER SUITED FOR HANDKERCHIEFS ON THE RISE » Despite some atypical penalties this season, the Sun Devils are still ranked » ASU is 20-9 in Pac-12 games since 2012, one game ahead of UCLA’s 19- in the top-20 in all the fewest penalty/fewest penalty yard per game 10 mark in that same time span for the best Pac-12 South tally. categories: 5th in fewest penalties (18), 3rd in fewest penalties per game » ASU is 15-5 in Pac-12 games in the past two seasons, ahead of UCLA (13- (3.6), 12th in fewest penalty yards (179) and 7th in fewest penalty yards 7) and USC (13-7) for tops in the Pac-12 South. per game (35.80) » ASU has fi nished fi rst or second in each of the last three seasons in the » The Sun Devils averaged just 4.5 penalities for 32.4 yards per game, fi nal Pac-12 South standings. ranked 16th in fewest penalties per game and fourth in fewest penalty yards per game in D-I in 2014. In 2013, the Sun Devils fi nished eighth in USE THEM WISELY fewest penalties per game (4.00) and seventh in fewest penalty yards per » Since the start of the 2012 season, ASU has used 52 timeouts on defense game (31.4). in third down situations, and have forced a turnover or not allowed a fi rst » Entering the game against Colorado, ASU ranks fi rst in the Pac-12 and down on the ensuing play on 36 of those occasions (69.2 percent).

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»RUNNING THE CLOCK -- OR NOT? TODD-BITS OF INFO » In 2013, ASU averaged 30:21 minutes of possession time per game - a » Over his four seasons prior to coming to ASU -- one at Pittsburgh and three total that ranked fourth in the conference and 51st nationally. The team at Tulsa -- Todd Graham’s teams rushed the ball on at least 53.4 percent had 13 scoring drives over four minutes in 2013, compared to just three in of their total plays. The 2012 Sun Devils rushed the ball on 59.1 percent 2012. of their total plays followed by a 55.2 percent tally in 2013 and a 52.1 » In 2014, ASU averaged 28:42 minutes of possession per game - ranked percent in 2014. In 2011, ASU rushed just 44.5 percent of the time. 99th nationally and picked up fi ve victories when trailing in time of pos- » Over the past nine seasons at Pitt, Tulsa, Rice and now ASU, only one session, improving its Todd Graham era record in that category from 9-8 to Graham-coached team has ranked outside the top 50 nationally in sacks. 14-8. The Sun Devils averaged 4.0 sacks per game in 2012, the second-best » ASU is, however, 15-6 when leading time of possession under Coach mark in the nation, and then fi nished with 2.9 per game in 2013 and 3.0 Graham - though it is 1-2 this season - and 15-9 overall when trailing in per game in 2014 to fi nish 17th and 13th, respectively, in the country. the category. » In nine seasons, Graham is 29-24 in true road games. ASU was 3-3 in such games in 2012, 3-2 in 2013 and 4-2 in 2014 (10-7 overall). In the IN-ZANE IN THE MEMBRANE previous four seasons prior to Graham’s arrival, ASU was 5-16 in true road » Zane Gonzalez is currently fi fth among active FBS players in averaging 9.3 contests. points per game in his career. Navy’s Keenan Reynolds leads all active » In eight of the past nine years, Graham’s teams have ranked 39th or better players at 10.7 points per game. nationally in fewest penalty yards per game. The Sun Devils averaged 34.92 » Additionally, he is fourth among all active kickers with an average of 1.68 penalty yards per game in 2012 (eighth nationally), 31.36 per game in fi eld goals made in his career, trailing only WVU’s Josh Lambert (1.93) 2013 (seventh nationally) and 32.38 per game in 2014 (fourth nationally). » Zane Gonzalez averaged 9.8 points per game in 2014, ranked 12th nation- ally and four among kickers while sitting fi rst overall in the Pac-12. HOLD ON TO YOUR SEATS » His 81.5 percent fi eld goal percentage on 22-of-27 kicking was 22nd » ASU played in four games in 2013 decided by seven points or less, going nationally. 3-1 in those contests. The total is notable as ASU was just 4-13 in the » As a freshman, Gonzalez led the Pac-12 with 25 fi eld goals and was previous four seasons in games decided by less than a touchdown. named one of 20 semifi nalists for the , given annually to » ASU was 3-1 in 2014 in games decided by less than a touchdown follow- the nation’s top kicker. He was a semifi nalist award last season as well and ing the team’s 36-31 Sun Bowl victory over Duke. named to the preseason watch list for 2015. » ASU has now gone 7-2 in games decided by a touchdown or less since the 2012 Arizona comeback in Tucson. To put that in perspective, ASU FG-ONZALEZ had gone 6-16 in such games since the 2007 season up until that Tucson » Gonzalez fi nished with 138 points in 2013, breaking the long-standing game. school record in the category that was previous held by Wilford White’s 136 in 1950. HOLD ON TO THAT BALL, ALSO » Gonzalez’s 138 points demolished the previous scoring record by an ASU » In 2014, the Sun Devils had six games where they did not turn the ball kicker that was 118, set by Thomas Weber (2007) and Mike Barth (2002). over and went 6-0 in those contests. That number is notable because in » With 25 fi eld goals in 2013, Gonzalez tied the NCAA freshman record of the previous two seasons, ASU had just fi ve combined games where it did 25 that was set by UCLA’s in 2007 (25-30) that was four more not turn the ball over. fi eld goals than any other player in the FBS in the process. » ASU is now 10-1 under Todd Graham in games where it does not have a » Gonzalez fi nished with 118 points in 2014, good for a tie for fourth all-time turnover. on ASU’s single season scoring list. » Gonzalez has 52 fi eld goals to his credit in his career, one of just four Sun TODD’S WINNING WAYS Devil kickers to surpass 50 and currently third all-time at ASU. » Graham has won 31 games in his fi rst four seasons at Arizona State, » With 288 career points, he is currently tied with all-time great Woody Green becoming just the third Sun Devil coach outside Frank Kush and Darryl (288) for sixth on ASU’s career record books. Rogers to accomplish the feat by his fourth season.

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» He has become the only ASU head coach to reach a bowl game in each of MOST 10-WIN SEASONS his fi rst three seasons at the school outside of John Cooper. Since 2007 (FBS ONLY) » He has has led ASU to three consecutive eight win seasons for the fi rst COACH SCHOOOL(S) # YEARS time since 1971-73. Saban, Nick Alabama 7 2008-14 Stoops, Bob Oklahoma 6 2007-08; 2010-13 » Of all the coaching hires made prior to the 2012 season, Graham has Peterson, Chris Boise State, Washington 6 2007-12 Graham, Todd Tulsa, Arizona State 5 2007-08; 2010; 2013-14 posted the fourth-best record at 31-14, ranking behind only Beamer, Frank Virginia Tech 5 2007-11 Patterson, Gary TCU 5 2008-2011; 2014 (42-3), Jim Mora (33-12) and Kevin Sumlin (33-11) in the last three Meyer, Urban Florida, Ohio State 5 2008-09; 2012-14 seasons. Richt, Mark Georgia 5 2007-08; 2011-12; 2014 Miles, Les LSU 5 2007; 2010-13 2012 FBS COACHING HIRES Records In First Three Seasons DOUBLE THE DIGITS, DOUBLE THE FUN 42-3: Ohio State (Urban Meyer) 33-11: Texas A&M (Kevin Sumlin) » In 2014, ASU secured back-to-back 10-win seasons for the fi rst time since 33-12: UCLA (Jim Mora) 31-14: Arizona State (Todd Graham) Frank Kush notched double-digit victories from 1970-73. That was drought 29-16: Arizona (Rich Rodriguez) of 31 years since it last happened, providing further evidence of how dif- 28-16: Ole Miss (Hugh Freeze) fi cult an achievement back-to-back 10-win seasons are to come by. » Back-to-back 10-win seasons hadn’t happened at Arizona State since NOT WASTING TIME 1970-73. But a quick look around the nation shows that only 12 schools » In his fi rst three seasons, Todd Graham found himself with an average of have posted back-to-back 10 win-seasons the past two years. Here are the 9.33 wins per year at ASU, which ranks him number one all-time in ASU double-digit dozen. lore. » His 31 wins are tied for the sixth-most among coaches in program history DOUBLE DIGIT DOZEN while his .689 win percentage sits fourth all-time. Schools with back-to-back 10-win seasons » Graham became the third-quickest coach to reach 30 wins, doing so in 43 Alabama (12-1 in 2014/11-2 in 2013) games (Frank Kusk and each did so in 40). Arizona State (10-3/10-4) Baylor (11-2/11-2) » As far as Bowl Games go, Graham has wasted no time establishing himself Clemson (10-3/11-2) in the record books as his three appearances with the Sun Devils are Florida State (13-1/14-0) already tied for third among all ASU coaches and his two wins are tied for Marshall (13-1/10-4) Michigan State (11-2/13-1) second. Missouri (11-3/12-2) Northern Illinois (11-3/12-2) Ohio State (14-1/12-2) ELITE COMPANY Oregon (13-2/11-2) » Head Coach Todd Graham had a school-record 28 wins in his fi rst three UCLA (10-3/10-3) seasons as head coach at ASU, one more than Hall of Fame Coach (1955-57). TAKING DOWN THE TOP » Coach Graham has recorded 10 wins in fi ve of his nine seasons as a head » ASU is currently 1-1 against teams ranked in the AP Top-25 Poll this coach (Tulsa 2007, 2008, 2010; ASU 2013, 2014.) Since 2007, Coach season and in the middle of a gauntlet that could potentially have the Devils Graham currently sits tied for No. 4 nationally in most 10-win seasons with facing four Top 25 teams in fi ve weeks (a loss to USC, a win at UCLA, on fi ve at FBS institutions, ranking behind only , Bob Stoops and the road against current No. 5 Utah, and at home against a receiving vote Chris Peterson. Oregon team. » ASU was 3-2 in 2013 against team’s ranked in the AP Top-25 Poll and the three victories were the most since 1997 when the team went 3-1 against teams ranked in the AP poll. » ASU’s 2014 schedule put the team on a collision course with three consecutive AP Top-25 teams (UCLA, USC, Stanford), a streak that ASU had faced only twice in program history. The last that happened was 2001,

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where ASU went 0-3 against No. 13 Washington, No. 8 Oregon and No. 11 STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE Washington State. In 1994, ASU defeated No. 20 BYU in between losses to » The Sun Devils are in the midst of a four-game stretch where they are No. 23 Washington State and No. 21 Oregon. scheduled to play three (potentially four) teams currently ranked in the AP » ASU came out of the gauntlet with a 2-1 record with back-to-back victories Top 25. The Sun Devil played then-No. 19 USC in Tempe followed that with over No. 16 USC and No. 23 Stanford. It was the fi rst time ASU has won a contest at then-No. 7 UCLA that will subsequently be followed by tilts back-to-back games over ranked opponents since 1997, when it took down against current No. 5 Utah next weekend and against Oregon (currently No. 25 Stanford on Oct. 18 before defeating No. 10 Washington State on first among teams receiving votes the following weekend after that. Nov. 1 following a bye week. » While the season is still young, ASU’s scheduled is currently ranked as the third-toughest schedule in the NCAA with Sun Devil opponents (past SLAYING DRAGONS and future) currently posting a 29-11 overall record (0.725). ASU’s past » The Sun Devils have gone 8-5 in the last 13 games against ranked teams. opposition record is currently ranked second nationally with a 12-2 overall » In four seasons at the helm, Todd Graham is 8-8 against AP-ranked record (.857) while its future schedule is 26th nationally at 17-9 (.654) opponents and the team was 4-2 in such teams in 2014. » Graham has more than doubled (3) and (2) DYNAMIC DUO during their tenures. » The defensive duo of Salamo Fiso and Jordan Simone has been a » In the previous 14 seasons, ASU was 5-40 in games against teams ranked prominent 1-2 punch this season. Simone leads the team with 45 tackles in the AP poll. -- Other notable victories include the come-from-behind with Fiso just behind him at 44. victory over Arizona in 2012, winning a game in the Coliseum last season » Fiso is currently 19th nationally and leads the conference in averaging 1.7 for the first time since 1999 and defeating USC in back-to-back seasons tackles for loss per game and already has 8.5 through five games. Simone for the first time since 1996-97. ASU also ended a four-game losing streak is second behind him with 6.0 TFL this season for a combined 14.5 to Stanford. tackles for loss between them » The two have done much of the work on their own as well. Fiso is second SIGNATURE WINS UNDER TODD GRAHAM nationally and leads the Pac-12 with 7.8 solo tackles per game (and leads Since 2012 the nation with 39 total solo tackles) with all but five of his total tackles

December 24, 2012 - @Arizona (#24 in BCS), 41-34 coming on his own. Simone is just behind him at third in the nation and September 14, 2013 - Wisconsin (#20 in AP), 32-30 second in the conference with 7.4 solo tackles per game. September 21, 2013 - USC, 61-41 October 19, 2013 - Washington (#20 in AP), 53-24 November 23, 2013 - @UCLA (#14 in BCS), 38-33 HAACK LIKE A MAN October 18, 2014 - @USC (#16 in AP), 38-34 October 25, 2014 - Stanford (#23 in AP), 26-10 » Matt Haack has been a game changer in the field position battle this November 1, 2014 - Utah (#18 in AP), 19-16 (OT) season and his effort against UCLA was a testament to that. He pinned November 8, 2014 - Notre Dame (#8 in AP), 55-31 October 3, 2015 - UCLA (#7 in AP), 38-23 five balls inside the UCLA 20-yard line, none more important than his final one - a 46-yarder that skipped out of bounce at the Bruins 1-yard line that help ASU put the game away. GOLD RUSH » Haack was named the Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week for the » Since the Coach Kush era, ASU has scored 20 or more rushing effort and named the Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week as well. touchdowns in three or more consecutive seasons just one other time » Haack is averaging 43.6 yards per punt this season, good for second in (1985-87) outside the current streak (23 in ‘11, 27 in ‘12, 36 in ‘13 and the Pac-12 and 32nd nationally. He has eight punts of 50 or more yards 20 in ‘14). out of 30 and has pinned 12 punts inside the 20. » The current streak of four straight years with 20+ rushing touchdowns is the second longest streak in ASU history since 1960 behind only the seven straight Kush-led teams from 1967-73.

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2015 Watch Lists/Career Awards 2015 STATISTICAL RANKINGS D.J. Foster (Running Back) TEAM ...... 2015 Maxwell Award Preseason Watch List ...... 2014 Pac-12 All-Conference Second Team (RB) CATEGORY NAT’L PAC-12 VALUE ...... 2014 Doak Walker Award Preseason Watch List 3rd Down Conversion Pct (127 ranked) 64 9 0.393 ...... 2014 Maxwell Award Preseason Watch List ...... 2014 Hornung Award Preseason Watch List 3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense (127 ranked) 100 9 0.432 ...... 2013 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (AP) 4th Down Conversion Pct (124 ranked) 79 8 0.429 ...... FoxSportsNext Freshman All-American First Team (All-Purpose) 4th Down Conversion Pct Defense (124 ranked) 66 8 0.5 Blocked Kicks Allowed (127 ranked) 1 1 0 Zane Gonzalez (Placekicker) ...... 2015 Lou Groza Award Preseason Watch List Blocked Punts Allowed (124 ranked) 1 1 0 ...... 2014 Pac-12 All-Conference Second Team (K) Completion Percentage (127 ranked) 68 8 0.597 ...... 2014 Lou Groza Award Semifi nalst Fewest Penalties (126 ranked) 5 2 18 ...... Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 10) ...... Lou Groza Award Star of the Week (Week 8) Fewest Penalties Per Game (127 ranked) 3 1 3.6 ...... 2014 Lou Groza Award Preseason Watch List Fewest Penalty Yards (127 ranked) 12 4 179 ...... 2013 First Team All-Pac-12 (PK) Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game (127 ranked) 7 2 35.8 ...... 2013 Lou Groza Award Semifi nalist First Downs Defense (127 ranked) 67 7 92 ...... Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week - Week 8 First Downs Offense (127 ranked) 22 6 117 Mike Bercovici () Lost (126 ranked) 119 12 7 ...... Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week Fumbles Recovered (109 ranked) 84 7 2 ...... 2015 Senior CLASS Award Candidate ...... 2015 Campbell Trophy Semifi nalist Kickoff Return Defense (127 ranked) 51 3 20.25 ...... 2015 Wuerffel Trophy Preseason Watch List Kickoff Returns (127 ranked) 34 5 24.53 ...... 2015 Maxwell Award Preseason Watch List Net Punting (127 ranked) 43 4 38.97 ...... Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention Passes Had Intercepted (127 ranked) 33 7 3 ...... Manning Award Star of the Week (Week 6) ...... Davey O’Brien Weekly Honorable Mention (Week 6) Passes Intercepted (118 ranked) 36 5 5 Passing Offense (127 ranked) 34 4 268.8 Jordan Simone (Safety) Passing Yards Allowed (127 ranked) 58 5 212.6 ...... 2015 Nagurski Award Preseason Watch List ...... 2015 Thorpe Award Preseason Watch List Passing Yards per Completion (127 ranked) 87 7 11.2 ...... 2014 Burlsworth Award Nominee Punt Return Defense (127 ranked) 120 11 19.86 ...... 2014 Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention (DB) Punt Returns (127 ranked) 105 11 4 Red Zone Defense (124 ranked) 32 3 0.765 Lloyd Carrington () ...... 2015 Nagurski Award Preseason Watch List Red Zone Offense (127 ranked) 99 11 0.783 ...... 2015 Bednarik Award Preseason Watch List Rushing Defense (127 ranked) 63 7 156.8 ...... 2014 Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention (DB) Rushing Offense (127 ranked) 70 10 169.2 ...... Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Week 11) ...... CFPA Honorable Mention Performer of the Week (Week 11) Sacks Allowed (127 ranked) 108 11 3 ...... CSM Pac-12 and National Defensive Player of the Week (Week 11) Scoring Defense (127 ranked) 84 10 26.8 Scoring Offense (127 ranked) 76 11 27.6 Antonio Longino (Linebacker) Tackles for Loss Allowed (127 ranked) 120 12 7.8 ...... 2015 Butkus Award Preseason Watch List Team Passing Effi ciency (127 ranked) 74 9 127.66 D.J. Calhoun (Linebacker) Team Passing Effi ciency Defense (127 ranked) 79 9 129.65 ...... FWAA Freshman All-American Team Sacks (127 ranked) 45 3 2.2 ...... Scout.com Freshman All-American ...... 2014 Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention (LB) Team Tackles for Loss (127 ranked) 9 2 8.8 Time of Possession (127 ranked) 58 5 30:35 Nick Kelly (Offensive Line) Total Defense (127 ranked) 59 4 369.4 ...... 2015 Senior CLASS Award Candidate Total Offense (127 ranked) 44 8 438 ...... 2015 Outland Trophy Preseason Watch List ...... 2015 Rimington Trophy Preseason Watch List Turnover Margin (127 ranked) 91 11 -0.6 ...... 2014 Pac-12 All-Conference Second Team (OL) Turnovers Gained (125 ranked) 65 7 7 ...... Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team Turnovers Lost (127 ranked) 95 10 10 Salamo Fiso (Linebacker) Winning Percentage (123 ranked) 48 6 0.6 ...... 2015 Polynesian Player of the Year Preseason Watch List ...... 2014 Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention (LB) INDIVIDUAL Laiu Moeakiola (Linebacker) ...... 2015 Polynesian Player of the Year Preseason Watch List CATEGORY PLAYER NAT’L P12 VALUE ...... Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention All Purpose (200 ranked) Demario Richard 17 2 149.6 ...... 2014 Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention (LB) Combined Kick Returns (200 ranked) Tim White 36 4 281 Demario Richard (Running Back) Completions Per Game (99 ranked) Mike Bercovici 15 3 24 ...... 2015 Doak Walker Award Preseason Watch list Fumbles Recovered (27 ranked) Demetrius Cherry 27 5 1 ...... 2014 Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention (RB) Antonio Longino 27 5 1 Interceptions (100 ranked) Jordan Simone 49 4 0.4 Matt Haack (Punter) ...... Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 5) Kickoff Returns (119 ranked) Tim White 18 2 28.9 ...... Ray Guy Award Player of the Week (Week 5) Passing TDs (99 ranked) Mike Bercovici 25 5 9 ...... Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention Passing Yards (130 ranked) Mike Bercovici 19 3 1,344 Vi Teofi lo (Offensive Line) Passing Yards Per Game (130 ranked) Mike Bercovici 27 4 268.8 ...... 2014 Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention (OL) Points Responsible For (200 ranked) Mike Bercovici 17 3 72 Points Responsible For Per Game (200 ranked) Mike Bercovici 29 5 14.4 Christian Westerman (Offensive Line) Punting (104 ranked) Matt Haack 32 2 43.6 ...... 2015 Outland Trophy Preseason Watch List ...... 2014 Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention (OL) Receiving TDs (93 ranked) Tim White 37 7 3 Rushing Yards (200 ranked) Demario Richard 24 5 508 Rushing Yards Per Game (200 ranked) Demario Richard 35 6 101.6 Solo Tackles (52 ranked) Salamo Fiso 2 1 7.8 Jordan Simone 3 2 7.4 Christian Sam 28 6 5.6 Tackles For Loss (62 ranked) Salamo Fiso 19 1 1.7 Total Offense (200 ranked) Mike Bercovici 31 4 273.2 Total Tackles (147 ranked) Jordan Simone 38 4 9.0 Salamo Fiso 47 6 8.8 Yards per Reception (200 ranked) Gary Chambers 29 3 19.5

