2018 Arizona State Sun Devils football team


The 2018 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by first year head coach Herm Edwards and played their home games at Sun Devil Stadium. They were a member of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. The Sun Devils finished the season 7–6, 5–4 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place in the South Division. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl where they lost to [2018 2018 Fresno State Bulldogs football team|Fresno State Bulldogs football team|Fresno State].

Offseason departures

ASU had 18 Graduates, 2 transfers, 1 left the team, 1 retired medically.
NameNumberPos.YearNotes
DJ Calhoun3LBSeniorGraduated
Koron Crump3LBSeniorGraduated
Demario Richard4RBSeniorGraduated
Kalen Ballage7RBSeniorGraduated
Maurice Chandler16DBSeniorGraduated
J'Marcus Rhodes17DBSeniorGraduated
Chad Adams21DBSeniorGraduated
Jacom Brimhall35RBSeniorGraduated
Mitchell Fraboni63LSSeniorGraduated
A.J McCollum65OLSeniorGraduated
Tashon Smallwood90DLSeniorGraduated
Christian Hill94DLSeniorGraduated
Ryan Jenkins14WR SeniorGraduated
Marcus Ball31LB SeniorGraduated
Alani Latu44LB SeniorGraduated
Frank Ogas48TE SeniorGraduated
Corey Smith55DE SeniorGraduated
Tyler McClure75OL SeniorGraduated
Sam Jones76OLJuniorEntered 2018 NFL draft
Brady White2QB Juniortransferred to Memphis
Alex Perry14DBSophomoreLeft the team
Marshal Nathe78OL SophomoreMedically retired
Blake Barnett8QB JuniorTransferred

Preseason

On December 20, 2017, NCAA Football had its first ever early signing period, during which Arizona State signed nine recruits. On national signing day the Sun Devils received eight more high school recruits tipping off the signing period with a total of 17 high school recruits, four JUCO transfers and one transfer which totals 22 total recruits in the 2018 offseason.

Incoming transfers

Arizona State had four junior college transfers and one college transfer.

Pac-12 media days

The 2018 Pac-12 media days started on July 25, 2018 in Hollywood, California. Herm Edwards, N'Keal Harry & Manny Wilkins at Pac-12 Media Days. The Pac-12 media poll was released with the Sun Devils predicted to finish in last place at Pac-12 South division.

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released
Lott TrophyKoron CrumpLBSR
Rimington TrophyCohl CabralCJR
Maxwell AwardManny WilkinsQBSR
Maxwell AwardN'Keal HarryWRJR
Davey O'Brien AwardManny WilkinsQBSR
Doak Walker AwardEno BenjaminRBSo
Fred Biletnikoff AwardN'Keal HarryWRJR
Bronko Nagurski TrophyChase LucasDBSO
Lou Groza AwardBrandon RuizKSO
Paul Hornung AwardN'Keal HarryWRJR
Wuerffel TrophyManny WilkinsQBSR
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm AwardManny WilkinsQBSR
Manning AwardManny WilkinsQBSR
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose AwardEno BenjaminRBSO

Game summaries

vs UTSA

StatisticsUTSAASU
First downs1821
Total yards220503
Rushing yards34–236–266
Passing yards218237
Passing: Comp–Att–Int19–43–116–24–0
Time of possession32:2127:39

vs No. 15 Michigan State

StatisticsMSUASU
First downs2327
Total yards377424
Rushing yards27–6329–44
Passing yards314380
Passing: Comp–Att–Int27–39–130–48–1
Time of possession32:0527:55

at San Diego State

StatisticsASUSDSU
First downs2127
Total yards377440
Rushing yards24–3658–311
Passing yards341129
Passing: Comp–Att–Int31–46–012–24–0
Time of possession23:5536:05

at No. 10 Washington

StatisticsASUWASH
First downs1626
Total yards268373
Rushing yards40–16439–171
Passing yards104202
Passing: Comp–Att–Int17–27–015–23–1
Time of possession29:1730:43

vs Oregon State

StatisticsOSUASU
First downs2428
Total yards406558
Rushing yards53–26148–396
Passing yards145162
Passing: Comp–Att–Int14–24–014–25–0
Time of possession30:3129:29

at No. 21 Colorado

StatisticsASUCOLO
First downs1825
Total yards367494
Rushing yards39–14545–166
Passing yards222328
Passing: Comp–Att–Int12–18–024–33–0
Time of possession26:3333:27

vs Stanford

StatisticsSTANASU
First downs2420
Total yards358437
Rushing yards43–12723–84
Passing yards231353
Passing: Comp–Att–Int22–29–026–45–2
Time of possession38:1721:43

at USC

StatisticsASUUSC
First downs2019
Total yards449420
Rushing yards44–28333–149
Passing yards166271
Passing: Comp–Att–Int14–24–021–30–0
Time of possession32:1527:45

vs No. 16 Utah

StatisticsUTAHASU
First downs1725
Total yards325536
Rushing yards32–17850–251
Passing yards147285
Passing: Comp–Att–Int11–26–319–24–1
Time of possession23:2536:35

vs UCLA

StatisticsUCLAASU
First downs2429
Total yards439480
Rushing yards29–10459–281
Passing yards335199
Passing: Comp–Att–Int26–35–116–22–1
Time of possession23:5036:10

at Oregon

StatisticsASUORE
First downs1621
Total yards324449
Rushing yards41–14241–187
Passing yards182262
Passing: Comp–Att–Int15–32–019–34–2
Time of possession33:2926:31

at Arizona

StatisticsASUARIZ
First downs2026
Total yards401520
Rushing yards31–13644–238
Passing yards265282
Passing: Comp–Att–Int18–31–021–39–1
Time of possession27:4332:17

vs No. 19 Fresno State (Las Vegas Bowl">2018 Las Vegas Bowl">Las Vegas Bowl)

StatisticsASUFRES
First downs1818
Total yards293436
Rushing yards38–16435–260
Passing yards129176
Passing: Comp–Att–Int19–31–215–29–2
Time of possession31:0128:59

Fresno State running back Ronnie Rivers was named MVP.

Awards

Pac-12 Freshman Defensive Player of the Year: Merlin Robertson

Players drafted into the NFL

132N'Keal HarryWRNew England Patriots
4125Renell WrenDTCincinnati Bengals