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2006 ASU Football Schedule

Date Opponent(2004Record) Time LastMeetingAug. 31 NortherN ArizoNA (3-8) 7 p.m. W, 34-14 (2003) (City of tempe night)Sept. 9 NevAdA (9-3) 7 p.m. First Meeting (Faculty/Staff Appreciation Night)Sept. 16 @Colorado (7-6) tBA First MeetingSept. 23 @California (8-4) tBA L, 0-27 (2004)Sept. 30 oregoN (10-2) tBA L, 17-31 (2005) (hall of Fame game/Family Weekend)oct 14 @USC (12-1) tBA L, 28-38 (2005)oct. 21 StANFord (5-6) 3:30 PM L, 35-45 (2005) (homecoming)oct. 28 @Washington (2-9) tBA W, 44-20 (2005)Nov. 4 @oregon State (5-6) tBA W, 42-24 (2005)Nov. 11 WAShiNgtoN StAte (2-9) tBA W, 27-24 (2005)Nov. 18 UCLA (10-2) tBA L, 35-45 (2005) (Senior day & SAF endowment game)Nov. 25 @Arizona (3-8) tBA W, 23-20 (2005)

home games in ALL CAPS.times and dates are subject to change due to Pac-10 television contracts.All times listed are Arizona time (Pacific prior to Oct. 31, Mountain after Oct. 31.

2005 ASU Football Results (7-5)

Date Opponent Score AttendanceSept. 1 temple W, 63-16 50,049Sept. 10 vs LSU L, 31-35 63,210Sept. 17 Northwestern W, 52-21 55,029Sept. 24 at oregon State W, 42-24 41,374oct. 1 USC L, 28-38 71,706oct. 8 oregon L, 17-31 62,789oct. 22 at Stanford L, 35-45 31,711oct. 29 Washington W, 44-20 57,678Nov. 5 at Washington State W, 27-24 31,054Nov. 12 at UCLA L, 35-45 84,983Nov. 25 Arizona W, 23-20 67,635dec. 27 rutgers W, 45-40 43,536 (insight Bowl)

Final 2005 Pac-10 Conference Standings

Conference Overall W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Bowl 1. USC 8-0 1.000 12-1 .923 rose 2. oregon 7-1 .875 10-2 .833 holiday 3. UCLA 6-2 .750 10-2 .833 Sun 4. California 4-4 .500 8-4 .667 Las vegas Arizona State 4-4 .500 7-5 .583 insight Stanford 4-4 .500 5-6 .455 7. oSU 3-5 .375 5-6 .455 8. Arizona 2-6 .250 3-8 .273 9. Washington St. 1-7 .125 4-7 .364 Washington 1-7 .125 2-9 .182

ASU Football Directory(480 Area Code)FootballOfficedirk Koetter, head Coach ................................ 965-5053tom osborne, Assistant head Coach/tight ends/Special teams ............................... 965-4310Bill Miller, defensive Coordinator/Linebackers ................................................... 965-4398roy Wittke, offensive Coordinator/QBs ............ 965-3153dan Fidler, Safeties......................................... 965-3630darryl Jackson, Wide receivers ....................... 965-3412Brent Myers, running game Coordinator/offensive Line ................................................ 965-3103Al Simmons, Cornerbacks ............................... 965-3213grady Stretz, defensive Line ........................... 965-3667John Wrenn, running Backs ........................... 965-3661Charles ragle, offensive graduate Asst. .......... 965-4955Josh Brown, defensive graduate Asst. ............. 965-3966SupportStafftom Kleinlein, Asst. Ad/Football operations ..... 965-1761Lora Borup, Administrative Assistant ................ 965-5053victoria gaytan, Secretary/Administrative ......... 727-7309Karen Schultz, Secretary/Administrative ........... 965-3037horace raymond, Coordinator for Football Student Athlete development ................................................. 965-1497

Sun Devil Quick FactsLocation .....................................tempe, Ariz. 85287-2505enrollment .............................................................51,612Nickname .........................................................Sun devilsColors .............................Maroon (PMS 208) & gold (123)Conference ........................................................ Pacific-10President ................................................ dr. Michael Crowvice President for University Athletics ................. Lisa LoveFaculty representative ............................ Prof. Myles LynkStadium ..................... Frank Kush Field/Sun devil StadiumCapacity ................................................................ 71,706Playing Surface ............................................ Natural grasshead Coach .........................dirk Koetter (idaho State ’81)Koetter’s Career record .......................59-38 (eight years)Koetter at ASU .......................................33-28 (five years)2005 ASU record ....................................................... 7-52004 Pac-10 record (Finish) ............................4-4 (t-4th)offensive Set ........................................................Multipledefensive Set .......................................................MultipleLettermen returning ...............51 (27 off., 21 def., 3 spec.)Lettermen Lost .............................................................19offensive Starters returning..........................................10defensive Starters returning .......................................... 5All-time record ....................................523-319-24 (.617)Years as a Pac-10 Conference Member ..........................28

ASU Media Relations OfficeMark Brand, Assistant Ad/Sid ............................ 965-6592....................................................... [email protected] tammaro, Associate Sid ........................... 965-5799........................................................... [email protected] Policar, Assistant Sid ............................... 965-6594......................................................randy.policar@asu.eduSteve rodriguez, Assistant Sid ........................... 965-9780..................................................steve.rodriguez@asu.eduAlex ryan, Assistant Sid .................................... 965-4987...........................................................alex.ryan@asu.eduKerry howe, graduate Asst. ............................... 965-6592Media relations Fax ........................................... 965-5408Sun devil Press Box ........................................... 965-6207

General Information


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Depth Chart

SUN DEVIL OFFENSEX 1 MikeJones 6-3 200 So. 82 Jamaal Lewis 6-4 230 Sr. 2 Brandon Smith 6-1 192 rS-Fr.

LT 62 BrandonRodd 6-4 300 Jr. 79 Julius orieukwu 6-7 311 Jr.

LG 70 LeoTalavou 6-4 371 So. 67 Shawn Lauvao 6-3 314 rS-Fr. *66 StephenBerg 6-5 309 Sr.

C 76 MikePollak 6-4 300 Jr. 69 thomas Altieri 6-2 294 rS-Fr.

RG 73 RobertGustavis 6-4 312 Jr. 63 Paul Fanaika 6-6 355 So. *78 ZachKrula 6-7 339 Sr.

RT 52 AndrewCarnahan 6-8 300 Sr. 75 richard tuitu'u 6-5 362 rS-Fr.

TE 86 ZachMiller 6-5 258 Jr. 88 Andrew Pettes 6-4 262 So.

HB 87 BrentMiller 6-5 236 Jr. 80 dane guthrie 6-3 274 So. QB 9 SamKeller 6-4 240 Sr. 12 rudy Carpenter 6-2 204 So.

TB 24 KeeganHerring 5-10 190 So. 36 Shaun deWitty 6-2 216 So. 37 Preston Jones 5-8 181 Jr.

Z 3 RudyBurgess 5-10 181 Jr. 13 Chris Mcgaha 6-1 185 rS-Fr. 16 Nate Kimbrough 6-1 178 So. **17 TerryRichardson 6-1 187 Sr.

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SUN DEVIL DEFENSEDE 58 DexterDavis 6-2 250 RS-Fr. 97 Wes evans 6-3 245 So. * 66 Loren howard 6-4 280 Sr.

DT 77 MichaelMarquardt 6-4 288 Jr. 92 Brett Palmer 6-2 295 Jr. * 91 Will Kofe 6-2 290 Sr.

DT 1 JordanHill 6-2 298 Sr. 90 david Smith 6-3 268 So. DE 57 TranellMorant 6-5 280 So. 85 KellenMills 6-3 250 Jr. *50 KyleCaldwell 6-3 261 Sr. SAM 48 ChadLindsey 6-0 212 So. 97 Wes evans 6-3 245 So.

MIKE 25 MikeNixon 6-2 216 Fr. 54 Adam vincent 6-2 239 So. 41 Antone Saulsberry 6-0 230 So. *51 BeauManutai 6-1 262 Sr.

WILL 29 RobertJames 5-11 225 Jr. 14 derron Ware 6-4 220 Sr.

CB 9 LittreleJones 5-9 181 Jr. 23 Chris Baloney 6-0 185 Jr. *8 KenoWalter-White 5-11 182 Sr.

S 19 JoshBarrett 6-2 220 Jr. 22 rodney Cox 6-1 213 So. 15 Angelo Fobbs-valentino 6-0 197 So. * 18 troy Nolan 6-1 196 Jr.

S 5 ZachCatanese 6-2 219 Sr. 7 Jeremy Payton 6-1 208 So. 30 Uriah Marshall 5-11 188 So.

CB 10 JustinTryon 5-9 178 Jr. 6 grant Crunkleton 5-10 184 rS-Fr. 32 travis Smith 5-11 173 rS-Fr. *21 ChadGreen 5-10 190 Jr.

P 20 JesseAinsworth 6-3 220 Sr. 37 Chris Macdonald 6-3 218 Jr. __ Jonathon Johnson (Fall) 6-1 205 Jr.

PK 20 JesseAinsworth 6-3 220 Sr.

KR 3 RudyBurgess 5-10 181 Jr.-or- 16 Nate Kimbrough 6-1 178 So.-or- 13 Chris Mcgaha 6-1 185 rS-Fr.

PR 3 RudyBurgess 5-10 181 Jr.-or- 16 Nate Kimbrough 6-1 178 So.-or- 13 Chris Mcgaha 6-1 185 rS-Fr.

SN 43 JasonBurke 6-2 260 Sr. 86 zach Miller 6-5 258 Jr. H 9 SamKeller 6-4 240 Sr. 12 rudy Carpenter 6-2 204 So.

SUN DEVIL SPECIALISTS


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Numerical Roster

No. Ltrs. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Elg. Hometown(LastSchool) 1w *** Jordan hill dt 6-2 298 Sr.^ Pocatello, idaho (highland) 1m * Michael Jones Wr 6-3 200 So.^ Sugar Land, texas (Fort Bend Austin) 2 Brandon Smith WR 6-1 192 RS-Fr.^ Bakersfield, Calif. (West) 3 ** rudy Burgess Wr 5-10 181 Jr.^ edwards, Calif. (desert) 5 * zach Catanese S 6-2 219 Sr. redding, Calif. (Shasta College) 6w grant Crunkleton CB 5-10 184 rS-Fr.^ denver, Colo. (Mullen) 7w * Jeremy Payton S 6-1 208 So.^ Covina, Calif. (South hills) 8 * Keno Walter-White CB 5-11 185 Sr. San diego, Calif. (Mesa College) 9w ** Littrele Jones CB 5-9 181 Jr.^ San Fernando, Calif. (taft) 9m *** Sam Keller QB 6-4 240 Sr. danville, Calif. (San ramon valley) 10m Nate Mortensen QB 6-1 205 rS-Fr. tempe, Ariz. (tempe) 10w Justin tryon CB 5-9 178 Jr. Palmdale, Calif. (College of the Canyons) 12 * rudy Carpenter QB 6-2 204 So.^ Westlake, Calif. (Westlake) 13m Chris Mcgaha Wr 6-1 185 rS-Fr.^ Phoenix, Ariz. (Moon valley) 13w Chris Price CB 5-8 190 Sr. Scottsdale, Ariz. (hawaii Prep Academy) 14m tyler Schroeder Wr 6-2 195 rS-Fr.^ Mechanicsville, iowa (tipton) 14w * derron Ware S 6-4 220 Sr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Michigan State) 15m Brett Boon QB 6-1 174 rS-Fr.^ essexville, Mich. (essexville garber) 16 * Nate Kimbrough Wr 6-1 178 So.^ Santa Fe Springs, Calif. (Santa Fe) 15w * Angelo Fobbs-valentino S 6-0 197 So.^ San Mateo, Calif. (Junipero Serra) 17 *** terry richardson Wr 6-1 187 Sr.^ Corona, Calif. (Centennial) 18 troy Nolan S 6-1 196 Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. (College of the Canyons) 19w ** Josh Barrett S 6-2 220 Jr.^ reno, Nev. (reno) 19m * Jeff gray Wr 5-10 186 Jr.^ torrance, Calif. (North) 20 *** Jesse Ainsworth PK 6-3 220 Sr. thousand oaks, Calif. (thousand oaks) 21 ** Chad green CB 5-10 190 Jr.^ van Nuys, Calif. (Birmingham) 22 * rodney Cox S 6-1 213 So.^ Compton, Calif. (Cathedral) 23 Chris Baloney CB 6-0 185 Jr. houston, texas (College of the Sequoias) 24 * Keegan herring tB 5-10 190 So. Peoria, Ariz. (Peoria) 25 Mike Nixon S 6-2 216 Fr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Sunnyslope) 28m ** Alex King Wr 6-0 186 Sr.^ San ramon, Calif. (San ramon valley) 28w Mark Merrill PK 5-11 177 Sr.^ tempe, Ariz. (radford) 29 ** robert James LB 5-11 225 Jr.^ glendale, Ariz. (Maryvale) 30m evan gammage rB 5-8 198 So. Phoenix, Ariz. (Brophy Prep) 30w Uriah Marshall S 5-11 188 So.^ Phoenix, Ariz. (Brophy Prep) 32 travis Smith CB 5-11 173 rS-Fr.^ Los Angeles, Calif. (Jefferson) 35 troy osborne dB 5-11 196 Jr. Peoria, Ariz. (Centennial hS) 36 * Shaun deWitty tB 6-2 216 So.^ Colorado Springs, Colo. (doherty) 37m ** Preston Jones tB 5-8 181 Jr.^ east Lansing, Mich. (east Lansing) 37w ** Chris Macdonald P 6-3 218 Jr.^ Mesa, Ariz. (red Mountain) 38 ronny garrison CB 5-8 180 rS-Fr. redwood City, Calif. (Woodside) 39w * Brett Nenaber LB 6-1 220 Jr.^ Chandler, Ariz. (Corona del Sol) 41 ** Antone Saulsberry TB 6-0 230 So.^ Bellflower, Calif. (Bellflower) 43m *** Jason Burke SN 6-2 260 Sr.^ glendale, Ariz. (Mountain ridge) 47 Jason Perkins SN 6-1 So.* glendale, Ariz. (US Air Force Academy) 48 * Chad Lindsey LB 6-0 224 So. houston, texas (Cypress ridge) 49 Brady Conrad te 6-4 240 Jr. gilbert, Ariz. (gilbert hS) 50 *** Kyle Caldwell de 6-3 261 Sr. Scottsdale, Ariz. (Saguaro) 51 * Beau Manutai LB 6-1 262 Sr. rialto, Calif. (dixie College) 52 *** Andrew Carnahan oL 6-8 300 Sr.^ hereford, texas (hereford) 53w Andy howe LB 6-0 210 Jr.^ irvine, Calif. (orange Coast College) 54 * Adam vincent LB 6-2 239 So.^ Chandler, Ariz. (hamilton) 57 tranell Morant de 6-5 280 So.^ Miami, Fla. (Florida) 58 dexter davis de 6-2 250 rS-Fr.^ Phoenix, Ariz. (thunderbird) 59 Brian Quackenbush LB 6-0 226 So.^ Chandler, Ariz. (hamilton) 61 * Beau Bandura oL 6-7 259 Jr.^ tempe, Ariz. (Corona del Sol) 62 ** Brandon rodd oL 6-4 300 Jr.^ Aiea, hawai’i (Aiea) 63 * Paul Fanaika oL 6-6 355 So.^ Milbrae, Calif. (Mills) 64 djadji daffe oL 6-5 340 Jr. Paris, France (ventura CC) 66m *** Stephen Berg oL 6-5 309 Sr.^ tucson, Ariz. (Canyon del oro)


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Numerical Roster

No. Ltrs. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Elg. Hometown(LastSchool) 66w Loren howard de 6-4 280 Sr.^ Scottsdale, Ariz. (Northwestern) 67 Shawn Lauvao oL 6-3 314 rS-Fr.^ honolulu, hawaii (Farrington) 69 thomas Altieri oL 6-2 294 rS-Fr.^ vista, Calif. (vista) 70 * Leo talavou oL 6-4 371 So.^ Fountain valley, Calif. (Fountain valley) 73 ** robert gustavis oL 6-4 312 Jr.^ torrance, Calif. (North torrance) 75 richard tuitu’u oL 6-5 362 rS-Fr.^ gilbert, Ariz. (gilbert highland) 76 ** Mike Pollak oL 6-4 300 Jr.^ tempe, Ariz. (Corona del Sol) 77 Michael Marquardt dL 6-4 288 Jr.^ vista, Calif. (BYU) 78 *** zach Krula oL 6-7 339 Sr.^ Sacramento, Calif. (valley) 79 ** Julius orieukwu oL 6-7 311 Jr.^ houston, texas (Bellaire) 80 dane guthrie te 6-3 274 So.^ Miami, Fla. (Florida) 81m Julian Kohlman WR 6-1 202 Jr. Fairfield, Calif. (Foothill CC) 81w ** tyrice thompson Wr 6-5 221 Jr.^ Phoenix, Ariz. (South Mountain) 82 *** Jamaal Lewis hB/te 6-4 230 Sr.^ Colorado Springs, Colo. (rampart) 84 Jovon Williams te 6-3 228 rS-Fr.^ Covina, Calif. (Charter oak) 85 ** Kellen Mills de 6-3 250 Jr.^ Mesa, Ariz. (Mountain view) 86 ** zach Miller te/hB 6-5 258 Jr. Phoenix, Ariz. (desert vista) 87 ** Brent Miller te/hB 6-5 236 Jr.^ Phoenix, Ariz. (desert vista) 88 * Andrew Pettes te/hB 6-4 262 So.^ Phoenix, Ariz. (Moon valley) 90 * david Smith dL 6-3 268 So.^ Chandler, Ariz. (hamilton) 91 * Will Kofe de 6-2 290 Sr. Long Beach, Calif. (dixie College) 92 ** Brett Palmer dt 6-2 295 Jr.^ tempe, Ariz. (Marcos de Niza) 93 tashaka Merriweather dt 6-4 293 Jr.^ richmond, Calif. (richmond) 95 Leo Montt de 6-1 264 rS-Fr.^ rio rico, Ariz. (Nogales) 97 * Wes evans dL 6-3 245 So.^ reno, Nev. (reno) 98 * Shannon Jones dL 6-2 314 Sr. Antelope, Calif. (Sierra College) Jeff Bereuter LB 6-3 225 Fr. irving, texas (MacArthur) Lance evbuomwan te 6-4 235 Fr. redlands, Calif. (east valley) Alex Fa’agai de 6-3 286 Jr. San Jose, Calif. (Foothill JC) Saia Falahola oL 6-2 310 Fr. euless, texas (trinity) rodney glass tB 5-10 175 Fr. Sherman oaks, Calif. (Notre dame hS) travis goethel LB 6-2 215 Fr. vista, Calif. (vista) Jon hargis dL 6-3 285 Fr. Mesa, Ariz. (red Mountain) Jonathan Johnson P 6-1 205 Jr. Simi valley, Calif. (College of the Canyons) garrett Judah LB 6-3 232 Jr. Beaverton, ore. (Butte College) ryan McFoy S 6-1 190 Fr. Chino, Calif. (Chino) gerald Munns LB 6-3 225 Fr. Queen Creek, Ariz. (hamilton) dimitri Nance tB 5-10 205 Fr. euless, texas (trinity) zach Niusulu dt 6-3 305 Fr. Barstow, Calif. (Barstow) Angelo richardson Wr 6-1 185 Jr. danville, Calif. (Santa rosa JC) Jamarr Robinson LB 6-3 235 Fr. Fairfield, Calif. (Fairfield) danny Sullivan QB 6-4 200 Fr. Los gatos, Calif. (Los gatos) Martin tevaseu dt 6-3 320 So. Boonville, Calif. (Santa rosa JC) ryan torain tB 6-0 205 Jr. Shawnee Mission, Kan. (Butler CC) Kyle Williams Wr 5-10 185 Fr. Scottsdale, Ariz. (Chaparral)

^ – redshirt Year Used

HeadCoach: dirk Koetter, 6th SeasonAssistantCoaches: tom osborne (Asst. head Coach/tight ends/Special teams), dan Fidler (Safeties), Brent Myers (running game Coordinator/offensive Line), darryl Jackson (Wide receivers), John Wrenn (running Backs), Bill Miller (defensive Coordinator/Lineback-ers), grady Stretz (defensive Line), Al Simmons (Cornerbacks), roy Wittke (offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)GraduateAssistants: Charles ragle (offense) and Josh Brown (defense)


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Alphabetical Roster

No. Ltrs. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Elg. Hometown(LastSchool) 20 *** Jesse Ainsworth PK 6-3 220 Sr. thousand oaks, Calif. (thousand oaks) 69 thomas Altieri oL 6-2 294 rS-Fr.^ vista, Calif. (vista) 23 Chris Baloney CB 6-0 185 Jr. houston, texas (College of the Sequoias) 61 * Beau Bandura oL 6-7 259 Jr.^ tempe, Ariz. (Corona del Sol) 19w ** Josh Barrett S 6-2 220 Jr.^ reno, Nev. (reno) Jeff Bereuter LB 6-3 225 Fr. irving, texas (MacArthur hS) 66m *** Stephen Berg oL 6-5 309 Sr.^ tucson, Ariz. (Canyon del oro) 15m Brett Boon QB 6-1 174 rS-Fr.^ essexville, Mich. (essexville garber) 3 ** rudy Burgess Wr 5-10 181 Jr.^ edwards, Calif. (desert) 43m *** Jason Burke SN 6-2 260 Sr.^ glendale, Ariz. (Mountain ridge) 50 *** Kyle Caldwell de 6-3 261 Sr. Scottsdale, Ariz. (Saguaro) 52 *** Andrew Carnahan oL 6-8 300 Sr.^ hereford, texas (hereford) 12 * rudy Carpenter QB 6-2 204 So.^ Westlake, Calif. (Westlake) 5 * zach Catanese S 6-2 219 Sr. redding, Calif. (Shasta College) 49 Brady Conrad te 6-4 240 Jr. gilbert, Ariz. (gilbert) 22 * rodney Cox S 6-1 213 So.^ Compton, Calif. (Cathedral) 6w grant Crunkleton CB 5-10 184 rS-Fr.^ denver, Colo. (Mullen) 64 djadji daffe oL 6-5 340 Jr. Paris, France (ventura CC) 58 dexter davis de 6-2 250 rS-Fr.^ Phoenix, Ariz. (thunderbird) 36 * Shaun deWitty tB 6-2 216 So.^ Colorado Springs, Colo. (doherty) 97 * Wes evans dL 6-3 245 So.^ reno, Nev. (reno) Lance evbuomwan te 6-4 235 Fr. redlands, Calif. (east valley) Alex Fa’agai de 6-3 286 Jr. San Jose, Calif. (Foothill JC) Saia Falahola oL 6-2 310 Fr. euless, texas (trinity) 63 * Paul Fanaika oL 6-6 355 So.^ Milbrae, Calif. (Mills) 15w * Angelo Fobbs-valentino S 6-0 197 So.^ San Mateo, Calif. (Junipero Serra) 30m evan gammage rB 5-8 198 So. Phoenix, Ariz. (Brophy Prep) 38 ronny garrison CB 5-8 180 rS-Fr. redwood City, Calif. (Woodside) rodney glass tB 5-10 175 Fr. Sherman oaks, Calif. (Notre dame hS) travis goethel LB 6-2 215 Fr. vista, Calif. (vista hS) 19m * Jeff gray Wr 5-10 186 Jr.^ torrance, Calif. (North) 21 ** Chad green CB 5-10 190 Jr.^ van Nuys, Calif. (Birmingham) 73 ** robert gustavis oL 6-4 312 Jr.^ torrance, Calif. (North torrance) 80 dane guthrie te 6-3 274 So.^ Miami, Fla. (Florida) Jon hargis dL 6-3 285 Fr. Mesa, Ariz. (red Mountain) 24 * Keegan herring tB 5-10 190 So. Peoria, Ariz. (Peoria) 1w *** Jordan hill dt 6-2 298 Sr.^ Pocatello, idaho (highland) 66w Loren howard de 6-4 280 Sr.^ Scottsdale, Ariz. (Northwestern) 53w Andy howe LB 6-0 210 Jr.^ irvine, Calif. (orange Coast College) 29 ** robert James LB 5-11 225 Jr.^ glendale, Ariz. (Maryvale) Jonathan Johnson P 6-1 205 Jr. Simi valley, Calif. (College of the Canyons) 9w ** Littrele Jones CB 5-9 181 Jr.^ San Fernando, Calif. (taft) 1m * Michael Jones Wr 6-3 200 So.^ Sugar Land, texas (Fort Bend Austin) 37m ** Preston Jones tB 5-8 181 Jr.^ east Lansing, Mich. (east Lansing) 98 * Shannon Jones dL 6-2 314 Sr. Antelope, Calif. (Sierra College) garrett Judah LB 6-3 232 Jr. Beaverton, ore. (Butte College) 9m *** Sam Keller QB 6-4 240 Sr. danville, Calif. (San ramon valley) 16 * Nate Kimbrough Wr 6-1 178 So.^ Santa Fe Springs, Calif. (Santa Fe) 28m ** Alex King Wr 6-0 186 Sr.^ San ramon, Calif. (San ramon valley) 91 * Will Kofe de 6-2 290 Sr. Long Beach, Calif. (dixie College) 81m Julian Kohlman WR 6-1 202 Jr. Fairfield, Calif. (Foothill CC) 78 *** zach Krula oL 6-7 339 Sr.^ Sacramento, Calif. (valley) 67 Shawn Lauvao oL 6-3 314 rS-Fr.^ honolulu, hawaii (Farrington) 82 *** Jamaal Lewis hB/te 6-4 230 Sr.^ Colorado Springs, Colo. (rampart) 48 * Chad Lindsey LB 6-0 224 So. houston, texas (Cypress ridge) 37w ** Chris Macdonald P 6-3 218 Jr.^ Mesa, Ariz. (red Mountain) 51 * Beau Manutai LB 6-1 262 Sr. rialto, Calif. (dixie College) 77 Michael Marquardt dL 6-4 288 Jr.^ vista, Calif. (BYU) 30w Uriah Marshall S 5-11 188 So.^ Phoenix, Ariz. (Brophy Prep) ryan McFoy S 6-1 190 Fr. Chino, Calif. (Chino) 13m Chris Mcgaha Wr 6-1 185 rS-Fr.^ Phoenix, Ariz. (Moon valley)