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OPPONENT TEAM ARIZONA STATE TEAM 50+ Points ...... 52, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 50+ Points ...... 62, vs. #11 UCLA, Sept. 25, 2014 60+ Points ...... 62 vs. USC, Sept. 28, 2013 Shut out ASU at Sun Devil Stadium (Non-Conference) ...... vs. Missouri, Oct. 1, 1977 (0-15) 70+ Points ...... 79 vs. Colorado State, Nov. 22, 1969 Shut out ASU at Sun Devil Stadium (Conference) ...... vs. California, Oct. 30, 2004 (0-27) Shut out a non-conference opponent at home ...... vs. Sacramento State, Sept. 5, 2013 (55-0) Shut out ASU at opponent home (Non-Conference) ...... at Missouri, Sept. 28, 1974 (0-9) Shut out a conference opponent at home ...... vs. Washington State, Oct. 30, 2010 (42-0) Shut out ASU at opponent home (Conference) ...... at USC, Oct. 11, 2008 (0-28) Shut out a team on the road ...... at UTEP, Oct. 19, 1963 (27-0) Shut out ASU in the First Half ...... vs. #19 USC, Sept. 26, 2015 Shut out a conference opponent on the road ...... at UCLA, Oct. 24, 1992 (20-0) Shut out ASU in the Second Half ...... vs. Stanford, Dec. 7, 2013 Shut out an Opponent in the First Half ...... vs. New Mexico, Sept. 18, 2015 (10-0) Shut out Opponent in the Second Half ...... vs. Sacramento State, Sept. 5, 2013 200+ Yards Rushing ...... 284, vs. Cal Poly, Sept. 12, 2015 Overtime game ...... vs. #18 Utah, Nov. 1, 2014 (W, 19-16) 300+ Yards Rushing ...... 313, vs. Navy, Dec. 29, 2012 300+ Yards Rushing ...... 423, vs. New Mexico, Sept. 6, 2014 400+ Yards Rushing ...... 406, vs. Oregon, Oct. 18, 2012 400+ Yards Rushing ...... 423, vs. New Mexico, Sept. 6, 2014 Less than 25 Yards Rushing ...... 21, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 Less than 100 Yards Rushing ...... 92, vs. Texas A&M, Sept. 5, 2015 300+ Yards Passing ...... 379, vs. #19 USC, Sept. 26, 2015 Less than 25 Yards Rushing ...... -11, vs. Boise State (MAACO Bowl, Las Vegas) Dec. 22, 2011 400+ Yards Passing ...... 601, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 300+ Yards Passing ...... 317, vs. New Mexico, Sept. 18, 2015 500+ Yards Passing ...... 601, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 400+ Yards Passing ...... 510, at #16 USC, Oct. 4, 2014 500+ Yards Passing ...... 510, at #16 USC, Oct. 4, 2014 Less than 100 Yards Passing ...... 46, vs. Cal Poly, Sept. 12, 2015 Less than 100 Yards Passing ...... 33 vs. Oregon, Sept. 30, 2006 Less than 200 Yards Passing ...... 111, vs. New Mexico, Sept. 18, 2015 500+ Yards Total Offense ...... 531, vs. Cal Poly, Sept. 12, 2015 500+ Yards Total Offense ...... 622, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 600+ Yards Total Offense ...... 626, vs. #11 UCLA, Sept. 25, 2014 600+ Yards Total Offense ...... 622, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 700+ Yards Total Offense ...... 773 vs. Northwestern, Sept. 17, 2005 Less than 200 Yards Total Offense ...... 181, at Washington State, Oct. 10, 2009 Less than 200 Yards Total Offense ...... 162 at Arizona, Dec. 6, 2008 Less than 150 Yards Total Offense...... 115, vs. San Jose State, Sept. 1, 2007 Less than 150 Yards Total Offense...... 122 vs. UCLA, Nov. 28, 2008 Forced 5 ASU Turnovers ...... 7, vs. Oregon, Sept. 25, 2010 Beat a Top 25 team at home ...... vs. #8 Notre Dame, Nov. 8, 2014 (55-31) Beat a Top 10 team at home ...... vs. #8 Notre Dame, Nov. 8, 2014 (55-31) Intercepted 4 ASU Passes ...... 4, vs. Oregon, Oct. 18, 2012 Beat a Top 5 team at home...... vs. No. 1 Nebraska, Sept. 21, 1996 (19-0) Had 0 Turnovers ...... vs. Cal Poly, Sept. 12, 2015 Beat a Top 25 team on the road ...... at #7 UCLA, Oct. 13, 2015 (38-23) Beat a Top 10 team on the road ...... at #7 UCLA, Oct. 13, 2015 (38-23) OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL RUSHING Beat a Top 10 team at a neutral site ...... vs. No. 4 Michigan, Jan. 1, 1987 (22-15) 100+ Rushing Yards ...... 130, Joe Protheroe, Cal Poly, Sept. 12, 2015 Forced 5 Turnovers ...... 5, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 200+ Rushing Yards ...... 240, Jerome Harrison, Washington State, Nov. 5, 2005 Intercepted 4 Passes ...... 4, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 Two Players with 100+ Rushing Yards ...... 156, Terron Ward, Had 0 Turnovers...... vs. Duke, Dec. 27, 2014 ...... 128, Storm Woods, at Oregon State, Nov. 15, 2014 ARIZONA STATE INDIVIDUAL RUSHING Had a run of 50+ Yards ...... 65, Tyrone Owens, vs. New Mexico, Sept. 18, 2015 100+ Rushing Yards ...... 131, Demario Richard, vs. #19 USC, Sept. 26, 2015 Had a run of 80+ Yards ...... 81, Paul Perkins, vs. #11 UCLA, Sept. 25, 2014 100+ Rushing Yards at Halftime ...... 102, Cameron Marshall vs. UCLA, Nov. 5, 2011 Had 30+ Rushing Attempts ...... 37, Devontae Booker, vs. #18 Utah, Nov. 1 2014 200+ Rushing Yards ...... 216, D.J. Foster vs. New Mexico, Sept. 6, 2014 80+ Yard run for a Touchdown ...... 80, , Wisconsin, Sept. 14, 2013 Two Players with 100+ Rushing Yards ...... 135, Taylor Kelly, ...... 132, D.J. Foster, vs Texas Tech, Dec. 30, 2013 OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL PASSING Had a run of 50+ Yards ...... 61, Demario Richard, vs. #19 USC, Sept. 26, 2015 Had a run of 75+ Yards ...... 75, Cameron Marshall vs. Washington, Oct. 17, 2009 300+ Yards Passing ...... 375, Cody Kessler, vs. #19 USC, Sept. 26, 2015 Had 30+ Rushing Attempts ...... 34, Rudy Burgess vs. Stanford, Nov. 6, 2004 400+ Yards Passing ...... 601, Luke Falk, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 70+ Yard run for a Touchdown...... 70, Cameron Marshall vs. USC, Sept. 24, 2011 500+ Yards Passing ...... 601, Luke Falk, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 4+ Rushing Touchdowns ...... 4, Marion Grice vs. Wisconsin, Sept. 14, 2013 Had 30+ Completions ...... 45, Luke Falk, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 Had 40+ Attempts ...... 40, , at #7 UCLA, Oct. 13, 2015 ARIZONA STATE INDIVIDUAL PASSING Had 50+ Attempts...... 76, Luke Falk, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 300+ Yards Passing ...... 317, Mike Bercovici, vs. New Mexico, Sept. 18, 2015 Had 60+ Attempts ...... 76, Luke Falk, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 400+ Yards Passing ...... 488, Mike Bercovici, at #16 USC, Oct. 4, 2014 Had 30+ Completions ...... 42, Mike Bercovici, vs. #11 UCLA, Sept. 25, 2014 Completed a Pass of 50+ Yards ...... 50, Josh Rosen to Stephen Joseph, at #7 UCLA, Oct. 13, 2015 Had 40+ Attempts ...... 44, Mike Bercovici, at #7 UCLA, Oct. 13, 2015 80+ Yard Pass for a Touchdown .....80, Cody Kessler to Adoree Jackson, , vs. #19 USC, Sept. 26, 2015 Had 50+ Attempts...... 69, Mike Bercovici, vs. #11 UCLA, Sept. 25, 2014 Had 4+ Touchdown Passes ...... 5, Cody Kessler, , vs. #19 USC, Sept. 26, 2015 Had 60+ Attempts ...... 69, Mike Bercovici, vs. #11 UCLA, Sept. 25, 2014 Had 5+ Touchdown Passes ...... 5, Cody Kessler, , vs. #19 USC, Sept. 26, 2015 Completed a Pass of 50+ Yards ...... 93, Mike Bercovici to Demario Richard, vs. New Mexico, Sept. 18, 2015 Completed a Pass of 75+ Yards ...... 93, Mike Bercovici to Demario Richard, vs. New Mexico, Sept. 18, 2015 OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING 80+ Yard Pass for a Touchdown ...... 93, Mike Bercovici to Demario Richard, vs. New Mexico, Sept. 18, 2015 Caught 10+ Passes ...... 15, Vince Mayle, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 Had 4 Touchdown Passes ...... Taylor Kelly vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 Had 5 Touchdown Passes ...... Mike Bercovici, at #16 USC, Oct. 4, 2014 100+ yards Receiving ...... 101, Thomas Duarte, at #7 UCLA, Oct. 13, 2015 Had 6+ Touchdown Passes ...... 6, vs. UCLA, Oct. 23, 2004 Two Players with 100+ Yards ...... 252, Vince Mayle, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 ...... 111, Isiah Myers, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 ARIZONA STATE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING 200+ Yards Receiving ...... 252, Vince Mayle, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 Caught 10+ Passes ...... 10, Jaelen Strong, at #16 USC, Oct. 4, 2014 Had 3+ Touchdown Catches ...... 3, Dwayne Jarret, USC, Oct. 16, 2004 100+ yards Receiving ...... 103, Gary Chambers, vs. #19 USC, Sept. 26, 2015 200+ Yards Receiving ...... 202, Jaelen Strong, at #16 USC, Oct. 4, 2014 OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL DEFENSE Two Players with 100+ Yards receiving ...... Matt Miller, 139, ...... Derek Hagan, 115 vs. Washington, Oct. 29, 2005 Had 15+ Tackles ...... 15, Isaako Savaiinaea, at #7 UCLA, Oct. 13, 2015 Had 3+ Touchdown Catches ...... 3, Jaelen Strong, at #16 USC, Oct. 4, 2014 Had 2+ Interceptions ...... 2, , Oregon State, Oct. 1, 2011 100+ Yards receiving by a Running Back ...... 151, Demario Richard, vs. New Mexico, Sept. 18, 2015 Had 4+ Tackles for Loss ...... 4, Daeshon Hall, vs. Texas A&M, Sept. 5, 2015 Had 3+ Sacks ...... 4, Daeshon Hall, vs. Texas A&M, Sept. 5, 2015 ARIZONA STATE INDIVIDUAL DEFENSE Blocked a Punt...... Tellas Jones, at Arizona, Nov. 28, 2014 Had 15+ Tackles ...... 17, Antonio Longino, vs Duke, Dec. 27, 201 Blocked a FG ...... Nick Forbes, California, Sept. 29, 2012 Had 20+ Tackles ...... 20, Jordan Simone, at #16 USC, Oct. 4, 2014 Blocked a PAT ...... P. Hightower, vs. New Mexico, Sept. 6, 2014 Had 2+ Interceptions ...... 2, Robert Nelson vs. Oregon State, Nov. 16, 2013 Had 3+ Interceptions ...... 3, Mike Nixon vs. Idaho State, Sept. 5, 2009 Recorded a Safety...... Team Safety, Stanford, Sept. 21, 2013 INT Return for a Touchdown ...... AND Lloyd Carrington, vs. #8 Notre Dame, Nov. 8, 2014 Fumble Return for a Touchdown ...... Demetrius Cherry, at Arizona, Nov. 28, 2014 OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL MISCELLANEOUS Had 4+ Tackles for Loss ...... 4, Salamo Fiso, vs. #19 USC, Sept. 26, 2015 Kick Return for a Touchdown ...... 95, GeeGee Greene, Navy, Dec. 29, 2012 Had 4+ Sacks ...... 4.5, Derron Ware, vs. NAU, Aug. 31, 2006 Punt Return for a Touchdown ...... 79, Christian Kirk, vs. #19 USC, Sept. 26, 2015 Blocked a Punt...... Armand Perry, vs. Weber State, Aug. 28, 2014 Interception Return for a Touchdown...... John Timu,at Washington, Oct. 25, 2014 Blocked a FG ...... Paul Crawford at Washington, Oct. 25, 2014 Fumble Return for a Touchdown ...... Chris Hawkins, vs. #19 USC, Sept. 26, 2015 Blocked a PAT ...... James Brooks at Arizona, Dec. 2, 2010 Recorded a Safety ...... Viliami Lati AND Team Safety at #7 UCLA, Oct. 13, 2015 Punt Block for a Touchdown ...... , California, Oct. 23, 2010 Recorded Two Safeties ...... Viliami Lati AND Team Safety at #7 UCLA, Oct. 13, 2015 Scored 3+ TDs (Rushing and Receiving) in a game ...... 3 (2 receiving, 1 rushing) ...... Tre Madden, vs. USC, Sept. 28, 2013 ARIZONA STATE INDIVIDUAL MISCELLANEOUS ...... 3 (3 rushing, 0 receiving) Kick Return for a Touchdown ...... 100, Rashad Ross at Colorado, Oct. 11, 2012 ...... Justin Davis, vs. USC, Sept. 28, 2013 Punt Return for a Touchdown ...... 78, Jamal Miles vs. Oregon State, Sept. 1, 2012 Punted the ball 70+ Yards...... 70, Tom Hackett, at Utah, Nov. 9, 2013 Punt Block for a Touchdown ...... 1, Oliver Aaron at California, Oct. 23, 2010 Kicked a 50+ Yard ...... 53, Ka’imi Fairbairn, at #7 UCLA, Oct. 13, 2015 Scored 4+ TDs (Rushing, Receiving) in a game ...... 4 (2 Rushing, 2 Receiving) ...... Demario Richard, vs Duke, Dec. 27, 2014 Made 3+ Field Goals ...... 3, Kyle Brindza, at Notre Dame, Oct. 5, 2013 100-Yd Rusher & 100-Yd Receiver, same game ...... 131, Demario Richard, ...... 103, Gary Chambers, vs. #19 USC, Sept. 26, 2015 100+ Yards Rushing/Receviing .. 151, Demario Richard, vs. New Mexico, Sept. 18, 2015 (151 receiving, 104 rush) Punted the ball 70+ Yards...... 73, Josh Hubner vs. UCLA, Oct. 27, 2012 Kicked a 50+ Yard Field Goal ...... 52, Thomas Weber at Arizona, Dec. 2, 2010 Kicked Two 50+ Yard Field Goals, same game ...... 3 (50, 52, 52), ...... Jesse Ainsworth vs. Purdue (Vitalis Sun Bowl), Dec. 31, 2004 Made 4+ Field Goals ...... 4, Zane Gonzalez vs. #18 Utah, Nov. 1 2014 Blocked Multiple Kicks in one game ...... at Arizona, Dec. 2, 2010

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OPPONENT TEAM 50+ Points ...... 62, vs. #11 UCLA, Sept. 25, 2014 2015/CTG SITUATIONAL RECORDS Shut out ASU at Sun Devil Stadium (Non-Conference) ...... vs. Missouri, Oct. 1, 1977 (0-15) PASSING CAREER HIGHS (alphabetical) CURRENT STREAK: ………...... WON 1 Shut out ASU at Sun Devil Stadium (Conference) ...... vs. California, Oct. 30, 2004 (0-27) CURRENT HOME STREAK: …… ...... LOST 1 Shut out ASU at opponent home (Non-Conference) ...... at Missouri, Sept. 28, 1974 (0-9) Name COMP. ATT. YRDS. LONG TD INTs CURRENT ROAD/NEUTRAL STREAK: ……...... WON 1 Shut out ASU at opponent home (Conference) ...... at USC, Oct. 11, 2008 (0-28) Bercovici, Mike 42 69 510 77 5 2 LAST WIN: 38-23 AT UCLA (10/3/2015) Shut out ASU in the First Half ...... vs. #19 USC, Sept. 26, 2015 vs UCLA, 2014 vs UCLA, 2014 at USC, 2014 at USC, 2014 at USC, 2014 vs UCLA, 2014 Shut out ASU in the Second Half ...... vs. Stanford, Dec. 7, 2013 LAST HOME WIN: 34-10 VS. NEW MEXICO (9/18/2015) 200+ Yards Rushing ...... 284, vs. Cal Poly, Sept. 12, 2015 LAST ROAD WIN: 38-23 AT UCLA (10/3/2015) 300+ Yards Rushing ...... 313, vs. Navy, Dec. 29, 2012 RUSHING CAREER HIGHS (alphabetical) LAST LOSS: 42-14, VS. USC (9/26/2015) 400+ Yards Rushing ...... 406, vs. Oregon, Oct. 18, 2012 LAST ROAD/NEUTRAL LOSS: 38-17, VS. TEXAS A&M (9/5/2015) Less than 25 Yards Rushing ...... 21, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 Name ATT YARDS LONG TD ...... 2015 ...... TG 300+ Yards Passing ...... 379, vs. #19 USC, Sept. 26, 2015 Ballage, Kalen 12 59 23 2 400+ Yards Passing ...... 601, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 HOME ...... 2-1 ...... 18-5 vs WEBER, 2014 at UCLA, 2015 at UCLA, 2015 at UNM, 2014 AWAY ……...... 1-0 ...... 11-7 500+ Yards Passing ...... 601, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 NEUTRAL ...... 0-1 ...... 2-2 Less than 100 Yards Passing ...... 46, vs. Cal Poly, Sept. 12, 2015 Bercovici, Mike 15 39 34 1 VS. AP RANKED OPPONENTS…...... 1-1 ...... 8-8 Less than 200 Yards Passing ...... 111, vs. New Mexico, Sept. 18, 2015 vs TAMU, 2015 vs. COLO, 2013 at UCLA, 2015 3x (last at UCLA, 2015) 500+ Yards Total Offense ...... 622, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 Foster, D.J. 23 216 57 3 AUGUST...... 0-0 ...... 2-0 600+ Yards Total Offense ...... 622, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 SEPTEMBER ...... 2-2 ...... 10-5 vs. ARIZ, 2013 at UNM, 2014 vs WEBER, 2014 2x (last vs WSU, 2014) OCTOBER…… ...... 1-0 ...... 8-3 Less than 200 Yards Total Offense ...... 181, at Washington State, Oct. 10, 2009 Hayes, Gump 7 27 16 NOVEMBER…...... 0-0 ...... 9-4 Less than 150 Yards Total Offense...... 115, vs. San Jose State, Sept. 1, 2007 DECEMBER… ...... 0-0 ...... 2-2 Forced 5 ASU Turnovers ...... 7, vs. Oregon, Sept. 25, 2010 vs TAMU, 2015 vs. USC, 2015 vs. USC, 2015 Intercepted 4 ASU Passes ...... 4, vs. Oregon, Oct. 18, 2012 Richard, Demario 25 131 46 2 LEADING AT HALFTIME ...... 3-0 ...... 27-1 Had 0 Turnovers ...... vs. Cal Poly, Sept. 12, 2015 TRAILING AT HALFTIME ...... 0-2 ...... 4-9 vs POLY, 2015 vs. USC, 2015 at UNM, 2014 3x (last vs. USC, 2015) TIED AT HALFTIME……… ...... 0-0 ...... 0-3 White, Tim 1 59 59 SCORING FIRST ………...... 3-0 ...... 26-6 OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL RUSHING OPPONENT SCORING FIRST ...... 0-2 ...... 5-8 100+ Rushing Yards ...... 130, Joe Protheroe, Cal Poly, Sept. 12, 2015 2x (last at UCLA, 2015) vs POLY, 2015 vs POLY, 2015 200+ Rushing Yards ...... 240, Jerome Harrison, Washington State, Nov. 5, 2005 SCORE < 20 POINTS… ...... 0-2 ...... 1-4 Two Players with 100+ Rushing Yards ...... 156, Terron Ward, RECEIVING CAREER HIGHS (alphabetical) SCORE 20 + POINTS… ...... 3-0 ...... 30-10 ...... 128, Storm Woods, at Oregon State, Nov. 15, 2014 SCORE 30 + POINTS…...... 3-0 ...... 26-3 SCORE 40 + POINTS…...... 0-0 ...... 17-1 Had a run of 50+ Yards ...... 65, Tyrone Owens, vs. New Mexico, Sept. 18, 2015 Name REC YARDS LONG TD OPPONENT SCORE < 20 POINTS ...... 1-0 ...... 14-0 Had a run of 80+ Yards ...... 81, Paul Perkins, vs. #11 UCLA, Sept. 25, 2014 Ballage, Kalen 3 38 38 1 OPPONENT SCORE 20+ POINTS… ...... 2-2 ...... 16-13 Had 30+ Rushing Attempts ...... 37, Devontae Booker, vs. #18 Utah, Nov. 1 2014 OPPONENT SCORE 30+ POINTS… ...... 0-2 ...... 8-13 80+ Yard run for a Touchdown ...... 80, Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin, Sept. 14, 2013 vs UCLA, 2014 at COLO, 2014 at COLO, 2014 at COLO, 2014 OPPONENT SCORE 40+ POINTS...... 0-1 ...... 1-6 Chambers, Gary 5 103 40 1 OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL PASSING GAIN < 20 FIRST DOWNS… ...... 1-1 ...... 4-5 vs. USC, 2015 vs. USC, 2015 vs. USC, 2015 2x (last at UW, 2014) GAIN 20+ FIRST DOWNS… ...... 2-1 ...... 5-8 300+ Yards Passing ...... 375, Cody Kessler, vs. #19 USC, Sept. 26, 2015 Epps, Raymond 1 15 15 GAIN 25+ FIRST DOWNS ...... 2-1 ...... 14-3 400+ Yards Passing ...... 601, Luke Falk, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 GAIN 30+ FIRST DOWNS ...... 0-0 ...... 6-0 500+ Yards Passing ...... 601, Luke Falk, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 vs POLY, 2015 vs POLY, 2015 vs POLY, 2015 OPPONENT GAIN < 20 FIRST DOWNS ...... 2-1 ...... 20-8 Had 30+ Completions ...... 45, Luke Falk, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 Foster, D.J. 9 107 74 2 OPPONENT GAIN 20+ FIRST DOWNS… ...... 1-1 ...... 11-6 Had 40+ Attempts ...... 40, Josh Rosen, at #7 UCLA, Oct. 13, 2015 at ND, 2013 vs UCLA, 2012 at USC, 2013 at WSU, 2013 OPPONENT GAIN 25+ FIRST DOWNS ...... 0-0 ...... 2-1 OPPONENT GAIN 30+ FIRST DOWNS ...... 0-0 ...... 2-0 Had 50+ Attempts...... 76, Luke Falk, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 Gammage, Fred 4 33 23 1 Had 60+ Attempts ...... 76, Luke Falk, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 vs DUKE, 2014 vs UCLA, 2014 vs UCLA, 2014 vs WSU, 2014 MORE RUSHING YARDS THAN OPPONENT… ...... 1-1 ...... 20-1 Completed a Pass of 50+ Yards ...... 50, Josh Rosen to Stephen Joseph, at #7 UCLA, Oct. 13, 2015 FEWER RUSHING YARDS THAN OPPONENT… ...... 2-1 ...... 11-11 80+ Yard Pass for a Touchdown .....80, Cody Kessler to Adoree Jackson, , vs. #19 USC, Sept. 26, 2015 Hayes, Gump 6 13 5 RUSH FOR < 100 YARDS… ...... 0-1 ...... 2-4 Had 4+ Touchdown Passes ...... 5, Cody Kessler, , vs. #19 USC, Sept. 26, 2015 vs TAMU, 2015 vs TAMU, 2015 vs. USC, 2015 RUSH FOR < 200 YARDS… ...... 1-1 ...... 11-10 Had 5+ Touchdown Passes ...... 5, Cody Kessler, , vs. #19 USC, Sept. 26, 2015 Jefferson, Ellis 4 69 33 1 RUSH FOR 100+ YARDS…...... 3-1 ...... 26-9 RUSH FOR 200+ YARDS… ...... 1-0 ...... 16-1 2x (last vs TAMU, 2015) vs TAMU, 2015 vs TAMU, 2015 2x (last vs UCLA, 2014) OPPONENT RUSHES FOR < 100 YARDS… ...... 1-1 ...... 13-1 OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING Kohl, Kody 5 63 46 1 OPPONENT RUSHES FOR 100+ YARDS…… ...... 2-1 ...... 18-12 Caught 10+ Passes ...... 15, Vince Mayle, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 OPPONENT RUSH FOR 200+ YARDS ...... 1-0 ...... 8-6 100+ yards Receiving ...... 101, Thomas Duarte, at #7 UCLA, Oct. 13, 2015 vs. USC, 2015 vs. USC, 2015 at OSU, 2014 6x (last vs TAMU, 2015) Two Players with 100+ Yards ...... 252, Vince Mayle, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 Lucien, Devin 7 79 23 MORE PASSING YARDS THAN OPPONENT…...... 2-0 ...... 22-7 ...... 111, Isiah Myers, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 vs POLY, 2015 vs POLY, 2015 at UCLA, 2015 FEWER PASSING YARDS THAN OPPONENT… ...... 1-2 ...... 7-7 PASS FOR < 200 YARDS… ...... 0-1 ...... 5-6 200+ Yards Receiving ...... 252, Vince Mayle, vs. Washington State, Nov. 22, 2014 Richard, Demario 8 151 93 2 PASS FOR 200+ YARDS… ...... 3-1 ...... 25-8 Had 3+ Touchdown Catches ...... 3, Dwayne Jarret, USC, Oct. 16, 2004 at UCLA, 2015 vs UNM, 2015 vs UNM, 2015 2x (last vs UNM, 2015) PASS FOR 300+ YARDS ...... 1-0 ...... 8-3 PASS FOR 400+ YARDS ...... 0-0 ...... 1-1 OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL DEFENSE Smith, Cameron 8 131 73 2 OPPONENT PASSES FOR < 200 YARDS ...... 2-0 ...... 16-3 Had 15+ Tackles ...... 15, Isaako Savaiinaea, at #7 UCLA, Oct. 13, 2015 vs UCLA, 2014 vs WSU, 2014 at USC, 2014 vs WSU, 2014 OPPONENT PASSES FOR 200+ YARDS… ...... 1-2 ...... 14-11 Had 2+ Interceptions ...... 2, Jordan Poyer, Oregon State, Oct. 1, 2011 OPPONENT PASS FOR 300+ YARDS ...... 0-1 ...... 4-2 White, Tim 5 42 19 1 OPPONENT PASS FOR 400+ YARDS ...... 0-0 ...... 2-1 Had 4+ Tackles for Loss ...... 4, Daeshon Hall, vs. Texas A&M, Sept. 5, 2015 at UCLA, 2015 2x (last at UCLA, 2015) vs POLY, 2015 3x (last at UCLA, 2015) Had 3+ Sacks ...... 4, Daeshon Hall, vs. Texas A&M, Sept. 5, 2015 MORE TOTAL YARDS THAN OPPONENT… ...... 3-0 ...... 24-5 Blocked a Punt...... Tellas Jones, at Arizona, Nov. 28, 2014 FEWER TOTAL YARDS THAN OPPONENT ...... 0-2 ...... 7-9 Blocked a FG ...... Nick Forbes, California, Sept. 29, 2012 GAIN < 300 TOTAL YARDS …...... 0-1 ...... 2-3 Blocked a PAT ...... P. Hightower, vs. New Mexico, Sept. 6, 2014 GAIN 300+ TOTAL YARDS…...... 3-1 ...... 28-11 GAIN 400+ TOTAL YARDS...... 3-1 ...... 21-6 Recorded a Safety...... Team Safety, Stanford, Sept. 21, 2013 GAIN 500+ TOTAL YARDS...... 1-0 ...... 12-1 OPPONENT GAINS < 300 TOTAL YARDS… ...... 1-0 ...... 13-0 OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL MISCELLANEOUS OPPONENT GAINS 300+ TOTAL YARDS… ...... 2-2 ...... 17-14 Kick Return for a Touchdown ...... 95, GeeGee Greene, Navy, Dec. 29, 2012 OPPONENT GAIN 400+ TOTAL YARDS ...... 0-2 ...... 18-8 Punt Return for a Touchdown ...... 79, Christian Kirk, vs. #19 USC, Sept. 26, 2015 OPPONENT GAIN 500+ TOTAL YARDS ...... 0-0 ...... 11-1 Interception Return for a Touchdown...... John Timu,at Washington, Oct. 25, 2014 COMMIT < 6 PENALTIES… ...... 3-1 ...... 27-8 Fumble Return for a Touchdown ...... Chris Hawkins, vs. #19 USC, Sept. 26, 2015 COMMIT 6+ PENALTIES.…...... 0-1 ...... 4-6 Punt Block for a Touchdown ...... Chris Conte, California, Oct. 23, 2010 Scored 3+ TDs (Rushing and Receiving) in a game ...... 3 (2 receiving, 1 rushing) 3RD DOWN % < 25…… ...... 0-0 ...... 3-1 ...... Tre Madden, vs. USC, Sept. 28, 2013 3RD DOWN % 25-49…...... 3-2 ...... 20-12 ...... 3 (3 rushing, 0 receiving) 3RD DOWN % 50+ … ...... ….0-0 ...... 8-1 ...... Justin Davis, vs. USC, Sept. 28, 2013 OPPONENT 3RD DOWN % < 25… ...... ….1-0 ...... 4-2 OPPONENT 3RD DOWN % 25-49… ...... 2-1 ...... 23-8 Punted the ball 70+ Yards...... 70, Tom Hackett, at Utah, Nov. 9, 2013 OPPONENT 3RD DOWN % 50+ … ...... …. 0-1 ...... 4-4 Kicked a 50+ Yard Field Goal ...... 53, Ka’imi Fairbairn, at #7 UCLA, Oct. 13, 2015 Made 3+ Field Goals ...... 3, Kyle Brindza, at Notre Dame, Oct. 5, 2013 TRAIL TIME OF POSSESSION ...... 2-0 ...... 15-9 LEAD TIME OF POSSESSION ...... 1-2 ...... 15-6 TURNOVERS – 0 ...... 0-0 ...... 11-1 TURNOVERS – 1+ ...... 3-1 ...... 20-11 TURNOVERS – 3+ ...... 0-1 ...... 0-5 TAKEAWAYS – 0 ...... 1-0 ...... 3-1 TAKEAWAYS – 1+ ...... 1-2 ...... 24-13 TAKEAWAYS – 3+ ...... 0-1 ...... 12-2

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DEFENSIVE CAREER HIGHS (alphabetical)

Name Tackles TFL Sacks INT PBU FF FR Adams, Chad 2 1 vs TAMU, 2015 vs. WSU, 2014 Ball, Marcus 2 2x (last at OSU, 2014) Boateng, Edmond 5 2.0 1.0 at UW, 2014 at USC, 2014 2x (last at UW, 2014) Brown, Kweishi 7 2.0 1 5 1 at OSU, 2014 at UW, 2014 4x (last vs TAMU, 2015) vs. STAN, 2014 vs. DUKE, 2014 Calhoun, D.J. 9 2.5 1.0 2 1 1 at USC, 2014 at USC, 2014 3x (last at UCLA, 2015) at COLO, 2014 vs. WSU, 2014 at COLO, 2014 Carrington, Lloyd 10 2.0 1.0 1 2 1 at USC, 2014 vs UTAH, 2014 3x (last vs. ND, 2014) 2x (last vs. ND, 2014) vs TAMU, 2015 vs. ND, 2014 Cherry, Demetrius 4 1.0 1 1 at UW, 2014 2014 3x (last at UCLA, 2015) 3x (last vs TAMU, 2015) Fiso, Salamo 12 4.0 2.0 1 1 vs. DUKE, 2014 vs. USC, 2015 vs WASH, 2013 vs. WSU, 2014 at UCLA, 2015 Johnson, James 7 1.0 1.0 2 at OSU, 2014 3x (last at UA, 2014) at UA, 2014 vs. WEBER, 2014 Latu, Alani 5 vs. WEBER, 2014 Latu, Mo 3 0.5 at OSU, 2014 at OSU, 2014 Latu, Viliami 6 2.0 1.0 1 at OSU, 2014 vs TAMU, 2015 4x (last at UCLA, 2015) vs. WSU, 2014 Longino, Antonio 17 2.0 1.0 1 1 vs DUKE, 2014 3x (last vs. USC, 2015) 3x (last vs. ND, 2014) 3x (last at UCLA, 2015) 2x (last vs. USC, 2015) Means, Solomon 3 at UCLA, 2015 Mendoza, Carlos 3 2 vs. COLO, 2013 vs. Illinois, 2012 Moeakiola, Laiu 11 3.0 2.0 1 3 1 1 vs POLY, 2015 vs POLY, 2015 at UW, 2014 2x (last at UCLA, 2015) at UCLA, 2015 at UW, 2014 at UNM, 2014 Murphy-Richardson, I. 1 3x (last at UCLA, 2015) Orr, Kareem 4 0.5 1 2x (last vs. USC, 2015) vs UNM, 2015 vs. USC, 2015 Perry, Armand 9 1.0 1.0 1 at COLO, 2014 3x (last at UA, 2014) 2x (last at UA, 2014) at UW, 2014 Sam Christian 12 2.0 2.0 1 1 vs POLY, 2015 vs POLY, 2015 vs POLY, 2015 at COLO, 2014 vs TAMU, 2015 Scott, Deandre 1 1 4x (last at OSU, 2014) vs. STAN, 2014 Simone, Jordan 20 3.0 1.0 1 1 1 1 at USC, 2014 vs POLY, 2015 2x (last vs UNM, 2015) 4x (last vs UNM, 2015) vs UNM, 2015 at COLO, 2014 at UNM, 2014 Smallwood, Tashon 7 2.0 1.0 1 1 vs TAMU, 2015 at UCLA, 2015 2x (last vs. WSU, 2014) vs. ND, 2014 vs. ND, 2014 Wicker, JoJo 3 2.0 1.0 1 vs TAMU, 2015 vs. USC, 2015 2x (last vs. USC, 2015) vs. USC, 2015 Career Starts OFFENSE ...... Consecutive/Career DEFENSE ...... Consecutive/Career Longest Starting Streaks ...... Teofi lo, Vi ...... 32/35 Fiso, Salamo ...... 24/28 Teofi lo, Vi ...... 32 Foster, D.J...... 21/30 Carrington, Lloyd...... 18/21 Fiso. Salamo ...... 24 Kelly, Nick...... 18/18 Moeakiola, Laiu ...... 18/24 Foster, D.J...... 21 Kohl, Kody ...... 18/18 Brown, Kweishi ...... 15/15 Kelly, Nick...... 18 Westerman, Christian ...... 10/18 Longino, Antonio ...... 14/15 Kohl, Kody ...... 18 Richard, Demario ...... 7/8 Simone, Jordan ...... 6/16 Carrington, Lloyd...... 18 Bercovici, Mike ...... 5/8 Cherry, Demetrius ...... 7/11 Moeakiola, Laiu ...... 18 White, Tim ...... 4/4 Sam, Christian ...... 5/5 Brown, Kweishi ...... 15 Goodman, Evan ...... 3/4 Smallwood, Tashon ...... 3/12 Longino, Antonio ...... 14 McGehee, Billy ...... 2/4 Orr, Kareem ...... 3/3 Westerman, Christian ...... 10 Epps, Raymond ...... 2/2 Wicker, JoJo...... 2/2 Lucien, Devin ...... 0/3 Boateng, Edmond ...... 0/7 Jones, Sam ...... 0/2 Perry, Armand ...... 0/4 Hayes, Gump ...... 0/1 Latu, Viliami ...... 0/7 Jefferson, Ellis ...... 0/1 Latu, Mo ...... 0/5 Chambers, Gary ...... 0/3 Calhoun, D.J...... 0/6 Gammage, Frederick ...... 0/4 Means, Solomon ...... 0/1 McCray, Stephon ...... 0/1 Johnson, James ...... 0/1