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Alphabetical Roster

No. Ltrs. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Elg. Hometown(LastSchool) 28w Mark Merrill PK 5-11 177 Sr.^ tempe, Ariz. (radford) 93 tashaka Merriweather dt 6-4 293 Jr.^ richmond, Calif. (richmond) 87 ** Brent Miller te/hB 6-5 236 Jr.^ Phoenix, Ariz. (desert vista) 86 ** zach Miller te/hB 6-5 258 Jr. Phoenix, Ariz. (desert vista) 85 ** Kellen Mills de 6-3 250 Jr.^ Mesa, Ariz. (Mountain view) 95 Leo Montt de 6-1 264 rS-Fr.^ rio rico, Ariz. (Nogales) 57 tranell Morant de 6-5 280 So.^ Miami, Fla. (Florida) 10m Nate Mortensen QB 6-1 205 rS-Fr. tempe, Ariz. (tempe) gerald Munns LB 6-3 225 Fr. Queen Creek, Ariz. (hamilton) dimitri Nance tB 5-10 205 Fr. euless, texas (trinity) 39w * Brett Nenaber LB 6-1 220 Jr.^ Chandler, Ariz. (Corona del Sol) zach Niusulu dt 6-3 305 Fr. Barstow, Calif. (Barstow) 25 Mike Nixon S 6-2 216 Fr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Sunnyslope) 18 troy Nolan S 6-1 196 Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. (College of the Canyons) 79 ** Julius orieukwu oL 6-7 311 Jr.^ houston, texas (Bellaire) 35 troy osborne dB 5-11 196 Jr. Peoria, Ariz. (Centennial) 92 ** Brett Palmer dt 6-2 295 Jr.^ tempe, Ariz. (Marcos de Niza) 7w * Jeremy Payton S 6-1 208 So.^ Covina, Calif. (South hills) 47 Jason Perkins SN 6-1 So.* glendale, Ariz. (US Air Force Academy) 88 * Andrew Pettes te/hB 6-4 262 So.^ Phoenix, Ariz. (Moon valley) 76 ** Mike Pollak oL 6-4 300 Jr.^ tempe, Ariz. (Corona del Sol) 13w Chris Price CB 5-8 190 Sr. Scottsdale, Ariz. (hawai’i) 59 Brian Quackenbush LB 6-0 226 So.^ Chandler, Ariz. (hamilton) Angelo richardson Wr 6-1 185 Jr. danville, Calif. (Santa rosa JC) 17 *** terry richardson Wr 6-1 187 Sr.^ Corona, Calif. (Centennial) Jamarr Robinson LB 6-3 235 Fr. Fairfield, Calif. (Fairfield HS) 62 ** Brandon rodd oL 6-4 300 Jr.^ Aiea, hawai’i (Aiea) 41 ** Antone Saulsberry TB 6-0 230 So.^ Bellflower, Calif. (Bellflower) 14m tyler Schroeder Wr 6-2 195 rS-Fr.^ Mechanicsville, iowa (tipton) 2 Brandon Smith WR 6-1 192 RS-Fr.^ Bakersfield, Calif. (West) 90 * david Smith dL 6-3 268 So.^ Chandler, Ariz. (hamilton) 32 travis Smith CB 5-11 173 rS-Fr.^ Los Angeles, Calif. (Jefferson) danny Sullivan QB 6-4 200 Fr. Los gatos, Calif. (Los gatos) 70 * Leo talavou oL 6-4 371 So.^ Fountain valley, Calif. (Fountain valley) Martin tevaseu dt 6-3 320 So. Boonville, Calif. (Santa rosa JC) 81w ** tyrice thompson Wr 6-5 221 Jr.^ Phoenix, Ariz. (South Mountain) ryan torain tB 6-0 205 Jr. Shawnee Mission, Kan. (Butler CC) 10w Justin tryon CB 5-9 178 Jr. Palmdale, Calif. (College of the Canyons) 75 richard tuitu’u oL 6-5 362 rS-Fr.^ gilbert, Ariz. (gilbert highland) 54 * Adam vincent LB 6-2 239 So.^ Chandler, Ariz. (hamilton) 8 * Keno Walter-White CB 5-11 185 Sr. San diego, Calif. (Mesa College) 14w * derron Ware S 6-4 220 Sr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Michigan State) 84 Jovon Williams te 6-3 228 rS-Fr.^ Covina, Calif. (Charter oak) Kyle Williams Wr 5-10 185 Fr. Scottsdale, Ariz. (Chaparral)

^ – redshirt Year Used

HeadCoach: dirk Koetter, 6th SeasonAssistantCoaches: tom osborne (Asst. head Coach/tight ends/Special teams), dan Fidler (Safeties), Brent Myers (running game Coordinator/offensive Line), darryl Jackson (Wide receivers), John Wrenn (running Backs), Bill Miller (defensive Coordinator/Lineback-ers), grady Stretz (defensive Line), Al Simmons (Cornerbacks), roy Wittke (offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)GraduateAssistants: Charles ragle (offense) and Josh Brown (defense)


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enters his sixth season at the helm of the Arizona State pro-gram … Koetter holds a 33-28 record in five years guid-ing the Sun devils, and the team’s 17-8 record throughout its past 25 games ranks third in the Pac-10 Conference, trail-ing only Southern California and California ... has led ASU to bowl games three times in his first five seasons, includ-ing bowl wins in back-to-back seasons (vitalis Sun Bowl in 2004 and insight in 2005) for the first time in nearly 20 years ... Acting as his own offensive coordinator during his first five

years, he has firmly established the Sun devils among the nation’s offensive leaders. ASU has averaged 31.5 points per game over the last five years, while it has been ranked in the top 20 in the nation in passing offense in each of the last four seasons (third in 2005, fifth in 2004, 20th in 2003 and ninth in 2002) … the 2005 season was highlighted by several individual and team milestone performances, as ASU finished the season with a 7-5 record, which was capped off by a 45-40 victory over rutgers in the 2005 insight Bowl played in Phoenix ... Wide receiver derek hagan concluded his career as perhaps the greatest at his posi-tion in both Arizona State and Pac-10 Conference history. hagan ended his Sun devil career as the all-time leader in Pac-10 history in receptions, and ranks second all-time in receiving yards and seventh on the career receiving touchdowns list ... ASU turned in a 9-3 record and was ranked 19th and 20th in the final national polls in 2004 … Led the Pac-10 and ranked fifth in the nation in pass-ing offense in 2004 (317.3 yards per game) … in 2002 he led the Sun devils to an 8-6 record, a third-place Pac-10 finish and a berth in the 2002 Pacific Life holiday Bowl … his 2002 team ranked ninth in the nation in passing offense and 20th in scoring offense … Became Arizona State’s 21st head coach on dec. 2, 2000 … his 2001 ASU offense finished 25th in the country in total offense and tied for 19th in scoring offense … had the third-longest winning streak in the country with eight consecutive wins (his last seven at Boise State and his season opener at ASU) before falling at Stanford on 9/22/01 … throughout his five-year tenure, Koetter has directed ASU’s all-time leading passer in Andrew Walter, its top career receiver in derek hagan, as well as Koetter’s only unani-mous All-American honoree terrell Suggs, who in 2002 established the NCAA single-season record with 24 sacks. Additionally, Suggs (2002) and dale robinson (2005) earned Pac-10 Conference Pat tillman defensive Player of the Year honors under Koetter’s guidance. Also, each Sun devil team during Koetter’s Sun devil career has showcased a 1,000-yard receiver. Prior to Koetter’s arrival in tempe in 2001, only four times in ASU history a receiver had surpassed the 1,000-yard mark in a single season ... Koetter came to ASU after three seasons at Boise State where he led the Broncos to a 26-10 record, two appearances in the humanitarian Bowl and two Big West Championships … two-time Big West Coach of the Year … his 2000 Boise State team led the nation in scoring offense, was second in total offense and ranked fourth in the country in passing offense … guided BSU to its first winning season in division i football … Served as the honorary chairman of the National Multiple Sclerosis desert Southwest Chapter “Walk on the Wild Side” in 2002 and 2003 … Last name is pronounced “Cutter”… Born Feb. 5, 1959 in Pocatello, idaho.

Head Coach Dirk Koetter

The Koetter FileBorn: February 5, 1959 in Pocatello, idaho

HighSchoolEducation: highland high School, Pocatello, id.

CollegeEducation: idaho State, 1981 (BS); idaho State, 1982 (MA).

CollegeFootball: idaho State, 1978-81

Family: Wife Kim, daughters Kaylee (13) and Kendra (9), sons derek (12) and davis (7).

Former USA today Coaches Poll voter

CoachingCareer: graduate Assistant, idaho State University (Spring 1981); Assistant Coach, highland high School, Pocatello, idaho (1982); head Coach, highland high School (1983-84); offensive Coordinator, San Francisco State University (1985); offensive Coordi-nator & Quarterbacks Coach, University of texas-el Paso (1986-88); offensive Coordinator & Quarterbacks Coach, University of Missouri (1989-93); offensive Coordinator & Quarterbacks Coach, Boston Col-lege (1994-95; ’94 – quarterbacks coach only); offensive Coordinator & Quarterbacks Coach, University of oregon (1996-97); head Coach, Boise State University (1998-2000); head Coach, Arizona State Uni-versity (2001-present).

ProfessionalQuarterbacksCoachedName School Team(DraftRound)Andrew Walter Arizona State oakland raiders (3rd)Joey harrington oregon detroit Lions (1st)Akili Smith oregon Cincinnati Bengals (1st)A.J. Feeley oregon Philadelphia eagles (5th)Matt hasselback Boston College Seattle Seahawks (6th)Bart hendricks Boise State edmonton eskimoes (free agent)ryan dinwiddie Boise State Chicago Bears (free agent)

FormerAssistantCoachesUnderKoetterdan hawkins -- head Coach, ColoradoBrent guy – head Coach, Utah Stron english – defensive Coordinator, MichiganMark helfrich – offensive Coordinator, ColoradoMark Johnson – defensive Coordinator, Utah StMark Carrier – defensive Backs, Baltimore ravensted Monachino – defensive Line, Jacksonville Jaguars

KOETTERYEAR-BY-YEARYear School Record Conf. Bowl1998 Boise State 6-5 2-3 (4th) -1999 Boise State 10-3 5-1 (1st) humanitarian2000 Boise State 10-2 5-0 (1st) humanitarian2001 Arizona State 4-7 1-7 (9th) -2002 Arizona State 8-6 5-3 (3rd) holiday2003 Arizona State 5-7 2-6 (t8th) -2004 Arizona State 9-3 5-3 (t3rd) Sun2005 Arizona State 7-5 4-4 (4th) insightTotals 8Seasons 59-38 29-27 (.608) (.518)


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Coaching Staff

Tom Osborne, Assistant Head Coach/Tight Ends/Special Teams

Birthdate: September 27, 1960 • Birthplace: Tacoma, Wash. High School: Mark Morris (Longview, Wash.) • College: Washington State ‘83, ‘84

CoachingCareer: Washington State, 1983-85; Portland State, 1986-92; Boise State, 1993-94; oregon 1995-2000; Arizona State, 2001-Present.

Bill Miller, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers

Birthdate: June 18, 1956 • Birthplace: Hutchinson, Kan. High School: Hutchinson (Kan.) • College: Texas-Arlington ‘78

CoachingCareer: Texas Arlington, 1978; Oklahoma State, 1979-80; Drake, 1981-82; Nevada-Reno, 1983-85; Minnesota, 1986-88; Oklahoma State, 1989-94; Miami (Fla.), 1995-98; Michigan State, 1999-2002; Florida, 2003-04; Arizona State, 2004-Present.

Roy Wittke, Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line

Birthdate: June 15, 1959 • Birthplace: Racine, Wis. High School: William Horlick (Wis.) • College: Wisconsin Eau-Claire ‘82

CoachingCareer: Wisconsin Eau-Claire, 1979-81; Montana State, 1982-84; Central Missouri State, 1985-89; eastern illinois, 1990-2002; Arkansas, 2003-2005; Arizona State, 2006.

Dan Fidler, Safeties

Birthdate: July 1,1958 • Birthplace: Harrisburg, Penn. High School: Scottsdale (Scottsdale, Ariz.) • College: Arizona State ‘81, St. Cloud State ‘84

CoachingCareer: Mesa Community College, 1981; Oklahoma State, 1982; St. Cloud State, 1983-84; Penn State, 1985-86; Villanova University, 1987-96; Boise State, 1997-2000; Arizona State 2000-Present.

Darryl Jackson, Wide Receivers

Birthdate: December 1, 1968 • Birthplace: Harbor City, Calif. High School: Junipero Serra (Los Angeles, Calif.) • College: San Diego ‘92, ‘94

CoachingCareer: University of San Diego, 1991-94; University of the Redlands, 1994-95; Indiana State University, 1995-97; Boise State, 1997-2000; Arizona State 2000-Present.


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Brent Myers, Running Game Coordinator/Offensive Line

Birthdate: May 25, 1960 • Birthplace: Seattle, Wash. High School: Shoreline (Seattle, Wash.) • College: Eastern Washington ‘82, ‘86

CoachingCareer: Eastern Washington, 1982-83; Southern Illinois, 1984; Eastern Washington, 1985-91, Nothern Arizona, 1992-97; Boise State, 1998-99; Washington, 2000-02; Utah, 2003; Arizona State, 2004-Present.

Al Simmons, Cornerbacks

Birthdate: December 6, 1962 • Birthplace: Oakland, Calif.High School: Oakland (Oakland, Calif.) • College: Cal State-Hayward ‘87, ‘91

CoachingCareer: Cal State-Hayward, 1986-93; San Francisco State, 1994; Montana State, 1995-96; idaho State 1997, California, 1998-2000; oregon State, 2001-02; San Francisco 49ers, 2003-04; San Jose State, 2005; Arizona State, 2006-Present.

Grady Stretz, Defensive Line

Birthdate: November 8, 1972 • Birthplace: Tempe, Ariz. High School: McClintock (Tempe, Ariz.) • College: UCLA ‘96, ‘97

CoachingCareer: UCLA, 1996-97; New Mexico, 1998-2005, Arizona State, 2006-present.

John Wrenn, Running Backs

Birthdate: August 10, 1951 • Birhplace: Moline, Ill. High School: DeKalb (DeKalb, Ill.) • College: Western Illinois ‘73

CoachingCareer: eastern illinois, 1973-74; Elgin Larkin HS, 1974-77; West Aurora High, 1977-79; East Aurora High, 1981-82; West Aurora High, 1982-84; University of Illinois, 1985-86; homewood-Floss-moor,1986-96; hamilton high, 1997-2005, Arizona State, 2006-present.

Charles RagleOffensive GA

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MillerNamedPlayboyAll-AmericanArizona State University junior tight end zach Miller (Phoenix, Ariz.) has been recognized as a 2006 Playboy Magazine All-American. Miller is just the 14th Sun devil in history to earn the prestigious honor. Last season, former ASU wide receiver derek hagan (Palmdale, Calif.) was honored in the preseason as a Playboy Magazine All-American. After his freshman season, Miller earned second-team All-America honors, just one of four freshmen to earn first team or second-team All-American accolades that season. Miller also earned first-team Freshman All-American accolades for his successful 2004 season. In 2004, he was named the Pacific-10 Conference Freshman of the Year, becoming just the second Sun Devil to earn the honor (Terrell Suggs, 2000). As a freshman, Miller broke the ASU record for receptions in a season by a tight end with 56. his 56 receptions in 2004 tied for the most receptions in the NCAA by a tight end. Along with his 56 receptions, he tallied 552 receiving yards and six touchdowns. in 2005, Miller missed some time with an injury and still managed the team’s third-highest amount of receptions with 38, four of which were touchdowns. he also recorded 476 receiving yards for an average of 12.5 yards per reception. other Sun devils named to the Playboy Magazine All-American team were: ron Pritchard (1968), Woody green (1973), Mike richard-son (1981, ‘82), vernon Maxwell (1982), david Fulcher (1985), randall Mcdaniel (1987), Nathan Laduke (1990), Shante Carver (1993), Craig Newsome (1994), Juan roque (1996), Bruce Snyder (1997 Coach of the Year), grey ruegamer (1998) and derek hagan (2004).

NCAATightEndStatistics(2004-05)Receptions/Yards1. ZachMiller,ArizonaState 94 1,0282. Clark harris, rutgers 91 1,3093. Samuel Smith, Florida international 77 8124. Scott Chandler, iowa 71 8765. Martin rucker, Missouri 66 830

ReceivingYards/YardsPerCatch1. Clark harris, rutgers 1,309 / 14.42. ZachMiller,ArizonaState 1,028/10.93. Scott Chandler, iowa 876 / 12.34. Jonny harline, BYU 853 / 13.55. Martin rucker, Missouri 830 / 12.6

ReceivingTouchdowns1. Brent Celek, Cincinnati 112. ZachMiller,ArizonaState 103. Clark harris, rutgers 94. dan Murray, Connecticut 8 Matt Spaeth, Minnesota 86. Joe Newton, oregon State 7 Brad Wood, Arizona 7

SamIAmSenior Sam Keller, who recorded 2,165 passing yards (155-264) and threw for 20 touchdowns last season before missing the last five games due to a thumb injury on his throwing hand, returns as ASU’s starting signal caller in 2006.

Last season Keller joined an elite list, becoming only the sixth quarterback in ASU history to throw 20 or more touchdowns in a season. his 20 touchdown passes last season were tied for the eighth most in a single season in school history. Keller’s 669 yards in the first two games of 2005 (vs. tempe and vs. LSU) set the school record (for first two games of a season), previously held by Jeff Krohn who had 637 combined yards in the first two games of 2001 (San diego State and Stanford). With 56 attempts and no interceptions vs. No. 5 LSU (9/10/05), he also broke Paul Justin’s record for consecutive attempts without an interception in a single game (51 vs. houston, 1990). Keller had a string of 131 consecutive pass attempts without an iNt snapped against top-ranked USC on oct. 1, falling just six short of breaking the school record set by Mike Pagel in 1980. in his eight career starts, Keller has thrown at least two touchdowns seven times, three or more touchdowns five times and a career-best four touchdowns four times. he set career marks with 35 completions, 56 attempts and 461 yards against No. 5 LSU (9/10). his 461 yards were the ninth-best single-game performance in school history, while he has also tied for eighth on the ASU single-game chart with the aforementioned four-touchdown games four times last season.


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CarpenterProvesHimselfMoreThanCapablehaving more than one capable quarterback is a luxury that few big-time collegiate programs enjoy. Last season Arizona State found out how important that luxury was when then redshirt freshman rudy Carpenter came in to replace the injured Sam Keller with five games left in the season. in addition to leading ASU to a 4-1 record, Carpenter also managed to compile a passer efficiency rating of 175.0, which led not only the Pac-10, but the nation as well.

“i’m the happiest guy in America,” said Arizona State head coach dirk Koetter about having two capable starting quarterbacks. “We have two great quarterbacks … don’t you wish we had this problem at every position? how good would we be? it is the greatest thing in the world.”

in his five starts last season, Carpenter completed 156 of 228 passes for 2,273 yards, 17 touchdowns and just two interceptions on the year. he completed 68.4-percent of his passes and averaged 252.6 passing yards per game.

Carpenter completed 23 of 35 passes for 467 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions in ASU’s 45-40 insight Bowl victory over rutgers despite playing with a separated left shoulder which he suffered in the first quarter. Carpenter won insight Bowl game Most valuable offensive Player accolades for that performance.

Carpenter, who selected to the Sporting News' Pac-10 All-Freshman team and honorable Mention Freshman All-America last season, con-nected on 27-of-34 passing for 401 yards and three throwing touchdowns, as well as one on the ground, to lead ASU to a 44-20 victory over Washington in his first collegiate start (oct. 29) and followed that with a 28-of-43, 381-yard outing at Washington State one week later.

BurgessTakesonBiggerWorkloadLast season rudy Burgess proved to be one of the top all-around threats when he had the football in his hands. An honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection last season, Burgess finished ninth in the Pac-10 with an average of 121.6 yards per game. in addition to the yards he gained rushing (644), receiving (655) and returning kicks (160 yards), Burgess also threw a touchdown pass last season.

this spring Burgess also added cornerback duties to his already extraordinary workload. Burgess has a history in the defensive backfield, and was originally recruited as a cornerback, where he was the No. 50 cornerback in the nation in 2003, according to rivals.com. due to the team’s lack of experience at the position, spring drills provided Burgess ample opportunities to showcase his abilities in ways he has not been able to during his Sun devil career. At the conclusion of spring football, ASU head coach dirk Koetter said he was pleased with how Burgess performed, however added that in an ideal world he’d like to see Burgess more on the offensive side of the ball.

“i’m very pleased with how that went (with Burgess playing CB) because now i know rudy can play three positions,” said Koetter. “i know he can play tailback, i know he can play wide receiver and i know he can play corner and that is going to give us a lot of flexibility in the fall in terms of how we plug him in.

“(Junior) Justin tryon and (junior) Chris Baloney are the real deal at cornerback,” said Koetter. “i’m excited about (tryon and Baloney). if they can get the job done then rudy will be playing on offense. if we get in an injury situation then this spring will be very well worth the price of training him at corner. You can see when rudy plays corner he is still a playmaker. he does not give up big plays. he is a smart football player and a really valuable guy to have.”

HerringReturnsLookingtoBuildonSolidFreshmanCampaignAs a freshman last season, Keegan herring led the Sun devils and finished ninth in the Pac-10 in rushing with 870 yards on 158 carries (5.5 avg.). his season included six touchdowns and three 100-yard games. Against Arizona, he carried seven times for 20 yards to break the school freshman rushing record of 773 yards. early last season, herring, who rushed for 134 yards in his collegiate debut, collected 197 yards on 23 carries and two touchdowns against Northwestern to mark the fifth-highest single-game rushing performance in the nation by a true freshman in 2005. the performance against the Wildcats was the 22nd best in ASU single-game history and the most by a Sun devil since delvon Flowers rushed for 226 yards against oregon State in 2001. herring’s 67-yard run in the first quarter was ASU’s longest last season and the longest by a Sun devil since a 74-yard rush by Flowers vs. Stanford in 2001. herring was selected to the Sporting News' Pac-10 All-Freshman team and honorable Mention Freshman All-America. ASU is 243-46-5 (.838) in 294 career games when having a player gain at least 100 yards on the ground (12-8 under dirk Koetter).

JustforKicksin his three years of place kicking for the Sun devils, Jesse Ainsworth has made it a habit of being nearly perfect on PAt attempts, miss-ing just three times in 121 tries. dating back to the final game of the 2003 season when he connected on 4-of-4 PAts to start his current streak of 97 in a row, a school record. Ainsworth, who was a perfect 53-of-53 last season after going 40-of-40 in 2004, moved past former program record holder Luis zendejas, who netted 75 from 1981-83. Ainsworth tied zendejas' mark when he connected on a try following ASU's first touchdown against oregon last season, a 20-yard strike to derek hagan from Sam Keller in the first quarter. in the third stanza, Keller hit zach Miller for a 1-yard before Ainsworth hit home the record-breaking 76th PAt in a row. Ainsworth’s 53 PAts last season put him fourth in ASU’s record books for the most PAts made in a single season. Ainsworth's 37 field goals are fourth-most in a career and he needs two more to move into a tie for third. he also is just the sixth kicker in school annals to score 200 or more points as his 229 points are 14 behind robert Nycz (1995-97) for third on the list.


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T-RichLeadsSpecialTeamsSenior wide receiver terry richardson, who earned Second team All-America honors last season from Si.com, was named the US Bank Pac-10 Special teams Player of the Week for his performance in last season’s game against USC and he was ranked as one of the top returners in the nation last season. his 84-yard punt return for a td in the first quarter against USC (10/1) marked the first by a Sun devil since current St. Louis ram Shaun Mcdonald had a 78-yarder against USC on Nov. 4, 2000. it was the 10th-longest punt return in school history (9th-longest for a td) and the longest by a Sun devil since eric guliford had an 89-yarder against California in 1992. he followed that with a momentum-turning return of 71 yards against Arizona for a touchdown that tied the game in the fourth quarter, making him the sixth Sun devil overall and first since ron Washington (1977) to return a pair of kicks for touchdowns in a season. richardson ended last season No. 2 in the Pac-10 and No. 7 in the nation with an average of 15.3 yards per punt return while also sitting third in the Pac-10 and No. 15 in the nation with an average of 27.4 yards on kickoff returns. on offense, richardson finished last season fourth on the team with 37 catches for 495 yards (13.4 avg.) and five touchdowns.

ACat-aneseontheProwlSenior zach Catanese wasted little time last season making the transition from junior college to division i. the Shasta College transfer finished second on the team and fourth in the Pac-10 with 107 tackles (62 solo). the safety has also recorded one interception, 3.0 tFL and 2.0 sacks.

DidYouKnow?With a 17-8 record Arizona State has the third-best record among Pac-10 schools in its last 25 games.

Pac-10TeamRecordsovertheLast25Games Team Overall Pct. BowlRecord 1. USC 24-1 (.960) 2-1 2. Cal 19-6 (.760) 2-13. ASU 17-8 (.680) 2-0 4. oregon 16-9 (.640) 0-2 5. UCLA 16-9 (.640) 1-2 6. oregon State 13-12 (.520) 2-0 7. Washington State 11-14 (.440) 1-0 8. Stanford 9-16 (.360) 0-0 9. Arizona 7-18 (.280) 0-0 10. Washington 4-21 (.160) 0-0

RoseBowlTeamstobeRecognizedthe 20th and 10th anniversaries of Arizona State’s 1986 and 1996 rose Bowl teams, respectively, will be recognized this season when the Sun devils take on Washington State on November 11 at Sun devil Stadium.

Coached by John Cooper, the 1986 Sun devils culminated their season with a 22-15 victory over Michigan in the 1987 rose Bowl, the school’s first ever rose Bowl appearance. QB Jeff van raaphorst, the game’s most valuable offensive player, threw for 193 yards and two touchdowns while the Sun devil defense shutout the Wolverines in the second half to secure the victory.

Led by host of All-Americans including QB Jake Plummer and LB derrick rodgers, the Sun devils made a return trip to Pasadena in 1996. Coach Bruce Snyder brought an undefeated Sun devil team (11-0) into the rose Bowl to take on ohio State. A dramatic 11-yard touchdown run by Plummer with 1:40 remaining gave ASU a 17-14 lead and had the Sun devils 100 seconds from laying their claim to the national championship. Unfortunately for the ASU faithful, a last-second touchdown by the Buckeyes denied the Sun devils a dream ending to what had been a dream season in a 21-17 ohio State victory.


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in 2005, Arizona State University furthered its reputation as an offensive powerhouse en route to a 7-5 finish, and ASU’s third postseason bowl game appearance during head coach Dirk Koetter’s five-year tenure. Led by a bounty of offensive threats and an athletic defense, Koetter has high expectations for the Sun devils in 2006, as the team continues to improve toward becoming a legitimate Pac-10 Conference champion-ship contender. Also, the 2006 season marks the 10th and 20th anniversaries of ASU’s two Pac-10 championship seasons and rose Bowl berths, which followed the 1986 and 1996 seasons. Koetter eagerly awaits finding out whether the Sun devils can build upon the 2005 season to have the ability to continue that championship trend in 2006.