14 SUN DEVIL FOOTBALL 2015 GAME RECAPS

GAME 1 GAME 2 GAME 3 Texas A&M ...... 38 Arizona State ...... 35 Arizona State ...... 34 Arizona State ...... 17 Cal Poly ...... 21 Cal Poly ...... 20 HOUSTON (AP) - Arizona State tried to recruit both Kyle Allen and TEMPE, Ariz. —Sun Devil Football scored two touchdowns in the TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Arizona State fi nally found its rhythm on offense. freshman Christian Kirk, who grew up just up the road from Tempe, fourth quarter to emphasize its 35-21 home-opening win against Cal Poly Now the competition gets a whole lot tougher. Arizona, in Scottsdale. Mustangs on Saturday at Sun Devil Stadium. Mike Bercovici threw for three touchdowns and ran for another and the Instead they signed with Texas A&M, and on Saturday night the pair led Arizona State took a 14-0 lead less than two minutes into the second Sun Devils overcame a sluggish start to beat New Mexico 34-10 on Friday the Aggies to a 38-17 win over the 15th-ranked Sun Devils. quarter and quarterback Mike Bercovici tossed a pair of touchdowns in the night. fi nal frame to push the Devils to a 14-point victory in front of the Double Arizona State kicked a fi eld goal before Allen connected with freshman Kirk Inferno and reinvented Sun Devil Stadium. Bercovici had touchdown passes of 14, 33 and 93 yards and ran eight on a short pass and he dashed 66 yards for a touchdown to make it 31-17. yards for the other Sun Devils TD. Kirk also returned a punt 79 yards for a TD in the second quarter. Sophomore tailback Demario Richard tallied a career-high 121 rushing yards on 25 carries and scored a pair of touchdown to pace the Sun The 93-yard play to Demario Richard matched the third-longest pass in Mike Bercovici threw for 199 yards and a touchdown for the Sun Devils. Devils’ 531 yards of total offense. Senior D.J. Foster fi nished Arizona State history. Richard rushed for 104 yards and his 151 yards with 134 all-purpose yards, including 76 rushing and 58 receiving, and receiving - on four catches - is a school record for a running back. It was the fi rst-ever meeting between these teams and the loss dropped added a 14-yard touchdown catch in the opening quarter. the Sun Devils to 0-7 against the Southeastern Conference. The three TD passes came in a stretch when Bercovici completed 17 of The Sun Devils defense held Cal Poly scoreless in the fi rst and fourth quar- 19 for 271 yards. Overall, he was 22 of 37 for 317 yards and was not Allen fi nished with 198 yards passing with two touchdowns and an ters as four linebackers notched double-digit tackles, including sophomore intercepted. interception. Murray threw for 49 yards with an interception and ran for linebacker Christian Sam, who co-led the Devils in tackles for the second 69 yards. consecutive game with 12 and added a team-high two sacks. Redshirt Arizona State (2-1) beat New Mexico (1-2) for the 19th time in a row. senior safety Jordan Simone also added 12 solo tackles, including three of A&M’s revamped defense under John Chavis, the former LSU coordinator, them for a loss, and redshirt junior Laiu Moeakiola set career highs with 11 New Mexico’s last win in the series was in 1947. The Lobos won in Tempe forced two turnovers, had nine sacks and 14 tackles for losses. It was the tackles and three tackles for loss, respectively. once, in 1934. A year ago, the Sun Devils won in Albuquerque 58-23, the most sacks the Aggies have had since they had 10 against Texas Tech teams’ fi rst meeting since 1976. in 1995. The Sun Devils offense began with a spark when Bercovici connected with Foster on a 15-yard pass for the fi rst play of the game. The catch marked SCORING SUMMARY SCORING SUMMARY 42 consecutive games with at least one reception for Foster and brought ARIZST ...... Zane Gonzalez 22 yd FG TXAM ...... Tra Carson 9 yd pass from Allen (Taylor Bertolet kick) him within two games of tying the school record set by Sun Devil legend ARIZST ...... White 14 yd pass from Mike Bercovici (Zane Gonzalez kick) TXAM ...... Christian Kirk 79 yd punt return (Taylor Bertolet kick) John Jefferson’s streak. ARIZST .....Richard 33 yd pass from Mike Bercovici (Zane Gonzalez kick) ARIZST ...... Kody Kohl 4 yd pass from Bercovici (Gonzalez kick) NMEX ...... Tyrone Owens 65 yd run (Jason Sanders kick) TXAM ...... Taylor Bertolet 19 yd FG Bercovici spread the wealth among his receivers as he completed 23 of 35 ARIZST ...... Mike Bercovici 8 yd run (Zane Gonzalez kick) ARIZST ...... Mike Bercovici 19 yd run (Zane Gonzalez kick) passes for 283 yards and three touchdowns. ASU’s aerial attack involved NMEX ...... Jason Sanders 32 yd FG TXAM ...... Kyle Allen 12 yd run (Taylor Bertolet kick) four Sun Devils with three or more catches, including seven by fi rst-year ARIZST .....Richard 93 yd pass from Mike Bercovici (Zane Gonzalez kick) ARIZST ...... Zane Gonzalez 23 yd FG Sun Devil Devin Lucien and six from Foster. ARIZST ...... Zane Gonzalez 24 yd FG TXAM ...... Christian Kirk 66 yd pass from Allen (Bertolet kick) TXAM ...... Tra Carson 10 yd run (Taylor Bertolet kick) SCORING SUMMARY TEAM STATS ARIZST ...... Foster 14 yd pass from Bercovici (Zane Gonzalez kick) ...... NMEX ...... ARIZST TEAM STATS ARIZST ...... Demario Richard 13 yd run (Zane Gonzalez kick) First Downs ...... 15 ...... 19 ...... ARIZST ...... TXAM CPOLY ...... Joe Protheroe 4 yd run (Stephen Pyle kick) Third Down Effi ciency ...... 9-21 ...... 6-15 First Downs ...... 19 ...... 22 ARIZST ...... Demario Richard 6 yd run (Zane Gonzalez kick) Fourth Down Effi ciency ...... 1-1 ...... 1-1 Third Down Effi ciency ...... 5-18 ...... 8-18 CPOLY ...... Chris Brown 1 yd run (Stephen Pyle kick) Plays-Net Yards ...... 76-295 ...... 67-449 Fourth Down Effi ciency ...... 0-2 ...... 0-1 CPOLY ...... Enger 21 yd pass from Brown (Stephen Pyle kick) Rushes-Yds...... 47-184 ...... 30-132 Plays-Net Yards ...... 82-291 ...... 80-425 ARIZST ...... Kohl 10 yd pass from Bercovici (Zane Gonzalez kick) Passing Yds ...... 111 ...... 317 Rushes-Yds...... 41-92 ...... 45-178 ARIZST ...... White 4 yd pass from Bercovici (Zane Gonzalez kick) Kick Return Yds...... 48 ...... 34 Passing Yds ...... 199 ...... 247 Punt Return Yds ...... 7 ...... 2 Kick Return Yds...... 82 ...... 36 TEAM STATS Passes ...... 12-29-1 ...... 22-37-0 Punt Return Yds ...... 21 ...... 82 ...... CPOLY ...... ARIZST Punts ...... 9-382 ...... 6-274 Passes ...... 25-41-0 ...... 19-35-2 First Downs ...... 20 ...... 28 Fumbles-Lost ...... 0-0 ...... 2-1 Punts ...... 10-420 ...... 6-317 Third Down Effi ciency ...... 7-19 ...... 7-15 Penalties-Yds ...... 5-35 ...... 3-25 Fumbles-Lost ...... 5-2 ...... 2-1 Fourth Down Effi ciency ...... 2-3 ...... 1-2 Time of Poss...... 36:21 ...... 23:39 Penalties-Yds ...... 6-45 ...... 5-50 Plays-Net Yards ...... 80-330 ...... 80-531 Time of Poss...... 31:31 ...... 28:29 Rushes-Yds...... 72-284 ...... 45-248 INDIVIDUAL STATS Passing Yds ...... 46 ...... 283 RUSHING INDIVIDUAL STATS Kick Return Yds...... 21 ...... 120 NMEX: Tyrone Owens 4-72, Jhurell Pressley 17-56, Teriyon Gipson 10-35, RUSHING Punt Return Yds ...... 0 ...... 4 David Anaya 3-22, Lamar Jordan 6-3, Richard McQuarley 3-3, Austin ARIZST: Demario Richard 16-73, D.J. Foster 3-13, De’Chavon Hayes 7-6, Passes ...... 4-8-0 ...... 23-35-1 Apodoca 3--2, Dameon Gamblin 1--5 Mike Bercovici 15-0 Punts ...... 8-326 ...... 3-123 ARIZST: Demario Richard 15-104, Mike Bercovici 8-15, D.J. Foster 5-8, TXAM: Tra Carson 29-96, Kyler Murray 6-69, James White 2-12, Kyle Fumbles-Lost ...... 1-0 ...... 3-1 Jacom Brimhall 1-6, Team 1--1 Allen 7-3, Team 1--2 Penalties-Yds ...... 6-55 ...... 3-45 PASSING PASSING Time of Poss...... 32:22 ...... 27:38 NMEX: Austin Apodoca 8-18-89-1, Lamar Jordan 4-11-22-0 ARIZST: Mike Bercovici 25-41-199-0 ARIZST: Mike Bercovici 22-37-317-0 TXAM: Kyle Allen 15-26-198-1, Kyler Murray 4-9-49-1 INDIVIDUAL STATS RECEIVING RECEIVING RUSHING NMEX: Dameon Gamblin 4-54, Reece White 2-22, Carlos Wiggins 2-18, ARIZST: D.J. Foster 6-48, De’Chavon Hayes 6-13, Ellis Jefferson 4-69, CPOLY: Joe Protheroe 28-130, Jared Mohamed 11-75, Kori Garcia 9-30, Chris Davis 1-12, Delane Hart-Johnson 1-2, Daryl Chestnut 1-2, Teriyon Demario Richard 4-27, Devin Lucien 2-25, Kody Kohl 2-8, Gary Chambers Chris Brown 15-25, Kyle Lewis 5-17, DJ Peluso 2-6, Alex Suchesk 2-1 Gipson 1-1 1-9 ARIZST: Demario Richard 25-121, D.J. Foster 12-76, Tim White 1-59, ARIZST: Demario Richard 4-151, Devin Lucien 4-43, Tim White 4-42, TXAM: Christian Kirk 6-106, Ricky Seals-Jones 6-29, Josh Reynolds De’Chavon Hayes 2-7, Team 3--5, Mike Bercovici 2--10 D.J. Foster 4-16, Kody Kohl 3-23, Ellis Jefferson 2-18, Gary Chambers 4-78, Speedy Noil 1-15, Damion Ratley 1-10, Tra Carson 1-9 PASSING 1-24 CPOLY: Chris Brown 4-8-46-0 ARIZST: Mike Bercovici 23-35-283-1 RECEIVING CPOLY: Kyle Lewis 2-19, Reagan Enger 1-21, Jordan Hines 1-6 ARIZST: Devin Lucien 7-79, D.J. Foster 6-58, Gary Chambers 3-60, Kody Kohl 3-40, Tim White 2-23, Raymond Epps 1-15, Frederick Gammage 1-8

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GAME 4 GAME 5 GAME 6 Arizona State...... 14 #7 UCLA...... 23 #19 USC ...... 42 Arizona State ...... 38 TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Cody Kessler and the rest of the USC Trojans are PASADENA, Calif. (AP) Kalen Ballage ran the ball into the teeth of good at taking advantage of mistakes. UCLA’s defense in the final minute and refused to go down. One after another, his Arizona State teammates pushed and shoved him away from And Arizona State made plenty of them. the Bruins and in for the clinching touchdown. Kessler threw for 375 yards and five touchdowns and No. 19 Southern The Sun Devils knew they could only overcome their disappointing start to California capitalized on Arizona State’s miscues to roll past the Sun Devils, the season if they gave a boost to each other - and in Ballage’s case, they 42-14 on Saturday night. really meant it. USC (3-1, 1-1 Pac-12) scored touchdowns after all four Arizona State Mike Bercovici passed for 273 yards and two touchdowns and ran for turnovers in the first half and led 35-0 at the break. another score, and Arizona State got its season back on track with a 38-23 victory over No. 7 UCLA on Saturday night. Arizona State (2-2, 0-1) had the ball first-and-goal at the 1 early in the second quarter when quarterback Mike Bercovici fumbled trying to hand Tim White and D.J. Foster caught scoring passes for the Sun Devils (3-2, off. Chris Hawkins scooped it up and ran 94 yards for the third of the 1-1 Pac-12), who responded to their dire situation after two September four second-quarter touchdowns for the Trojans, who lost their conference losses with an inspired effort in their second straight win at the Rose Bowl. opener at home to Stanford last week. Arizona State built a 29-10 lead on UCLA (4-1, 1-1) heading into the Demario Richard ran for 131 yards and two scores for the Sun Devils in fourth quarter. Thomas Duarte caught his second touchdown pass from their Pac-12 opener. Josh Rosen with 9:19 left, trimming the Sun Devils’ lead to 29-23 and getting the Rose Bowl rocking. Kessler completed 19 of 33 passes. His string of 103 passes without an interception, dating to the final 12 passes last season, ended when But after Matt Haack’s exceptional punt and a defensive stand forced the Kareem Orr picked off an attempt at the Sun Devils 1 in the first series Bruins to take a safety with 4:16 left, Ballage wrapped it up with a 23-yard of the game. TD run with 45 seconds to play, covering most of that distance with UCLA defenders hanging on him in what looked like a rugby scrum. Adoree Jackson had three catches for 131 yards, Juju Smith-Schuster five for 103 yards. Prolific UCLA tailback Paul Perkins was held to 63 yards rushing and a fourth-quarter touchdown. Bercovici was for 23 of 44 for 272 yards, but 195 of those yards came in the second half when USC had the game in hand. SCORING SUMMARY ARIZST...... Team safety SCORING SUMMARY ARIZST...... White 12 yd pass from Mike Bercovici (Zane Gonzalez kick) USC...... Jackson 80 yd pass from Cody Kessler (Alex Wood kick) UCLA...... Duarte 13 yd pass from Josh Rosen (Ka’imi Fairbairn kick) USC...... Mitchell Jr. 27 yd pass from Cody Kessler (Alex Wood kick) ARIZST...... Zane Gonzalez 31 yd FG USC...... Smith-Schuster 4 yd pass from Cody Kessler (Alex Wood kick) ARIZST...... Zane Gonzalez 25 yd FG USC...... Chris Hawkins 94 yd fumble return (Alex Wood kick) UCLA...... Ka’imi Fairbairn 53 yd FG USC...... Smith-Schuster 10 yd pass from Cody Kessler (Alex Wood kick) ARIZST...... Mike Bercovici 34 yd run (Zane Gonzalez kick) ARIZST...... Demario Richard 1 yd run (Zane Gonzalez kick) ARIZST...... Foster 11 yd pass from Mike Bercovici (Zane Gonzalez kick) USC...... Isaac Whitney 10 yd pass from Cody Kessler (Alex Wood kick) UCLA...... Paul Perkins 1 yd run (failed 2pt pass) ARIZST...... Demario Richard 4 yd run (Zane Gonzalez kick) UCLA...... Duarte 17 yd pass from Josh Rosen (Ka’imi Fairbairn kick) ARIZST...... Team safety TEAM STATS ARIZST...... Kalen Ballage 23 yd run (Zane Gonzalez kick) ...... USC...... ARIZST First Downs...... 18...... 26 TEAM STATS Third Down Efficiency...... 10-16...... 5-13 ...... ARIZST...... UCLA Fourth Down Efficiency...... 0-0...... 0-1 First Downs...... 25...... 17 Plays-Net Yards...... 66-455...... 79-454 Third Down Efficiency...... 10-23...... 3-14 Rushes-Yds...... 32-76...... 35-182 Fourth Down Efficiency...... 1-1...... 0-1 Passing Yds...... 379...... 272 Plays-Net Yards...... 90-465...... 68-342 Kick Return Yds...... 0...... 101 Rushes-Yds...... 46-192...... 28-62 Punt Return Yds...... 53...... 21 Passing Yds...... 273...... 280 Passes...... 20-34-1...... 23-44-1 Kick Return Yds...... 129...... 57 Punts...... 5-235...... 4-185 Punt Return Yds...... 0...... -3 Fumbles-Lost...... 2-1...... 3-3 Passes...... 27-44-1...... 22-40-1 Penalties-Yds...... 10-91...... 2-25 Punts...... 8-345...... 9-335 Time of Poss...... 27:38...... 32:22 Fumbles-Lost...... 2-0...... 0-0 Penalties-Yds...... 4-39...... 6-49 INDIVIDUAL STATS Time of Poss...... 37:47...... 22:13 RUSHING USC: Ronald Jones II 10-54, Justin Davis 7-24, Tre Madden 9-7, Cody INDIVIDUAL STATS Kessler 3-6, Aca’Cedric Ware 2--6, Team 1--9 RUSHING ARIZST: Demario Richard 14-131, Kalen Ballage 9-30, De’Chavon Hayes ARIZST: Demario Richard 23-79, Kalen Ballage 11-59, Mike Bercovici 4-27, D.J. Foster 1-14, Mike Bercovici 7--20 9-37, Tim White 1-10, D.J. Foster 1-4, Jacom Brimhall 1-3 PASSING UCLA: Paul Perkins 18-63, Nate Starks 6-23, Soso Jamabo 1--2, Team USC: Cody Kessler 19-33-375-1, Max Browne 1-1-4-0 1--5, Josh Rosen 2--17 ARIZST: Mike Bercovici 23-44-272-1 PASSING RECEIVING ARIZST: Mike Bercovici 27-44-273-1 USC: JuJu Smith-Schuster 5-103, Steven Mitchell Jr. 4-66, Adoree’ UCLA: Josh Rosen 22-40-280-1 Jackson 3-131, Tyler Petite 3-19, Justin Davis 2-35, Isaac Whitney 2-10, RECEIVING Tre Madden 1-15 ARIZST: Demario Richard 8-55, Tim White 5-42, D.J. Foster 4-57, Kody ARIZST: D.J. Foster 6-67, Gary Chambers 5-103, Kody Kohl 5-63, Tim Kohl 3-45, Devin Lucien 3-34, Gary Chambers 2-38, Kalen Ballage 2-2 White 2-27, De’Chavon Hayes 2-9, Demario Richard 2-7, Kalen Ballage 1--4 UCLA: Thomas Duarte 6-101, Jordan Payton 6-73, Devin Fuller 4-43, Eldridge Massington 2-12, Nate Iese 2-4, Stephen Johnson 1-50, Paul Perkins 1--3

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THESUNDEVILS.COM 17 @COACHGRAHAMASUHEAD COACH @COACHGRAHAMASU

TODD GRAHAM

head Coach ASU: 31-14 (4th Season) | Career: 80-43 (Ninth Season) 2013 Pac-12 Coach of the Year

In 2014, Graham’s Sun Devil squad posted a 10-3 record, including 6-3 in Pac-12 play, a second- From the moment he was introduced as Arizona place fi nish in the Pac-12 South Division and a 36-31 victory over Duke in the Sun Bowl. Tasked State University’s head football coach on Decem- with replacing nine starters on defense, Graham led a unit that ranked near the top in the nation in ber 14, 2011, Todd Graham made it clear he was sacks and tackles for loss, forced 27 turnovers and scored fi ve touchdowns during the season. a visionary. A throwback. A teacher who truly believes in the virtues of hard work, dedication On the other side of the ball, ASU fi nished the season ranked 16th in the nation in scoring offense and giving back. and averaged more than 440 yards per game behind record-breaking quarterback and Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year Taylor Kelly, 1,000-yard rusher D.J. Foster and 1,000-yard receiver He made it clear he was going to infuse the Jaelen Strong. program with a culture that was about winning in all facets of a student-athlete’s life. Graham referred to it simply as, ‘The Sun Devil Way.’ A total of 28 FBS schools hired coaches prior to the 2012 season, 17 of which remain at those schools. Of those coaches, Graham has posted the fourth-best overall record in his fi rst three “Our goal as a program is that we are going to fi rst and foremost bring out the best in every single seasons behind only Urban Meyer (38-3), Jim Mora (29-11) and Kevin Sumlin (28-11). person’s character that’s involved in our program,” Graham said. “I’m not only interested in winning on Saturday... I want to win every day in every way. We will compete in the classroom as we In 2013 Graham’s Sun Devils brushed aside the prognostications from skeptics who felt that an compete on the fi eld. early-season string of games against Wisconsin, Stanford, USC and Notre Dame would be a little bit too much to overcome. Then, sitting with a 5-2 record after seven games and still very much in the “On the fi eld we’re going to be passionate and disciplined. Discipline is the key to winning football race for the Pac-12 South crown, the Sun Devils would have their endurance and desire questioned games. We’re going to be involved in the community. The greatest joy that I’ve had in my life is to again as they had to navigate their way through a stretch of three of their next four games on the learn to be a giver… I want our players to understand that family and character and bringing out road. In a gut-check, 20-19 win at Utah, the Sun Devils dug deep and proved they had the tough- the best and being a giver, that’s what I call unique character, is giving every day.” ness and resilience to fi ght through any challenge that lay before them.

Graham, the 2013 Pac-12 Coach of the Year, enters his fourth season at the helm of the Arizona That belief would serve them well two weeks later in a winner-take-all showdown at No. 14 UCLA. State University football program. Under his leadership, Sun Devil football has reached levels of At stake: a trip to the Pac-12 Championship game. There would be no hesitation to seize the success not seen in more than 30 years as last year’s squad became the fi rst to post back-to- moment as the Sun Devils ambushed the Bruins, jumping out to a 35-13 halftime lead. Despite back 10-win seasons since 1973. The accomplishment is the sum of many brilliant achievements its early dominance, ASU could not leave UCLA’s Rose Bowl Stadium with a win until having to orchestrated by Graham and his staff the last three seasons. With Graham at the helm entering the overcome yet another test. season... A furious rally by the Bruins got them to within one score. Down 38-33 and with 3:21 remaining , • ASU’s high-octane offense has eclipsed 50 points in 12 games and the Devils are second in the the Bruins took over possession of the ball at their own 35. In a similar situation one year earlier, Pac-12 and seventh in the nation at 38 points per game during that stretch. UCLA responded by taking the ball down the fi eld for the game winning fi eld goal. Despite Hol- lywood being only 15 miles away, the Sun Devil defense ensured there would be no sequel on this • ASU’s attacking defense has outscored opponents 417-151 in points off takeaways. The Devils day as a pair of critical sacks forced the UCLA offense into submission. And just like that, the Sun are second in the nation with a plus-35 turnover margin and rank in the top three in the nation in Devils were champions of the Pac-12 South. tackles for loss, sacks and interceptions. They are one of only four teams in the nation with more than 300 total tackles for loss, and their 130 sacks and 56 interceptions are both the second- One week later ASU would keep possession of the Territorial Cup after blitzing Arizona 58-21. With highest totals among FBS teams. the win the Sun Devils clinched a berth in the 2013 Pac-12 Championship Game.

• ASU has become one of the least penalized teams in the nation (third over the last three seasons ASU outscored its opponents 146-42 on points off turnovers while posting a +15 takeaway number in fewest penalty yards per game) and the most disciplined team in the Pac-12 (fi rst in fewest in 2013. ASU put points on the board following 75.8 percent of opponent turnovers (25-of-33) penalties per game). compared to just the 33.3 (6-of-18) percent clip ASU opponents scored off of Sun Devil turnovers.

• ASU has earned three consecutive bowl bids and won the Pac-12 South in 2013. The duo of defensive tackle and linebacker Carl Bradford combined to give ASU the most dynamic defensive tandem in the country as the two combined for 24.5 sacks and 44.0 tack- • The Sun Devils are 16-4 at home under Graham and in the last two years have won seven of 10 les for loss in 2012. Their collective average of 1.92 sacks per game was the highest in the country games on the road. by two players on the same team since the 2006 season. Bradford racked up 40.5 tackles for loss in two years under Graham, tied for the fourth most by any player in the nation in that time. • The Sun Devils have also reached new heights in the classroom. ASU’s 12 Pac-12 All-Academic honorees in 2014 were the most in program history (26 in three years). In addition, 97 football Sutton became ASU’s sixth winner of the Morris Trophy and the 18th consensus All-American and student-athletes have earned Scholar Baller® recognition – which honors Sun Devil student- fi rst since 2007. Sutton also became the fi fth ASU player to win the Pac-10/12 conference Defen- athletes who achieve a 3.0 GPA or higher – in his three seasons. sive Player of the Year award. After accomplishing all of that as a junior, Sutton returned for his senior season and repeated as the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year and Morris Trophy Winner while adding numerous All-American accolades.

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Although the 2013 Sun Devils would come up short of their ultimate goal of getting to and win- Ball State in the GMAC Bowl. ning the annual Rose Bowl Game, they proved they had the right people on board. And leading that ship a captain in Graham, who, surrounded by the best lieutenants in the land, would put Including ASU’s 62-28 win over Navy in the 2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Graham’s offense them in position to get there again. has enabled three different teams (two at Tulsa) to score 60-plus points in a bowl game, making him the only coach to accomplish the feat multiple times. Graham was named the 2013 Pac-12 Coach of the Year and as he and his staff of talented assistants – all committed to winning, ‘The Sun Devil Way – guided the team through a turbulent Prior to taking the head job at Tulsa, Graham led Rice to its fi rst bowl game in 45 seasons in schedule to post a 10-4 record and an 8-1 record to earn the program’s fi rst Pac-12 Champion- 2006 and earned Conference USA Coach of the Year honors that same season. ship game berth. Graham began his coaching career in 1988 as an assistant at Poteet High School/Middle School “The honor says, ‘Coach of the Year,’ but it really should say ‘Team of the Year,’ because none of in Mesquite (1988-90) and then helped lead East Central University from a .500 program to this would be possible without the work of our tireless coaching – I’m very blessed to have tre- NAIA national champions in his third year as he served as defensive coordinator from 1991-93. mendous teachers, men of great character that do a tremendous job – and the trust of our kids One year later he was at Carl Albert High School in Midwest City, Okla., and then spent time to believe what we are teaching them is going to take us where we want to go,” said Graham. from 1995-2000 at Allen High School in Allen, Texas. While at Allen, north of Dallas, he also served as athletic director and led a program that had no district wins in the year prior to his In his fi rst season at Arizona State, Graham guided the team to an 8-5 record as the program arrival to fi ve playoff berths in six seasons (1995-2000). recorded its fi rst winning regular season since going 10-2 in 2007. ASU ended the season with three straight wins for the fi rst time since 1978 and just the 14th time in school history. Graham was hired as the linebackers coach at West Virginia in 2001 and one year later he was promoted to defensive co-coordinator as the Mountaineers went from 3-8 to 9-4, the top That season, ASU beat Arizona in a dramatic fourth-quarter comeback in Tucson to reclaim turnaround in the country in 2002. the Territorial Cup and went on to win a bowl game for the fi rst time since 2005 and the 13th time in school history. Additionally, ASU was one of just four Pac-12 teams to win at least In 2003 Steve Kragthorpe hired Graham as the defensive coordinator at Tulsa. For the second three conference road games (3-2) in 2012, doing so for just the fi fth time in the program’s time in as many years, a Graham-led defense proved instrumental in helping a program post Pac-10/12 history. the nation’s best turnaround as the Golden Hurricane went from 1-11 in 2002 to 8-5 in 2003. Graham’s defenses would help lead Tulsa to a pair of bowl games before he moved on to take While known for leading programs that have annually been among the nation’s leaders in over the head job at Rice. offensive production, Graham gained national acclaim for his coaching prowess on the other side of the ball after leading defenses that helped West Virginia (2002) and Tulsa (2003) engineer Graham was an all-state defensive back at North Mesquite High School and, after graduating two of the top single-season turnarounds in recent memory. With head-turning accomplishments in 1983, he played for East Central University in Ada, Okla., where he was a two-time NAIA like those it is easy to see why Graham believes that defense wins championships. All-American defensive back.

Employing an approach that emphasizes excellent fundamentals and hard and disciplined play, Born Dec. 5 1964, Graham earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education from East the Sun Devils’ extraordinary improvement on defense played a paramount role in the team’s rise Central University. He and his wife, Penni, have six children: Bo, Natalie, Hank, Haylee, Dakota improvement in 2012. After fi nishing at or near the bottom of the Pac-12 in several defensive and Michael Todd Jr. categories in 2011, the Sun Devils experienced an amazing reversal in 2012 as they led the conference in tackles for loss (No. 1 in the nation), pass defense (No. 3 in the nation), and pass THE TODD GRAHAM FILE effi ciency defense (No. 10 in the nation) and fi nished second in the league in sacks (No. 2 in the nation), interceptions (No. 4 in the nation) and total defense. Overall Head Coaching Record: 80-43 (Ninth Season) Born: Dec. 5, 1964 Hometown: Mesquite, Texas Graham was named the 23rd head football coach in program history on December 14, 2011, Alma Mater: East Central University (1987) arriving in Tempe from the University of Pittsburgh. Family: Wife Penni and children Bo, Hank, Natalie, Haylee, Dakota and Michael Todd Jr. Graham became well-known on the national scene following a four-year stint at Tulsa (2007- COACHING EXPERIENCE 2010) where he led the Golden Hurricane to a 36-17 mark, which included three bowl wins and East Central University: 1991-93, defensive coordinator three seasons of 10-plus wins. Tulsa was one of just 11 schools to post back-to-back 10-win West Virginia: 2001-02, co-defensive coordinator seasons in 2007 and 2008. Tulsa: 2003-05, assistant head coach and defensive coordinator Rice: 2006, head coach The native of Mesquite, Texas, had seasons at Tulsa which included records of 10-4 (2007), Tulsa: 2007-10, head coach 11-3 (2008) and 10-3 (2010) and in his fi nal season the Golden Hurricane won games at Notre Pittsburgh: 2011, head coach Arizona State: 2012-Current, head coach Dame and then topped No. 24 Hawaii 62-35 in its own bowl game. The Notre Dame win was dubbed the biggest upset of the 2010 college football season by ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit. GRAHAM’S COLLEGE COACHING RECORD Year School Overall Conf. Notes One distinguishing characteristic of Graham-coached teams has been their propensity for lighting 2006 Rice 7-6 6-2 Turned team around after 1-10 finish in ‘05 up the scoreboard. On two occasions Tulsa led the nation in total offense (2007 at 543.9 yards 2007 Tulsa 10-4 6-3 Victory in GMAC Bowl per game and 2008 at 569.9 yards per game) and ranked fi fth in 2010. His 2010 Tulsa team 2008 Tulsa 11-3 7-2 Second consecutive GMAC Bowl victory also led the nation in interceptions (24) and was third in turnovers gained (36). His 2007 squad 2009 Tulsa 5-7 3-5 not only led the nation in total offense at 543.9 yards per game, it set 29 school records, 15 2010 Tulsa 10-3 6-2 Victory in Hawai’i Bowl, Final AP #24 conference marks and four NCAA records. Tulsa routed Bowling Green 63-7 in the GMAC Bowl, 2011 Pitt 6-6 4-3 the largest bowl margin of victory in NCAA history. 2012 ASU 8-5 5-4 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl Victory 2013 ASU 10-4 8-1 Pac-12 South Champions 2014 ASU 10-3 6-3 Hyundai Sun Bowl Victory His 2008 team again led the nation in total offense (569.9 yards per game) while ranking 2015 ASU 3-2 1-1 second in scoring (47.2 points per game), fi fth in rushing (268 ypg) and ninth in passing (301.9 Career 80-43 52-26 Five 10+ win seasons, Five Bowl Victories ypg). His team fi nished 11-3, capped by another large bowl win, a 45-13 victory over No. 22

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No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (High School/Last School) 21 Adams, Chad* DB 5-10 185 So. Allen, Texas (Allen) No. Name Pos. 84 Alexander, JD TE 6-1 212 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Basha) 1 Wicker, JoJo DL 59 Bailey, Quinn OL 6-5 311 RFr. Gilbert, Ariz. (Higley) 2 Bercovici, Mike QB 31 Ball, Marcus* S 6-2 225 RSo. Westerville, Ohio (Westerville-South) 2 Sam, Christian LB 3 Calhoun, DJ LB 9 Ballage, Kalen* RB 6-3 230 So. Peyton, Colo. (Falcon) 3 Perkins, Bryce QB 96 Bates, Jalen DL 6-4 245 Fr. Kaplan, La. (Kaplan) 4 Richard, Demario RB 49 Becerra, Richie LB 5-11 200 So. Mesa, Ariz. (Marcos De Niza) 5 Gonzalez, Zane PK 2 Bercovici, Mike*** QB 6-2 210 RSr. Calabasas, Calif. (Taft) 5 Wilkins, Manny QB 97 Boateng, Edmond* DL 6-4 265 RJr. Fairfax, Va. (Wesley Chapel (Fla.))(New Mexico Military Institute) 6 Cox, Chans LB 35 Brimhall, Jacom* RB 5-8 185 So. Mesa, Ariz. (Mountain View) 6 Smith, Cameron WR 10 Brown, Kweishi* DB 6-0 210 Sr. El Cajon, Calif. (Grossmont College) 6 Wilson, Jay Jay TE 3 Calhoun, DJ* LB 6-0 225 So. El Cerrito, Calif. (El Cerrito) 7 Means, Solomon DB 8 Carrington, Lloyd** DB 6-0 195 RSr. Dallas, Texas (Lincoln) 7 White, Brady QB 81 Chambers, Gary*** WR 6-4 215 RSr. Glendale, Ariz (Ironwood) 8 Carrington, Lloyd DB 8 Foster, D.J. WR 21 Chatman, Terrell WR 6-3 190 Fr. Baton Rouge, La. (Central) 9 Ballage, Kalen RB 94 Cherry, Demetrius** DL 6-6 300 RSr. Frostproof, Fla. (Frostproof Middle) (Contral Costa College) 10 Brown, Kweishi DB 40 Collins, Chaz DB 5-9 163 Fr. Mission Hills, Calif. (Bishop Alemany) 12 White, Tim WR 22 Cosgrove, Mark FB 5-8 226 So. Mullica Hill, N.J. (Pennsville Memorial) 13 Perry, Armand DB 72 Cote, Cade OL 6-4 281 Fr. Gilbert, Ariz. (Williams Field) 14 Lauderdale, Eric WR 6 Cox, Chans* LB 6-3 244 RSo. Lakeside, Ariz. (Blue Ridge) 15 Lucien, Devin WR 99 Dayries, Emanuel* DL 6-3 295 So. New Orleans, La. (O. Perry Walker) 16 Hayes, De’Chavon RB/DB 80 Epps, Raymond TE 6-5 235 RSo. Indianapolis (Warren Central) (Arizona Western College) 17 Lewis, Jason RB 74 Faamatau, Dillon OL 6-4 283 Fr. Norwalk, Calif. (Norwalk ) 17 Murphy-Richardson, Ismael LB 58 Fiso, Salamo** LB 6-0 230 RJr. Long Beach, Calif. (Polytechnic) 18 Johnson, James S 19 Jefferson, Ellis WR 8 Foster, D.J.*** WR 6-0 195 Sr. Scottsdale, Ariz. (Saguaro) 20 Thomas, Khaylan LB 63 Fraboni, Mitchell* LS 6-2 217 So. Phoenix, Ariz. (Mountain Pointe) 21 Chatman, Terrell WR 55 Franklin, Jason** LB 6-0 221 RSr. Simi Valley, Calif. (Chaminade College Prep) 21 Adams, Chad DB 89 Gammage, Frederick** WR 5-11 185 RJr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Brophy Prep) 22 Ralston, Nick LB 37 Gerhart, Coltin S 6-0 205 RFr. Murrieta, Calif. (Vista Murrieta) 22 Cosgrove, Mark FB 32 Gilbert, Trent PK 6-2 186 Fr. Gilbert, Ariz. (Higley) 23 Whiley, Tyler DB 5 Gonzalez, Zane** PK 6-1 190 Jr. Deer Park, Texas (Deer Park High School) 24 Scott, DeAndre DB 56 Goodman, Devin*** OL 6-1 284 RSr. Lakeland, Fla. (Lakeland Senior) 25 Orr, Kareem DB 57 Goodman, Evan** OL 6-4 310 RJr. Lakeland, Fla. (Lakeland Senior) 26 Haack, Matt P 34 Green, Jordan RB 5-9 175 RJr. San Diego, Calif. (University City) 28 Moeakiola, Viliami (Laiu) LB 29 Hoekstra, Joshua RB 88 Groebner, Daniel WR 5-9 182 Sr. Lakeside, Ariz. (Blue Ridge) 29 Otomewo, Jayme S 26 Haack, Matt** P 6-1 199 Jr. West Des Moines, Iowa (Dowling) 30 Tautalatasi, Dasmond DB 82 Harvey, Jalen WR 6-1 200 RFr. El Cerrito, Calif. (El Cerrito) 31 Ball, Marcus S 16 Hayes, De’Chavon “Gump” RB/DB 5-11 190 RJr. Richmond, Va. (Lackawanna College) 31 Rees, Gabriel RB 29 Hoekstra, Joshua RB 5-10 210 RFr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Pinnacle) 32 Longino, Antonio LB 87 Hudson, Tommy TE 6-5 255 Fr. San Jose, Calif. (Archbishop Mitty) 32 Trent Gilbert PK 54 Humphreys, Connor DL 6-3 290 RFr. Portland, Ore. (Central Catholic) 34 Green, Jordan RB 19 Jefferson, Ellis* WR 6-5 212 RSo. Denton, Texas (Guyer) 34 Scott, Jamal LB 83 Jenkins, Ryan WR 5-9 197 RSo. Marietta, Ga. (Lassiter) (Tennessee) 35 Brimhall, Jacom RB 18 Johnson, James* S 6-1 200 RSo. Upland, Calif. (Upland) 36 Williams, Luke LB 37 Gerhart, Coltin S 76 Jones, Sam OL 6-5 297 RFr. Highlands Ranch, Colo. (ThunderRidge) 38 Simone, Jordan DB 50 Kelly, Nick** OL 6-3 295 Sr. Orangevale, Calif. (Casa Robles) 39 Lawal, Malik LB 83 Kohl, Kody** TE 6-3 235 RJr. Gilbert, Ariz. (Mesquite) 40 Collins, Chaz DB 44 Latu, Alani “A.J.”* LB 6-2 250 RSo. Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Rancho Cucamonga) 41 Latu, Viliami LB 98 Latu, Mo*** DT 6-3 370 RSr. Gilbert, Ariz. (Perry) 43 Mendoza, Carlos LB 41 Latu, Viliami “Ami”** LB 6-2 290 Jr. Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Rancho Cucamonga) 44 Latu, Alani LB 14 Lauderdale, Eric WR 6-2 194 RJr. Fayetteville, Ga. (Fayette County) (Saddleback College) 45 Lea, George DL 39 Lawal, Malik LB 6-1 220 Fr. Temecula, Calif. (Chaparral) 46 Smelser, Colbe LB 45 Lea, George DL 6-2 276 Fr. New Orleans, La. (Landry-Walker) 47 Thompson, Matthew LB 17 Lewis, Jason RB 6-3 235 Fr. Virginia Beach, Va. (Ocean Lake) 48 Ogas, Frank LB 48 Wallace, Marshall DL 32 Longino, Antonio** LB 6-2 230 RSr. East Cleveland, Ohio (Shaw) (Hutchinson CC) 49 Becerra, Richie LB 15 Lucien, Devin WR 6-2 195 RSr. Encino, Calif (Crespi) (UCLA) 88 Martinez, Grant* TE 6-5 235 RSo. Scottsdale, Ariz. (Notre Dame Prep) 51 Mathews, Brandon** LB 6-0 216 RJr. Mesa, Ariz. (Mountain View) 78 McClure, Tyler* OL 6-1 277 RSo. Chandler, Ariz. (Chandler) 77 McCray, Stephon** OL 6-3 314 RJr. Fresno, Calif. (Bullard)

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No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (High School/Last School) 75 McGehee, William** OL 6-6 314 RSr. Plano, Texas (Prestonwood Christian Acad.) (Navarro College) No. Name Pos. 7 Means, Solomon*** DB 6-1 181 RSr. Stockton, Calif. (Lincoln) 50 Kelly, Nick OL 43 Mendoza, Carlos** LB 6-1 231 RJr. Oxnard, Calif. (Oaks Christian) 51 Mathews, Brandon LB 71 Miller, Steven OL 6-5 310 Fr. Gilbert, Ariz. (Gilbert) 51 Robertson, Zach OL 28 Moeakiola, Viliami “Laiu”** LB 6-1 215 RJr. Euless, Texas (Trinity) 54 Humphreys, Connor DL 17 Murphy-Richardson, Ismael LB 6-4 230 RFr. Goodyear, Ariz. (Desert Edge) 55 Franklin, Jason LB 48 Ogas, Frank LB 6-0 240 RSo. Morenci, Ariz. (Morenci) 55 Westerman, Christian OL 25 Orr, Kareem DB 5-11 195 Fr. Chattanooga, Tenn. (Notre Dame) 56 Goodman, Devin OL 57 Goodman, Evan OL 29 Otomewo, Jayme S 6-1 188 RSo. Los Angeles, Calif. (Dorsey) 58 Fiso, Salamo LB 3 Perkins, Bryce QB 6-3 215 Fr. Chandler, Ariz. (Chandler) 59 Bailey, Quinn OL 13 Perry, Armand* DB 6-1 200 So. Las Vegas, Nev. (Bishop Gorman) 63 Fraboni, MItchell LS 85 Pokraka, Josh TE 6-0 233 Fr. Honolulu, Hawaii (Kaiser) 66 Shields, Donnie LS 68 Quitmeyer, Jay DE 6-4 284 Sr. Bullhead City, Ariz. (Mohave) 68 Quitmeyer, Jay DE 22 Ralston, Nick LB 6-1 240 Fr. Argyle, Texas (Argyle) 71 Miller, Steve OL 31 Rees, Gabriel RB 5-11 191 Fr. Bettendorf, Iowa (Bettendorf) 72 Cote, Cade OL 93 Reynolds, Deonte DL 6-5 325 Jr. Pinole, Calif. (Pinole Valley) (Contra Costa) 73 Teofi lo, Vi OL 4 Richard, Demario* RB 5-10 220 So. Palmdale, Calif. (Palmdale) 74 Faamatau, Dillon OL 51 Robertson, Zach OL 6-6 330 Fr. Bellfl ower, Calif. (Saint John Bosco) 75 McGehee, William OL 76 Jones, Sam OL 2 Sam, Christian* LB 6-1 240 So. Allen, Texas (Allen) 77 McCray, Stephon OL 24 Scott, DeAndre* DB 5-9 190 So. Philadelphia, Pa. (Imhotep Charter) 78 McClure, Tyler OL 34 Scott, Jamal LB 6-2 220 RFr. Anaheim, Calif. (Magnolia) 79 Walter, Mason OL 66 Shields, Donnie** LS 6-0 240 Sr. Sun City, Ariz. (Liberty) 80 Epps, Raymond TE 38 Simone, Jordan* DB 6-0 195 RSr. Sammamish, Wash. (Skyline) (Washington State) 81 Chambers, Gary WR 90 Smallwood, Tashon* DL 6-1 280 So. Fresno, Calif. (Central) 82 Harvey, Jalen WR 46 Smelser, Colbe LB 5-9 210 So. Gilbert, Ariz. (Williams Field) 83 Kohl, Kody TE 6 Smith, Cameron** WR 5-11 193 Jr. Coppell, Texas (Coppell) 85 Pokraka, Josh TE 91 Smith, Corey* DL 6-6 290 RSo. New Orleans, La. (Perry Walker) 86 Vear, Dan TE 30 Tautalatasi, Dasmond DB 6-0 194 RFr. Concord, Calif. (De La Salle) 87 Hudson, Tommy TE 88 Groebner, Daniel WR 73 Teofi lo, Vi*** OL 6-3 315 RSr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Moon Valley) 88 Martinez, Grant TE 40 Thomas, Greg P 5-8 163 Fr. Petaluma, Calif (Petaluma) 89 Gammage, Frederick WR 20 Thomas, Khaylan LB 6-2 220 Fr. Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Etiwanda) 90 Smallwood, Tashon DL 47 Thompson, Matthew LB 5-11 200 Jr. Scottsdale, Ariz. (Scottsdale Christian Academy) 91 Smith, Corey DL 92 Topps, Tramel DL 6-2 280 RJr. Milwaukee, Wis. (Milwaukee Pulaski) (Arizona Western College) 92 Topps, Tramel DL 86 Vear, Dan TE 6-5 240 RJr. Hillsdale, Mich. (Hillsdale) (College of the Canyons) 93 Reynolds, Deonte DL 48 Wallace, Marshall ‘Bo’ DL 6-4 215 Fr. New Orleans, La. (John Curtis Christian) 94 Cherry, Demetrius DL 79 Walter, Mason OL 6-5 294 Fr. Temecula, Calif. (Chaparral) 95 Wren, Renell DL 55 Westerman, Christian* OL 6-4 300 RSr. Chandler, Ariz. (Hamilton) 96 Bates, Jalen DL 85 Whiley, Tyler WR/DB 6-0 210 RFr. Scottsdale, Ariz. (Chaparral) 97 Boateng, Edmond DL 98 Latu, Mo DT 7 White, Brady QB 6-2 200 Fr. Newhall, Calif. (Hart) 99 Dayries, Emanuel DL 12 White, Tim WR 5-11 185 RJr. Santa Clarita, Calif. (Hart) (College of the Canyons) 1 Wicker, JoJo DL 6-3 275 Fr. Long Beach, Calif. (Long Beach Poly) 5 Wilkins, Manny QB 6-3 190 RFr. Novato, Calif. (San Marin) 36 Williams, Luke LB 6-1 203 RSr. Brea, Calif. (Brea-Olinda) (Saddleback College) 6 Wilson, Jay Jay TE 6-3 250 Fr. Valencia, Calif. (Valencia) 95 Wren, Renell* DL 6-5 290 RFr. St. Louis, Mo. (Lutheran)