“Looking back at last season, there are some aspects of our team about which we were tremendously satisfied, and some areas that needed improvement,” Koetter said. “the bottom line is that we had 7-5 season, and ended it on a high note after defeating our rival Arizona and then rutgers in the insight Bowl to close out the season.”

ASU’s offense is driven by the lethal quarterback duo of se-nior Sam Keller and sophomore rudy Carpenter. Also, versatile tailback/wide receiver/cornerback rudy Burgess (junior), re-cord-breaking tailback Keegan herring (sophomore), dynamic wide receiver Jamaal Lewis (senior) and All-American tight end zach Miller (junior) are main weapons among the Sun devil offense.

defensive tackle Jordan hill (senior) and safeties Josh Bar-rett (junior) and zach Catanese (senior) are the stalwarts of an improving Sun devil defense.

OFFENSE

Last season, ASU had one of the most dominant offen-sive seasons in school history, highlighted by one of the most potent aerial attacks in college football. in 2005, the Sun devils ranked in the top 10 in three major offensive catego-ries: second in total offense (519.1), third in passing yards per game (373.4) and seventh in points per game (36.8). Also, ASU added greater balance to its offensive attack, rushing for the highest yards per game average (145.7) by a Sun devil team since Koetter’s debut season of 2001. As a team, ASU established new school records in completed passes (312), passing yards (4,481), passing yards per game and passing touchdowns (38). ASU’s scoring average was the highest by a Sun devil team since its historic rose Bowl season of 1996, the team tripled its scoring production on the ground from the previous season (18 rushing touchdowns in 2005 to six in 2004) and for the third consecutive season, Sun devil quar-terbacks averaged less than one interception per game (11 interceptions in 12 games).

the 2006 ASU offense features record-setting athletes at several positions, and led by offensive guru Koetter, along with the addition of accomplished offensive coordinator roy Wittke, the Sun devils have all the pieces to continue to showcase one of the premier offenses in the nation.

“in adding coach Wittke to our staff, we have gained a fresh set of eyes to the quarterback position,” Koetter said. “Also, being our offensive coordinator, he essentially brings a fresh set of eyes to our entire offense.”

QuarterbackSam Keller 6-4 240 Sr. danville, Calif. (San ramon valley)rudy Carpenter 6-2 204 So. Westlake, Calif. (Westlake)Brett Boon 6-1 174 rS-Fr. essexville, Mich. (essexville garber)Nate Mortensen 6-1 205 rS-Fr. tempe, Ariz. (tempe hS) Newcomerdanny Sullivan 6-4 200 Fr. Los gatos, Calif. (Los gatos hS)

in 2005, 23 division i-A teams did not amass 2,000 pass-ing yards for the entire season, and only six teams in the nation had two passers to each throw for over 1,000 yards. Koetter’s ability to develop and mentor quarterbacks was taken to a new level in 2005, as Sam Keller and rudy Carpen-ter were the only teammates in the nation to each pass for over 2,000 yards. Following the unprecedented performances by the two Sun devil passers, no team in the nation boasts the proven quarterback depth that ASU does entering the 2006 season, as the combined efforts of the two enabled ASU to finish the season ranked third in the nation in passing yard-age, averaging 373.4 yards per game.

Keller began the season performing at a fever pitch, con-sistently staying among the nation’s early-season leaders in passing yards and touchdowns. A midseason injury sidelined Keller for the remainder of the year, however Carpenter im-mediately picked up where Keller left off, en route to submit-ting the finest performance by a freshman quarterback in ASU history. the performances of both passers have enabled each player to earn notoriety for his competitiveness and tough-ness, and each has also proven to be a reliable leader for the Sun Devils. Led by the expertise of Koetter and first-year offensive coordinator Wittke, Keller enters spring drills atop the position’s depth chart, having fully recovered from sea-son-ending surgery. however, Carpenter will also compete for playing time among ASU’s unparalleled quarterback depth.

“despite having two excellent quarterbacks, i will not allow a player to lose his spot on the depth chart because of injury,” Koetter said. “Sam Keller was playing great as a starter, espe-cially against top caliber teams. When rudy Carpenter came in, he also played incredibly, which enabled him to lead the nation is passing efficiency.”

Amid early-season debates concerning his ability to replace departed legendary starter Andrew Walter, ASU’s career pass-ing leader, Sam Keller burst out of his predecessor’s shadow to quickly become one of the most dynamic quarterbacks in the nation. Although his 2005 season was cut short five games early due to injury, Keller was able to enjoy one of the fin-est seasons by a Sun devil signal-caller in school history. For the season, Keller threw for a team-high 20 touchdowns, in addition to 2,165 passing yards while completing 58.7 percent of his passes. despite the missed time, Keller’s 20 touchdown passes are the second-most by a returning Pac-10 quarter-back, ranked within the top 30 nationally for the 2005 season and also stands as the sixth highest single-season total in school history. Additionally, Keller became one of 13 Sun devils

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to surpass 2,000 passing yards in a season, and three of those 13 (along with Carpenter and Andrew Walter) have occurred during Koetter’s tenure.

From the season’s first game, Keller was established among the nation’s most talented passers, as he threw four touchdown passes in each of the year’s first four games. Keller also piled up the passing yardage, as he turned in two games of 400 yards or more and two games throwing for more than 300 yards. Although he is widely acclaimed for his powerful throwing ability, the charismatic Keller enters his senior season with the second-highest career completion per-centage in ASU history (.582), and also owns the ASU record for lowest career interception percentage (301-400 attempts), as he has thrown only 11 career interceptions among 378 passes, a .0291 rating.

Also, last season Keller’s 56 passing attempts against No. 5 LSU marked the most single-game passing attempts with-out an interception in Sun devil history. in that game, Keller also posted a career-high 461 passing yards, the 12th-highest single game total in the nation last season. entering the spring physically healthy and strong, and having added 10 pounds of mass to his frame, the 6-4, 240-pound danville, Calif., native has routinely exhibited innate tenacity, competitive fire and a contagious, fist-pumping sense of enthusiasm, all of which are vital traits of a successful field general.

despite not starting until the eighth game of the season, rudy Carpenter turned in the greatest single-season per-formance by an ASU freshman quarterback in team history. Carpenter finished his unprecedented year ranked first in the nation with a school record 175.01 passer efficiency rating and also ranked third nationally, completing 68.4 percent of his passes. he also threw for a team-high and freshman record 2,273 yards to go along with 17 touchdown passes. the 6-2, 204-pounder became quickly renowned as one of the most ac-curate passers in college football, and in addition to his highly-ranked passer rating and completion percentage, Carpenter achieved a nation-leading and team record-low interception percentage (.008), after throwing merely two interceptions out of 228 total passing attempts.

“After a couple of heartbreaking losses and with the injury to Sam Keller, our team’s confidence took a major shot,” Koetter said. “As rudy Carpenter came in, we regained our confidence as the season went on, and ended up 4-1 with him as our starting quarterback.”

Carpenter capped-off his phenomenal rookie campaign by earning offensive Player of the game honors for his integral role in ASU’s comeback victory against rutgers in the 2005 insight Bowl. in that game, Carpenter accounted for ASU individual bowl game records of 23 completed passes, 467 passing yards and four touchdown passes. his total passing yardage against the Scarlet Knights tied for the ninth-highest single game total in the nation in 2005, and that amount is the highest ever by an ASU freshman and the eighth-best single game passing total in Sun devil history. Additionally, that total was the highest of any quarterback throughout last year’s postseason bowl games, and is the greatest amount in insight Bowl history. Carpenter also owns five of the six top single-game passing performances by an ASU freshman, including a 401-yard effort in his first career start against Washington,

and he also threw for over 300 yards against Stanford and No. 14 UCLA. the Westlake, Calif., native plays with relentless grit and toughness, and draws comparisons to former ASU star and current denver Bronco Jake Plummer.

“Both Sam Keller and rudy Carpenter saw extensive reps in the spring,” Koetter said. “however, i do not foresee us utilizing a two-quarterback system down the road, but i will never close the door to anything.”

Brett Boon, a 6-1, 174-pound walk-on from essexville, Mich., will serve as the team’s third quarterback after spending the 2005 season as a redshirt member of ASU’s scout team.

twenty-two-year-old Nate Mortensen returns to ASU after serving a two-year Mormon mission. the 6-1, 205-pound redshirt freshman is a 2002 tempe high School graduate and rejoined the team for spring drills. his father, Fred Mortensen, is a former ASU quarterback, and is most remembered for his performances as a member of legendary head coach Frank Kush’s undefeated 1975 Fiesta Bowl Champion Sun devil squad.

danny Sullivan of Los gatos (Calif.) high School will join the team in the fall as ASU’s only quarterback signee of the team’s 2006 recruiting class. As a senior, Sullivan completed 134 of 220 passes for 2,435 yards and 24 touchdowns, while leading Los gatos to the Central Coast Section Medium School title.

RunningBackKeegan herring 5-10 190 So. Peoria, Ariz. (Peoria)Shaun deWitty 6-2 216 So.. Colorado Springs, Colo. (doherty)Preston Jones 5-8 181 Jr. east Lansing, Mich. (east Lansing)*rudy Burgess 5-10 181 Jr. edwards, Calif. (desert)

*also playing wide receiver and cornerback in 2006

Newcomersrodney glass 5-10 175 Fr. Sherman oaks, Calif. (Notre dame hS)dimitri Nance 5-10 205 Fr. euless, texas (trinity hS)ryan torain 6-0 215 Jr. Shawnee Mission, Kan. (Butler CC)

the Sun devil running attack gained new life in 2005, as the team averaged 145.7 rushing yards per game, the highest average by an ASU team since Koetter’s debut season in 2001. Led by two of the top five returning rushers in the Pac-10 Conference in the record-setting Keegan herring and multi-talented rudy Burgess, the added balance to the ASU offense allowed the 2005 Sun devils to become one of only eight divi-sion 1-A teams to gain over 3,500 yards through the air and more than 1,500 on the ground. With four capable returning lettermen, two highly-touted incoming freshmen and ASU’s first junior college transfer at tailback under Koetter, the Sun devils boast the depth necessary to further complement their dangerous passing game with a consistent rushing attack.


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“As a unit, the running back position might have the big-gest upside on the entire team,” Koetter said. “i expect that Shaun deWitty and Preston Jones will really push Keegan her-ring for playing time this spring.”

Added to ASU’s coaching staff to mentor the tailbacks is local high school coaching legend John Wrenn, formerly of recent two-time Arizona 5A state champion Chandler hamilton high School.

“i’m very excited about the addition of coach Wrenn,” Koetter said. “With the returning running backs and the arrival of some bigger backs, there are plenty of reasons to be opti-mistic about our running game.”

herring, now a sophomore, burst onto the scene as a true freshman in 2005, rushing for a school rookie record 870 yards, which also placed him 10th in the nation among true freshmen rushers. Although he shared the backfield with Burgess, the 5-10, 190-pound Peoria native tied for the team lead with six touchdowns on the ground and paced the squad averaging 5.5 yards per carry. his impact came immediately as a Sun Devil, as Herring ran for 134 yards in his first col-legiate game in the season opener against temple. that total broke the school record for rushing yards in an ASU debut established by Sun devil great Woody green in 1971. Not to be a “one hit wonder”, two games later herring tallied a Sun devil season-high 197 rushing yards versus Northwestern, the third-highest single game total by a freshman in ASU his-tory, and the 22nd highest single-game rushing total by any Sun devil. Additionally, herring’s 158 carries enabled him to amass the highest amount of carries and rushing yards by a Sun Devil tailback since Delvon Flowers in 2001, Koetter’s first year in tempe and the last time ASU boasted a 1,000-yard rusher. Koetter expects that the lightning-quick herring will only improve in 2006, as he is the fourth-leading returning rusher in the Pac-10 Conference and could receive the bulk of the carries for the Sun devils.

After seeing action in five games as a true freshman in 2005, Koetter has high expectations for Shaun deWitty’s po-tential to be a key contributor to ASU’s running attack in 2006. A 6-2, 216-pound sophomore from Colorado Springs, Colo., deWitty is the biggest tailback on the ASU roster, and can pro-vide a much-needed presence of powerful running in addition to above-average speed to complement the agility and athleti-cism of his fellow tailbacks. DeWitty will likely stand to benefit from Koetter’s decision to use Burgess in a myriad of ways, and saw increased reps at tailback during spring drills.

Speedy walk-on Preston Jones has taken full advantage of opportunities he has earned in his first two seasons as a Sun devil, and again looks to compete for carries as a junior in 2006. Jones finished as the team’s third-leading rusher behind herring and Burgess, carrying the ball 39 times for 187 yards and two touchdowns in seven games last season. Jones’ production improved significantly in 2005 from the previous season, as the 5-8, 181-pounder upped his yards per carry average from 3.4 in 2004 to 4.8 in 2005. Jones has two-year career totals of 351 yards on 85 carries.

versatile junior rudy Burgess might continue to see action as a tailback, however in the spring he added to his already diverse athletic portfolio by seeing reps defensively at the cornerback position, as well as at wide receiver. Burgess split

tailback duties with herring in 2005, running for a total of 644 yards and six touchdowns. in less than two full seasons at the position, Burgess has carried for over 1,000 career yards and was the only division 1-A player last season to gain over 600 yards rushing and 600 yards receiving. he is perhaps the most well rounded offensive machine in the conference, and the only returning Pac-10 player to rank within the top five in both rushing and receiving. Burgess is a threat from any position on the field, and Koetter intends to maximize his athletic potential more than ever in 2006.

tempe McClintock high School product randy hill will no longer be an active member of the team in 2006, as injuries have ended his playing career a year early. hill ran for 393 yards in 19 career games as a Sun devil, with a majority of his production coming in 11 games as a redshirt freshman in 2003. he will serve as a student assistant for the ASU coach-ing staff for the 2006, to learn the craft for future pursuits.

the 2006 Sun devil recruiting class features three elite and accomplished athletes, the potential for whom Koetter has great expectations

true freshmen rodney glass of Sherman oaks, Calif. and dimitri Nance of euless, texas, will both join the team in the fall and are two of the marquee athletes of ASU’s 2006 class.

the 5-10, 175-pound glass was rated as the No. 21 run-ning back in the nation by rivals.com out of Notre dame high School, and as a track and field star he was reportedly the second-fastest high school athlete in the state of California and boasted the fourth-fastest returning time in the country as a high school senior.

As a senior at trinity high School, Nance joined current Chicago Bear Cedric Benson as the only players in the illustri-ous history of 5A football in the state of texas to rush for over 3,000 yards in a single season. the 5-10, 205-pounder was rated as the No. 13 all-purpose back in the country by rivals.com and was the 2005 texas 5A State Player of the Year, post-ing gaudy season totals of 341 carries for 3,173 yards and 41 touchdowns.

Junior college transfer ryan torain of Butler (Kan.) CC will also join the team in the fall and is expected to immediately compete for playing time. A 6-0, 215-pound junior, torain pro-vides a running style complementary to that of Burgess and herring. he was ranked as the No. 52 junior college player in the nation by SuperPrep, and ran for over 800 yards in at 12 touchdowns in split duty as a sophomore at Butler.

WideReceiverrudy Burgess 5-10 181 Jr. edwards, Calif. (desert)Jeff gray 5-10 186 Jr. torrance, Calif. (North)Mike Jones 6-3 200 So. Sugar Land, texas (Fort Bend Austin)Nate Kimbrough 6-1 178 So. Santa Fe Springs, Calif. (Santa Fe)Alex King 6-0 186 Sr. San ramon valley, Calif. (San ramon valley)Jamaal Lewis 6-4 230 Sr. Colorado Springs, Colo. (rampart)


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Chris Mcgaha 6-1 185 rS-Fr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Moon valley)terry richardson 6-1 187 Sr. Corona, Calif. (Centennial)Brandon Smith 6-1 192 RS-Fr. Bakersfield, Calif. (West) tyrice thompson 6-5 221 Jr. Phoenix, Ariz. (South Mountain)NewcomerKyle Williams 5-10 185 Fr. Scottsdale, Ariz. (Chaparral hS)

Under Koetter’s guidance, ASU has produced some of the most recognized and accomplished wide receivers in team his-tory. Koetter has coached a 1,000-yard receiver in each of his five seasons in Tempe, a remarkable figure considering that only four other times in ASU history has a receiver surpassed 1,000 yards in a single season. however, the 2006 season marks the most significant shift in experience at the position during Koetter’s tenure, but guided by Koetter and sixth-year assistant coach darryl Jackson, the unit remains loaded with capable athletes prepared to “answer the scratch”.

“the competition at wide receiver should be an exciting one,” Koetter said. “We have four young guys on scholarship (Mike Jones, Nate Kimbrough, Chris Mcgaha and Brandon Smith). Jamaal Lewis will be in the mix at split end, and rudy Burgess will circle back into the mix at wide receiver as well.”

Not only does ASU have to replace All-American derek hagan, the all-time leading receiver in Pac-10 Conference and Sun devil history, the team loses its best deep-threat in Matt Miller and a reliable third-down option in Moey Mutz. Four se-niors in total graduate from the 2005 squad, however Koetter expects that the team’s returning veterans, along with the use of a former tight end and four promising underclassmen will provide a variety of receiving threats for the Sun devils.

“We know we have great quarterbacks and tight ends,” Koetter said. “the big question in the passing game is- how are we going to replace those three senior wide receivers?”

Already one of the most dangerous special teams threats in the nation, senior All-American terry richardson will pos-sibly assume an even larger role in the passing game, as ASU looks to replenish its wide receiver depth. “t-rich” started seven of 11 games at the flanker position last season and returns as ASU’s second-leading receiver, having hauled in 37 passes for 495 yards and five touchdowns a year ago. He is also ASU’s leading active career receiver, having accumulated 98 catches for 1,410 yards and 11 touchdowns in his three seasons as a Sun devil. the 6-1, 187-pound veteran is a scor-ing threat at any time, whether running short to deep routes, carrying the ball on end-around plays or as a game-breaking return specialist. Although he was unable to participate during spring drills due to an unspecified team rules violation, Rich-ardson is the most experienced at the receiver position, and will be expected to continue to be a dangerous yet reliable target for Sun devil passers.

As he moves positions from tight end to wide receiver for the 2006 season, senior Jamaal Lewis provides a threaten-ing physical presence to the position. At 6-4, 230 pounds, Lewis poses the threat of a constant mismatch for opposing

defenders, and his 19.6 yard-per-catch average is the sixth-highest returning average in the nation, a statistic that ranked first nationally among tight ends last season. Lewis provides an athletic and sure-handed big play threat with an acute tendency to find the end zone. Throughout his career, Lewis averages roughly one scoring reception for every four times he catches the ball, having caught nine touchdown passes among his 39 total receptions. despite missing three games due to injury, Lewis enjoyed his finest season in 2005, catching 23 passes for 446 yards and five touchdowns. Lewis possesses elite physical toughness, speed and leaping ability, all of which combine to compose a blueprint for a dangerous target for Sun devil quarterbacks, especially when inside the red zone. his transition to wide receiver is expected to be a smooth one, as he has seen significant time split out as well as in the slot, and his 16.3 career yard per catch average indicates his ability to stretch the field from whichever receiving position he is as-signed.

if only in part-time use, junior rudy Burgess will continue to see action as a receiving threat in 2006. in addition to time spent at tailback and wide receiver, Burgess will see defensive action as a cornerback. Although he intends to become a rare two-way threat for the Sun devils, Burgess enters the season as ASU’s leading returning receiver, having caught 59 passes for 655 yards and four touchdowns last season. he has also been one of the most consistent Sun devil receivers, having caught at least one pass in 14 consecutive games, the longest active streak on the team. After switching to tailback midway through the 2004 season, Burgess has become ASU’s most versatile offensive weapon whether carrying or receiving the ball, and his 10 total touchdowns in 2005 paced the Sun devil squad. Koetter plans to utilize Burgess’ unique athleticism in a myriad of ways while on the offensive side of the ball, one of which will continue to be as a receiving target, whether out of the backfield or split out in traditional formation.

Sophomore flanker Mike Jones progressed significantly over the latter part of the 2005 season, and saw an increase in playing time because of his steady improvement. Jones played in 11 games as a redshirt freshman, catching four passes for 22 yards. Standing 6-3 tall, he is one of the ASU’s tallest wide receivers, with explosive playmaking ability to complement his advantageous frame. A two-sport athlete, Jones also saw action during the spring as an outfielder for Head Coach Pat Murphy’s nationally-ranked Sun devil baseball team. Koetter remains highly optimistic about Jones’ potential for 2006, as his physical stature and work ethic combine to give him the necessary tools to thrive in ASU’s offense. Jones can play any of the three wide receiver positions on the field, and Koetter praised Jones for being the most consistent performer on the squad during spring drills.

Sophomore Nate Kimbrough is in position to be a top contributor at wide receiver, after catching seven passes for 76 yards and one touchdown in five games last season as a redshirt freshman. Kimbrough fits the lean, athletic mold of recent Sun devil wide receivers and will compete to solidify his position among the top of ASU’s versatile depth of talent at the position.

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made remarkable progress while spending 2005 as redshirt members of ASU’s scout team. Mcgaha, a Phoenix Moon val-ley high product and 2004 Arizona State Player of the Year, has impressed coaches with his fluid athleticism and natu-ral technique as a wide receiver and as a returns specialist. Smith has been clocked as one of the fastest Sun devils, and has been commended for his physical and mental toughness. Both have been described as being passionate and energetic athletes, and will be expected to transfer their respective progress from the practice field and weight room onto the field of play.

“Brandon Smith has the ability be a key player in our of-fense in 2006,” Koetter said. “We’re very excited to see if he can take that incredible speed of his and be the home run threat that we’ve been missing since (current St. Louis ram) Shaun Mcdonald left. Both Smith and Chris Mcgaha had ex-cellent off-seasons and we’re very excited about their potential in our offense.”

Walk-ons Alex King, a senior, and junior Jeff gray are veterans of the system who will add depth and compete for playing time, as will junior tyrice thompson who moves back to the offensive side of the ball after competing as a reserve defensive end. As is commonplace among Sun devil wide receivers, all three have seen significant time as members of ASU’s special teams units, and look to do so again in 2006.

true freshman Kyle Williams of Chaparral high School in Scottsdale, Ariz. will join the team in the fall. Williams is the fifth consecutive Arizona State Player of the Year to have signed with the Sun devils and is regarded as an explosive and electrifying athlete, with tremendous upside as a receiver and as a return specialist. As a senior, Williams returned 15 punts for 316 yards and three touchdowns, rushed for 1,160 yards on 108 carries with 21 total touchdowns, caught 30 passes for 625 yards and six touchdowns and altogether had 2,294 all-purpose yards and 30 touchdowns in 2005.

TightEnd/H-backzach Miller 6-5 258 Jr. Phoenix, Ariz. (desert vista)Brent Miller 6-5 236 Jr. Phoenix, Ariz. (desert vista)dane guthrie 6-3 274 So. Miami, Fla. (Florida)Andrew Pettes 6-4 262 So. Phoenix, Ariz. (Moon valley)Jovon Williams 6-3 228 rS-Fr. Covina, Calif. (Charter oak)Brady Conrad 6-4 240 Jr. gilbert, Ariz. (gilbert hS)NewcomerLance evbuomwan 6-4 235 Fr. redlands, Calif. (east valley hS)

As ASU enters the team’s third season utilizing both an h-back and tight end, the dynamic depth at these positions that the Sun devils have developed has created a variety of options for Koetter’s offensive play-calling. Whether in the traditional line of scrimmage position or in a fullback’s placement in the backfield, the variety of alignments that Koetter and assistant

head coach tom osborn utilize has given ASU’s offense as a whole greater breadth and diversity. the prominence of Sun devil tight ends is evidenced by the fact that ASU had the fourth highest pass-catching unit of tight ends in the nation last season, collectively hauling in 72 passes for 1,063 yards and 12 touchdowns. Although ASU graduates one of its most commanding team leaders from 2005 and has relocated one of its most productive pass-catching tight ends, Koetter expects the unit as a whole to continue to be a major focal point of the ASU offense.

the headliner of the group is junior zach Miller, a 2006 Playboy Magazine Preseason All-American, and one of the all-time ASU greats at the position. After only two seasons wear-ing maroon and gold, Miller enters his junior season tied atop the ASU career touchdown receptions by a tight end list (11), ranks second in receptions by a tight end (94) and fourth in all-time receiving yards by a tight end (1,028). Miller followed his All-American rookie year of 2004 with an impressive encore in 2005, and has caught more passes during his first two seasons than any other tight end in the nation during that time span. Also, his receiving yardage and touchdown totals are both the second-most in the nation at his position during that same du-ration. Miller has become the most reliable receiving threat for the Sun devils, and is second among ASU’s active career receiv-ing leaders behind wide receiver terry richardson in receptions, receiving yards and touchdowns. Also, Miller has caught a pass in 20 of 22 career games, and has been known to have a knack for making difficult catches among heavy defense. Nicknamed “the truth” for having lived up to the hype that surrounded him early in his college career, the 6-5, 258-pound Phoenix native combines strength and athleticism into an overall versatility that is certainly en vogue, but still rare at the tight end position.

“in my opinion, zach Miller is one of the best blocking tight ends in the nation,” Koetter said. “he gets a ton of credit for his acrobatic catches, but when you watch cut-ups you see what a tremendous blocker he is.”

the lone graduate from 2005 may not be a statistically substantial one, but former co-captain Lee Burghgraef started 37 games as a Sun devil, including all 12 at the h-back position in 2005, and was well-known for his work ethic and toughness on the field.

First in line to fill Burghgraef’s void is 6-5, 236-pound junior Brent Miller, the older brother of zach Miller who caught seven passes for 111 yards and two touchdowns in 2005. he has made progressive strides throughout his career and is in line to earn a significant increase in playing time. Still relative-ly new to the tight end/h-back position, Miller is considered to have incredible potential as both a blocking threat and a receiving option.

A noteworthy addition to the unit has been sophomore h-back dane guthrie, a former transfer from the University of Florida who sat out the 2005 season due to NCAA transfer rules. At 6-3, 274 pounds, guthrie was the ranked by rivals as the No. 15 tight end in the nation coming out of Killian (Miami, Fla.) high School in 2004, the same recruiting class in which teammates zach Miller (No. 1) and Andrew Pettes (No. 12) were also highly-ranked on a national level. guthrie is an ex-ceptional athlete for a player his size, however his experience has been limited to scout team duties at both Florida and ASU.


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Sophomore tight end Andrew Pettes, a Phoenix Moon valley product, and redshirt freshman h-back Jovon Williams have both made steady improvements and will vie for playing time. Pettes saw action in six games as a redshirt freshman in 2005, while Williams spent the season as a redshirt member of ASU’s scout team.