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Mike Norvell - Deputy Head Coach (Offensive Coordinator/) Chris Thomsen - Assistant Head Coach (Offensive Line) Keith Patterson - Defensive Coordinator (Linebackers/Defensive Special Teams) Shawn Slocum - Associate Head Coach (Special Teams Coord/OLBs) Chris Ball - Co-Defensive Coordinator (Safeties/Def. Passing Game) DelVaughn Alexander - Assistant Coach (Wide Receivers/Off. Passing Game Coord.) Jackie Shipp - Assistant Coach (Defensive Line) Chip Long - Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coord. (Tight Ends/Offensive Special Teams) Josh Martin - Assistant Coach (Running Backs) Ryan Silverfi eld - Senior Associate Offensive Analyst Jarred Holley - Graduate Assistant (Defense/Safeties) Ray Brown - Graduate Assistant (Defense/Corners) Taylor Kelly - Graduate Assistant (Offense/Quarterbacks) Kenny Dillingham - Graduate Assistant (Offense) Tim Cassidy - Senior Associate Athletic Director of Football Shawn Griswold - Head Coach Sports Performance Vince Hug - Football Operations Assistant Patrick Suddes - Assistant Athletics Director for Recruiting Danny Phillips - On-Campus Recruiting Manager Marcus Castro-Walker - Director of Player Personnel Brennan Marion - Offensive Quality Control Brennan Ball - Defensive Quality Control

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OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS X 15 Devin Lucien 6-2 195 R-Sr. NOSE 94 Demetrius Cherry 6-6 300 R-Sr. P 26 Matt Haack 6-1 199 Jr. 19 Ellis Jefferson 6-5 212 R-So. 41 Viliami Latu 6-2 290 Jr. 21 Terrell Chatman 6-3 190 Fr. 91 Corey Smith 6-6 290 R-So. KO 5 Zane Gonzalez 6-1 190 Jr.

Y 81 Gary Chambers 6-4 215 R-Sr. TIGER 90 Tashon Smallwood 6-1 280 So. FG 5 Zane Gonzalez 6-1 190 Jr. or 12 Tim White 5-11 185 R-Jr. or 41 Viliami Latu 6-2 290 Jr. 14 Eric Lauderdale 6-2 194 R-Jr. 95 Renell Wrenn 6-5 290 R-Fr. LS 63 Mitchell Fraboni 6-2 217 So. 66 Donnie Shields 5-11 240 Sr. Z 8 D.J. Foster 6-0 195 Sr. END 1 JoJo Wicker 6-3 275 Fr. 89 Frederick Gammage 5-11 185 R-Jr. or 97 Edmond Boateng 6-4 265 R-Jr. H 26 Matt Haack 6-1 199 Jr. or 12 Tim White 5-11 185 R-Jr. 2 Mike Bercovici 6-2 210 R-Sr. DEVIL 32 Antonio Longino 6-2 230 R-Sr. LT 57 Evan Goodman 6-4 310 R-Jr. 44 Alani Latu 6-2 250 R-So. KR 1 De’Chavon Hayes 5-11 190 R-Jr. 76 Sam Jones 6-5 297 R-Fr. 6 Jay Jay Wilson 6-3 250 Fr. OR 12 Tim White 5-11 185 R-Jr. 51 Zach Robertson 6-6 330 Fr. or 9 Kalen Ballage 6-3 230 So. 9 Kalen Ballage 6-3 230 So. or 71 Steve Miller 6-5 310 Fr. SPUR 28 Laiu Moeakiola 6-1 215 R-Jr. PR 1 De’Chavon Hayes 5-11 190 R-Jr. LG 55 Christian Westerman 6-4 300 R-Sr. 31 Marcus Ball 6-2 217 R-So. 12 Tim White 5-11 185 R-Jr. 77 Stephon McCray 6-3 314 R-Jr. or 18 James Johnson 6-1 192 R-So. 71 Steve Miller 6-5 310 Fr. or 24 Deandre Scott 5-9 190 So. PRO-NUN-SEE-AY-SHUNS

C 50 Nick Kelly 6-3 295 Sr. SAM 58 Salamo Fiso 6-0 230 R-Jr. Kalen Ballage kay-len buh-lawj 77 Stephon McCray 6-3 314 R-Jr. or 2 Christian Sam 6-1 240 So. Mike Bercovici burr-ko-vee-chee 72 Cade Cote 6-4 281 Fr. 6 Chans Cox 6-3 244 R-So. Edmond Boateng bo-teng Jacom Brimball jay-come RG 73 Vi Teofilo 6-4 315 R-Sr. WILL 2 Christian Sam 6-1 240 So. Kweishi Brown kwee-she 77 Stephon McCray 6-3 314 R-Jr. or 3 DJ Calhoun 6-0 225 So. Demetrius Cherry deh-mee-tree-us 54 Connor Humphreys 6-3 290 R-Fr. 43 Carlos Mendoza 6-2 231 R-Jr. Cade Cote coat-ee Chans Cox chance RT 75 William McGehee 6-6 314 R-Sr. BC 8 Lloyd Carrington 5-11 192 R-Sr. Emanuel Dayries dare-ees 76 Sam Jones 6-5 297 R-Fr. 7 Solomon Means 6-1 181 R-Sr. Salamo Fiso suh-law-mo fee-so 59 Quinn Bailey 6-5 311 R-Fr. or 25 Kareem Orr 5-11 195 Fr. Mitchel Fraboni fruh-bone-ee 51 Zach Robertson 6-6 330 Fr. Frederick Gammage gamm-edge BS 38 Jordan Simone 6-0 195 R-Sr. Coltin Gerhart gare-heart TE 83 Kody Kohl 6-3 231 R-Jr. 5 Chad Adams 5-9 184 So. Matt Haack hawk 80 Raymond Epps 6-5 231 R-So. 37 Coltin Gerhart 5-11 206 R-Fr. Jalen Harvey jay-len 87 Tommy Hudson 6-5 253 Fr. De’Chavon ‘Gump’ Hayes day-shuh-vawn FS 13 Armand Perry 6-1 200 So. Daniel Groebner grub-ner H 80 Raymond Epps 6-5 231 R-So. 25 Kareem Orr 5-11 195 Fr. Kody Kohl kole 22 Nick Ralston 6-1 240 Fr. 18 James Johnson 6-1 192 R-So. Alani Latu uh-law-nee law-too 88 Grant Martinez 6-5 230 R-So. Mo Latu law-too FC 10 Kweishi Brown 5-11 209 Sr. Viliami Latu vill-ee-aw-me law-too QB 2 Mike Bercovici 6-2 210 R-Sr. 7 Solomon Means 6-1 181 R-Sr. Antonio Longino lawn-jee-no 5 6-3 190 R-Fr. or 25 Kareem Orr 5-11 195 Fr. Devin Lucien loo-see-en or 3 6-3 215 Fr. William McGehee mic-gee Laiu Moeakiola lye-oo mwok-ee-oh-luh or 7 6-2 200 Fr. BC- Boundary Corner Ismael Murphy-Richardson ish-may-el BS- Bandit Safety Armand Perry arr-mawnd TB 4 Demario Richard 5-10 220 So. FS- Free Safety Deonte Reynolds day-on-tay 9 Kalen Ballage 6-3 230 So. FC- Field Corner Demario Richard deh-mar-ee-oh 22 Nick Ralston 6-1 240 Fr. DeAndre Scott dee-on-dray Bold Face - Starter Jordan Simone sih-mo-nee RB 9 Kalen Ballage 6-3 230 So. Tashon Smallwood tay-shawn or 1 De’Chavon Hayes 5-11 190 R-Jr. Dasmond Tautalatasi daz-mond tao-tuh-luh-taw-see 35 Jacom Brimhall 5-8 185 So Vi Teofi lo vee tee-oh-fee-low Tyler Whiley why-lee Rennell Wren reh-nell

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QUARTERBACKS- #2 Mike Bercovici, Redshirt Senior – Has thrown for 2,822 yards and 21 touchdowns in his career...Passed for two touchdowns and rushed for a career long 34-yard TD against UCLA (10/3), fi nishing with 273 passing yards and was named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week for the effort...Posted ASU’s fi rst 300+ yard passing game since his 2014 USC effort against new Mexico (9/18), going 22-for-37 for 317 yards and three touchdowns...Finished 23-of-35 for 283 yards and three touchdowns with a pick against Cal Poly (9/12)... Became the fi rst player in history to throw for 5 touchdowns against USC last and his 510 total passing yards in the game were the second-highest total against the Trojans in USC history as well...Finished the game 25-of-45 for 510 yards with fi ve touchdowns and no intercep- tions...Preliminary research shows his 998 passing yards in his fi rst two career starts are an NCAA record...Made his fi rst career start against UCLA (9/25), setting school records for completions and attempts in going 42-of-68 for 488 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions...His 488 yards were the most by a Sun Devil quarterback making his fi rst career start and the fi fth-highest total in program history...

PASSING g cmp-att-int yards td long pct avg/p avg/g effi c 2011 2 2-3-0 15 0 8 66.7 5.0 7.5 108.7 2013 12 3-4-0 18 0 12 75.0 4.5 1.5 112.8 2014 13 115-186-4 1445 12 77 61.8 7.8 111.2 144.1 2015 5 120-201-3 1344 9 93 59.7 6.7 268.8 127.7 TOTAL 32 240-394-7 2822 21 93 60.9 7.2 85.5 135.1

RUNNING BACKS- #4 Demario Richard, Sophomore - Currently 17th nationally and second in the Pac-12 with 149.60 all-purpose yards per game...Of his 748 yards from scrimmage this season, 329 have come after fi rst contact (43.9 percent)...Had his fourth 100+ all-purpose yard game of the year against UCLA (10/3), fi nishing with 134 total yards (79 rushing, 55 receiving)...Made it three straight games with over 100 rushing yards, rushing for a career best 131 yards with two touchdowns against USC (9/26)...Had his second consecutive 100+ yard rushing game against New Mexico (9/12), fi nishing with 104 yards on the ground but added 151 receiving yards on four receptions with two touchdowns, including a 93-yard catch-and-run...Became the fi rst running back since North Texas’ Lance Dunbar in 2011 to have over 150 receiving yards and over 100 rushing yards in a single game... Had a big game against Cal Poly (9/12) with 121 yards on 25 rushes with two rushing touchdowns, setting career bests in the fi rst two categories and tying his career single game rushing touchdown mark..Was the leading Sun Devil rusher against Texas A&M (9/5) with 73 yards on 16 rushes...Ranked second on the team in 2014 in rushing with 487 yards and four touchdowns...Led all Sun Devil backs in yards per carry with 5.7...All Pac-12 Honorable Mention...2014 SCOUT All-American Honorable Mention... Was named the MVP of the Sun Bowl after a career high four touchdowns, two rushing and two receiving touchdowns...His four touchdowns were tied for the most in ASU’s bowl history (Woody Green had four at the 1972 Fiesta Bowl)...Had a career game against Utah, leading the team in rushing 14 times for a 116 yards with no negative rushes in the game...Had the fi rst touchdown rush of his career on a 49-yard scamper against UNM..

RUSHING g att yards td long avg/c avg/g 2014 13 84 478 4 46 5.7 36.8 2015 5 93 508 4 61 5.5 101.6 TOTAL 18 177 986 8 61 5.6 54.8 RECEIVING g rec yards td long rec/g avg/c avg/g 2014 13 13 156 4 40 1.0 12.0 12.0 2015 5 18 240 2 93 3.6 13.3 48.0 TOTAL 18 31 396 6 93 1.7 12.8 22.0 ALL PURPOSE g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g 2014 13 478 156 0 0 0 634 48.8 2015 5 508 240 0 0 0 748 149.6 TOTAL 18 986 396 0 0 0 1382 76.8

#9 Kalen Ballage, Sophomore - Finished with a career-best 59 rushing yards against UCLA (10/3) on 11 carries, including an epic pile-moving 23-yard touchdown in which he ran backwards for about 17 yards in a rugby scrum...Made his fi rst appearance of 2015 against USC (9/26), fi nishing with 30 yards rushing...Carried the ball 42 times for 138 yards and added three touchdowns as a freshman... Added six catches for 64 yards and a touchdown...Had a 96 yard kick return in the Sun Bowl to set up the game-winning touchdown...Grabbed his fi rst career touchdown reception on a 38-yard catch-and-run against Colorado...Had a career high two touchdown rushes against UNM...

RUSHING g att yards td long avg/c avg/g 2014 12 42 126 3 12 3.0 10.5 2015 2 20 89 1 23 4.4 44.5 TOTAL 14 62 215 4 23 3.5 15.4 RECEIVING g rec yards td long rec/g avg/c avg/g 2014 12 6 64 1 38 0.5 10.7 5.3 2015 2 3 -2 0 4 1.5 -0.7 -1.0 TOTAL 14 9 62 1 38 0.6 6.9 4.4

#1 De’Chavon Hayes, Redshirt Junior - Had a career-long 57-yard kick return against Cal Poly (9/12)...Earned his fi rst career start against Texas A&M (9/5) and accounted for a team- leading 113 yards of all-purpose yards in the contest...

RUSHING g att yards td long avg/c avg/g 2015 4 13 40 0 16 3.1 10.0 TOTAL 4 13 40 0 16 3.1 10.0 RECEIVING g rec yards td long rec/g avg/c avg/g 2015 4 8 22 0 5 2.0 2.8 5.5 TOTAL 4 8 22 0 5 2.0 2.8 5.5

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PUNT RETURNS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g 2015 4 8 46 0 19 5.8 11.5 TOTAL 4 8 46 0 19 5.8 11.5 KICK RETURNS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g 2015 4 7 154 0 57 22.0 38.5 TOTAL 4 7 154 0 57 22.0 38.5 ALL PURPOSE g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g 2015 4 40 22 46 154 0 262 65.5 TOTAL 4 40 22 46 154 0 262 65.5

WIDE RECEIVERS/TIGHT ENDS- #8 D.J. Foster, Senior - Leads all active FBS players with a reception in 45 consecutive games, also an ASU school record...Tied for seventh among active FBS players with 189 career receptions, also good for second all-time at ASU...Is third among active players in the FBS in career all-purpose yards with 4,326...Is one of just fi ve players in NCAA Division I history (Charles Sims, Mewelde Moore, Taurean Henderson and Darrin Nelson) to rush AND receive for over 2,000 yards in their careers...Had four catches for 57 yards and a touchdown against UCLA (10/3)...Led all Sun Devils with six receptions for 67 yards against USC (9/26)...Led all players with 134 yards from scrimmage against Cal Poly (9/12) (76 rushing, 58 receiving)...Had a team-high six receptions against Texas A&M (9/5) for 48 yards...Led the Sun Devils with 1,081 rushing yards and nine touchdowns last season...Finished second on the team in recieving with 62 catches, 688 yards and three touchdowns ...Was the only player in the nation with over 1,000 rushing yards and over 600 receiving yards....Had the best game of his career against UNM, becoming the fi rst Sun Devil to rush for over 200 yards since 2001 as he put up a career high 216 rushing yards and a touchdown to go with 54 receiving yards...It was the ninth-highest rushing total in a single game in program history..

RECEIVING g rec yards td long rec/g avg/c avg/g 2012 13 38 533 4 49 2.9 14.0 41.0 2013 14 63 653 4 74 4.5 10.4 46.6 2014 13 62 688 3 42 4.8 11.1 52.9 2015 5 26 246 2 33 5.2 9.5 49.2 TOTAL 45 189 2120 13 74 4.2 11.2 47.1 RUSHING g att yards td long avg/c avg/g 2012 13 102 493 2 24 4.8 37.9 2013 14 93 501 6 51 5.4 35.8 2014 13 194 1081 9 57 5.6 83.2 2015 5 22 115 0 16 5.2 23.0 TOTAL 45 411 2190 17 57 5.3 48.7 ALL PURPOSE g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g 2012 13 493 533 0 0 0 1026 78.9 2013 14 501 653 0 16 0 1170 83.6 2014 13 1081 688 0 0 0 1769 136.1 2015 5 115 246 0 0 0 361 72.2 TOTAL 45 2190 2120 0 16 0 4326 96.1

#19 Ellis Jefferson, Redshirt Sophomore - Led team with a career-high 69 receiving yards against Texas A&M (9/5)...Finished with 11 catches for 144 yards as a freshman...Had four receptions for 37 yards and his fi rst career touchdown against Weber State...

RECEIVING g rec yards td long rec/g avg/c avg/g 2014 13 11 144 2 27 0.8 13.1 11.1 2015 5 6 87 0 33 1.2 14.5 17.4 TOTAL 18 17 231 2 33 0.9 13.6 12.8

#81 Gary Chambers, Redshirt Senior - Leads the Sun Devils in averaging 19.5 yards per reception this year...Set new career marks against USC (9/26) with 103 yards on fi ve catches...Had a then-career best three receptions and matched a career best with 60 receiving yards against Cal Poly (9/12)...Finished his fi rst season receiving action at wide receiver with 10 catches for 204 yards (20.4 yards per catch) last season...Had the winning touchdown reception on his only catch of the day against Washington (10/25)...Had two receptions for 46 yards, one of which set up the game-winning Hail Mary against USC (10/4)...Grabbed his fi rst career reception and touchdown on the same play against Weber State (8/28)...

RECEIVING g rec yards td long rec/g avg/c avg/g 2014 13 10 204 2 38 0.8 20.4 15.7 2015 5 12 234 0 40 2.4 19.5 46.8 TOTAL 26 22 438 2 40 0.8 19.9 16.8

#89 Frederick Gammage, Redshirt Junior - Appeared in every game for the Sun Devils in 2014, catching 16 balls for 127 yards..Made his fi rst career touchdown reception against Washington State (11/22)...Had a career-long snag of 23 yards against UCLA...

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RECEIVING g rec yards td long rec/g avg/c avg/g 2013 13 6 32 0 14 0.5 5.3 2.5 2014 13 16 127 1 23 1.2 7.9 9.8 TOTAL 26 22 159 1 23 0.8 7.2 6.1

#83 Kody Kohl, Redshirt Junior - Had career bests with fi ve catches for 63 yards against USC (9/26)...Has a touchdown in fi ve of his last seven games dating back to last season...Had the go-ahead score in the fourth quarter against Cal Poly (9/12) and fi nished with three receptions for 40 yards...Had the team’s lone touchdown reception against Texas A&M (9/5)...Started every game of his redshirt sophomore season in 2014 at tight end, catching 18 balls for 187 yards and four touchdowns..Made it three straight games with a touchdown reception against Arizona...

RECEIVING g rec yards td long rec/g avg/c avg/g 2013 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2014 13 16 167 4 46 1.2 10.4 12.8 2015 5 16 179 2 32 3.2 11.2 35.8 TOTAL 20 32 346 6 46 1.6 10.8 17.3

OFFENSIVE LINE- #73 Vi Teofi lo, Redshirt Senior - Has made 35 career starts and leads team with 32 straight starts...A 2014 All-Pac-12 honorable mention selection...

#55 Christian Westerman, Redshirt Senior - Has made 18 career starts (one at Auburn)...A 2014 All-Pac-12 honorable mention selection...

#50 Nick Kelly, Redshirt Senior - Started all 13 games at center in 2014 despite battling injuries for much of the latter half of the season and has started 16 straight games..Earned All-Pac-12 Second Team honors...Has started 18 career games...

#57 Evan Goodman, Redshirt Junior - Made his fi rst career start at left tackle against Texas A&M (9/5)...

#75 Billy McGehee, Redshirt Senior - Made his fi rst career start at right tackle against Texas A&M (9/5)...

#76 Sam Jones, Redshirt Freshman - Made his fi rst career start at left tackle against Cal Poly (9/12) and followed with his fi rst start at right tackle against UNM (9/18)...

DEFENSIVE LINE- #94 Demetrius Cherry, Redshirt Senior – Had half a tackle for loss and a pass breakup against UCLA (10/3)...Had a fumble recovery against Texas A&M (9/5) and fi nished with two tackles and half a tackle for loss...Finished his fi rst season of action with 12 tackles and one for loss with two fumble recoveries in 2014...Had his fi rst career touchdown on a fumble recovery against Arizona...

TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk 2014 12 9 9 18 1.0 1 0 2 0 2015 5 3 4 7 1.0 2 0 1 0 TOTAL 17 12 13 25 2.0 3 0 3 0

#97 Edmond Boateng, Redshirt Junior - Had three tackles and half a tackle for loss against A&M (9/5)...Finished his fi rst season at ASU with 22 tackles - 4.5 for loss - and 2.5 sacks..had a career high 2.0 tackles for loss at USC (10/4)...

TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk 2014 13 15 7 22 4.5 0 0 0 0 2015 5 3 3 6 0.5 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 18 18 10 28 5.0 0 0 0 0 SACKS g ua a total yards 2014 13 2 1 2.5 10 2015 5 0 0 0.0 0 TOTAL 18 2 1 2.5 10

#41 Viliami Latu, Junior- Made the most of his single tackle against UCLA (10/3), logging a sack and a safety on the play...Started against A&M (9/5) and led the team with 2.0 tackles for loss with a sack as well...Had two sacks and fi ve tackles for loss in his fi rst season on the defensive line in 2014, becoming one of the more pleasant surprises of the season and working into a starting role as the year went on...... Had his second career fumble recovery against Washington State (11/22) and added a sack as well...Had a career high six tackles against Oregon State (11/15)...

TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk 2013 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 2014 13 13 11 24 5.0 0 0 1 0 2015 4 4 2 6 4.0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 27 17 13 30 9.0 0 0 2 0

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SACKS g ua a total yards 2013 10 0 0 0.0 0 2014 13 2 0 2.0 25 2015 4 2 0 2.0 22 TOTAL 27 4 0 4.0 47

#90 Tashon Smallwood, Sophomore - Had a career best two tackles for loss against UCLA (10/3)...Leads ASU defensive linemen with 16 tackles this season...Had a career high seven tackles against Texas A&M (9/5)...Finished his freshman season with 23 total tackles and 5.5 tackles for loss while seeing against in all 13 games...Had a sack and fumble forced and recovered against Notre Dame...

TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk 2014 13 17 6 23 5.5 0 1 1 0 2015 5 12 7 19 4.0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 18 29 13 42 9.5 0 1 1 0 SACKS g ua a total yards 2014 13 2 0 2.0 20 2015 5 0 0 0.0 0 TOTAL 18 2 0 2.0 20

#1 JoJo Wicker, Freshman - Made his fi rst career start against USC (9/26), fi nishing with two tackles - both for loss - while forcing the fi rst fumble of his career on a sack...Had his fi rst career sack against New Mexico (9/18)...Saw his fi rst career action against Texas A&M (9/5), fi nishing with three tackles...

TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk 2015 5 7 3 10 3.0 0 1 0 0 TOTAL 5 7 3 10 3.0 0 1 0 0 SACKS g ua a total yards 2015 5 2 0 2.0 16 TOTAL 5 2 0 2.0 16

LINEBACKERS- #58 Salamo Fiso, Redshirt Junior – Paced the team in tackles against against UCLA (10/3), fi nishing with eight - all solo - with one tackle for loss and a pass breakup...Was the defensive standout against USC (9/26), logging a career best four tackles for loss and eight total tackles to lead the team..Currently tied for fi fth nationally, averaging 7.7 solo tackles per game...Had his second consecutive game with double-digit tackles against UNM (9/18), fi nishing with 10...Was one of fi ve players with double-digit tackles against Cal Poly (9/12), fi nishing with 10 and a tackle for loss...Was third on the team with eight tackles against Texas A&M (9/5) with a tackle for loss...Ranked fourth on the team with 83 tackles and ranked second on the team in tackles for a loss with 11 in 2014...Named to the Phil Steele All Pac-12 Third Team...All Pac-12 Honorable Mention...Ron Pritchard Outstanding Linebacker Award...

TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk 2013 14 48 23 71 5.5 0 0 0 0 2014 13 52 31 83 11.0 1 0 0 0 2015 5 39 5 44 8.5 1 0 0 0 TOTAL 32 139 59 198 25.0 2 0 0 0 SACKS g ua a total yards 2013 14 3 0 3.0 26 2014 13 3 1 3.5 20 2015 5 1 0 1.0 6 TOTAL 33 7 1 7.5 52

#3 DJ Calhoun, Sophomore – His lone tackle came on his fi rst sack of the season against UCLA (10/3)...Became one of eight Sun Devils all-time to start the season opener as a true freshman and recorded fi ve tackles in his debut...Named a Freshman All-American by the Football Writers Association of America...All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention...SCOUT 2014 All-America selection...Calhoun appeared in all 13 games for the Sun Devils this season, making six starts...Finished with 35 tackles on the year....Had seven tackles for a loss, good for fi fth on the team...Had a sack and three tackles against Washington State... Had two tackles for loss against Oregon State...Topped his previous career high with nine against USC, including his fi rst career sack and a career high 2.5 tackles for loss...Had a then-career high seven tackles against Colorado and his fi rst career fumble recovery...

TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk 2014 13 20 15 35 7.0 2 1 1 0 2015 5 6 1 7 1.0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 18 26 16 42 8.0 2 1 1 0 SACKS g ua a total yards 2014 13 2 0 2.0 15 2015 5 1 0 1.0 4 TOTAL 18 3 0 3.0 19

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#28 Laiu Moeakiola, Redshirt Junior - Had an interception and a career high three pass breakups to go with fi ve tackles against UCLA (10/3)...Had a tackle for loss and eight total tackles against UNM (9/18)...Had career highs with three tackles for loss and 11 total tackles against Cal Poly (9/12)... Had seven tackles and 1.5 TFL against Texas A&M (9/5)...Recorded 5.5 tackles per game last season, fi nishing with 72 total tackles and 10.5 tackles for loss and fi ve sacks...An honorable mention All-Pac-12 selection...Wreaked havoc on against Washington, fi nishing with a then career-high 10 tackles with two sacks and forced fumble...Had a stellar game against UNM, posting then career-highs with nine tackles, two tackles for loss, a fumble recovery and half a sack..

TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk 2012 4 3 1 4 0.0 1 0 0 0 2013 10 12 9 21 0.5 1 0 0 0 2014 13 46 26 72 10.5 2 1 1 0 2015 5 22 11 33 5.5 4 0 0 0 TOTAL 32 83 47 130 16.5 8 1 1 0 SACKS g ua a total yards 2012 4 0 0 0.0 0 2013 10 0 0 0.0 0 2014 13 4 2 5.0 32 2015 5 1 0 1.0 6 TOTAL 32 5 2 6.0 38

#32 Antonio Longino, Redshirt Senior - Had a fumble recovery and two tackles for loss against USC (9/26)...Had a tackle for loss and fi ve tackles against UNM (9/18)...After a quiet outing in the opener, fi nished with 11 tackles and 2.0 tackles for loss against Cal Poly (9/12)...Started 2014 at Devilbacker before taking over the starting WILL linebacker role... Ranked third on the team averaging 7.3 tackles per game...Had a career-high 17 tackles in the 2014 Sun Bowl...Scored his fi rst career touchdown against Oregon State on a 36-yard fumble recovery...Set a then career best with 11 tackles, a pass breakup and half a tackle for loss against Utah..Led team with eight tackles against Stanford in his fi rst career start at WILL linebacker and added a tackle for loss and a forced fumble...Had a career game against Colorado in his fi rst career start with 10 tackles, two coming for loss with one sack and a pass breakup...

TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk 2013 8 3 3 6 1.0 0 0 0 0 2014 13 53 41 94 5.5 2 1 1 0 2015 5 21 2 20 5.0 1 0 1 0 TOTAL 26 77 46 123 11.5 3 1 2 0 SACKS g ua a total yards 2013 8 1 0 1.0 13 2014 13 2 0 2.0 25 2015 5 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 26 3 0 3.0 38

#2 Christian Sam, Sophomore - Finished with seven tackles against UCLA (10/3)...One-upped his fi rst career start with a career best 12 tackles in his second outing against Cal Poly, including a career-best two sacks...Had 11 tackles in his fi rst career start against Texas A&M (9/5), forcing a fumble and logging 1.5 tackles for loss...Played in 12 games primarily as a reserve linebacker, fi nishing with 16 tackles...Thrown into the fi re at SPUR linebacker in the absence of Laiu Moeakiola against Colorado and answered to the tune of a then career-high fi ve tackles and his fi rst career sack and interception - the latter all but sealing the game for the Sun Devils...

TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk 2014 13 10 6 16 1.0 2 0 0 0 2015 5 28 13 41 3.5 0 1 0 0 TOTAL 18 38 19 57 4.5 2 1 0 0 SACKS g ua a total yards 2014 13 1 0 1.0 3 2015 5 3 0 3.0 10 TOTAL 18 4 0 4.0 13

DEFENSIVE BACKS- #38 Jordan Simone, Redshirt Senior - Tied for the team lead with eight tackles and half a tackle for loss against UCLA (10/3)...Matched team lead with eight tackles against USC (9/26)... Had quite the stat line against UNM (9/18), fi nishing with double digit tackles (10) for the second straight week, adding a sack, a pass breakup and an interception as well...Had a career-best three tackles for loss against Cal Poly (9/12) while tying for the game lead with 12 tackles in the contest...Had an interception and seven tackles to open the season against Texas A&M (9/5)...Ranked fi rst on the team with 8.3 tackles per game last season...Had two interceptions and four tackles for a loss....Darren Woodson Outstanding Secondary Award....All Pac-12 Honorable Mention Earned honorable mention All-Pac-12 selection..Had double digit tackles in fi ve games on the season... Stood out in the Sun Bowl logging ten tackles and a fumble recovery...Made it consecutive games with double digit tackles with a team-leading 13 against Utah...Had his third double-digit tackle game of the season against Washington (10/25), fi nishing with 10 tackles...Set a new career high with 20 tackles against USC, the most for any Sun Devil since Mark Tingstad had 20 against Arizona in 1988...Also added his fi rst career interception and fi rst career forced fumble while also making the tackle on fourth down on a key goal-line stand in the third quarter...

TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk 2014 12 74 26 100 4.5 2 1 2 0 2015 5 37 8 45 6.0 3 0 0 0 TOTAL 17 111 34 145 10.5 5 1 2 0

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INTERCEPTIONS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g 2014 12 2 36 0 29 18.0 3.0 2015 5 2 2 0 2 1.0 0.4 TOTAL 17 4 38 0 29 9.5 2.2

#8 Lloyd Carrington, Redshirt Senior - Credited with two pass breakups and six tackles against Texas A&M (9/5)...Took over as a starting cornerback in 2014...Averaged 4.6 tackles per game this season and finished sixth on the team in total tackles with 58...Was sixth on the team in tackles for a loss with six. ..Finished with one interception, one forced fumble and had five pass breakups...Earned All Pac-12 Honorable Mention...Had an interception return for a touchdown, eight tackles and a sack against the Fighting Irish, earning Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week honors...Set a new career high with 10 tackles against USC...

TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk 2013 14 20 5 25 0.0 2 1 0 0 2014 13 43 15 58 6.0 6 1 0 0 2015 5 19 0 19 0.0 4 0 0 0 TOTAL 32 82 20 102 6.0 12 2 0 0

#13 Armand Perry, Sophomore - Made his first career start at safety against Texas A&M (9/5) and finished with a team-leading and career-best 11 tackles...Played in every game as a true freshman cornerback..Recorded 34 tackles on the season...Also contributed with 2.5 sacks and 3.5 TFL.. Had his first career interception against Washington and returned it for the game-clinching touchdown...

TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk 2014 13 26 8 34 3.5 2 0 0 1 2015 2 10 5 15 0.5 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 15 36 13 49 4.0 2 0 0 1

#18 James Johnson, Redshirt Sophomore - Saw action in all 13 games in 2014...Recorded 25 tackles on the season... Got his second career start against Arizona (11/28), logging his first career sack...Had six tackles and a tackle for loss in his first career start against UNM (9/6)...

TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk 2014 13 18 7 25 3.0 2 0 0 0 2015 4 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 17 19 7 26 3.0 2 0 0 0

#10 Kweishi Brown, Senior - Had five tackles and added two pass breakups against UNM (9/18)...Notched the fourth interception of his career against Texas A&M (9/5)...Eighth on the team with 46 tackles in 2014....Was tied for first on the team with three interceptions and second in pass breakups with six...Sealed the game with his late interception against Duke in the Sun Bowl...Had a career game against Stanford (10/18), finishing with six tackles while breaking up five passes....

TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk 2014 13 34 12 46 2.0 9 1 0 0 2015 5 11 0 11 0.0 4 0 0 0 TOTAL 18 45 12 57 2.0 13 1 0 0 INTERCEPTIONS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g 2014 13 3 6 0 6 2.0 0.5 2015 5 1 7 0 7 7.0 1.4 TOTAL 18 4 13 0 7 3.2 0.7

#25 Kareem Orr, Freshman - Notched his first career interception against USC (9/26)...Became the first true freshman to start this season, doing so at free safety against UNM (9/18) and finishing with four tackles...

TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk 2015 5 9 2 11 0.5 1 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 5 9 2 11 0.5 1 0 0 0 0

SPECIAL TEAMS- #5 Zane Gonzalez, Junior - Currently fourth on the NCAA active leader list in career field goals per game at 1.68 and is fifth in active scoring at 9.3 points per game..Had two field goals and was 4-for-4 on extra points against UCLA (10/3)...Had two field goals and went 4-for-4 on extra points against UNM (9/18)...Finished fourth in the nation in field goals made per game in 2014....Made 22 of 27 field goals on the year, 50-52 on extra points...Was a semifinalist for the Lou Groza National Collegiate Place-Kicker Award for the second consecutive season... With 118 points in 2014, Gonzalez now holds the first and second all-time single season scoring marks for a kicker in ASU history. Kicked three field goals in the Sun Bowl and with a 28-yard field goal midway through the first quarter, collected his 20th field goal of the season and has kicked at least 20 field goals in each of his first two seasons at ASU. He is just the second Sun Devil kicker to accomplish this feat (Luis Zendejas had 24 and 28 in ’82 and ’83)....Kicked his first game-winning field goal in overtime against Utah, marking the second time on the season he has kicked four field goals in a game....Had his school-record setting streak 18 straight field goals since the USC game snapped against Stanford in the 2013 Pac-12 Championship... Matched the NCAA record for freshmen field goals with 25 that season...Gonzalez finished No. 10 in the nation in scoring at 9.9 points per game and led the Pac-12 kick scoring category by a large margin.

28 SUN DEVIL FOOTBALL SCORING g td rush rcv ret pat 2pat fg total avg/g 2013 14 0 0 0 0 63 0 25 138 9.9 2014 12 0 0 0 0 50 1 22 118 9.8 2015 5 0 0 0 0 17 0 5 32 6.4 TOTAL 31 0 0 0 0 130 1 52 288 9.3 FIELD GOALS g made att long pct 2013 14 25 30 44 83.3 2014 12 22 27 49 81.5 2015 5 5 9 31 55.6 TOTAL 31 52 66 49 78.8

#26 Matt Haack, Junior - Currently 32nd nationally and second in the Pac-12 in averaging 43.6 yards per punt this season...Had a stellar night against UCLA (10/3), punting eight times and pinning five of them inside of the 20-yard line - including a clutch late game kick to the UCLA one-yard line that helped seal the game for ASU...he was named the Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week and the Ray Guy Award Nationally Player of the Week for the effort...Had a career-high 10 punts for 420 yards (42.0) against Texas A&M (9/5)...Has a career long of 65 yards...Punted 17 balls inside the opponent 20 yard line and had four touchbacks..Had the best game of his career against Washington State, punting six times for 321 yards and a 53.5 yard average with a career long of 65 yards...Despite blustery conditions, had the second best game of his career against Washington, punting five times for 233 yards (46.6 average) with a career-long kick of 64 yards...