Walk-on junior Brady Conrad of gilbert (Ariz.) high School adds depth to the unit.

true freshman Lance evbuowmwan from east valley high School in redlands, Calif., is a tremendous athlete who rivals.com regarded as the No. 26 tight end in the nation for 2006, will add depth when he joins the team in the fall. A former star prep basketball player, the 6-4, 235-pound evbuowman is described as having an amazing upside, as he will only be 17 years old throughout the majority of his true freshman season. As a senior, he had 54 receptions for 739 yards and 13 touchdowns.

OffensiveLineLeftTackleBrandon rodd 6-4 300 Jr. Aiea, hawai’i (Aiea)Markous duffe 6-5 340 Jr. ojai, Calif. (ventura CC)LeftGuardStephen Berg 6-5 309 Sr. tucson, Ariz. (Canyon del oro)Leo talavou 6-4 371 So. Fountain valley, Calif. (Fountain valley)Shawn Lauvao 6-3 314 rS-Fr. honolulu, hawai’i (Farrington)Beau Bandura 6-7 259 Jr. tempe, Ariz. (Corona del Sol)CenterMike Pollak 6-4 300 Jr. tempe, Ariz. (Corona del Sol)thomas Altieri 6-2 294 rS-Fr. vista, Calif. (vista)RightGuardzach Krula 6-7 339 Sr. Sacramento, Calif. (valley)robert gustavis 6-4 312 Jr. torrance, Calif. (North torrance)Paul Fanaika 6-6 355 So. Milbrae, Calif. (Mills) RightTackleAndrew Carnahan 6-8 300 Sr. hereford, texas (hereford)Julius orieukwu 6-7 311 Jr. houston, texas (Bellaire)richard tuitu’u 6-5 362 rS-Fr. gilbert, Ariz. (highland)NewcomerSaia Falahola 6-2 310 Fr. euless, texas (trinity hS)

in 2005, no position on the ASU roster collectively became more depleted by injuries than the offensive line. however, veteran leaders and qualified reserves emerged to lead the path that enabled ASU to rank second in the nation in total

offense, and also rush for 145.7 yards per game, the highest average by a Sun devil team since 2001. in total, nine Sun devils started along the offensive line last season, seven of which return for 2006. Led by the guidance of assistant coach Brent Myers, ASU returns one of the most experienced units of linemen in the Pac-10, as the five incumbent starters have combined for 86 career starts.

“one thing that surprised me about last season was the amount of injuries on the offensive line,” Koetter said. “the resiliency of that group under coach Myers was incredible.”

Also, the Sun devils boast a physically imposing group, as the unit combines to weigh nearly two-and-a-half tons, aver-aging 318 pounds per player among the 15 on the roster, and only two linemen weigh less than 300 pounds.

Senior right tackle Andrew Carnahan, a three-year starter, spearheads a veteran offensive line, having started more career games than any player on the ASU roster. the 6-8, 300-pounder has started all 33 games in which he’s played throughout his first three seasons in Tempe, including each of the first 29 games of his career. Trademarked by his tough-ness and the ability to battle through pain, Carnahan earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 honors playing nine games as a junior in 2005.

having started 22 of 27 games at ASU, senior Stephen Berg returns to man the starting left guard position for the third consecutive year. A 6-5, 309-pound tucson Canyon del oro high School product, Berg started 11 games as a junior in 2005, and has steadily shown satisfactory improvement in each of his first three seasons in Tempe. Despite having off-season shoulder surgery, Berg will be ready for summer conditioning.

Junior Brandon rodd returns as a second-year starter at left tackle, where he was the only Sun devil offensive lineman to start all 12 games in 2005. For his career, the Aiea, hawai’i native has started all 13 games in which he has played, a total that includes his lone start in the season opener of 2004, a game in which he suffered a season-ending knee injury. rodd has played both positions along the left side of the offensive line, and as a sophomore in 2005, rodd joined Carnahan as recipients of honorable mention All-Pac-10 honors.

Junior Mike Pollak enters his first season as the full-time starter at center, having spent the past two seasons back-ing-up and filling in for former All-Pac-10 performers Drew hodgdon and grayling Love. Pollak is one of the most power-ful of all Sun devils, and added 15 pounds of mass during the off-season, upping his playing weight to an even 300 pounds. the tempe Corona del Sol high School product has been a reliable reserve and sufficient spot-starter during his career, having started 10 of 20 career contests. After playing behind his all-conference predecessors, Pollak will assume a major leadership role as ASU’s starting center in 2006.

Measuring 6-7, and 339 pounds, senior right guard zach Krula enters the 2006 having added 29 pounds to his frame in preparation of his second season scheduled to be the Sun Devil’s full-time starter at the position. Krula started the first three games of 2005 before suffering a season-ending ankle injury against Northwestern on Sept. 17, and did not see ac-tion in spring drills as he continues his rehabilitation in prepa-ration of the start of the 2006 regular season. he has played


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in 16 games throughout his first three seasons at ASU, starting eight contests, which came at the end of the 2004 season and beginning of the 2005 season.

robert gustavis enters his junior season to compete for playing time with Krula, and saw action with the first team during spring drills. Gustavis filled as a starter for Krula in two games in 2005, and has played in 12 total contests during his freshman and sophomore years. he has followed the trend set by his fellow linemen, having gained 20 pounds of mass dur-ing the off-season, increasing his game weight to 312 pounds. he also provides another versatile presence for the Sun devils, as “Goose” can also fill in at center or left guard when needed.

gargantuan left guard Leo talavou looks to compete with Berg, after starting three of eight games at the position as a redshirt freshman in 2005. Standing 6-4, and weighing a massive 371 pounds, the Fountain valley, Calif., native is the largest athlete on the ASU roster, and is reportedly the sec-ond-largest college football player in the nation. talavou also has the ability to play either guard position.

Julius orieuwku, a 6-7, 311-pound junior right tackle, will serve as Carnahan’s top reserve at the position, where he has played six career games. Koetter praises orieukwu for being one of the team’s most improved players during spring drills.

ASU’s 2006 offensive line will include a group of four redshirt freshmen, for each of whom Koetter has high expec-tations.

“We have four redshirt offensive linemen that are all foam-ing at the mouth to break in,” Koetter said. “however, we still have a veteran group, but each of the four will be ready to compete when his time comes.”

thomas Altieri will compete at the center position, after spending the 2005 season as a redshirt member of ASU’s scout team. the 6-2, 294-pounder was one of the marquee recruits of ASU’s 2005 class, and during his senior season at vista (Calif.) high School he was rated as the eighth-best cen-ter in the nation by rivals.com

Shawn Lauvao, 6-3, 314 pounds, was perhaps the most impressive player on ASU’s scout team in 2005, and was near-ly promoted to the varsity squad as a true freshman. Lauvao was presented the McBurney Scout team Award at the team’s year-end banquet last November, which is given annually to ASU’s most outstanding offensive scout team player. the honolulu, hawaii native was regarded as the No. 35 offensive guard in the nation by rivals.com as a high school senior, and enters his redshirt freshman listed third at left guard behind Berg and talavou.

Local product richard tuitu’u of highland high School in gilbert is the second-largest Sun devil, and provides another massive presence on the Sun devil line. the 6-5, 362-pound redshirt freshman enters the 2006 season behind Carnahan and orieukwu at right tackle, and during his senior season at highland, tuitu’u was ranked as the nation’s 22nd-best offen-sive tackle by rivals.com. According to Koetter, tuitu’u had a tremendously productive off-season, and expectations remain high for him.

Walk-on junior Beau Bandura and sophomore Paul Fanaika will add depth to the Sun devil offensive line. Fanaika, who was recently was honored with the Levi Jones scholarship, earned substantial playing time as a redshirt freshman in

2005, seeing action in 11 contests, and is listed behind Krula and gustavis at right guard. due to Krula’s spring rehabili-tation, Fanaika will serve as the top reserve at his position throughout spring drills. due to his performance in 2005, Koetter has awarded Fanaika the Levi Jones scholarship, which takes effect in the fall of 2006. Bandura has played in two ca-reer games as a reserve offensive lineman for the Sun devils.

Markous duffe, a 6-5, 340-pound transfer from ventura (Calif.) CC joined the team for spring drills, and will compete for time at left tackle.

true freshman Saia Falahola was an All-texas Class 5A first-team member following his senior season, a year in which he blocked for record-setting tailback and fellow Sun devil signee, dimitri Nance, en route to a Class 5A texas state championship. A 6-2, 310-pound product of trinity high School in euless, texas, Falahola has the ability to play either guard or center, and will join the Sun devil squad as in the fall.

DEFENSE

the 2006 Sun devil defense features a variety of experi-enced athletes, and has the size and athletic ability to improve upon its collective performance from a year ago. the defense features a total of nine seniors throughout the unit, and ASU also welcomes into the active fold three talented former divi-sion 1-A transfers along the defensive line, each of whom was forced to sit out the 2005 season. Led by the coaching of second-year defensive coordinator Bill Miller, and the play of defensive tackle Jordan hill and strong safety zach Catanese, Koetter is optimistic of the team’s defensive potential for the 2006 season.

“the best way to improve our defense is to re-establish ourselves as being fundamentally sound,” Koetter said. “We were not satisfied with how our defense ranked last season, and we are doing what is necessary to get the best players on the field to help improve our defense as we look ahead to 2006.”

DefensiveLineDefensiveEndKyle Caldwell 6-3 261 Sr. Scottsdale, Ariz. (Saguaro)dexter davis 6-2 250 rS-Fr. Phoenix, Ariz. (thunderbird)Wes evans 6-3 245 So. reno, Nev. (reno)Loren howard 6-4 280 Sr. Scottsdale, Ariz. (Northwestern)Will Kofe 6-2 290 Sr. Long Beach, Calif. (dixie College)Kellen Mills 6-3 250 Jr. Mesa, Ariz. (Mountain view)Leo Montt 6-1 264 rS-Fr. rio rico, Ariz. (Nogales)tranell Morant 6-5 280 Jr. Miami, Fla. (Florida)DefensiveTackleJordan hill 6-2 298 Sr. Pocatello, idaho (highland)


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Shannon Jones 6-2 314 Sr. Antelope, Calif. (Sierra College)Michael Marquardt 6-4 288 Jr. vista, Calif. (BYU)tashaka Merriweather 6-4 293 Jr. richmond, Calif. (richmond)Brett Palmer 6-2 295 Jr. tempe, Ariz. (Marcos de Niza)david Smith 6-3 268 So. Chandler, Ariz. (hamilton)Michael thompson 6-4 255 Jr. granite Bay, Calif. (UC davis)NewcomersAlex Fa’agai 6-3 286 Jr. San Jose, Calif. (Foothill JC)Jon hargis 6-3 285 Fr. Mesa, Ariz. (red Mountain hS)zach Niusulu 6-3 305 Fr. Barstow, Calif. (Barstow hS) Martin tevaseu 6-3 320 So. Boonville, Calif. (Santa rosa JC)

When all the pieces come together, the 2006 Sun devil de-fensive line has the potential to become one of the strengths of the team’s defense. Although ASU loses starters Quency Darley and sack leader DeWayne Hollyfield from 2005, the unit possesses an abundance of capable athletes, many of whom boast elite size, a helpful stepping stone in strengthen-ing ASU’s defense. Under the direction of first-year defensive line coach grady Stretz, ASU will look to its deep defensive line, led by five seniors, to greatly impact the team’s overall defensive improvements.

Jordan hill, a senior team captain who originally arrived at ASU as a linebacker, has added nearly 20 pounds during the off-season, bulking up to a playing weight of 298 pounds to help improve his ability to be a punishing interior lineman. After earning honorable mention All-Pac-10 honors last season with totals of 31 tackles, six tackles for loss and one sack, Koetter expects hill to continue to improve as a leader for the ASU defense in 2006. described as a “perennial overachiever”, hill, a husband and father, who turns 25 during the season, serves as a consummate leader and role model for his younger teammates both on and off the field.

Senior Kyle Caldwell is again positioned to contribute at one defensive end position, where if healthy, he can be one of the more feared edge rushers in the Pac-10. Caldwell has shed 10 pounds, down to 261 pounds for the 2006 season, which allows him to maintain the mass to overpower opponents, while also featuring the speed to be an elite edge pass-rusher. the Scottsdale Saguaro high School product had 17 total tackles (three tackles for loss) as a junior in 2005, but had his healthiest and finest season as a sophomore in 2004, posting career highs with 28 tackles, seven tackles for loss and tied for the team lead with hill totaling seven sacks. Caldwell was unable to compete during spring drills, in attempts to be fully prepared for the season’s start in the fall. Koetter remains optimistic about Caldwell’s ability to end his ASU career with a strong senior season, as the former Arizona State high School Player of the Year has been able to overcome a multitude of

injuries throughout his Sun devil days to get his career back on a promising track.

“defensive end is a position that can potentially become a strength for us,” Koetter said. “Loren howard and tranell Mo-rant have the potential to be difference makers, and Will Kofe, Kellen Mills and dexter davis are all very solid players.”

Likely to compete for starting positions along the defen-sive line are howard, Michael Marquardt and Morant, each of whom transferred to ASU from other division 1-A universities and spent the 2005 season on ASU’s scout team.

howard, a senior and former Northwestern University transfer, was unavailable for spring drills due to injury, as he prepares to compete for playing time in the fall. A high school teammate of Caldwell at Saguaro, the 6-4, 280-pound how-ard has the ability to be one of the most dominant defensive linemen in the nation, and played at such a level during his career in the Big ten. As a three-year starter for the Wildcats, howard surpassed totals of 150 tackles, 30 tackles for loss and 10 sacks. He finished his three-year Northwestern career fifth in the school’s history in both sacks (11) and tackles for loss (34). howard earned honorable mention All-Big ten honors as a sophomore in 2003, after recording 65 tackles and career-highs of 16 tackles for loss and eight sacks. As a true freshman in 2002, he earned first team freshman All-Ameri-can honors and was name the Big ten Conference defensive Freshman of the Year, after tallying a career-best 81 total tackles, 13.5 of which were behind the line of scrimmage.

After transferring from Brigham Young University prior to the start of the 2005 season, junior Michael Marquardt had a remarkable year on ASU’s scout team last year. Marquardt was presented with the glen hawkins Award for his outstanding play as a member of ASU’s defensive scout team at the year-end banquet last November. in addition to his performance on the field, Marquardt has gained nearly 30 pounds of mass since arriving in tempe last fall, and at 6-4, 288 pounds, the vista, Calif., native is among the top starting candidates beside hill at defensive tackle. As a Cougar, Marquardt was credited for 16 tackles, five tackles for loss and three sacks during his 21-game career playing in Provo, Utah.

one of two players to have transferred to ASU from the University of Florida, junior tranell Morant is expected to compete at defensive end. As a freshman in 2004, Morant had 12 total tackles as a reserve defensive end and special teams contributor for the gators. A Miami, Fla., native, Morant was regarded as the 23rd-best defensive end in the country by rivals.com coming out of Braddock high School in 2003. Although he was unable to perform during half of spring drills due to injury, Morant is physically gifted at 6-5, and 280 pounds and provides an imposing presence along the Sun devil defensive line.

Senior Will Kofe became a solid defensive line presence throughout his first year at ASU in 2005, and will be a top defensive line contributor for the Sun devils. the former junior college transfer played all 12 games as a junior, totaling 23 tackles, three of which were for loss. Kofe has the motor and the ability to break the starting line-up as well, as he started a total of seven contests as a junior, including the first four games of the year. Also, due to spring injuries among others along the defensive line, Kofe saw substantial time with the


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first team defense in the spring, until he was injured midway through the session. As is in abundance among Sun devil defensive linemen, Kofe’s size exceeds the norm for a collegian at the position, as the 6-2, 290-pounder has the versatility to either play defensive end or tackle, and will likely do both for the Sun devils during the 2006 season.

Local product david Smith enjoyed a successful 2005 sea-son as a redshirt freshman, playing in 11 games with five total stops (two tackles for loss) as well as two fumble recoveries. the 6-3, 268-pound sophomore and Chandler hamilton high School product has continued to improve, as Koetter regards Smith as one of the players to have improved the most during spring drills, and is scheduled to be among ASU’s top defen-sive tackles.

Former walk-on Kellen Mills is a capable reserve that maximized his playing opportunities to their fullest extent in 2005, and is among the top defensive end reserve candidates for his junior season. Mills earned a scholarship from Koet-ter in the spring of 2005, and has played in every game of his freshman and sophomore years. Last season, he had 10 total tackles and one forced fumble during time played as a reserve end and top special teams contributor. due to spring injuries among his fellow defensive ends, Mills saw substantial reps during the spring, and impressed Koetter and his staff during his increased playing time with his relentless, non-stop style of play.

At 6-2, 314 pounds, mammoth senior Shannon Jones is the largest returning Sun devil defensive lineman, and will vie for playing time as a run-stuffing defensive tackle. A former junior college transfer and younger brother of former ASU standout Shane Jones, he had two tackles in nine games as a junior in 2005.

Sophomore Wes evans will likely see action as a defensive end, as well as a SAM linebacker in the team’s “dime” defen-sive alignment.

redshirt freshman dexter davis and junior Brett Palmer expect to compete for time at defensive end and tackle, respectively. davis, a 6-2, 250-pound former all-state honoree while playing for Phoenix thunderbird high School, plans to be in the mix for playing time at defensive end with transfers howard and Morant. Palmer, another hometown product out of tempe Marcos de Niza, has played in nine games during his two-year ASU career and at 6-2, 295 pounds, he adds yet another massive presence for the Sun devil interior defensive line.

“one redshirt freshman to keep an eye on is dexter davis,” Koetter said. “it will be very interesting to see him once he gets his chance to play.”

Walk-ons tashaka Merriweather (junior), Michael thomp-son (junior) and redshirt freshman Leo Montt, will add depth to ASU’s defensive line.

ASU’s 2006 recruiting class includes four defensive line-men, including two junior college transfers and two elite high school signees.

Joining the team in the fall is junior Alex Fa’agai, a last-minute addition to the Sun devil signing class. A 6-3, 286-pound defensive end, Fa’agai was rated the 85th-best junior college player in the nation by rivals.com As a sophomore at Foothill Junior College in San Jose, Calif., Fa’agai recorded 50

tackles and 12 sacks in only six games before his season was cut short due to injury.

true freshman Jon hargis of Mesa red Mountain high School will begin his Sun devil career in the fall, after being ranked as the 49th-best defensive tackle in the country by Scout.com. the 6-3, 285-pounder was a Class 5A All-State first-team member as a senior in 2005. Hargis also won the Curley Culp Award as a senior, which is named after the former Sun devil and is presented annually to the top high school defensive lineman in the state of Arizona after posting 81 tackles, four quarterback sacks and one fumble recovery as a senior.

ASU will welcome true freshman zach Niusulu of Barstow (Calif.) high School in the fall. having verbally committed in April, 2005, Niusulu was the first commitment of ASU’s 2006 class. ranked as No. 61 defensive lineman in the country by rivals.com, Niusulu is the younger brother of former UCLA lineman C.J. Niusulu.

Joining the squad in the fall is Martin tevaseu, a rare four-to-play-three sophomore transfer from Santa rosa (Calif.) Junior College. tevaseu will be one of the biggest among ASU defensive lineman, measuring 6-3, and 320 pounds. As a freshman in 2005, he collected 40 tackles, five quarterback sacks and three pass breakups en route to all-league postsea-son honors.

LinebackerSam(StrongSide)Chad Lindsey 6-0 224 So. houston, texas (Cypress ridge)Wes evans 6-3 245 So. reno, Nev. (reno)Mike(Middle)Beau Manutai 6-1 262 Sr. rialto, Calif. (dixie College)Adam vincent 6-2 239 So. Chandler, Ariz. (hamilton)Antone Saulsberry 6-0 230 So. Bellflower, Calif. (Bellflower)Will(WeakSide)robert James 5-11 225 Jr. glendale, Ariz. (Maryvale) derron Ware 6-4 220 Sr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Michigan State)Andy howe 6-0 210 Jr. irvine, Calif. (orange Coast College)Brett Nenaber 6-1 220 Jr. Chandler, Ariz. (Corona del Sol)Brian Quackenbush 6-0 226 So. Chandler, Ariz. (hamilton)NewcomersJeff Bereuter 6-3 225 Fr. irving, texas (MacArthur hS)travis goethel 6-2 215 Fr. vista, Calif. (vista hS)garrett Judah 6-3 232 Jr. Beaverton, ore. (Butte College)gerald Munns 6-3 225 Fr. Queen Creek, Ariz. (hamilton)


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Mike Nixon 6-2 216 Fr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Sunnyslope hS)Jamarr Robinson 6-3 235 Fr. Fairfield, Calif. (Fairfield)

Following the departures of 2005 Pac-10 Conference Pat tillman Co-defensive Player of the Year dale robinson and three-year starter Jamar Williams from last year’s linebacker corps, the pendulum swings to a group of young and talented athletes to continue the recent trend of outstanding linebacker play at ASU. the linebacker unit is directed by defensive coor-dinator Bill Miller, in his second season assuming both duties.

Looking to replace robinson at the MiKe linebacker posi-tion is senior Beau Manutai, in his second year at ASU after transferring from dixie College in St. george, Utah. Manutai started the final two games of the 2005 season, and on the year he recorded 36 tackles (18 solo), three tackles for loss and one forced fumble. Although he predominately played as a reserve in 2005, Manutai is ASU’s third-leading returning tackler, and last season he had the third-most tackles for loss among returning Sun devil defenders. the 6’1” 262-pound for-mer junior college All-American is the largest of the lineback-ers, and he is also the second-eldest on the entire ASU roster, as he will turn 25 years old in September. despite missing a majority of spring drills due to injury, Manutai is expected to be a leader among the Sun devil linebackers in 2006.

Phoenix Maryvale product robert James is the lone return-ing starter from 2005, and is expected to retain his first-string spot at the WiLL linebacker position for his junior year. the 5-11, 225-pound James started six of 11 games in 2005, record-ing 36 total tackles (17 solo), five tackles for loss, one sack and one interception. A one-time safety, James has efficient range, vital for his position, and is ASU’s returning leader with five pass deflections last season and is tied with Manutai for the team’s third-leading returning tackler from 2005.

After being one of only two true freshmen to see signifi-cant action in 2005, sophomore Chad Lindsey finds himself at the top of the SAM linebacker depth chart to replace the de-parted Jamar Williams. in 10 games last season, Lindsey tal-lied five tackles and one sack, while playing mainly on special teams. A houston native, just as his predecessor at the posi-tion was, Lindsey has added nearly 25 pounds to his frame, up to 224 pounds, since arriving in tempe last fall.

“Back in 2003, Jamar Williams made huge strides between his true freshman and sophomore seasons,” Koetter said. “We hope that Chad Lindsey can make similar strides at the same point in his career in his attempt to replace Williams as one of our starting linebackers.”

Sophomore Adam vincent will compete for time at the MiKe linebacker position with Manutai after a solid season as a redshirt freshman in 2004, in which he recorded 13 total tackles in 11 games as a reserve behind dale robinson. the 6’2”, 239-pound local product from Chandler hamilton high School will initially compete with transplanted tailback Antone Saulsberry as backup MiKe linebackers.

Moving from safety to the WiLL linebacker position is 6’4”, 220-pound senior derron Ware. the former Michigan State transfer saw action in the secondary in nine games in 2005, recording eight total tackles and one interception. Ware will

compete with James at the WiLL linebacker position, and showed promise at his new position during spring drills.

Antone Saulsberry moves back to linebacker for 2006, the position at which he was originally recruited and was ranked by rivals.com as the 23rd-best outside linebacker in the na-tion for 2004. Saulsberry volunteered to switch to tailback as a true freshman in 2004, and gained a total of 100 yards and one touchdown, while averaging 3.6 yards per carry during his freshman and sophomore years. however, he maintains the eligibility status of a sophomore, as he was injured for the vast majority of the 2005 season, and was therefore granted an ex-tra year and will look to learn the nuances of his new position and compete for time at the MiKe linebacker position behind Manutai and vincent.

Sophomore Wes evans will back up Chad Lindsey at the SAM linebacker position. evans saw action in three games as a redshirt freshman in 2005, collecting one assisted tackle. ev-ans will likely be a reserve defensive end as well as a backup SAM linebacker.

Walk-on juniors Andy howe and Brett Nenaber, as well as sophomore Brian Quackenbush will all add depth among the linebacker corps for the Sun devils. Nenaber and Quacken-bush have both seen game action as defensive reserves and members of ASU’s special teams.

Aiding the Sun devils’ retooling process at linebacker is its star-studded 2006 recruiting class, ranked by rivals.com as the ninth-best group of linebacker signees in the nation. ASU will welcome a group of four talented true freshmen in the fall, including Jeff Bereuter, travis goethel, gerald Munns and Jamarr Robinson. A fifth true freshman, Mike Nixon, joined the team during the spring after spending three seasons play-ing minor league baseball. Also, garrett Judah will arrive in the fall, which marks 2006 as the fifth consecutive year that Koetter has signed a junior college linebacker to plug into the defense.

Bereuter will be a fall arrival in tempe by way of MacArthur high School in irving, texas, where he was selected to the 5A All-District first team as a junior and senior. He registered 115 tackles, including 13 tackles for loss, one quarterback sack, four forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and four pass deflections as a senior.

goethel ranks as one of the most highly acclaimed of ASU’s 2006 recruits, regarded as the 10th-best linebacker in the na-tion by rivals.com. the vista (Calif.) high School graduate had 155 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, eight quarterback sacks, five interceptions (two for touchdowns), one forced fumble and one recovery as a senior. Also, he was a former high school teammate of ASU redshirt freshman center thomas Altieri at vista.

transfer garrett Judah of Butte College in oroville, Calif. will look to compete for playing time in the fall. the athletic 6-3, 232-pound junior was selected as an honorable mention Junior College All-American after collecting 102 tackles, eight quarterback sacks, one interception, five forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries as a sophomore in 2005.

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coach John Wrenn at Chandler hamiltion high School, total-ing 146 tackles, seven quarterback sacks, two interceptions, four fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles. hamilton has produced several ASU defenders in recent years, includ-ing current Sun devils Brian Quackenbush, david Smith and Adam vincent, as well as former ASU All-American and current Baltimore raven terrell Suggs.

twenty-two-year-old true freshman Mike Nixon joined the team as a walk-on for spring drills after having played in the Los Angeles dodgers minor league system. the 6-2, 216-pound Nixon was the 2002 Arizona State Player of the Year while playing quarterback, defensive back and kicker for Sun-nyslope high School in Phoenix, and defensively he recorded 109 tackles (35 solo) and eight interceptions that year. he ended his prep career as the state’s all-time leading passer (8,091 career yards), and signed a national letter of intent to play at UCLA, but chose to pursue a career in professional baseball. Nixon began the spring as a nickel back, but showed greater promise as a linebacker.

robinson will begin his ASU career in the fall after a remarkable career at Fairfield (Calif.) High School, where he was a three-year starter and was rated as the 25th-best at his position as a senior by rivals.com.