PUNTING g no. yards long avg 2013 6 16 612 52 38.2 2014 13 53 2296 65 43.3 2015 5 30 1309 63 43.6 TOTAL 24 99 4217 65 42.6

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2015 OFFENSIVE STARTERS Opponent X LT LG C RG RT Y/TE TE/WR/RB QB TB/WR H/Z/RB Texas A&M Lucien Goodman, E. Westerman Kelly Teofi lo McGehee Kohl Hayes Bercovici Richard Foster Cal Poly Lucien Jones Westerman Kelly Teofi lo McGehee Kohl White Bercovici Richard Foster New Mexico Lucien Goodman, E. Westerman Kelly Teofi lo Jones Kohl White Bercovici Richard Foster USC White Goodman, E. Westerman Kelly Teofi lo McGehee Kohl Epps Bercovici Richard Foster UCLA White Goodman, E. Westerman Kelly Teofi lo McGehee Kohl Epps Bercovici Richard Foster

2015 DEFENSIVE STARTERS Opponent DEV/DE/LB TIGER NT/DL DE SAM/NB SPUR/NB WILL BC BS FS FC Texas A&M Longino Latu, V. Cherry Boateng Fiso Moeakiola Sam Carrington Simone Perry Brown Cal Poly Longino Latu, V. Cherry Boateng Fiso Meoakiola Sam Carrington Simone Perry Brown New Mexico Longino Smallwood Cherry Boateng Fiso Meoakiola Sam Carrington Simone Orr Brown USC Longino Smallwood Cherry Wicker Fiso Meoakiola Sam Carrington Simone Orr Brown UCLA Longino Smallwood Cherry Wicker Fiso Meoakiola Sam Carrington Simone Orr Brown

2015 OFFENSIVE NUMBERS 2015 DEFENSIVE NUMBERS SEASON HIGHS SEASON LOWS Points Scored 38 at UCLA (10/3) Points Allowed 10 vs. New Mexico (9/18) First Downs 28 vs. Cal Poly (9/12) First Downs Allowed 15 vs. New Mexico (9/18) Total Plays 90 at UCLA (10/3) Total Plays 66 vs. USC (9/26) Total Offense 531 vs. Cal Poly (9/12) Total Offense Allowed 295 vs. New Mexico (9/18) Rushing Attempts 46 at UCLA (10/3) Rushing Attempts 28 at UCLA (10/3) Net Rushing Yards 248 vs. Cal Poly (9/12) Net Rushing Yards Allowed 62 at UCLA (10/3) Rushing Touchdowns 2 3x (last at UCLA (10/3)) Rushing TDs Allowed 0 vs. USC (9/26) Passing Attempts 44 2x (last at UCLA (10/3)) Passing Attempts 8 vs. Cal Poly (9/12) Passes Completed 27 at UCLA (10/3) Passes Completed 4 vs. Cal Poly (9/12) Passing Yards 317 vs. New Mexico (9/18) Passing Yards Allowed 46 vs. Cal Poly (9/12) Passing Touchdowns 3 2x (last vs. New Mexico (9/18)) Passing TDs Allowed 0 vs. New Mexico (9/18) Interceptions Thrown 1 3x (last at UCLA (10/3)) Passes ASU Intercepted 0 vs. Cal Poly (9/12) Fumbles 5 vs. Texas A&M (9/5) Fumbles Forced 0 2x (last at UCLA (10/3)) Fumbles Lost 3 vs. USC (9/26) Fumbles Lost by Opp. 0 3x (last at UCLA (10/3)) Turnovers Committed 4 vs. USC (9/26) Turnovers Forced 0 vs. Cal Poly (9/12) Sacks Allowed 9 vs. Texas A&M (9/5) Sacks Recorded 2 4x (last at UCLA (10/3)) Penalties 6 vs. Texas A&M (9/5) Penalties on Opp. 5 2x (last vs. New Mexico (9/18)) Penalty Yards 45 2x (last vs. Cal Poly (9/12)) Penalty Yards on Opp. 50 vs. Texas A&M (9/5) Time of Possession 37:47 vs. USC (9/26) Opp. Time of Possession 22:13 at UCLA (10/3)

SEASON LOWS SEASON HIGHS Points Scored 14 vs. USC (9/26) Points Allowed 42 vs. USC (9/26) First Downs 19 2x (last vs. New Mexico (9/18)) First Downs Allowed 22 vs. Texas A&M (9/5) Total Plays 67 vs. New Mexico (9/18) Total Plays 80 vs. Texas A&M (9/5) Total Offense 291 vs. Texas A&M (9/5) Total Offense Allowed 455 vs. USC (9/26) Rushing Attempts 30 vs. New Mexico (9/18) Rushing Attempts 72 vs. Cal Poly (9/12) Net Rushing Yards 92 vs. Texas A&M (9/5) Net Rushing Yards Allowed 284 vs. Cal Poly (9/12) Rushing Touchdowns 1 2x (last vs. New Mexico (9/18)) Rushing TDs Allowed 2 2x (last vvs. Cal Poly (9/12)) Passing Attempts 35 vs. Cal Poly (9/12) Passing Attempts 40 at UCLA (10/3) Passes Completed 22 vs. New Mexico (9/18) Passes Completed 22 at UCLA (10/3) Passing Yards 199 vs. Texas A&M (9/5) Passing Yards Allowed 379 vs. USC (9/26) Passing Touchdowns 0 vs. USC (9/26) Passing TDs Allowed 5 vs. USC (9/26) Interceptions Thrown 0 2x (last vs. New Mexico (9/18)) Passes ASU Intercepted 2 vs. Texas A&M (9/5) Fumbles 2 2x (last at UCLA (10/3)) Fumbles Forced 2 2x (last vs. USC (9/26)) Fumbles Lost 0 at UCLA (10/3) Fumbles Lost by Opp. 1 2x (last vs. USC (9/26)) Turnovers Committed 1 2x (last at UCLA (10/3)) Turnovers Forced 3 vs. Texas A&M (9/5) Sacks Allowed 0 at UCLA (10/3) Sacks Recorded 3 vs. Texas A&M (9/5) Penalties 2 vs. USC (9/26) Penalties on Opp. 10 vs. USC (9/26) Penalty Yards 25 2x (last vs. USC (9/26)) Penalty Yards on Opp. 91 vs. USC (9/26) Time of Possession 23:39 vs. Texas A&M (9/5) Opp. Time of Possession 36:21 vs. New Mexico (9/18)

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ARIZONA STATE SCORING BY QUARTER OPPONENTS SCORING BY QUARTER Opponent 1 2 3 4 OT TOT Opponent 1 2 3 4 OT TOT Texas A&M 0 7 7 3 0 17 Texas A&M 7 7 3 21 0 38 Cal Poly 7 14 0 14 0 35 Cal Poly 0 14 7 0 0 21 New Mexico 0 10 14 10 0 34 New Mexico 0 0 10 0 0 10 USC 0 0 7 7 0 14 USC 7 28 0 7 0 42 UCLA 9 6 14 9 0 38 UCLA 0 10 0 13 0 23 TOTAL 16 37 42 43 0 138 TOTAL 14 59 20 41 0 134

POINT OFF TAKEAWAYS Turnovers Forced by Arizona State Turnovers Forced by Opponent TO Opponent FR INT TOT TD FG TOT PTS Cv% FR INT TOT TD FG TOT PTS Cv% Margin Texas A&M 1 2 3 1 0 1 7 33.3 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 50.0 +1 Cal Poly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 2 1 0 1 7 50.0 -2 New Mexico 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 100.0 +0 USC 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 1 4 4 0 4 28 100.0 -2 UCLA 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 100.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 7 100.0 +0 TOTAL 2 3 5 1 0 2 10 40.0 7 3 10 6 2 8 48 80.0 -3

ARIZONA STATE IN THE RED ZONE OPPONENTS IN THE RED ZONE Times Run/ TD Score Times Run/ TD Score Opponent in RZ TD Pass Pct. FG Pct. Opponent in RZ TD Pass Pct. FG Pct. Texas A&M 3 2 1/1 66.7 1 100.0 Texas A&M 5 3 2/1 60.0 1 80.0 Cal Poly 7 5 2/3 71.4 0 71.4 Cal Poly 2 2 2/0 100.0 0 100.0 New Mexico 4 2 1/1 50.0 2 100.0 New Mexico 2 0 0/0 0.0 1 50.0 USC 4 2 2/0 50.0 0 50.0 USC 5 3 0/3 60.0 0 60.0 UCLA 5 2 0/2 40.0 2 80.0 UCLA 3 3 1/2 100.0 0 100.0 TOTAL 23 13 6/7 56.5 5 78.3 TOTAL 17 11 5/6 64.7 2 76.4

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2015 GAME-BY-GAME STATS 2015 OFFENSIVE STATISTICS FOR ARIZONA STATE 1st Downs 3rd Down 4th Down Total Off. Net Rush Passing Sacks by Penalty Fumbles Time of Game T-R-P-PN Cnv-Att Pct. Cnv-Att Pct. Plays Yds Att Yds Att-Cmp-INT-TD Yds #-Yds #-Yds #-Lost Poss. Texas A&M 19-9-7-3 5-18 27.8 0-2 0.0 82 291 41 92 25-41-0-1 199 3-22 6-45 5-2 31:31 Cal Poly 28-12-15-1 7-15 46.7 1-2 50.0 80 531 45 248 23-35-1-3 283 2-3 3-45 3-1 25:44 New Mexico 19-9-10-0 6-15 40.0 1-1 100.0 67 449 30 132 22-37-0-3 317 2-10 3-25 2-1 23:39 USC 26-8-15-3 5-13 38.7 0-1 0.0 79 454 35 182 23-44-1-0 272 2-15 2-25 3-3 32:22 UCLA 25-10-14-1 10-23 43.5 1-1 100.0 90 465 56 192 27-44-1-2 273 2-17 4-39 2-0 37:47

2015 OFFENSIVE STATISTICS FOR OPPONENTS 1st Downs 3rd Down 4th Down Total Off. Net Rush Passing Sacks by Penalty Fumbles Time of Game T-R-P-PN Cnv-Att Pct. Cnv-Att Pct. Plays Yds Att Yds Att-Cmp-INT-TD Yds #-Yds #-Yds #-Lost Poss. Texas A&M 22-10-10-2 8-18 44.4 0-1 0.0 80 425 45 178 19-35-2-2 247 9-49 5-50 2-1 28:29 Cal Poly 20-17-2-1 7-19 36.8 2-3 66.7 80 330 72 284 4-8-0-1 46 1-7 6-55 1-0 32:22 New Mexico 15-9-5-1 9-21 42.9 1-1 100.0 76 295 47 184 12-29-1-0 111 1-11 5-35 0-0 36:21 USC 18-5-12-1 10-16 62.5 0-0 0.0 66 455 32 76 20-34-1-5 379 3-21 10-91 2-1 27:38 UCLA 17-4-12-1 3-14 21.4 0-1 0.0 68 242 28 62 22-40-1-2 280 1-6 6-49 0-0 22:13

2015 GAME-BY-GAME KICKING - ARIZONA STATE Field Goals ------| |----- PAT -----| |------Kickoffs ------| |------Punts ------| Opponent Kicking Series Md-Att Pct. Md-Att Pct. # Yds TB Avg # Yds Avg Lng In20 Texas A&M 23 1-1 100.0 2-2 100.0 4 260 2 65.0 10 420 42.0 59 4 Cal Poly 28 0-1 0.0 5-5 100.0 6 390 5 65.0 3 123 41.0 46 2 New Mexico 22,24 2-2 100.0 4-4 100.0 7 427 4 61.0 5 274 45.7 52 2 USC 47, 52 0-2 0.0 2-2 100.0 3 195 3 65.0 4 185 46.2 54 0 UCLA 44 ,31,25 2-3 66.7 4-4 100.0 7 453 5 64.7 8 345 43.1 63 5

2015 GAME-BY-GAME KICKING - OPPONENTS Field Goals ------| |----- PAT -----| |------Kickoffs ------| |------Punts ------| Opponent Kicking Series Md-Att Pct. Md-Att Pct. # Yds TB Avg # Yds Avg Lng In20 Texas A&M 19 1-1 100.0 5-5 100.0 7 427 2 61.0 6 317 52.8 64 2 Cal Poly 0-0 0.0 3-3 100.0 4 224 0 56.0 8 326 40.8 55 3 New Mexico 35,32 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 3 195 2 65.0 9 382 42.4 61 2 USC 0-0 0.0 6-6 100.0 7 436 1 62.3 5 235 47.0 52 1 UCLA 53 1-1 100.0 2-2 100.0 6 403 3 67.2 9 335 37.2 49 2 FG missed; b - blocked

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ASU’S SCORING DRIVES - 2015 DRIVES BY THE NUMBERS Date Opponent Plays Yards Time Quarter Score BY NUMBER OF PLAYS 9/5 Texas A&M 1 4 :04 2 Kohl, Kody 4 yd pass from Bercovici, Mike (Gonzalez, Zane kick) 1-4 plays ...... 3 8 75 2:42 3 Bercovici, Mike 19 yd run (Gonzalez, Zane kick) 13 70 4:16 4 Gonzalez, Zane 23 yd fi eld goal 5-9 plays ...... 14 10-14 plays ...... 4 9/12 Cal Poly 9 77 3:01 1 Foster, D.J. 14 yd pass from Bercovici, Mike (Gonzalez, Zane kick) 15+ plays ...... 1 7 70 1:52 2 Richard,Demario 13 yd run (Gonzalez, Zane kick) 11 43 3:16 2 Richard,Demario 6 yd run (Gonzalez, Zane kick) BY YARDS 5 46 1:27 4 Kohl, Kody 10 yd pass from Bercovici, Mike (Gonzalez, Zane kick) 0-19 yards ...... 1 5 86 2:08 4 White, Tim 4 yd pass from Bercovici, Mike (Gonzalez, Zane kick) 20-29 yards ...... 0 30-39 yards ...... 1 9/18 New Mexico 17 74 5:13 2 Gonzalez, Zane 22 yd fi eld goal 8 80 1:59 2 White, Tim 14 yd pass from Bercovici, Mike (Gonzalez, Zane kick) 40-49 yards ...... 5 5 66 1:59 3 Richard,Demario 33 yd pass from Bercovici, Mike (Gonzalez, Zane kick) 50-59 yards ...... 0 8 63 2:47 3 Bercovici, Mike 8 yd run (Gonzalez, Zane kick) 60-69 yards ...... 4 3 93 0:28 4 Richard,Demario 93 yd pass from Bercovici, Mike (Gonzalez, Zane kick) 70-79 yards ...... 7 8 44 2:54 4 Gonzalez, Zane 24 yd fi eld goal 80-89 yards ...... 3 90+ yards ...... 1 9/26 USC 11 82 4:00 3 Richard,Demario 1 yd run (Gonzalez, Zane kick) 9 74 2:47 4 Richard,Demario 4 yd run (Gonzalez, Zane kick) BY LENGTH (TIME) 0:01-0:29 ...... 2 10/3 UCLA 1 Latu, Viliami safety 3 31 :38 1 White, Tim 12 yd pass from Bercovici, Mike (Gonzalez, Zane kick) 0:30-0:59 ...... 1 8 40 2:27 2 Gonzalez, Zane 31 yd fi eld goal 1:00-1:59 ...... 4 10 44 2:48 2 Gonzalez, Zane 25 yd fi eld goal 2:00-2:59 ...... 9 6 64 2:16 3 Bercovici, Mike 34 yd run (Gonzalez, Zane kick) 3:00-3:59 ...... 3 6 63 2:26 3 Foster, D.J. 11 yd pass from Bercovici, Mike (Gonzalez, Zane kick) 4:00-4:59 ...... 2 4 TEAM safety 5:00-5:59 ...... 1 9 70 3:25 4 Ballage, Kalen 23 yd run (Gonzalez, Zane kick) 6:00-6:59 ...... 0 7:00+ ...... 0 SHORTEST DRIVES (PLAYS) 1 ...... vs. Texas A&M (1-4) 3 ...... vs. New Mexico (3-93) ...... at UCLA (3-31) 5 ...... vs. Cal Poly (5-46) ...... vs. Cal Poly (5-86) SHORTEST DRIVES (TIME) :04 ...... vs. Texas A&M (1-4) :28 ...... vs. New Mexico (3-93) :38 ...... at UCLA (3-31) 1:27 ...... vs. Cal Poly (5-46) 1:52 ...... vs. Cal Poly (7-70) LONGEST DRIVES (TIME) 5:13 ...... vs. New Mexico (3-93) 4:16 ...... vs. Texas A&M (13-70) 4:00 ...... vs. USC (11-82) 3:25 ...... at UCLA (9-70) 3:16 ...... vs. Cal Poly (11-43) 3:01 ...... vs. Cal Poly (9-77) LONGEST DRIVES (PLAYS) 17 ...... vs. New Mexico (17-74) 13 ...... vs. Texas A&M (13-70) 11 ...... vs. Cal Poly (11-43) ...... vs. USC (11-82) 10 ...... at UCLA (10-44) FEWEST YARDS 4 ...... vs. Texas A&M (1-4) 31 ...... at UCLA (3-31) 40 ...... at UCLA (8-40) 43 ...... vs. Cal Poly (11-43) 44 ...... vs. New Mexico (8-44) ...... at UCLA (10-44) 46 ...... vs. Cal Poly (5-46) MOST YARDS 93 ...... vs. New Mexico (3-93) 86 ...... vs. Cal Poly (5-86) 82 ...... vs. USC (11-82) 80 ...... vs. New Mexico (8-80) 77 ...... vs. Cal Poly (9-77) 75 ...... vs. Texas A&M (8-75) ...... vs. Texas A&M (13-70)

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING RUSHING BALLAGE, Kalen (TB) BERCOVICI, Mike (QB) OPP Rush Yds Avg Lng TD OPP Rush Yds Avg Lng TD TAMU TAMU 15 0 0.0 19 1 POLY POLY 2 -10 -5.0 0 0 UNM UNM 8 15 1.9 8 1 USC 9 30 3.3 15 0 USC 7 -20 -2.9 5 0 UCLA 11 59 5.4 23 1 UCLA 9 37 4.1 34 1 Total 20 89 4.4 23 1 Total 41 22 0.5 34 4

RUSHING RUSHING RICHARD, Demario (TB) HAYES, De’Chavon (TB) OPP Rush Yds Avg Lng TD OPP Rush Yds Avg Lng TD TAMU 16 73 4.6 18 0 TAMU 7 6 0.9 5 0 POLY 25 121 4.8 16 2 POLY 2 7 3.5 4 0 UNM 15 104 6.9 33 0 UNM USC 14 131 9.4 61 2 USC 4 27 6.8 16 0 UCLA 23 79 3.4 16 0 UCLA Total 93 508 5.5 61 4 Total 13 40 3.1 16 0

RUSHING RUSHING FOSTER, D.J. (WR) WHITE, Tim (WR) OPP Rush Yds Avg Lng TD OPP Rush Yds Avg Lng TD TAMU 3 13 4.3 6 0 TAMU POLY 12 76 6.3 16 0 POLY 1 59 59.0 59 0 UNM 5 8 1.6 3 0 UNM USC 1 14 14.0 14 0 POLY UCLA 1 4 4.0 4 0 UCLA 1 10 10.0 10 0 Total 22 115 5.2 16 0 Total 2 69 34.5 59 0

PASSING BERCOVICI, Mike (QB) OPP Comp Att Cmp% Yds Lng TD Int Effi c. TAMU 25 41 61.0 199 33 1 0 109.80 POLY 23 35 65.7 283 30 3 1 156.21 UNM 22 37 59.5 317 93 3 0 158.18 USC 23 44 52.3 272 40 0 1 99.65 UCLA 27 44 61.7 273 32 2 1 123.94 Total 120 201 59.7 1344 93 9 3 127.66

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RECEIVING RECEIVING RECEIVING JEFFERSON, Ellis (WR) RICHARD, Demario (RB) BALLAGE, Kalen (RB) OPP Rec Yds Avg Lng TD OPP Rec Yds Avg Lng TD OPP Rec Yds Avg Lng TD TAMU 4 69 17.2 33 0 TAMU 4 27 6.8 9 0 TAMU POLY POLY POLY UNM 2 18 9,0 14 0 UNM 4 151 37.8 93 2 UNM USC USC 2 7 3.5 4 0 USC 1 -4 -4.0 -4 0 UCLA UCLA 8 55 6.9 22 0 UCLA 2 2 1.0 4 0 Total 6 87 14.5 33 0 Total 18 240 13.3 93 2 Total 3 -2 -2.0 4 0

RECEIVING RECEIVING FOSTER, D.J. (WR) HAYES, De’Chavon (TB) OPP Rec Yds Avg Lng TD OPP Rec Yds Avg Lng TD TAMU 6 48 8.0 11 0 TAMU 6 13 2.2 3 0 POLY 6 58 9.7 15 1 POLY UNM 4 16 4,0 11 0 UNM USC 6 67 11.2 33 0 USC 2 9 4.5 5 0 UCLA 4 57 14.3 28 1 UCLA Total 26 246 9.5 33 2 Total 8 22 2.8 5 0

RECEIVING RECEIVING CHAMBERS, Gary (WR) WHITE, Tim (WR) OPP Rec Yds Avg Lng TD OPP Rec Yds Avg Lng TD TAMU 1 9 9.0 9 0 TAMU POLY 3 60 20.0 30 0 POLY 2 23 11.5 19 1 UNM 1 24 24.0 0 0 UNM 4 42 10.5 14 1 USC 5 103 20.6 40 0 USC 2 27 13.5 14 0 UCLA 2 38 19.0 26 0 UCLA 5 42 8.4 16 1 Total 12 234 19.5 40 0 Total 13 134 10.3 19 3

RECEIVING RECEIVING LUCIEN, Devin (WR) GAMMAGE, Fred (WR) OPP Rec Yds Avg Lng TD OPP Rec Yds Avg Lng TD TAMU 2 25 12.5 21 0 TAMU POLY 7 79 11.3 20 0 POLY 1 8 8.0 8 0 UNM 4 43 10.8 17 0 UNM USC USC UCLA 3 34 11.3 23 0 UCLA Total 16 181 11.3 23 0 Total 1 8 8.0 8 0

RECEIVING RECEIVING KOHL, Kody (TE) EPPS, Raymond (TE) OPP Rec Yds Avg Lng TD OPP Rec Yds Avg Lng TD TAMU 2 8 4.0 4 1 TAMU POLY 3 40 13.3 16 1 POLY 1 15 15.0 15 0 UNM 3 23 7,7 8 0 UNM USC 5 63 12.6 22 0 USC UCLA 3 45 15.0 32 0 UCLA Total 16 179 11.2 32 2 Total 1 15 15.0 15 0

PUNTING PUNTING HAACK, Matt (P) BERCOVICI, Mike (QB) OPP No Yds Avg LG I20 TB OPP No Yds Avg LG I20 TB TAMU 10 420 42.0 59 4 0 TAMU POLY 2 85 42.5 46 1 0 POLY 1 38 38.0 38 1 0 UNM 6 274 45.7 52 2 0 UNM USC 4 185 46.2 54 0 0 USC UCLA 8 345 43.1 63 5 0 UCLA Total 30 1309 43.6 63 12 0 Total 1 38 38.0 38 1 0

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