CornerbackKeno Walter-White 5-11 185 Sr. San diego, Calif. (Mesa College)Chad green 5-10 190 Jr. van Nuys, Calif. (Birmingham)rudy Burgess 5-10 181 Jr. edwards, Calf. (desert)grant Crunkleton 5-10 184 rS-Fr. denver, Colo. (Mullen)Littrele Jones 5-9 181 Jr. San Fernando, Calif. (taft)travis Smith 5-11 173 rS-Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Jefferson)ronny garrison 5-8 180 rS-Fr. redwood City, Calif. (Woodside)NewcomersChris Baloney 6-0 185 Jr. houston, texas (College of the Sequoias)Justin tryon 5-9 178 Jr. Palmdale, Calif. (College of the Canyons)

the 2006 depth at cornerback for ASU may generally lack experience, but an exciting abundance of talent looks to prevail, led by capable veterans, promising underclassmen and highly-regarded transfers that will all help cushion the loss of three graduates at the position from 2005. Also, junior tailback rudy Burgess will see time at the position during spring drills, as Koetter plans to take advantage of his elite athletic ability. In his first year as ASU’s cornerbacks coach is 20-year coach-ing veteran Al Simmons.

“the cornerback position will feature perhaps the most fierce competition in terms of determining the depth chart,” Koetter said. “We have three returning players (Chad green, Littrele Jones and Keno Walter-White), two redshirt freshmen (grant Crunkleton and travis Smith), and two junior college

transfers (Chris Baloney and Justin tryon), all of whom have the potential to compete for serious playing time.”

Keno Walter-White returns for his senior season as ASU’s top cornerback, after a solid junior year in which he recorded 26 tackles and deflected three passes. A 2005 junior col-lege transfer from Mesa College in San diego, Walter-White possesses top-level speed, and formidable size at 5-11, 185 pounds. Although he was unable to participate during the majority of spring drills due to injury, Walter-White figures to be prepared to lead the cornerbacks unit for the Sun devils in the fall.

Junior Chad Green has shown flashes of talent as a reserve during his first two seasons at ASU, and is a top candidate to start opposite Walter-White. green has played in 20 career games, totaling 15 tackles and three pass breakups, while bat-tling a variety of injuries.

due to his extraordinary athleticism, junior rudy Burgess affords Koetter the luxury of experimentation, and Burgess also earned time at cornerback during the spring, in addition to his usual responsibilities as a tailback, wide receiver and a kick returner. Burgess has a history in the defensive back-field, and was originally recruited as a cornerback, where he was the No. 50 cornerback in the nation in 2003, according to rivals.com. due to the team’s lack of experience at the position, spring drills provided Burgess ample opportunities to showcase his abilities in ways he has not been able to during his Sun devil career.

“i know what rudy can do on offense and he knows our system,” Koetter said. “When you look at how we have a chance to improve our team the most, i want to get rudy in the mix to see if he can be a guy that can be a starting cor-nerback and make our team better.”

entering his junior year, former walk-on Littrele Jones will compete for time at cornerback, after playing in 11 games in 2005. Jones is one of ASU’s top special teams members, and the 5-9, 181-pound overachiever has collected four total tack-les in 23 career games.

redshirt freshmen grant Crunkleton and travis Smith have made the necessary progress to be prepared to contribute, and will battle for playing time in 2006. Crunkleton, a 5-10, 184-pound denver Mullen high School product was regarded as the top cornerback in the midlands region by Scout.com and the No. 64 cornerback nationally by rivals.com as a se-nior. Smith, hailing from Jefferson high School in Los Angeles, was ranked as the No. 57 cornerback in the nation by rivals.com as a senior.

Both Crunkleton and Smith have the physical tools to suc-ceed in the Pac-10, and will be expected to contribute when called upon as freshmen in the fall.

Speedy walk-on ronnie garrison, a redshirt freshman, adds depth to the secondary.

As part of the team’s 2006 recruiting class, ASU signed two mid-year junior college transfers who enrolled for classes in January and began to practice with the team at the start of the spring.

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not join the team for the start of the season. he will have two years of playing eligibility as a Sun devil beginning in 2006, and was listed as the ninth-best junior college cornerback in the nation by College Football News in 2005.

Arriving on campus for spring practice was junior Justin tryon, one of the most highly-regarded members of the Sun devils’ signing class of 2006. A pre-and-postseason Junior College All-American as a sophomore in 2005 while playing for the College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, Calif., tryon was also ranked as the 18th-best junior college player in the nation by SuperPrep. tryon joins former junior college teammates safety troy Nolan and punter Jonathan Johnson as newcom-ers to ASU in 2006. Tryon is expected to battle for significant playing time in the fall.

“We expect Justin tryon to be a big part of our defense,” Koetter said. “We believe that he has the potential to be a shut-down cornerback against the big time receivers in the Pac-10.”

SafetyFreeSafetyJosh Barrett 6-2 220 Jr. reno, Nev. (reno)rodney Cox 6-1 213 So. Compton, Calif. (Cathedral)Angelo Fobbs-valentino 6-0 197 So. San Mateo, Calif. (Junipero Serra)StrongSafetyzach Catanese 6-2 219 Sr. redding, Calif. (Shasta College)Jeremy Payton 6-1 208 So. Covina, Calif. (South hills)Uriah Marshall 5-11 188 So. Phoenix, Ariz. (Brophy Prep)troy osborne 5-11 196 Jr. Peoria, Ariz. (Centennial hS)Newcomersryan McFoy 6-1 190 Fr. Chino, Calif. (Chino hS)troy Nolan 6-1 196 Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. (College of the Canyons)

Throughout his five seasons in Tempe, Koetter has coached a series of impact players at the safety position. the 2006 unit boasts tremendous athleticism and talent, and will likely be the main strength of the Sun devil defense. ASU’s defensive scheme formerly employed the services of three safeties at all times, however 2006 will be the third season in which Koetter will predominately utilize the traditional free and strong safety positions. Assistant coach dan Fidler enters his sixth year coaching ASU’s safeties, and is one of only two remaining assistants from Koetter’s original ASU staff.

Last season, Koetter and his staff continued its recent trend of locating hidden gems from within the junior college ranks, as former transfer zach Catanese proved to be one of the most sturdy and tenacious Sun devil defenders in 2005. Uniquely combining cornerback speed and linebacker size, the 6-2, 219-pound senior was nationally ranked within the top 50 averaging 8.9 tackles per game in 2005, and is the leading returning tack-ler in the Pac-10 Conference after registering 107 total tackles in

his first season at ASU. He also earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 honors and was one of only five Sun Devils to start all 12 games in 2005. Catanese is the prototypical do-it-all safety, with the toughness to attack the line of scrimmage and the range to drop back into pass coverage when necessary. due to the depar-tures of several key contributors in both the front seven and the secondary, Catanese will be called upon to be a leader for the defensive backfield and the entire Sun Devil defense.

Slated to start beside Catanese is junior Josh Barrett, who, much like Catanese, combines size with elite speed. Barrett has been timed as the fastest on the ASU roster, and at 220 pounds, he has the size to attack ballcarriers in addition to the speed to run stride-for-stride with receivers. Barrett has re-cently been healthy for the first time in his career, and Koetter praises him for his development and commitment to becoming a defensive leader for the Sun devils. Behind Catanese, Bar-rett is the second leading returning tackler for the Sun devils, having recorded 37 total stops in 2005. Barrett started two games in 2005 and has four starts for his career, and is first in line to replace Maurice London as the usual starting safety opposite zach Catanese.

Sophomore Jeremy Payton figures to compete for substan-tial playing time among the safeties, as well as maintain his role as the team’s “nickel” defensive back in passing situations. As a redshirt freshman in 2005, Payton played in 10 games, starting three, and collected 25 total tackles while ranking within the conference’s top ten with two forced fumbles. en-tering 2006 weighing 10 pounds heavier, Payton remains one of the more versatile Sun devil defenders, having played wide receiver, cornerback and safety during his young ASU career.

Sophomores rodney Cox, Angelo Fobbs-valentino and Uriah Marshall will all add depth at either safety position. Cox missed all but two games in 2005 and received a medical red-shirt for the season, but recorded three tackles in 10 games as true freshman in 2004, mainly on special teams. Fobbs-valentino is a speedy reserve, and Marshall, who moves from cornerback, where he saw limited action last season and was highly recruited out of Brophy high School in Phoenix.

Walk-on junior troy osborne will also add depth to the unit.true freshman ryan McFoy of Chino (Calif.) high School

will join the team in the fall. the brother of Southern Califor-nia wide receiver Chris McFoy, he was ranked as the No. 44 defensive back in the nation by rivals.com. As a senior, McFoy collected 70 tackles, five interceptions (two for touchdowns), three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.

Mid-year junior college transfer troy Nolan joined the team for spring drills and will immediately compete for time at safety. Nolan spent the past two seasons playing in the same defensive backfield as fellow spring transfer Justin Tryon at the College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, Calif., one of the more prominent junior colleges in the nation. Nolan missed the second half of spring drills due to injury, but is expected to be ready for the season’s start in the fall.

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one of the finer special teams units in the Pac-10 Conference, as he utilizes the efforts of a wide range of athletes, from offen-sive and defensive starters to walk-ons and reserves. the 2005 season was a very efficient season for ASU’s special teams, as its kickoff coverage and punt and kickoff return units each ranked within the top three in the Pac-10. For the first time in ASU history, the team ranked in the nation’s top 10 among punt and kick return units, joining only texas and Kentucky to do so last season. Led by kick returner terry richardson and kicker Jesse Ainsworth, ASU has the needed dynamic to use its special teams play as a momentum-shifting advantage.

“three out of our four special teams units were outstanding last year, and were among the best in the nation,” Koetter said. “We have examined and worked on the difficulties we had in the punting game, and we will have three talented punters in the fall to help improve that area for the 2006 season.”

PuntReturnsterry richardson 6-1 187 Sr. Corona, Calif. (Centennial)rudy Burgess 5-10 181 Jr. edwards, Calif. (desert)Nate Kimbrough 6-1 178 So. Santa Fe Springs, Calif. (Santa Fe)Chris Mcgaha 6-1 185 rS-Fr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Moon valley)Brandon Smith 6-1 192 RS-Fr. Bakersfield, Calif. (West)

in 2005, terry richardson established himself as one of the most dynamic and dangerous punt return specialists in college football as he had one of the most remarkable seasons in Sun devil history. richardson enters 2006 as the Pac-10’s leading punt return threat, having earned second-team All-America and first-team All-Pac-10 honors as a kick returner a year ago. richardson compiled a total of 337 punt return yards last season, the fifth-most in ASU history and the greatest to-tal by a Sun devil since 1971. “t-rich” returned two punts for touchdowns in 2005, both of which came in dramatic fashion. The first was an 84-yard dash that broke a first-half score-less tie against No.1 USC, and the second, an 80-yard strike, enabled the Sun devils to cap off a 15-point, second-half comeback against rival Arizona. his 84-yarder versus USC was the eighth-longest punt return in school history, and was also the first time a Sun Devil had returned a punt for a touchdown since current St. Louis ram Shaun Mcdonald did so in 2000. richardson’s punt return average of 15.3 yards per return in 2005 ranked seventh in the nation, second in the Pac-10 and is the seventh-highest single-season punt return average in ASU history. For his career, richardson has returned 38 punts for 543 yards, a 14.3-yard-per-return average.

Junior rudy Burgess and sophomore Nate Kimbrough are capable and experienced backups to richardson at punt re-turner. Burgess served as ASU’s main punt returner as a fresh-man in 2004, returning 31 punts for 233 yards on the season. Kimbrough saw limited action at the position as a redshirt freshman last season, gaining 52 yards on four returns.

redshirt freshmen Chris Mcgaha and Brandon Smith are highly acclaimed and physically talented candidates for the

position, and will both add depth in the fall.

KickoffReturnsterry richardson 6-1 187 Sr. Corona, Calif. (Centennial)rudy Burgess 5-10 181 Jr. edwards, Calif. (desert)Nate Kimbrough 6-1 178 So. Santa Fe Springs, Calif. (Santa Fe)Chris Mcgaha 6-1 185 rS-Fr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Moon valley)Brandon Smith 6-1 192 RS-Fr. Bakersfield, Calif. (West)

the 2005 season marked the third time under osborne that ASU finished in the nation’s top 25 in kickoff returns (24.6 yards per return). it was also the team’s second time ranked among the top 10 in the past five seasons, and the team also ranked second in the Pac-10 in kickoff returns.

in addition to his accomplishments as a deadly punt return specialist, senior terry richardson is a dominant kickoff return threat as well. richardson ranked third in the Pac-10 and 16th in the nation last season, averaging 27.3 yards per kickoff return, the third-highest single-season average in ASU his-tory. Also, his 629 total kick return yards are the third-high-est single-season amount in school history, and richardson accounted for the third-highest total of kickoff return yardage in a single game last season, amounting for 136 yards against No. 14 UCLA.

Junior rudy Burgess will join richardson as the second main kick returner for the Sun devils. in 2005, Burgess returned nine kicks for 170 yards, and has accumulated 497 yards on 23 career kickoff returns, a 21.6-yards-per-return-average.

Sophomore Nate Kimbrough and redshirt freshmen Chris Mcgaha and Brandon Smith will add depth as kickoff return specialists. Kimbrough returned two kickoffs last season, one of which was a 38-yard burst in the season opener against Temple, his first career game.

PunterJesse Ainsworth 6-3 220 Sr. thousand oaks, Calif. (thousand oaks)Chris Macdonald 6-3 218 Jr. Mesa, Ariz. (red Mountain)NewcomersJonathan Johnson 6-1 205 Jr. Simi valley, Calif. (College of the Canyons)

ASU will have three capable candidates to assume its punting duties in the fall, in the hope to add greater overall consistency to the position. Among the three candidates, ASU has the leg strength, accuracy and mechanics to make punting one of its strengths, and the competition will likely continue into fall practices before a concrete starter is named. the ASU staff is confident it has the personnel to strengthen its punt-ing game, as during each of Koetter’s first three seasons in tempe, Sun devil punters ranked within the nation’s top 27.

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through the season. Ainsworth had nine of his punts downed inside the 20-yard line, and had only 24-percent of his punts returned (five of 21), which is the lowest amount of returns allowed by an ASU punter during Koetter’s ASU tenure.

Strong-legged junior Chris Macdonald returns to battle to regain his starting position in 2006. A former freshman All-American, Macdonald has the second-highest career gross punting average in ASU history, averaging 42.8 yards per punt. Also, his 42.3-yard average on 33 punts in 2005 is the highest single-season gross punting average in Sun devil history for players with 25 to 35 punts in a season. however, Macdonald has had more punts blocked (six) than any punter in school history, and had four blocked in 2005, a single-season most for an ASU punter. Koetter praises Macdonald for his work ethic, and how he has diligently worked to improve his mechanics.

incoming junior Jonathan Johnson will be added to the punting battle in the fall, as one of three Sun devils in ASU’s 2006 recruiting class to transfer from the College of the Can-yons in Santa Clarita, Calif. As a sophomore in 2005, Johnson averaged 37.8 yards on 38 punts while also assuming the team’s placekicking duties. Johnson’s punting mechanics com-pare to those of former ASU standout and current NFL vet-eran Nick Murphy, as he has a short stride and releases punts quickly with consistent hang time.

PlacekickerJesse Ainsworth 6-3 220 Sr. thousand oaks, Calif. (thousand oaks)Mike Nixon 6-2 216 Fr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Sunnyslope hS)

veteran Jesse Ainsworth returns for his fourth year to as-sume the placekicking duties for ASU. Ainsworth has quietly established himself as one of the most accomplished kickers in ASU history, entering his senior season ranked fourth on ASU’s all-time list with 229 points scored by kicking. Ainsworth also enters 2006 having made 97 consecutive extra points dating back to the 2003 season, a streak that has broken the school re-cord set during the 1981-82 seasons by the finest placekicker in Sun devil history, Luis zendejas. in 2005, Ainsworth attempted the fewest field goals (11) of his three seasons, however he en-joyed his most accurate season, successfully converting on 81.8-percent of his field goal attempts, and he was perfect (nine for nine) from within 40 yards. For his career, Ainsworth has made 68.5-percent (37 of 54) of his field goals, and has made 91.2-percent (31 of 34) of his field goal attempts inside 40 yards.

true freshman Mike Nixon will be Ainsworth’s main backup. Nixon has prior experience at the position after having served as the kicker for Sunnyslope high School during his prep career.

LongSnapperJason Burke 6-2 260 Sr. glendale, Ariz. (Mountain ridge)zach Miller 6-5 258 Jr. Phoenix, Ariz. (desert vista)Kyle Caldwell 6-3 261 Sr. Scottsdale, Ariz. (Saguaro)

Brent Miller 6-5 236 Jr. Phoenix, Ariz. (desert vista)Jason Perkins 6-1 ---- rS-So. glendale, Ariz. (Air Force)

reliable senior Jason Burke returns for his fourth year as the Sun devils’ long snapper. the 6-2, 260-pound glendale (Ariz.) Mountain ridge graduate has been credited with only one bad snap in his career, and has played in all 36 games throughout his first three seasons at ASU.

Junior tight end/h-back zach Miller will serve as Burke’s main reserve. Miller saw limited action at long snapper in 2005, in relief of a briefly injured Burke. Also, junior tight end/h-back Brent Miller and senior defensive end Kyle Caldwell will also serve as backup long snappers.

track athlete Jason Perkins joined the team as a walk-on in the spring to battle for a spot as a reserve long snapper. Perkins saw action as a member of Air Force’s football team in 2004, and was a two-time Arizona 5A state discus champion while at glendale Mountain ridge high School.

KickoffsJesse Ainsworth 6-3 220 Sr. thousand oaks, Calif. (thousand oaks)Mike Nixon 6-2 216 Fr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Sunnyslope hS)

In the constant battle for field position, ASU’s kickoff team has done a remarkable job recently in allowing opponents very little yardage in terms of returns. in 24 games of Pac-10 conference play throughout the past three seasons, ASU’s kickoff team has allowed only one return past the 35-yard line, and the members of the team’s stingy coverage units pride themselves on their collective tenacity and efficiency.

Senior Jesse Ainsworth has developed a distinct tendency to disallow opponents to return kickoffs, as he forced 46 touchbacks among his 78 total kickoffs in 2005. the 6-3, 220-pounder often times forces the ball deep out of the end zone, eliminating any possibility for an opponent to return the kick.

Linebacker Mike Nixon will also serve as ASU’s reserve kickoff specialist.

HolderSam Keller 6-4 240 Sr. danville, Calif. (San ramon valley)rudy Carpenter 6-2 204 So. Westlake, Calif. (Westlake)

having spent most of his career as one of the unsung heroes among the ASU roster, departed graduate Chad Chris-tensen will be replaced in 2006 as the holder for placekicker Jesse Ainsworth. First in line to fill Christensen’s void are se-nior quarterback Sam Keller and junior punter Chris Macdon-ald. Sophomore quarterback rudy Carpenter is also capable to hold for placements.

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six teams who were featured in postseason bowl games last year, four teams who were ranked in the season’s final polls, as well as three conference or division champions from 2005.

the season has the earliest beginning since 2002, as on thursday, August 31, the Sun devils will host intra-state rival Northern Arizona of division 1-AA’s Big Sky conference. the two teams last met in the 2003 opener, with ASU defeating the Lumberjacks 34-14.

Next to visit tempe is the 2005 Western Athletic Confer-ence Co-Champion University of Nevada Wolf Pack. Led by longtime head coach Chris Ault, the Wolf Pack finished last season with a 9-3 record and an overtime victory over the University of Central Florida in the Sheraton hawai’i Bowl. ASU and Nevada have not met on the field since 1947.

on Sept. 16, ASU will travel to Boulder, Colo., for the team’s first road game of 2006 to face the two-time defend-ing Big Xii North Champion Colorado Buffaloes. the Buffaloes had a 7-6 record in 2005 and competed in the Champs Sports Bowl. This is the first meeting on the gridiron between the two prominent programs, however an unusual degree of familiarity will exist in this match-up, as first-year Colorado head coach dan hawkins was a former assistant under Koetter at Boise State, and hawkins’ offensive coordinator Mark helfrich was ASU’s quarterbacks coach during the 2001-05 seasons.

ASU will open Pac-10 Conference play in Berkeley, Calif., when the Sun devils travel to face the University of California golden Bears on Sept. 23. the Sun devils did not face Cali-fornia in 2005, and the Golden Bears finished the season tied with ASU for fourth in the Pac-10, and posted an 8-4 overall record and were ranked 25th in the nation in the season’s final poll.

the Sun devils will return home to battle the University of oregon on Sept. 30, in ASU’s hall of Fame game. guided by Mike Bellotti, the longest-tenured head coach in the Pac-10, Oregon finished the 2005 season ranked No. 12 in the nation with a 10-2 record and appeared in the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl against oklahoma. ASU has won three of the last four contests against the ducks.

ASU will enjoy its only bye week of the regular season following the oregon game, and will travel to Los Angeles on oct. 14 to play the three-time defending Pac-10 champion Uni-versity of Southern California trojans. USC has showcased the past two heisman trophy winners, won two of the last three national championships and has appeared in four consecutive BCS bowl games.

ASU’s 2006 homecoming game will be played on oct. 21 against the Stanford Cardinal.

Following homecoming, the Sun devils will travel to Seattle to face the University of Washington, then to Corvallis, ore., to battle oregon State University. ASU will return home to face the Washington State University Cougars on November 11.

Sun devil seniors will bid farewell to tempe on Novem-ber 18 when ASU faces the UCLA Bruins on Senior day. the Bruins finished the 2005 season ranked 13th in the nation, and concluded their season with a 10-2 record and defeated North-western in the vitalis Sun Bowl.

ASU will conclude the 2006 regular season in tucson against archrival University of Arizona Wildcats. this will be the 80th annual meeting between the intra-state rivals, with

the winner receiving the rights to the coveted territorial Cup, the oldest rivalry trophy in college football. Koetter has a 3-2 record against the Wildcats in his five seasons at ASU, includ-ing last year’s 23-20, comeback victory in tempe. due to the 12-game regular season schedule, ASU will not enjoy its usual bye week prior to its final regular season game. Also, the game will be played on a Saturday, different from the recent Friday afternoon scheduling of the rivalry game.


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#20 • Jesse Ainsworth • PK

6-3 • 220 • SeniorThousand Oaks, Calif.

Thousand Oaks

• Strong, reliable kicker who has continued to improve each season and will handle ASU’s kicking duties for the fourth season.• Last season earned all-league honors for his efforts on the field and in the classroom for the second straight season.• Should enter ASU’s career kicking record book this season.

2005SeasonPlayed in all 12 games in 2005 and converted 9-of-11 field goals on the year in addition to hitting all 53 PAts attempts ... earned first-team Academic All-Pac-10 honors and was presented with the Clyde B. Smith award for his academic achievement ... Assumed punting duties three games into the season, punting 21 times for a 35.0-yard average, including nine inside-the-20-yard-line ... Led the team in scoring for the second straight year with 80 points ... Kicked a season-long 34-yard field goal against oregon ... Was 2-for-2 on field goals against WSU, including a 33-yard kick ... Kicked 2-of-2 field goals against Arizona, including the game-win-ner from 20 yards with 0:06 remaining ... Kicked off 78 times with 46 touchbacks (59%).

2004SeasonPlayed in all 12 games in 2004 … Was named a preseason third-team All-Pac-10 selection by Athlon Sports … ranked as the 17th-best kicker in the nation by the Sporting News … earned honorable-mention All-Pac-10 accolades … Was a second-team Pac-10 All-Academic selection … Was also selected to the eSPN the Magazine Academic All-district vii first team … Was named the Babe Alex demon Award winner for 2004, given annually to ASU’s Special teams Player of the Year … ranked second in the Pac-10 and 13th in the nation with 1.50 field goals per game … Led the team in scoring with 94 points … Was second in the Pac-10 among kickers in scoring and third in overall scoring (7.8 points per game) … Connected on 18-of-28 field goals and was a perfect 40-of-40 on PAt kicks … Was one of two kickers in the Pac-10 to make all of his PAt attempts … Averaged 64.7 yards per kickoff on the season and recorded 43 touchbacks … Connected on both of his field goal attempts against UteP, including a career-long kick of 48 yards … Converted 3-of-4 field goal attempts with a long of 41 yards at Northwestern … Nailed a pair of fourth-quarter field goals and recorded a season-high two tackles against the Wildcats … earned Pac-10 Player of the Week honors for the week of Sept. 18 for his role in ASU’s win over then No. 16/12 iowa … tied his career- and season-long with a 48-yard field goal, made all three of his field goal attempts and recorded six touchbacks against the hawkeyes … drilled his fourth 40-yard field goal of the season with a 45-yarder against oregon State … Made 2-of-3 attempts in that game … recorded season highs in extra points made (six), yards per kickoff average (70.0) and touchbacks (six) vs. Washington State … had three tackles on the year.

2003SeasonPlayed in all 12 games as a true freshman … Began the season as ASU’s kickoff specialist and earned job as full-time kicker … Connected on 10-of-15 field goal attempts and 25-of-28 extra-point attempts … Was 8-of-9 on field goals inside the 40-yard line … drilled a season-long 47-yard field goal at No. 8 Washington State … Made all eight extra-point attempts and a 43-yard field goal at North Carolina for a season-high 11 points … Finished third on the team in scoring with 55 points … Was eighth in the Pac-10 in kick scoring at 4.6 points per game … recorded 16 kickoffs for touchbacks … had two tackles on the season ... Was recognized as a hard hat Player for his work in ASU’s winter strength and conditioning program for the second consecutive season (sixth in points).

HighSchoolA 2003 graduate of thousand oaks (Calif.) high School … Was rated as the No. 106 player in the Farwest (Arizona, California, hawaii, Nevada, oregon, Washington) by SuperPrep Magazine … the No. 2 rated kicker in the West by PacWestFootball.com … A member of the tacoma News tribune’s "Western 100" … earned "top 12" honors at the Chris Sailer’s 1st Annual National Kicking Competition held at UNLv on Jan. 11-12, 2003 … Averaged 41.1 yards per punt as a senior and was 9-of-15 on field goals … Longest field goal as a senior was 56 yards … hit 41, 55 and 56-yarders in one game … it marked the first time ever in California a player had two field goals over 50 yards in one game … Missed three field goals due to blocks and missed from 56 and 62 yards … hit 17 of 19 extra points as a senior (both misses due to blocks) … earned first-team all-league, all-county and All-C.i.F. as a kicker as a senior … Was All-C.i.F. three times … Selected second-team all-state as a senior … As a defensive end, collected nine quarter-back sacks, 50 tackles, two interceptions and two forced fumbles as a senior … hit 51 of 52 extra points as a junior and was three of six on field goals … Also was a standout punter, averaging 35.6 yards with 88 percent not returned … earned first-team all-league, all-county and All-C.i.F. as a junior … Was All-C.i.F. at punter as a sophomore and all-league and all-county … Averaged 39.3 yards per punt as a sophomore … Set the following thousand oaks high School records: most PAt’s in one game (8 vs. Simi valley hS, ’01); most PAts in one season (51 in ’01); most PAts in a career (78, ’00-02); longest field goal (56 yards vs. royal hS, ’02); longest season punting average (41.1, ’02); and longest pass reception (87 yards vs. Newbury Park hS, ’00) … Boasted a 3.7 grade-point aver-age in high school … Was coached by Mike Sanders.

PersonalMajoring in justice studies … Parents are John (retired police lieu-tenant) and Jean (registered nurse) … Siblings are Jenna (22) and Jami (25) … Jenna plays soccer at Pepperdine … Father played football at Cal State Northridge … hobbies include snowboarding, fishing and hiking … Born June 2, 1985 in thousand oaks, Calif … Full name is Jesse Jon Ainsworth.


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Ainsworth'sCareerStatisticsYear FG/A Pct. 1-19 20-2930-3940-49 50+ Lg. Bk.2003 10/15 .667 0-0 4-4 4-5 2-6 0-0 47 02004 18/28 .643 1-1 7-8 6-7 4-9 0-3 48 32005 9/11 .818 1-1 5-5 3-3 0-2 0-0 34 1Career 37/54 .685 2-2 16-1713-15 6-17 0-3 48 4

Scoring G TD FG PAT PTS PPG2003 12 0 10-15 25-28 55 4.62004 12 0 18-28 40-40 94 7.82005 12 0 9-11 53-53 80 6.7Career 36 0 37-54 118-121 229 6.3

Ainsworth’sGame-by-GameStatistics2005Opp. FG/A FG PATtemple 0/0 -- 9-9 LSU 1/2 (26), 47 4-4Northwestern 1/1 (27) 7-7at oregon State 0/0 -- 6-6USC 0/0 -- 4-4oregon 1/1 (34) 2-2at Stanford 0/0 -- 3-3Washington 1/2 44. (21) 5-5at Washington State 2/2 (19), (33) 3-3at UCLA 0/0 -- 5-5Arizona 2/2 (32), (20) 1-1rutgers (insight Bowl) 1/1 (20) 4-4

2004Opp. FG/A FG PATUteP 2/2 (22), (48) 5/5at Northwestern 3/4 (20), (41), 47, (18) 3/3iowa 3/3 (28), (48), (33) 5/5oregon State 2/3 20, (33), (45) 3/3at oregon 0/1 49 4/4at USC 0/1 46 1/1UCLA 2/2 (36), (26) 4/4at California 0/1 31 0/0Stanford 1/2 41, (34) 3/3Washington State 1/1 (21) 6/6at Arizona 2/3 (21), 44, (36) 3/3vs. Purdue 2/5 50, (22), 52, 52, (34) 3/3

2003Opp. FG/A FG PATNorthern Arizona 0/0 – 0/0Utah State 0/0 – 1/1at iowa 0/1 43 0/0at oregon State 1/1 (34) 2/2USC 1/2 47, (25) 2/2oregon 1/1 (43) 8/8at North Carolina 2/3 (21), (24), 32 1/2at UCLA 2/3 (27), (33), 49 1/1California 1/1 (31) 2/3at Stanford 0/0 – 3/3at Washington State 2/2 (47), (34) 1/2Arizona 0/1 43 4/4


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#52 • Andrew Carnahan • OL

6-8 • 300 • SeniorHereford, Texas

Hereford

• Smart, talented player who has started on the offensive line in each of his first three seasons.

2005SeasonStarted and played in 9 games ... earned a selection as honorable mention to the All-Pac-10 team ... Was named a second-team selection to the Academic All-Pac-10 team ... Was named outstanding offense Lineman by his teammates ... helped anchor an ASU offense that finished in the top of three major categories: second in total offense (519.1), third in passing yards per game (373.4), and seventh in points per game (36.8).

2004SeasonStarted all 12 games at right tackle … earned second-team All-Pac-10 honors … Was also named to the honorable-men-tion Pac-10 All-Academic team … Shared the team’s Clyde B. Smith Academic Award with Jason Burke … Contributed to a passing offense that led the Pac-10 and ranked fifth in the nation at 317.3 yards per game ... Was recognized as a hard hat Player for his work in ASU’s winter strength and conditioning program (top five) for the second consecutive season.

2003SeasonStarted all 12 games on the offensive line as a redshirt fresh-man…anchored an offensive line that ranked third in the Pac-10 in sacks allowed (24)...was named to the Sporting News Pac-10 All-Freshman team…earned Freshman All-America honors from rivals.com…was an honorable-men-tion Pac-10 All-Academic selection.

2002Seasonredshirted.

HighSchoolA 2002 graduate of hereford (texas) high School … earned first-team All-district 3-4A on offense as a senior … received votes for the district Most valuable Player, missing out on the award by one vote, even as an offensive line-man … Named to the Amarillo globe News’ “Super team” … Named to the Lubbock Avalanche Journal’s “All South Plains team” … Starter on the basketball team … great student who ranked No. 10 out of 270 students … Sports a 3.92 grade-point average … Member of National honor Society and listed in “Who’s Who Among American high School

Students” … won first-place honors in the state woodwork-ing tournament during sophomore and junior years…played for coach Craig Yenzer at hereford hS.

PersonalMajoring in construction... Parents are eric Fowler (farmer) and Janette Fowler (massage therapist) ... older siblings are daniel (23), Kristen (25), Jason (27) and Martin (29) ... Born September 8, 1983.


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#12 • Rudy Carpenter • QB

6-2 • 204 • SophomoreWestlake, Calif.

Westlake

• Smart, talented player who has started on the offensive line in each of his first three seasons.

• Mobile, quick signal-caller who had the opportunity to start in five games after an injury to Sam Keller and led ASU to a 4-1 record in those five games ... Led the nation in passing efficiency, the only freshman to have done so since the stat has been tracked in 1979... has a strong arm to go along with his mobility.

2005SeasonPlayed in nine games, starting five of them ... earned the Mike Bartholomew Most improved offensive Player award as well as the offensive MvP award of Camp tontozona ... threw for 2273 total yards on 156-of-228 passing with 17 touchdowns and only two interceptions ... ranked among the top quartebacks in the nation with an 8.5 to 1 touchdown-to-interception ratio ... Led the nation with a 175.0 passer efficiency rating, the only freshman in NCAA history to lead the nation since the stat began in 1979 ... Was named the offensive MvP of the 2005 insight Bowl, finishing with 467 yards on 23-of-35 passing with four touchdowns and no interceptions ... threw for three touchdowns against UCLA, for a total of 334 yards and zero interceptions ... had 424 yards passing against Washington State while throwing for three touchdowns in ASU’s 27-24 victory.

2004Seasonredshirted as a member of the scout team … Won the McBurney Scout team Award as ASU’s offensive scout team player of the year.

HIGHSCHOOLA 2004 graduate of Westlake (Calif.) high School … the Los Angeles daily News offensive Player of the Year … A pre- and postseason All-America selection by Prepstar Magazine … Listed as the No. 67 player in California by SuperPrep Magazine … Listed as the No. 36 player in California and a preseason All-American by SuperPrep Magazine … rated as the No. 20 quarterback in the nation by rivals.com … Played in the Cali-Florida high School All-Star game … Statistics as a senior included 2,705 passing yards (163 completions on 262 attempts) and 36 touchdowns and only six intercep-tions … Also rushed for 626 yards and seven scores … Led Westlake to a division iv Championship and a 14-0 season … Lists that season as his most exciting sports experience … As a junior, was all-state, all-league, all-county, All-C.i.F. and league Most valuable Player … Completed 295 passes

on 408 pass attempts for 3,200 yards and 32 touchdowns as a junior … Also had 800 yards rushing and six rush-ing touchdowns … Also was the Most valuable Player for Newbury Park’s baseball and basketball teams as well … Played at Newbury Park high School prior to his senior sea-son … Coached by Jim Benkert (same as current Sun devil Josh golden).

PERSONALUndecided on his major…parents are Seth Carpenter (construction) and Linda Stephen (designer) of Newbury Park, Calif.…has five siblings: garrett (18), Savannah (11), Ashtyn (9), Cheyenne (9) and Chad (2)…enjoys playing bas-ketball and collecting shoes…born Aptil 15, 1986…full name is rudy grant Carpenter.

Carpenter’sCareerStatisticsYear G/GSComp./Att.Yds. Pct.TD/Int. Lg.Avg./G Eff.2005 9/5 156/228 2273 68.4 17/2 65 252.6 175.01Career 9/5 156/228 2273 68.4 17/2 65 252.6 175.01

Carpenter’sGame-by-GameStatistics2005Opp. Comp./Att. Yds. TD/Int. Longtemple 5/7 51 1/0 17 LSU dNP Northwestern 7/8 74 1/0 15 at oregon State 2/2 15 0/0 11 USC dNP oregon dNP at Stanford 10/16 304 3/1 38Washington 27/34 401 3/0 69at Washington State 28/43 381 2/1 59at UCLA 27/37 334 3/0 46Arizona 18/37 246 0/0 34rutgers (insight Bowl) 23/35 467 4/0 43


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#5 • Zach Catanese • S

6-2 • 219 • SeniorRedding, Calif.Shasta College

• Was a big-part of the defensive backfield after transferring to ASU as a Junior col-lege All-American.• tall, strong and talented player who will start for the Sun devils.

2005SeasonStarted all 12 games and finished second on the team with 107 tackles to go along with three tackles for loss, including two sacks ... Also had one interception, four passes defensed, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery ... Named the gail Scott Most improved defensive Player award as well as the Special teams Most valuable Player at Camp tontozona ... earned honorable mention as an All-Pac-10 selection ... Finished second on the team with 107 tackles (62 solo) ... tied for third on the team with two sacks for a loss of eight yards... recorded four pass breakups on the year, which tied for fifth on the team ... intercepted a pass against oregon ... Was recognized as a hard hat Player for his work in ASU's winter strength and conditioning program during 2004.

JuniorCollegeA 2004 graduate of Shasta College in redding, Calif. … Preseason All-America selection … Was rated as the No. 66 junior college player in the nation by Scout.com … Played free safety and cor-nerback and also returned kicks … earned all-state, all-region and all-conference honors … Was also named an honorable-mention All-American … earned team and defensive MvP honors at Shasta as a sophomore … Was team captain … Lettered twice in football and once in track and field … Collected 90 tackles, 39 assisted, 51 solos, two quarterback sacks, five interceptions, two blocked punts and 12 pass deflections as a sophomore … Best game came against Contra Costa College with three interceptions, 11 tackles and one blocked punt … Averaged 28.7 yards per kick return … registered 77 tackles, 40 assisted, 37 solos, two quarterback sacks, five interceptions and one blocked kick as a freshman … earned honorable-mention all-conference accolades and was his team’s most valuable defensive back that season … Was coached by Craig thompson and Matt diskin.

HighSchoolA 2003 graduate of trinity high School in Weaverville, Cali … Played quarterback and safety as a senior … earned a combined 11 letters in baseball (2), basketball (4), football (4) and golf (1) … Captained his baseball, basketball and track teams … As all-conference selection and played in the Lions all-star game … Won the Mike Polka Award, presented annually to the Most valuable Player of the team … Also won the Jesse Murdock Award, given annually to the most versatile athlete in school … tallied 88 tack-les to go along with 633 passing yards, 621 rushing years and 14 touchdowns his senior campaign … Best game came vs. Quincy hS when he completed nine-of-15 passes for 167 yards, had 10 rushes for 71 yards and scored three touchdowns…earned league and team MvP honors in baseball as a senior … in baseball, had a

.467 batting average and a 1.73 erA, including 67 strikeouts and a no-hitter … Was Most valuable Player of the Shasta Cascade League … Best baseball performance came against Fall river hS when he tossed a 16-strikeout no-hitter and went two-for-three with a home run and three rBis at the plate … Lists throwing the last pitch in that no-hitter as his most exciting sports experience … Played point guard on basketball team and won the coach’s award … Was coached by Mike Flint in football.

PERSONALMajoring in business accounting … Plans on pursuing a career as a certified public accountant … Parents are Paul (C.P.A.) and Patti (medical transcriptionist) Catanese of douglas City, Calif. … has five siblings: Brandon (24), Paige (23), Brooke (19), Kyle (7) and Kameron (5) … Lists hobbies as snowboarding, camping and work-ing out … Born March 27, 1985 in Walnut Creek, Calif. … full name is zach Joseph Allan Catanese.

Catanese’sCareerStatisticsYear G/GS UT/AT TTTFL/Yds Sacks/Yds PB FF FR Int2005 12/12 62/45 107 3.0/10 2.0/8 4 2 1 1Career12/12 62/45 107 3.0/10 2.0/8 4 2 1 1

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#24 • Keegan Herring • TB

5-10 • 190 • SophomorePeoria, Ariz.

Peoria

• Will enter the fall as ASU’s starter at tailback, however will face some com-petition from redshirt freshman Shaun deWitty ... exciting, young back that impressed many with his solid play last year ... Set the ASU record for most yards gained by a fresh-man with 870 ... Anchored a backfield which helped ASU become one of only eight division i-A teams to gain over 3,500 yards passing and more than 1,500 on the ground.

2005SeasonPlayed in all 12 games, with two starts ... Set the ASU record for rushing yards by a freshman with 870 despite sharing the running back duties with rudy Burgess ... his 870 yards total placed him 10th in the nation among true freshman rushers and led all ASU players ... it also marked the most rushing yards by a Sun devil since delvon Flowers in 2001 ... tied for the team lead with six touchdowns on the ground ... Led the team averaging 5.5 yards per carry ... earned the Bill Kajikawa Sun devil Award, given to the team’s most outstanding freshman ... Also earned the Camp tontozona Newcomer Most valuable Player award ... in his first col-legiate game, broke the school record for rushing yards in an ASU debut as he gained 134 yards versus temple and scored a touchdown ... Set a team season-high for rushing yards with 197 against Northwestern, also scoring twice on the ground ... Broke the 100-yard mark for a third time against UCLA with a 129 rushing yards and a touchdown ... his 158 carries was the highest total for an ASU back since 2001.

HighSchoolA 2005 graduate of Peoria (Ariz.) high School … Was ASU’s first commitment from the state of Arizona in the 2005 class … Pre- and postseason All-America selection by PrepStar Magazine … Was listed as the top running back prospect in the state of Arizona by PrepStar … A member of the tacoma News tribune’s “Western 100” list … No. 100 on the Southwest hot 100 by Scout.com … Named super all-state in 2004 on offense by Phoenix Metro Football Magazine … injured and missed four games as a senior … rushed for more than 900 yards and led the team to the state playoffs … Was the first junior to be named as the Whizzer White Player of the Year in Arizona since 1995 … great athlete with tremendous speed … one of the fastest players in the nation … Was the state 5A 100 and 200-meter champion as a soph-omore … Was a first-team all-state selection following his junior campaign … Career rushing totals were 3,614 yards and 54 touchdowns in two seasons at Peoria high and one

year at trevor Browne high … Collected 1,712 yards rush-ing and scored 29 touchdowns as a junior … Peoria reached the state semifinals that year … Wrestled for the first time in 2005 … Compiled a 21-7 record despite wrestling in the 215 pound class at 186 pounds and was named the team’s most inspirational wrestler … Attended trevor Browne high School, where he started on the varsity football team as a freshman and sophomore … Was a middle linebacker and running back, gaining 937 yards during his sophomore sea-son … runs a 4.3 40…was coached by doug Clapp.

PersonalUndecided on his major … Parents are Freeman herring and debra griffen of Peoria, Ariz. … has a sister, denisha (20) … his uncle, James Peterson, played football at New Mexico State from 1967-71… Born May 12, 1987 … Full name is Keegan Levar herring.

Herring’sCareerStatisticsRushingYear G/GS Att. Net Avg. TD Lg. Avg./G2005 12/2 158 870 5.5 6 67 72.5Career 12/2 158 870 5.5 6 67 72.5

ReceivingYear Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long Avg./G2005 3 4 1.3 0 9 0.3

Herring’sGame-by-GameStatistics2005RushingOpp. Rush NetYds. TD Longtemple 12 134 1 33LSU 5 36 0 17Northwestern 23 197 2 67@ oregon State 15 58 1 29USC 15 59 1 15oregon 10 25 0 6at Stanford 10 37 0 12Washington 3 9 0 6at Washington State 12 87 0 28at UCLA 27 129 1 27Arizona 7 20 0 13rutgers (insight Bowl) 19 79 0 15

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#9 • Sam Keller • QB

6-4 • 240 • SeniorDanville, Calif.

San Ramon Valley

• talented quarterback who is number one of the depth chart heading into the fall after starting seven games last season.• Smart, mature player who had the chance to learn from ASU career-leading quarterback Andrew Walter in his last two seasons at ASU. • has been a part of two of the three top passing seasons in school history (3,808 yards in 2004 and 3,291 yards in 2003).

2005SeasonPlayed and started in seven games … Was a co-winner of the Cecil Abono award given annually to the team captains as selected by their teammates … Was named to the preseason watch list for the Maxwell Award, presented annually to the Collegiate Player of the Year … Was named a preseason third-team All-Pac-10 selection by Athlon Sports … ranked second on the team for total offense (2,071 yards) and was first among passers with 20 touchdowns … threw for 2,165 yards on 155-of-264 passing and averaged 270.6 passing yards per game … threw for four touchdowns in four con-secutive games (temple, LSU, Northwestern, oregon State) and zero interceptions over the last three games in that span … had a span of 131 consecutive passing attempts without an interception (snapped against USC), which was just six attempts short of Mike Pagel’s school record … threw for at least one touchdown in seven consecutive games (snapped against oregon) dating back to the 2004 season … recorded a season-high 461 passing yards against LSU on 35-of-56 passing … Missed the last five games of the 2005 after a thumb injury forced him to have surgery.

2004SeasonSaw action in six games as ASU’s backup quarterback … Started the first game of his career vs. Purdue in the vitalis Sun Bowl on dec. 31 … Was named Sun Bowl MvP after completing 25 of 45 passes for 370 yards and three touchdowns (all career bests) … directed ASU’s thrilling fourth-quarter comeback against the Boilermakers, completing all four of his passing attempts in the game-winning 80-yard drive … Capped off the drive with a 19-yard td pass to rudy Burgess … Completed 42 of 71 pass attempts on the season (59.2 percent) for 606 yards and five touchdowns … only tossed one interception on the year … Part of an ASU passing offense that led the Pac-10, ranked fifth in the nation and set the school record with 317.3 passing yards per game … Connected on eight of 13 attempts for 94 yards Nov. 26 at Arizona … Came into the game for two drives in place of the injured Walter, a second-team All-Pac-10 selection … ended an 80-yard drive with a three-yard td strike to Jamaal Lewis and nearly completed the comeback when a dropped pass stalled a drive at the UA 5-yard line … Went 5-for-7 for 115 yards in ASU’s Sept. 2 season-opener against UteP … Completed a career-long 68-yard touchdown strike to Burgess in the fourth quarter of that victory.

2003SeasonPlayed in six games as a true freshman… Saw most of his reps at the end of games as a back-up to honorable-mention All-Pac-10

honoree Andrew Walter … Completed 23-of-43 passing attempts for 246 yards … threw his lone touchdown pass of the season Nov. 1 vs. California, connecting with Jamaal Lewis for 11 yards for the fourth-quarter score … turned in a season-high 63 yards on 6-of-10 passing in that game vs. the golden Bears … had one interception … Saw his first extensive playing time of the season oct. 25 at UCLA in place of the injured Walte … played the second half against the Bruins, completing 11-of-21 passes for 79 yards.

HighSchoolA 2003 graduate of San ramon valley high School in danville, Calif. … rated as the No. 25 quarterback recruit in the nation by SuperPrep Magazine … Was the No. 30 prospect in the Farwest (Arizona, California, hawaii, Nevada, oregon, Washington) by SuperPrep Magazine … A member of the tacoma News tribune’s “Western 100” … Was the red zone old Spice California State Player of the Year in 2003 … Was a 2001 Student Sports Magazine Junior All-America … Listed as the No. 9 quarterback by rivals.com … has an insiders Magazine No. 37 rating … Played in the California/Florida All-Star football game and completed nine of 13 passes for 105 yards and one touchdown … Participated in the 2002 Air 7 Quarterback Challenge … rivals Magazine No. 30 ranking overall in the state of California … A member of the Cal hi Sports All-State Underclass second-team in 2001 … Made the Contra Costa time’s “Cream of the Crop” for 2002 … Won the Peter villa trophy for the outstanding Player in San ramon valley in 2002 … Was first-team all-league (east Bay Athletic League) quar-terback in 2001 and 2002 … Was All-ANg Newspapers (oakland herald) first-team quarterback in 2002 … All-Contra Costa times second-team quarterback in 2001 and 2002 … 2000 All-eBAL League second-team quarterback … Was his team’s offensive MvP in 2001 and 2002 … Compiled a 23-10-2 record as a starter … Statistics as a senior included a 10-3 record, 210 completions, 333 attempts, 3,282 yards and 38 touchdowns with just five intercep-tions … Also scored two touchdowns rushing … Went 101-for-230 for 1,425 yards and 14 touchdowns, eight interceptions, two rush-ing touchdowns and one td via a pass reception as a sophomore … threw for 7,388 yards and 80 touchdowns in his prep career … three-year starter (made 35 consecutive starts) … Best game was a 444-yard and 5-td game against rival Monte vista hS … Was also a four-year starter in basketball at San ramon valley high … Coached by dave Kravitz.

PersonalUndecided on his major ... Father , Mike (sports management consultant), and stepmother, Kimberly, live in San ramon, Calif. … Mother is Melissa Sanders … his father was an All-American at the University of Michigan for Bo Schembechler and a third-round draft choice of the dallas Cowboys … his uncle played at Michigan as well … has two sisters, gabby (15) and Jessica (30) … his sister, Jessica, is married to Mark Chamberlin, who serves in the 101st Airborne and is currently in helicopter flight school in Alabama … hobbies include billiards and snowboarding … Full name is Samuel Michael Keller.

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Keller’sCareerStatisticsYear G/GSComp./Att. Yds. Pct. TD/Int. Lg. Avg./G Eff.2003 6/0 23/43 247 53.5 1/1 26 41.2 104.762004 6/1 42/71 606 59.2 5/1 68 101.0 151.272005 8/7 155/264 2165 58.7 20/9 65 270.6 145.78Career20/8 220/378 3018 58.2 26/11 68 150.9 142.15

Keller’sGame-by-GameStatistics2005Opp. Comp./Att. Yds. TD/Int. Longtemple 14/24 208 4/2 31LSU 35/56 461 4/0 44Northwestern 20/31 409 4/0 65at oregon State 19/36 365 4/0 49USC 26/45 347 2/5 25oregon 31/56 277 2/2 42at Stanford 19/25 98 0/0 31Washington dNPat Washington State dNPat UCLA dNPArizona dNPvs. rutgers dNP

2004Opp. Comp./Att. Yds. TD/Int. LongUteP 5/7 115 1/1 68at Northwestern -dNP-iowa 2/2 7 0/0 4oregon State -dNP-at oregon -dNP-at USC 2/3 20 0/0 15UCLA -dNP-at California -dNP-Stanford -dNP-Washington State 0/1 0 0/0 0at Arizona 8/13 94 1/0 42vs. Purdue 25/45 370 3/0 68

2003Opp. Comp./Att. Yds. TD/Int. LongNorthern Arizona 1/2 10 0/0 10Utah State -dNP-at iowa -dNP- at oregon State 3/8 52 0/1 26USC -dNP- oregon 2/2 22 0/0 13at North Carolina -dNP-at UCLA 11/21 79 0/0 18California 6/10 83 1/0 21at Stanford -dNP-at Washington State -dNP-Arizona 0/0 0 0/0 0

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#86 • Zach Miller • TE

6-5 • 258 • JuniorPhoenix, Ariz.Desert Vista

• one of the premier tight ends in the nation was recently named a 2006 Playboy Magazine All-American• Should be a leading preseason candidate for the Mackey Award, presented annually to the nation’s top tight end• had a solid sophomore season to follow his record-setting fresh-man year.• has started all 22 games he has played.• in only two seasons at ASU, he has caught 94 passes for 1,028 yards and 10 touchdowns. over that two-year span, he ranks first in the nation among tight ends in receptions, and second in yards and touchdown catches• has caught a career-best 10 passes twice, at USC in october, 2004 and at Washington State in November, 2005.• has caught at least one pass in 20 of 22 career games, and has had five or more receptions in 10 games through his first two seasons.• Was nicknamed “the truth” by his teammates for living up to the hype that tabbed him the No. 1 tight end prospect in the nation coming out of high school.

2005SeasonStarted 10 games … earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 honors … earned second-team Academic All-Pac-10 honors, posting a 3.75 gPA … Finished the season with 38 catches for 476 yards and four touchdowns … Caught at least one pass in all but one game in which he played … tied his career high of 10 catches and added 98 yards and a touchdown at Washington State on Nov. 5 ... recorded six receptions for 92 yards at Stanford on Nov. 22 … Collected seven catches for 71 yards and a touchdown against No. 25 oregon on oct. 8, after seeing little action due to injury in the previous three games … had two receptions for 61 yards, including a season-high 34 yard reception from quarterback rudy Carpenter on the first play from scrimmage against rival Arizona on Nov. 25 … Also caught the game-tying two-point conversion pass with 7:52 remaining against the Wildcats … Caught four passes for 43 yards and a score against rutgers in the 2005 insight Bowl on dec. 27 … had three receptions for 26 yards and a touchdown in the opener against temple on Sept. 1 … Was listed as the eighth-best tight end in the country by the Sporting News.

2004SeasonStarted all 12 games as a true freshman ... Was named the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year, the second Sun devil to earn that distinction (terrell Suggs was the other) ... earned second-team All-America honors from both the Sporting News and rivals.com ... Was one of four freshmen in the country to earn first- or second-team All-America honors ... Was also a first-team Freshman All-America selection by both publications as well as the Football Writers Association of America ... rivals.com also named him to its All-Pac-10 squad ... turned in 56 catches and 552 yards, shattering ASU’s freshman receiving records previously held by College Football hall of Famer John Jefferson and former Sun devil derek hagan ...

broke ASU’s single-season mark for receptions by a tight end, best-ing the 55 catches that current Baltimore raven All-Pro todd heap had in 1999 ... the best tight end in school history, heap turned in just 12 catches for 209 yards and four tds in his freshman year ... Miller’s six td catches tied for first on ASU single-season charts and are already tied for sixth on the career list ... his 56 catches tied with oregon State’s Joe Newton for the most in the nation by a tight end and ranked ninth in the ASU recordbook for receptions in a single season ... tied for second on the team with six receiving touchdowns ... tied the school record for receiving tds by a tight end with his six scores (Joe Petty had six in 1971) ... Finished sev-enth in the Pac-10 with 4.7 catches per game ... Caught a career-high 10 balls for 85 yards and the first two td receptions of his career in ASU’s win over iowa on Sept. 18 ... hauled in eight balls for a career-best 102 yards oct. 16 vs. national champion USC ... Added eight catches for 76 yards Nov. 26 at Arizona.

HighSchoolA 2004 graduate of desert vista high School in Phoenix ... Was a unanimous selection as the No. 1 tight end prospect in the nation ... USA today first-team All-American tight end... rydell All-America tight end... Listed as the No. 1 tight end, the No. 50 overall prospect in the nation, the No. 7 prospect in the West and a member of the top 100 “dream team” by PrepStar ... A member of SuperPrep’s preseason top 50 players in the nation ... earned 93 points (seventh-best player) to make first team pn the Long Beach Press-telegram’s “Best in the West” list ... Member of the tacoma News tribune’s “Western 100” ... Listed as the No. 1 player in the state of Arizona by SuperPrep ... Listed as the No. 1 tight end and No. 5 player in the nation as well the No. 1 player in Arizona by rivals.com ... Played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl high school all-star game ... Named the “Big School” Player of the Year by the Arizona republic ... Won the tempe All-City Scholar-Athlete Award of excellence in May 2004 ... A first-team 5A All-State pick by the east valley tribune as a tight end and linebacker ... Was the recipient of the vic householder Award, given annually by Phoenix Metro Football Magazine to the Arizona Player of the Year ... Arizona gatorade Player of the Year in 2003 ... Named the Phoenix Metro Magazine Player of the Year ... Southeast valley and Central region offensive Player of the Year ... tempe all-city tight end as a senior ... eSPN top-ranked tight end and No. 10 player overall in the country ... the Sporting News All-American first-team tight end ... Student Sports Magazine first-team All-American ... had 47 catches for 790 yards and six touchdowns as a senior ... Also added 134 tackles on defense, 11 quarterback sacks and one interception ... Also won the Larry gordon Award, presented annu-ally to the state’s best linebacker, and the henry Stanton Award as the state’s top receiver ... Both awards presented by Phoenix Metro Football Magazine ... gordon was a former ASU linebacking star ... First-team offense and defense selection by that publication ... Amassed 27 receptions for 520 yards and six touchdowns as a junior ... on defense, he accumulated 102 tackles, 16 tackles for loss and 11 quarterback sacks ... As a sophomore, made Student Sports Magazine Sophomore All-America tight end ... Was third-team all-state by the Arizona republic as a sophomore ... Second-team All-east valley tight end by the east valley tribune as a sophomore ... Made All-Central region first-team at tight end as a sophomore ... Selected desert vista’s Best defensive Player Award as a sophomore and was first-team all-city honoree at tight end ... Made All-Central region second-team at tight end as a freshman ... A tremendous student with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average...earned four letters in football and three in track ... Captained his

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football team as a senior ... Set the school discus record and was the shotput regional champion in 2004 ... Also earned all-city honors in discus in 2004 ... Finished third in the state in discus in 2003...coached by dan hinds.

PersonalUndecided on his major ... Parents are tom (business owner) and Jaki (designer) Miller of Phoenix ... has a brother, Brent (20), and a sister, Kara (16) ... his brother, Brent, is a redshirt junior tight end/h-back at ASU... volunteered at the Special olympics in 2001-03 ... Won the U.S. Achievement Academy Mathematics award in 1999, 2000 and 2001 ... Lists playing X-Box as one of his hobbies ... Born on december of 1985 in tempe, Ariz. ... Full name is zachary J. Miller.

CAREERHIGHS: receptions: 10, twice, last at Washington State (11/5/05). receiving Yards: 102, at USC (10/16/04). receiving touchdowns: 2, vs. iowa (9/18/04).

Miller’sCareerStatisticsYear G/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TDLong Avg./G2004 12/12 56 552 9.9 6 44 46.02005 10/10 38 476 12.5 4 34 47.6Career 22/22 94 1028 10.9 10 44 46.7

Miller’sGame-by-GameStatistics2005 Opp. Rec. Yards TD Longtemple 3 26 1 13LSU 2 23 0 20Northwestern dNP - - -at oregon State dNP - - - USC 0 0 0 0oregon 7 71 1 18at Stanford 6 92 0 31Washington 3 48 0 26at Washington State 10 98 1 19at UCLA 1 14 0 14Arizona 2 61 0 34vs. rutgers 2 62 0 20

2004Opp. Rec. Yards TD LongUteP 0 0 0 0at Northwestern 1 11 0 11iowa 10 85 2 30oregon State 1 17 1 17at oregon 2 38 0 27at USC 8 102 0 26UCLA 4 32 1 15at California 6 46 0 9Stanford 6 78 1 44Washington State 5 39 1 24at Arizona 8 76 0 25vs. Purdue 5 28 0 12

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#17 • Terry Richardson • WR

6-1 • 187 • SeniorCorona, Calif.

Centennial

•exciting, athletic playmaker who contin-ues to get better and better. • Will step into a starting role at wide receive• is also the Sun devils number one kick and punt returner• is ASU’s leading active career receiver with 98 catches for 1,410 yards and 11 touchdowns.

2005SeasonWas selected as a second-team All-American by Si.com ... Was a first-team All-Pac-10 selection ... Played in all 12 games with seven starts ... Caught 37 passes for 495 yards and five touchdowns ... tallied a season-high seven receptions against LSU for 75 yards ... Against Stanford, caught six passes for a season-high 119 yards and a touchdown ... Caught two touchdowns against UCLA with totals of six catches for 65 yards ... Scored a touchdown in the insight Bowl against rutgers, gaining a total 46 yards on two catches ... Led the team in punt and kick return yardage ... gained 337 total punt return yards, the fifth most in ASU history and the most since 1971 ... returned a punt 84 yards for a touchdown against No. 1 USC... returned a punt 80 yards for a touchdown against Arizona in a 15-point come-from-behind victory... Averaged 15.3 yards per punt return, seventh in the nation and second in the Pac-10 ... ranked third in the Pac-10 and 16th nationally with a 27.3 yards per kickoff return average, the third-highest single-season average in ASU history ... his 629 kick return yards were also the third-highest single-season mark in ASU history.

2004Seasonearned honorable-mention All-Pac-10 accolades … Played in all 12 games with nine starts … Caught 45 passes for a total of 679 yards … ranked second on the team with 679 receiving yards … Was ninth in the Pac-10 with 56.6 receiving yards per game… Averaged 15.1 yards a catch … tallied six receiving touchdowns and one rushing touchdown … Finished third on the team in all-purpose yards with 1,018 and an average of 84.8 per game … Averaged 28.8 yards per kickoff return (four for 115 yards) and 18.5 yards per punt return (10 for 185 yards) … his lone rushing touchdown of the season came at home against oregon State … recorded two 100-yard receiving games … had seven catches for 159 yards (both career highs) and one touchdown against UCLA…caught a 65-yard pass to score the go-ahead touchdown in ASU’s fourth-quarter comeback against the Bruins…tallied five catches for 107 yards and one td vs. Stanford … recorded over 100 all-purpose yards in four games … returned two kickoffs for 80 yards, includ-ing a 67-yarder, at Arizona … Also returned three punts for 96 yards with a 45-yarder vs. the Wildcats.

2003SeasonPlayed in 10 games with two starts … Started against USC and Stanford … Caught 18 passes for 236 yards …gained 21 yards on punt returns and 46 on kickoff returns…caught a season-high four passes at iowa for 34 yards and returned a kickoff for 27 yards,

his longest of the season … Also had four catches for 79 yards at oregon State … had a season-long 34-yard reception against USC … gained 18 yards in his only rushing attempt of the season against Arizona. 2002: had an outstanding redshirt season on the scout team, earning the McBurney offensive Scout team Award.

HighSchoolA 2002 graduate of Centennial high School in Corona, Calif. … PrepStar All-American who listed as the No. 3 wide receiver in the West … Was rated as the No. 3 skill athlete in the nation and the No. 7 player in the states of California, Nevada and hawaii (combined) in the preseason by SuperPrep … earned four votes in the Long Beach Press-telegram’s “Best in the West” poll … Was a member of the tacoma News-tribune’s “Western 100” list (the top 100 players on the West Coast) … Was listed as a “Super Prospect” by the recruiting site Fansonly.com … Selected to play in the CaliFlorida Bowl game … Was the first four-year football letterwinner in the history of Centennial high School … earned all-league and Player-of-the-Year honors his senior year … Was all-city as a junior…collected 55 receptions for 973 yards and 13 touchdowns as a senior … Also rushed for 191 yards and five more scores…also played defensive back and racked up 93 tackles and six interceptions during career … Set school records for receptions (167), receiving yards (3,026), longest offensive touchdown (86 yards), shuttle run (4.1 sec), and vertical jump (37.5) … Caught over 100 passes for just over 2,000 yards and 26 touchdowns in his junior and senior seasons combined… had 12 catches for 220 yards in the championship game vs. Norco high School to help his team win the 2000 Mountain view League title … Also lettered in volleyball and basketball … Captained football two years, volleyball for one year and basketball for one year … voted MvP of his vol-leyball team for the 2000-01 season … coached by Matt Logan.

PERSONALis pursuing a degree in interdisciplinary studies (business and education) … Parents are terry (truck driver, richardson trucking) and victoria (AFS/Adata Corp. supervisor) … has one brother, tyrel (19), and two sisters, Meashay Livingston (28) and vonnay Battle (26) … Lists his most exciting sports experiences as playing varsity football as a freshman and winning his first football championship in 2000 … hobbies include music, cars and spending time with his nieces and nephews … Born June 12, 1984 in dominguez hills, Calif. … Full name is terry richardson Jr.

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Richardson’sCareerStatisticsReceivingYear G/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long Avg./G2003 10/2 16 236 14.8 0 34 23.62004 12/9 45 679 15.1 6 65 56.62005 11/7 37 495 13.4 5 38 45.0Career 33/18 98 1410 14.4 11 65 42.7

KickoffReturnsYear G/GS No. Yds. Avg. TD Long2003 10/2 2 46 23.0 0 272004 12/9 4 115 28.8 0 672005 11/7 23 629 27.3 0 49Career 33/18 29 790 27.2 0 67

PuntReturnsYear G/GS No. Yds. Avg. TD Long2003 10/2 6 21 3.5 0 92004 12/9 10 185 18.5 0 452005 11/7 22 337 15.3 2 84Career 33/18 38 543 14.3 2 84

Richardson’sGame-by-GameStatistics2005Opp. Rec. Yards TD Longtemple 0 0 0 0LSU 7 75 0 19Northwestern dNPat oregon State 1 9 0 9USC 1 13 0 13oregon 3 24 0 10at Stanford 6 119 1 38Washington 3 24 0 9at Washington State 6 82 1 29at UCLA 6 65 2 26Arizona 2 38 0 32vs. rutgers 2 46 1 24

2004Opp. Rec. Yards TD LongUteP 5 70 1 34at Northwestern 5 65 1 30iowa 4 48 0 34oregon State 5 39 0 9at oregon 3 40 1 24at USC 2 24 0 15UCLA 7 159 1 65at California 4 48 0 20Stanford 5 107 1 41Washington State 2 25 1 18at Arizona 0 0 0 0vs. Purdue 3 54 0 32

2003Opp. Rec. Yards TD LongNorthern Arizona 1 10 0 10Utah State 0 0 0 0at iowa 4 34 0 12at oregon State 4 79 0 26USC 2 49 0 34oregon 2 22 0 13at North Carolina -dNP-at UCLA 0 0 0 0California 3 42 0 21at Stanford 0 0 0 0at Washington State -dNP-Arizona 0 0 0 0

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Final 2005 Statistics

Date Opponent Result Atten.Sept. 1 temple W, 63-16 50,049Sept. 10 #5/5 LSU L, 31-35 63,210Sept. 17 Northwestern W, 52-21 55,029Sept. 24 at oregon State* W, 42-24 41,374oct. 1 #1/1 USC* L, 28-38 71,706oct. 8 #25/rv oregon* L, 17-31 62,789oct. 22 at Stanford* L, 35-45 31,711oct. 29 Washington* W, 44-20 57,678Nov. 5 at Washington State* W, 27-24 31,054Nov. 12 at #14/14 UCLA* L, 35-45 84,983Nov. 25 Arizona* W, 23-20 67,635dec. 27 vs. rutgers (insight Bowl) W, 45-40 43,536

* Pac-10 Conference game rankings are Associated Press/USA today at time of game

SCOREBYQUARTERS 1 2 3 4 OT TOTALArizona State 106 120 94 122 0 442opponents 72 97 93 97 0 359

TEAMSTATISTICS ASU OPPSCoriNg 442 359 Points Per game 36.8 29.9 totAL FirSt doWNS 313 287 rushing 93 111 Passing 201 143 Penalty 19 33rUShiNg YArdAge 1,748 2,157 Yards gained rushing 2,080 2,487 Yards Lost rushing 332 330 rushing Attempts 447 493 Average Per rush 3.9 4.4 Average Per game 145.7 179.8 touchdowns rushing 18 20PASSiNg YArdAge 4,481 3,468 Att-Comp-int 493-312-11 413-246-12 Average Per Pass 9.1 8.4 Average Per Catch 14.4 14.1 Average Per game 373.4 289.0 touchdowns Passing 38 21totAL oFFeNSe 6,229 5,625 total Plays 940 906 Average Per Play 6.6 6.2 Average Per game 519.1 468.8KiCKoFF retUrNS-YArdS 36-885 29-605 Average Per return 24.6 20.9PUNt retUrNS-YArdS 26-389 22-287 Average Per return 15.0 13.0iNterCePtioN retUrNS-YArdS 12-124 11-100 Average Per return 10.3 9.1FUMBLeS-LoSt 19-9 27-15PeNALtieS-YArdS 114-982 80-666 Average Per game 81.8 55.5PUNtS-YArdS 58-2,146 50-2,117 Average Per Punt 37.0 42.3 Net Punt Average 32.1 34.6tiMe oF PoSSeSSioN Per gAMe 29:50 30.103rd-doWN CoNverSioNS 80/172 60/178 3rd-down Pct. 47% 34%4th-doWN CoNverSioNS 9/17 9/21 4th-down Pct. 53% 43%SACKS BY-YArdS 22-147 36-222MiSCeLLANeoUS YArdS 29 3toUChdoWNS SCored 59 44FieLd goALS-AtteMPtS 9-11 16-23PAt KiCKS-AtteMPtS 53-53 43-43hoMe AtteNdANCe 7/428,096 4/47,280 games/Avg. Per game 61,157 47,280

RUSHING TC YG YL NET AVG TD LG AVG/GKeegan herring 158 917 47 870 5.5 6 67 72.5rudy Burgess 145 667 23 644 4.4 6 38 53.7Preston Jones 39 194 7 187 4.8 2 36 26.7terry richardson 7 56 0 56 8.0 0 13 5.1Antone Saulsberry 10 36 0 36 3.6 1 7 18.0Cornell Canidate 6 25 0 25 4.2 0 7 3.6Shaun deWitty 6 25 1 24 4.0 0 9 4.8randy hill 3 10 0 10 3.3 0 4 2.5Chad Christensen 1 8 0 8 8.0 1 8 0.7Price Wilks 3 8 1 7 2.3 0 7 7.0Stephen Berg 0 6 0 6 0.0 0 0 0.5rudy Carpenter 42 116 125 -9 -0.2 1 15 -1.0team 7 0 22 -22 -3.1 0 0 -2.4Sam Keller 20 12 106 -94 -4.7 1 6 -11.8ASU 447 2080 332 1748 3.9 18 67 145.7OPPONENTS 493 2487 330 2157 4.4 20 61 179.8

PASSING G Efic.Att-Cmp-Int Pct. Yds. TD Lng.Avg./GSam Keller 8 145.78 264-155-9 58.7 2165 20 65 270.6rudy Carpenter 9 175.01 228-156-2 68.4 2273 17 69 252.6rudy Burgess 12 791.20 1-1-0 100.0 43 1 43 3.6ASU 12 160.61493-312-11 63.3 4481 38 69 373.4OPPONENTS 12 141.07413-246-12 59.6 3468 21 91 289.0

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG TD LG AVG/Gderek hagan 77 1210 15.7 8 59 100.8rudy Burgess 59 655 11.1 4 49 54.6zach Miller 38 476 12.5 4 34 47.6terry richardson 37 495 13.4 5 38 45.0Matt Miller 24 563 23.5 7 69 51.2Jamaal Lewis 23 446 19.4 5 42 49.6Moey Mutz 21 331 15.8 1 38 30.1Brent Miller 7 111 15.9 2 41 9.2Nate Kimbrough 7 76 10.9 1 17 15.2Lee Burghgraef 4 30 7.5 1 19 2.5Michael Jones 4 22 5.5 0 8 2.0Keegan herring 3 4 1.3 0 9 0.3Chad Christensen 2 19 9.5 0 16 1.6Jeff gray 1 15 15.0 0 15 1.9Stephen Bisnett 1 14 14.0 0 14 1.2Cornell Canidate 1 9 9.0 0 9 1.3randy hill 1 8 8.0 0 8 2.0Preston Jones 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.4rudy Carpenter 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 -.07ASU 312 4481 14.4 38 69 373.4OPPONENTS 246 3468 14.1 21 91 289.0

FIELDGOALS1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ TOT LG PCTJ. Ainsworth 1-1 5-5 3-3 0-2 0-0 9-11 34 81.8

FIELDGOALSEQUENCE ASU Opponentstemple — —#5/5 LSU (26), 47 —Northwestern (27) 43@ oregon State — 47, (22)#1/1 USC — (36)#25/rv oregon (34) 55, (42), (51), (42), 47@ Stanford — (20)Washington 44, (21) (30), (35)@ Washington State (19), (33) (40), 50, 52@ #14/14 UCLA — (27)Arizona (32), (20) (37), 47, (47)vs. rutgers (20) (25), (23), (52), (48)

Numbers in parentheses indicate field goal was made(ASU’s field goals all kicked by Jesse Ainsworth)

Overall Record: 7-5 • Pac-10: 4-4 • Home: 4-3 • Away: 2-2 • Neutral 1-0


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Final 2005 Statistics

TOTALOFFENSE G PLAYS RUSH PASS TOTAL AVG/Grudy Carpenter 9 270 -9 2273 2264 251.6Sam Keller 8 284 -94 2165 2071 258.9Keegan herring 12 158 870 0 870 72.5rudy Burgess 12 146 644 43 687 57.2Preston Jones 7 39 187 0 187 26.7terry richardson 11 7 56 0 56 5.1Antone Saulsberry 2 10 36 0 36 18.0Cornell Canidate 7 6 25 0 25 3.6Shaun deWitty 5 6 24 0 24 4.8randy hill 4 3 10 0 10 2.5Chad Christensen 12 1 8 0 8 0.7Price Wilks 1 3 7 0 7 7.0Stephen Berg 11 0 6 0 6 0.5team 9 7 -22 0 -22 -2.4Total 12 940 1748 4481 6229 519.1Opponents 12 906 2157 3468 5625 468.8

ALL-PURPOSEYDS G RUSH REC PR KR TOT AVG/Gt. richardson 11 56 495 337 629 1517 137.9r. Burgess 12 644 655 0 160 1459 121.6d. hagan 12 0 1210 0 0 1210 100.8K. herring 12 870 4 0 0 874 72.8M. Miller 11 0 563 0 0 563 51.2z. Miller 10 0 476 0 0 476 47.6J. Lewis 9 0 446 0 0 446 49.6M. Mutz 11 0 331 0 0 331 30.1P. Jones 7 187 3 0 0 190 27.1N. Kimbrough 5 0 76 52 57 185 37.0B. Miller 12 0 111 0 0 111 9.2J. golden 12 0 0 0 39 102 8.5A. Saulsberry 2 36 0 0 0 36 18.0C. Canidate 7 25 9 0 0 34 4.9L. Burghgraef 12 0 30 0 0 30 2.5C. Christensen 12 8 19 0 0 27 2.2S. deWitty 5 24 0 0 0 24 4.8J. Williams 11 0 0 0 0 22 2.0M. Jones 11 0 22 0 0 22 2.0d. Ware 9 0 0 0 0 20 2.2r. hill 4 10 8 0 0 18 4.5J. gray 8 0 15 0 0 15 1.9S. Bisnett 12 0 14 0 0 14 1.2J. Barrett 12 0 0 0 0 12 1.0P. Wilks 1 7 0 0 0 7 7.0M. davis Jr. 12 0 0 0 0 7 0.6S. Berg 11 6 0 0 0 6 0.5r. Carpenter 9 -9 -6 0 0 -15 -1.7team 9 -22 0 0 0 -22 -2.4S. Keller 8 -94 0 0 0 -94 -11.8Total 12 1748 4481 389 8857627 635.6Opponents 12 2157 3468 287 6056617 551.4

*totals include other players not listed as well as interception returns.

PUNTING NO YDS AVG LG TB FC I20 BLKC. Macdonald 33 1396 42.3 67 4 5 10 4J. Ainsworth 21 734 35.0 53 1 6 9 0team 4 16 4.0 16 0 0 0 0Total 58 2146 37.0 67 5 11 19 4Opponents 50 2117 42.3 62 5 10 17 2

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG TD LGJamar Williams 3 22 7.3 0 22Josh golden 2 63 31.5 1 58deWayne hollyfield 1 0 0.0 0 0robert James 1 0 0.0 0 0r.J. oliver 1 0 0.0 0 0Mike davis Jr. 1 7 7.0 0 7Josh Barrett 1 12 12.0 0 12derron Ware 1 20 20.0 0 20zach Catanese 1 0 0.0 0 0Total 12 124 10.3 1 58Opponents 11 100 9.1 1 51

PUNTRETURNS NO YDS AVG TD LGterry richardson 22 337 15.3 2 84Nate Kimbrough 4 52 13.0 0 25Total 26 389 15.0 2 84Opponents 22 287 13.0 1 57

KICKOFFRETURNS NO YDS AVG TD LGterry richardson 23 629 27.3 0 49rudy Burgess 9 160 17.8 0 31Josh golden 2 39 19.5 0 24Nate Kimbrough 2 57 28.5 0 38Total 36 885 24.6 0 49Opponents 29 605 20.9 0 41

FUMBLERETURNS NO YDS AVG TD LGJamar Williams 1 12 12.0 0 12Maurice London 1 14 14.0 0 14dale robinson 1 -1 -1.0 0 0Josh golden 1 4 4.0 0 4Total 4 29 7.2 0 14Opponents 1 3 3.0 1 3

[–––––––––PAT–––––––––]SCORING TD FG Kick Rush Rec Pass DXP SAPTSJesse Ainsworth 0 9-11 53-53 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 80rudy Burgess 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 60derek hagan 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48Matt Miller 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 44terry richardson 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42Keegan herring 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36Jamaal Lewis 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30zach Miller 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 26Brent Miller 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 14Preston Jones 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Sam Keller 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Antone Saulsberry 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Lee Burghgraef 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Moey Mutz 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Chad Christensen 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Josh golden 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Nate Kimbrough 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6rudy Carpenter 1 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 3-3 0 0 6team 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2Total 599-1153-53 0-2 3 3-3 0 1442Opponents 4416-2343-43 0-0 1 1-1 0 1359


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Final 2005 Defensive Statistics

DEFENSIVELEADERS[–Tackles–][Sacks][-PassDef-] [-Fumbles-] G UT AT TT TFL No-Yds Int-Yds PBU QBH Rcv-Yds FF BK SAFdale robinson 12 74 41 115 15.0-45 4.0-25 - 1 1 2--1 3 - -zach Catanese 12 62 45 107 3.0-10 2.0-8 1-0 4 - 1-0 2 - -Jamar Williams 11 48 22 70 4.0-18 2.0-15 3-22 - - 2-12 2 - -Maurice London 11 31 24 55 3.0-10 - - 6 - 3-14 - - -Josh golden 12 39 12 51 1.0-4 - 2-63 6 - 1-4 3 - -Mike davis Jr. 12 27 15 42 1.0-6 1.0-6 1-7 11 - - 1 - -Josh Barrett 12 26 11 37 3.0-13 1.0-9 1-12 4 - - - - -Beau Manutai 10 18 18 36 3.0-8 - - 1 - - 1 - -robert James 11 17 19 36 5.0-20 1.0-11 1-0 5 - - - - -Jordan hill 12 10 21 31 6.0-21 1.0-3 - 3 - 2-0 - - -Keno Walter-White 11 19 7 26 1.0-2 - - 3 - - 1 - -Jeremy Payton 10 13 12 25 2.0-9 1.0-8 - 3 - - 2 - -Will Kofe 12 8 15 23 3.0-7 - - 1 - - - - -Quency darley 11 10 12 22 - - - - - - 1 - -Mike talbot 12 11 11 22 5.5-18 1.0-9 - - 1 1-0 - - -r.J. oliver 8 15 6 21 - - 1-0 2 - - - - -deWayne hollyfield 10 13 6 19 11.0-54 5.5-38 1-0 2 - - - 1 -Kyle Caldwell 10 11 6 17 3.0-9 - - - - 1-0 - - -Nick Clapp 7 11 3 14 1.0-1 - - 1 - - - - -Adam vincent 11 9 4 13 0.5-1 0.5-1 - - - - - - -Kellen Mills 12 6 4 10 - - - - - - 1 - -derron Ware 9 7 1 8 - - 1-20 - - - - - -Stephen Bisnett 12 3 3 6 - - - - - - - - -Chad green 8 5 1 6 - - - 1 - - - - -Alex King 12 4 1 5 - - - - - - - - -david Smith 11 3 2 5 2.0-3 - - - - 2-0 - - -Chad Lindsey 10 3 2 5 1.0-1 1.0-1 - - - - - - -Sam Keller 8 1 3 4 - - - - - - - - -team 9 3 - 3 2.0-2 - - - - - - - 1rudy Burgess 12 2 1 3 - - - - - - - - -Littrele Jones 11 2 1 3 - - - - - - - 1 -Keegan herring 12 0 2 2 - - - - - - - - -Shannon Jones 9 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - -tyrice thompson 9 2 - 2 - - - - - - - - -Jovon Williams 1 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - -Wes evans 3 - 1 1 - - - - - - - - -Michael thompson 1 1 - 1 1.0-4 - - - - - - - -Chris Macdonald 8 - 1 1 - - - - - - - - -randy hill 4 - 1 1 - - - - - - - - -Uriah Marshall 2 - 1 1 - - - - - - - - -Preston Jones 7 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - -Moey Mutz 11 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - -Jesse Ainsworth 12 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - -zach Miller 10 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - -derek hagan 12 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - -terry richardson 11 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - -Matt Miller 11 - - - - - - - - - - 1 -ASU 12 522 336 858 77-260 22-147 12-124 54 2 15-29 17 3 1OPPONENTS 12 - - - - 36-222 11-100 56 7 9-3 16 5 1


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2005 Game-by Game Statistics

RUSHING(Attempts-Yards-TDs-Long) Burgess Herring R.Hill P.Jones Saulsberry Kellertemple 10-60-1-12 12-134-1-33 3-10-0-4 10-73-1-36 8-31-1-7 1-(-8)-0-0#5/5 LSU 17-49-0-18 5-36-0-17 dNP dNP dNP 1-(-4)-0-0Northwestern 7-43-0-17 23-197-2-67 dNP dNP 2-5-0-3 0-0-0-0 at oregon State 10-36-1-14 15-58-1-29 dNP dNP dNP 2-(-5)-0-5#1/1 USC 10-33-0-9 15-59-1-15 0-0-0-0 dNP dNP 5-(-33)-0-0#25 oregon 7-25-0-12 10-25-0-6 0-0-0-0 dNP dNP 6-(-13)-0-6at Stanford 11-72-1-38 10-37-0-12 dNP 10-44-0-23 dNP 5-(-31)-1-1Washington 19-67-0-9 3-9-0-6 dNP 12-45-1-10 dNP dNPat Washington State 16-41-0-8 12-87-0-28 dNP 4-12-0-5 dNP dNPat #14/14 UCLA 6-35-0-11 27-129-1-27 dNP 0-0-0-0 dNP dNPArizona 15-83-1-16 7-20-0-13 dNP 2-6-0-8 dNP dNPrutgers (insight Bowl) 17-102-2-18 19-79-0-15 dNP 1-7-0-5 dNP dNP

Richardson Canidate Dewitty Wilks Carpentertemple 0-0-0-0 dNP dNP dNP 0-0-0-0#5/5 LSU 2-18-0-10 dNP dNP dNP dNPNorthwestern dNP 6-25-0-7 3-13-0-9 3-7-0-7 1-2-0-2at oregon State 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 3-11-0-6 dNP 1-(-4)-0-0#1/1 USC 1-11-0-11 0-0-0-0 dNP dNP dNP#25 oregon 2-10-0-7 0-0-0-0 dNP dNP dNPat Stanford 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 dNP dNP 6-4-0-9Washington 0-0-0-0 dNP dNP dNP 9-(-44)-1-9at Washington State 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 dNP 4-(-4)-0-0at #14/14 UCLA 2-17-0-13 0-0-0-0 dNP dNP 9-(-8)-0-9Arizona 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 dNP dNP 6-14-0-9rutgers (insight Bowl) 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 dNP 6-31-0-15

PASSING(Attempts-Completions-Interceptions-Yards-Touchdowns-Long) Keller Carpenter Burgesstemple 24-14-2-208-4-31 7-5-0-51-1-17 0-0-0-0-0-0#5/5 LSU 56-35-0-461-4-44 dNP 0-0-0-0-0-0Northwestern 31-20-0-409-4-65 8-7-0-74-1-15 0-0-0-0-0-0at oregon State 36-19-0-365-4-49 2-2-0-15-0-11 0-0-0-0-0-0#1/1 USC 45-26-5-347-2-25 dNP 0-0-0-0-0-0#25 oregon 56-31-2-277-2-42 dNP 0-0-0-0-0-0at Stanford 25-19-0-98-0-31 16-10-1-304-3-38 0-0-0-0-0-0Washington dNP 34-27-0-401-3-69 0-0-0-0-0-0at Washington State dNP 43-28-1-381-2-59 1-1-0-43-1-43at #14/14 UCLA dNP 37-27-0-334-3-46 0-0-0-0-0-0Arizona dNP 37-18-0-246-0-34 0-0-0-0-0-0rutgers (insight Bowl) dNP 35-23-0-467-4-43 0-0-0-0-0-0

RECEIVING(Receptions-Yards-TDs-Long) Hagan Burgess Z.Miller Lewis Mutz Richardson M.Millertemple 3-53-2-31 3-27-0-14 3-26-1-13 2-52-1-28 2-35-0-24 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0#5/5 LSU 7-95-0-24 5-45-1-12 2-23-0-20 3-76-2-26 4-50-1-27 7-75-0-19 4-65-0-44Northwestern 5-90-1-26 4-65-1-39 dNP 4-67-1-36 4-90-0-38 dNP 3-103-1-65at oregon State 11-193-2-45 2-48-1-49 dNP 0-0-0-0 1-28-0-28 1-9-0-9 2-51-1-37#1/1 USC 10-162-0-25 3-35-0-24 0-0-0-0 5-71-1-23 3-34-0-14 1-13-0-13 1-20-0-20#25 oregon 4-46-1-20 11-52-0-17 7-71-1-18 3-58-0-42 1-11-0-11 3-24-0-10 1-8-0-8at Stanford 6-76-0-17 5-53-1-18 6-92-0-31 dNP 4-37-0-13 6-119-1-38 1-6-0-6Washington 9-115-0-24 4-29-0-8 3-48-0-26 dNP 1-38-0-38 3-24-0-9 5-139-3-69at Washington State 6-139-1-59 6-89-0-28 10-98-1-19 dNP 0-0-0-0 6-82-1-29 0-0-0-0at #14/14 UCLA 7-97-1-46 7-97-0-21 1-14-0-14 3-45-0-25 dNP 6-65-2-26 dNPArizona 4-47-0-17 5-47-0-17 2-61-0-34 1-15-0-15 1-8-0-8 2-38-0-32 2-36-0-26rutgers (insight Bowl)5-97-0-3 4-68-0-24 4-43-1-20 2-62-0-40 0-0-0-0 2-46-1-24 5-135-2-43

B.Miller Kimbrough Bisnett M.Jones Christensen Burghgraef Canidatetemple 1-15-0-15 2-28-1-17 1-14-0-14 1-6-0-6 1-3-0-3 0-0-0-0 dNP#5/5 LSU 2-13-0-11 dNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-19-0-19 dNPNorthwestern 1-7-1-7 3-33-0-13 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-9-0-9at oregon State 1-41-0-41 2-15-0-11 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 dNP#1/1 USC 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 2-4-1-3 0-0-0-0#25 oregon 0-0-0-0- 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-7-0-7 0-0-0-0at Stanford 1-19-1-19 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0Washington 0-0-0-0 dNP 0-0-0-0 dNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 dNPat Washington State 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-16-0-16 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0at #14/14 UCLA 0-0-0-0 dNP 0-0-0-0 3-16-0-8 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0Arizona 0-0-0-0 dNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0rutgers (insight Bowl) 1-16-0-16 dNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0

R.Hill Herring Gray P.Jones Carpentertemple 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0#5/5 LSU dNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 dNP dNPNorthwestern dNP 1-4-0-9 1-15-0-15 dNP 0-0-0-0at oregon State dNP 1-(-5)-0-0 0-0-0-0 dNP 0-0-0-0#1/1 USC 1-8-0-8 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 dNP dNP#25 oregon 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 dNP dNPat Stanford dNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0Washington dNP 1-5-0-5 dNP 1-3-0-3 0-0-0-0at Washington State dNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0at #14/14 UCLA dNP 0-0-0-0 dNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0Arizona dNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-(-6)-0-(-6)rutgers (insight Bowl) dNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0

PUNTING(Attempts-Yards-Avg.-Long-I20) MacDonald Ainsworthtemple 2-93-46.5-48-0 0-0-0-0-0#5/5 LSU 2-101-50.5-53-2 0-0-0-0-0Northwestern 4-158-39.5-46-0 0-0-0-0-0at oregon State 8-284-35.5-46-2 0-0-0-0-0#1/1 USC 6-289-48.2-67-3 0-0-0-0-0#25 oregon 7-330-47.1-55-2 0-0-0-0-0at Stanford 4-141-35.2-45-1 0-0-0-0-0Washington dNP 3-125-41.7-50-1Washington State dNP 4-103-25.8-44-1at #14/14 UCLA dNP 3-88-29.3-44-2Arizona dNP 7-261-37.3-53-4rutgers (insight Bowl) 0-0-0-0-0 4-157-39.3-49-1


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ARIZONASTATETOTALS Total FirstDowns Poss. TOs Rushing Passing Offense To(R-Pa-Pn) Time (Fum.-Lost) Penalties Pointstemple 44-300-4 31-19-2-259-5 75-559 27 (13-14-0) 29:58 3 (3-1) 11-101 63#5/5 LSU 25-99-0 56-35-0-461-4 81-560 29 (5-21-3) 27:39 0 (2-1) 6-31 31Northwestern 45-290-2 39-27-0-483-5 84-773 30 (11-19-0) 35:47 1 (2-1) 15-142 52at oregon State 32-95-2 38-21-0-380-4 70-475 20 (6-13-1) 24:02 0 (0-0) 9-91 42#1/1 USC 32-68-1 46-26-5-347-2 77-415 20 (4-16-0) 25:08 5 (1-0) 5-50 28 #25 oregon 25-53-0 56-31-2-277-2 81-330 21 (4-15-2) 29:09 2 (3-0) 7-56 17at Stanford 42-126-2 41-29-1-402-3 83-528 27 (6-20-1) 32:14 1 (0-0) 11-100 35Washington 43-77-2 34-27-0-401-3 77-478 26 (7-18-1) 34:36 0 (2-0) 14-91 44at Washington State 39-124-0 44-29-1-424-3 83-548 31 (6-18-7) 33:59 2 (1-1) 14-134 27at #14/14 UCLA 45-181-2 37-27-0-334-3 82-515 29 (12-15-2) 30:15 3 (3-3) 2-25 35Arizona 30-123-1 37-18-0-246-0 67-369 20 (8-11-1) 23:55 0 (0-0) 9-59 23rutgers (insight Bowl) 45-212-2 35-23-0-467-4 80-679 33(11-21-1) 31:15 2 (2-2) 11-102 45

OPPONENTTOTALS Total FirstDowns Poss. TOs Rushing Passing Offense To(R-Pa-Pn) Time (Fum.-Lost) Penalties Pointstemple 35-62-1 37-18-2-203-1 72-265 18 (4-9-5) 30:02 3 (2-1) 0-0 16#5/5 LSU 47-190-2 30-17-0-244-1 77-434 24 (12-11-1) 32:21 2 (2-2) 11-100 35Northwestern 32-180-0 38-25-0-236-3 70-416 24 (10-10-4) 24:13 1 (3-1) 4-48 21at oregon State 47-144-2 49-29-3-381-1 96-525 31 (10-16-5) 35:58 6 (3-3) 7-61 24#1/1 USC 49-373-0 39-23-0-258-0 88-631 27 (17-9-1) 34:52 1 (2-1) 12-85 38 #25 oregon 47-234-0 40-20-2-278-2 87-512 23 (9-12-2) 30:51 3 (5-1) 6-71 31at Stanford 33-66-0 27-19-0-303-3 60-369 20 (4-13-3) 27:46 0 (0-0) 5-35 45Washington 40-213-2 26-10-2-185-0 66-398 23 (10-8-5) 25:24 3 (2-2) 5-25 20at Washington State 42-223-2 35-21-1-283-1 77-506 28 (9-15-4) 26:01 2 (2-1) 10-107 24at #14/14 UCLA 39-150-1 27-22-0-510-5 66-660 23 (7-15-1) 29:45 2 (2-2) 5-36 45Arizona 50-164-1 27-18-1-213-1 77-377 22 (12-9-1) 36:05 1 (2-0) 5-28 20rutgers (insight Bowl) 32-158-1 38-24-1-374-3 70-532 24 (7-16-1) 28:45 3 (2-1) 10-70 40

INSIDETHEREDZONE ASU Opponent Inside20 TDs FGs Score Pct. Inside20 TDs FGs Score Pct.temple 8 7 0 7 .875 3 2 0 2 .667#5/5 LSU 4 2 1 3 .750 3 2 0 2 .667Northwestern 6 4 1 5 .833 4 3 0 3 .750at oregon State 2 2 0 2 1.000 6 3 1 4 .667#1/1 USC 4 3 0 3 .750 2 1 1 2 1.000#25 oregon 4 2 1 3 .750 5 2 1 3 .600at Stanford 4 4 0 4 1.000 4 3 1 4 1.000Washington 5 4 1 5 1.000 4 2 2 4 1.000at Washington State 5 2 2 4 .800 4 1 1 2 .500at #14/14 UCLA 6 5 0 5 .834 6 4 1 5 .834Arizona 3 1 2 3 1.000 3 2 1 3 1.000rutgers 4 3 1 4 1.000 4 2 2 4 1.000totals 55 39 9 48

TURNOVERTALEASU finished third in the Pac-10 in turnover margin this season (0.58). in its last 89 games, if ASU wins or breaks even in the turnover battle, the Sun devils are 49-7. in that same span, ASU is 4-29 when it loses the turnover battle. during that stretch, the unexpected has happened 10 times: in 1999 against Washington State (win) and oregon (loss); in 2001 vs. oregon State (win); 2002 vs. eastern Washington (win) and Kansas State (loss); in 2003 vs. Utah State (win), at iowa (loss), USC (loss) and at UCLA (loss); and in 2005 vs. LSU (loss).

ASU 2005 Opp 20 Turnovers 28 ResultforOpponent... 55 Points 125 7 TD 17 2 FG 2 7 Punt 3 0 Turnover 4 0 MissedFG 0 3 TOonDowns 1 0 Safety 0 1 EndofHalf/Game 1

FieldGoalAttempts(Made field goals in parentheses) ASU Opponentstemple -- --#5/5 LSU (26), 47 --Northwestern (27) 43at oregon State -- --#1/1 USC -- (36) #25 oregon (34) 55, (42), (51), (42), 47at Stanford -- (20)Washington 44, (21) 30, 35at Washington State (19), (33) (40), 50, 52at #14/14 UCLA -- (27)Arizona (32), (20) (37), 47, (47)rutgers (insight Bowl) (20) (25), (23), (52), (48)

All of ASU’s field goals kicked by Jesse Ainsworth.


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TOPDEFENSIVE&SPECIALTEAMSPERFORMANCES

Templedale robinson led team with 8 tackles and had 2.5 tackles for loss (-8 yards).Jeremy Payton forced two fumbles.Mike davis Jr. and derron Ware each had an interception.terry richardson finished with five punt returns for a total of 58 yards, tying his career long with a 45-yarder.

#5/5LSUdale robinson led team with a career-high 15 tackles (11 solo) and had 2.5 tackles for loss (-11).zach Catanese (12) and Mike talbot (7) added career bests in tackles.

NorthwesternJosh Barrett led team with career-high eight tackles (7 solo) and had 1.0 tFLzach Catanese (7) and Jeremy Payton (7) also had good defensive efforts

atOregonStateJamar Williams led ASU with 13 tackles (9 solo) and also had one sack, one forced fumble and one interception.ASU records season-high eight sacks, including three by deWayne hollyfield.

#1/1USCterry richardson returned a punt for a 84-yard td and had three kickoff returns for 107 yards (35.67 avg.)dale robinson led all players with 14 tackles and also had 1/2 sack.Chris Macdonald averaged 48.2 yards on his six punts.Jesse Ainsworth recorded touchbacks on four of five kickoffs.

#25OregonASU blocks a field goal (hollyfield) and a punt (Matt Miller).Macdonald averaged 47.1 yards on seven punts.Ainsworth makes 34-yard field goal.Catanese leads defense with 13 tackles (7 solo).robinson records 11 tackles (9 solo), 1.0 tFL and one forced fumble.richardson returns four kickoffs for 106 yards (26.5 avg.)

atStanfordterry richardson returns a kickoff for 42 yardsdale robinson leads the team with eight tackles.deWayne hollyfield records 3.0 tFL.

WashingtonJosh golden returned an interception 58 yards for a touchdown and also forced two

fumbles.Jamar Williams also recorded an interception (no return).dale robinson led the defense with 9 tackles, 1.5 tFL (4 yards) and 0.5 sacks and

recovered two fumbles.

terry richardson totaled 131 return yards, returning a punt 21 yards and three kick-offs for 110 yards, including a 49 yard return.

atWashingtonStater.J. oliver intercepted his first pass since the 2003 season opener (NAU).dale robinson led the team with 10 tackles, 2 tFL and 1.0 sacks.Mike davis, Jr. and Josh golden each forced one fumble in the game.

at#14/14UCLAQuency darley forced one fumble and Jamar Williams recovered two fumbles.dale robinson recorded 14 tackles (nine solo) and zach Catanese has 10 (six).Josh Barrett recorded one sack and robinson had one tFL.terry richardson returned six kicks for 136 yards and an average of 22.7 yards per

return.

Arizonaterry richardson returned a punt 71 yards for a touchdown, his second of the season, to tie the game late in the fourth.richardson had 144 yards on four returns (84 on 2 punts, 60 on 2 kickoffs).zach Catanese led the team 11 tackles (8 solo, 3 assist) with dale robinson recording 10 (8 and 2).Mike talbot recorded two tFLs, including the lone ASU sack in the game.

Rutgers(InsightBowl)Safety Josh Barrett intercepted a pass returning it 12 yards in the beginning of the fourth quarter.Josh golden and zach Catanese led the Sun devils with eight tackles.Jamar Williams recorded seven tackles, all of which were solo. Williams also had a tackle for loss and forced one fumble.

ARIZONASTATESTARTERS

OFFENSE WR LT LG C RG RT TE HB QB TB WRtemple hagan rodd Berg Love Krula Carnahan z.Miller Burghgraef Keller Burgess richardson#5/5 LSU hagan rodd Berg Love Krula Carnahan z.Miller Burghgraef Keller Burgess richardsonNorthwestern hagan rodd Berg Love Krula Carnahan M. Miller* Burghgraef Keller Burgess Mutzat oregon State hagan rodd Berg Love Pollak Carnahan Lewis Burghgraef Keller Burgess richardson#1/1 USC hagan rodd Berg Love talavou Carnahan z. Miller Burghgraef Keller Burgess richardson #25 oregon hagan rodd Berg Love talavou White z. Miller Burghgraef Keller Burgess M. Millerat Stanford hagan rodd Berg Love talavou White z. Miller Burghgraef Keller Burgess richardsonWashington hagan rodd Berg Pollak gustavis White z. Miller Burghgraef Carpenter Burgess richardsonat Washington State hagan White rodd Pollak gustavis Carnahan z. Miller Burghgraef Carpenter P. Jones Burgessat #14/14 UCLA hagan White rodd Pollak Berg Carnahan z. Miller Burghgraef Carpenter Burgess herring*Arizona hagan White rodd Pollak Berg Carnahan z. Miller Burghgraef Carpenter herring richardsonrutgers (insight Bowl) hagan White rodd Pollack Berg Carnahan z. Miller Burghgraef Carpenter Burgess M. Miller

DEFENSE DE DT DT DE SLB MLB WLB CB S S CBtemple Caldwell J.hill darley Kofe J.Williams robinson James golden London Catanese Walter-White#5/5 LSU talbot J.hill darley Kofe J.Williams robinson James golden London Catanese Walter-WhiteNorthwestern talbot J. hill darley Kofe Payton* robinson Clapp golden London Catanese davis, Jr.at oregon State Caldwell J. hill darley Kofe J. Williams robinson James golden London Catanese Walter-White#1/1 USC Caldwell J. hill hollyfield darley J. Williams robinson James golden London Catanese davis, Jr.#25 oregon Caldwell J. hill hollyfield talbot Payton* robinson Clapp golden London Catanese davis, Jr.at Stanford talbot J. hill hollyfield darley J. Williams robinson James golden London Catanese davis, Jr.Washington Caldwell J. hill hollyfield darley J. Williams robinson golden oliver Payton Catanese davis, Jr.at Washington State Caldwell J. hill hollyfield Kofe James robinson J. Williams golden London Catanese davis, Jr.at #14/14 UCLA Kofe J. hill hollyfield darley golden* robinson J. Williams oliver London Catanese davis, Jr.Arizona Caldwell J. hill hollyfield Kofe Barrett * Manutai J. Williams golden London Catanese davis, Jr.rutgers (insight Bowl) Caldwell hollyfield Barrett* darley robinson Manutai M. Williams davis, Jr. London golden Catanese

* started due to formation

ArizonaStateSacks-Game-by-GameGame SacksByASU Sacksvs.ASUtemple 0.0-0 1.0-8#5/5 LSU 4.0-39 0.0-0Northwestern 0.0-0 0.0-0at oregon State 8.0-42 2.0-14#1/1 USC 2.0-12 5.0-33#25 oregon 0.0-0 4.0-20at Stanford 3.0-13 7.0-44Washington 1.0-5 7.0-54at Washington State 2.0-18 3.0-14at #14/14 UCLA 1.0-9 5.0-22Arizona 1.0-9 1.0-7rutgers (insight Bowl) 0.0-0 1-6Totals 22.0-147 36.0-212


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ARIZONASTATESCORINGDRIVES

Temple Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 1 14 81 4:59 Burgess 3yd run (Ainsworth PAt) 1 7 85 2:33 Lewis 24yd pass from Keller (Ainsworth PAt) 2 5 36 1:13 z.Miller 4yd pass from Keller (Ainsworth PAt) 2 1 18 0:06 hagan 18yd pass from Keller (Ainsworth PAt) 3 6 60 2:43 herring 4yd run (Ainsworth PAt) 3 7 85 3:06 hagan 31yd pass from Keller (Ainsworth PAt) 4 8 88 4:15 Kimbrough 17yd pass from Carpenter (Ainsworth PAt) 4 6 16 2:38 Saulsberry 2yd run (Ainsworth PAt) 4 5 28 2:21 P.Jones 4yd run (Ainsworth PAt)

#5/5LSU Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 2 8 81 2:13 Lewis 25yd pass from Keller (Ainsworth PAt) 2 8 71 2:17 Ainsworth 26yd field goal 3 14 75 6:13 Burgess 8yd pass from Keller (Ainsworth PAt) 4 8 75 2:00 Lewis 26yd pass from Keller (Ainsworth PAt) 4 13 80 4:19 Mutz 4yd pass from Keller (Ainsworth PAt)

Northwestern Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 1 6 64 2:29 herring 2yd run (Ainsworth PAt) 2 4 69 0:49 Lewis 36yd pass from Keller (Ainsworth PAt) 2 5 70 1:17 Ainsworth 27yd field goal 2 4 38 0:55 hagan 24yd pass from Keller (Ainsworth PAt) 2 6 61 2:25 herring 5yd run (Ainsworth PAt) 2 6 83 2:19 Burgess 15yd pass from Keller (Ainsworth PAt) 3 9 69 3:43 M. Miller 30yd pass from Keller (Ainsworth PAt) 4 14 76 7:56 B. Miller 7yd pass from Carpenter (Ainsworth PAt)

atOregonState Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 1 3 50 0:48 Burgess 49yd pass from Keller (Ainsworth PAt) 2 7 67 1:50 Burgess 1yd run (Ainsworth PAt) 3 7 70 2:07 hagan 5yd pass from Keller (Ainsworth PAt) 3 8 87 1:36 M. Miller 37yd pass from Keller (Ainsworth PAt) 3 4 37 1:07 hagan 28yd pass from Keller (Ainsworth PAt) 3 1 29 0:07 herring 29yd run (Ainsworth PAt)

#1/1USC Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 1 0 0 0:00 richardson 84-yard punt return (Ainsworth PAt) 2 8 63 2:44 Lewis 7yd pass from Keller (Ainsworth PAt) 2 4 55 1:20 herring 5yd run (Ainsworth PAt) 4 10 70 2:49 Burghgraef 1-yd pass from Keller (Ainsworth PAt)

#25Oregon Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 1 5 57 1:30 hagan 20yd pass from Keller (Ainsworth PAt) 1 4 -9 1:30 Ainsworth 34yd Field goal 3 6 69 1:25 z. Miller 1yd pass from Keller (Ainsworth PAt)

atStanford Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 1 12 80 4:58 Keller 1yd run (Ainsworth PAt) 3 12 80 4:33 Burgess 18yd pass from Carpenter (Ainsworth PAt) 4 7 77 2:03 richardson 38yd pass from Carpenter (Ainsworth PAt) 4 15 88 6:09 Burgess 4yd run (M. Miller 2-point) 4 6 75 0:52 B. Miller 19yd pass from Carpenter (2 pt. failed)

Washington Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 1 9 51 4:14 Carpenter 1yd run (Ainsworth PAt) 1 8 57 3:03 M. Miller 12yd pass from Carpenter (Ainsworth PAt) 2 3 80 1:15 M. Miller 69yd pass from Carpenter (Ainsworth PAt) 2 10 56 1:48 Ainsworth 21yd field goal 4 10 64 5:32 M. Miller 10yd pass from Carpenter (Ainsworth PAt) 4 8 51 3:06 P. Jones 10yd run (Ainsworth PAt)

atWashingtonState Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 1 7 88 2:02 hagan 43yd pass from Burgess (Ainsworth PAt) 1 6 87 1:51 richardson 10yd pass from Carpenter (Ainsworth PAt) 2 8 88 4:04 Ainsworth 19yd field goal 2 7 74 2:12 z. Miller 5yd pass from Carpenter (Ainsworth PAt) 3 14 64 4:46 Ainsworth 33yd field goal

at#14/14UCLA Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 1 9 79 3:36 herring 2yd run (Ainsworth PAt) 1 10 65 3:01 Christensen 8yd run (Ainsworth PAt) 2 2 6 0:52 richardson 4yd pass from Carpenter (Ainsworth PAt) 2 12 63 4:04 richardson 5yd pass from Carpenter (Ainsworth PAt) 4 15 98 5:47 hagan 2yd pass from Carpenter (Ainsworth PAt)

Arizona Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 1 10 65 4:02 Ainsworth 32yd field goal 1 0 0 0:00 team safety 3 10 80 2:13 Burgess 7yd run (Ainsworth PAt) 4 0 0 0:00 richardson 71yd punt return (z. Miller 2-point) 4 13 77 4:40 Ainsworth 20yd field goal

Rutgers(InsightBowl) Qtr. Plays Yds. TOP Score 1 7 80 2:43 M. Miller 43yd pass from Carpenter (Ainsworth PAt) 2 9 52 3:18 Ainsworth 20yd field goal 2 6 70 1:50 z. Miller 1yd pass from Carpenter (Ainsworth PAt) 3 8 80 1:44 Burgess 1yd run (Ainsworth PAt) 3 6 70 2:20 richardson 22yd pass from Carpenter (Ainsworth PAt) 4 8 76 2:56 M. Miller 42yd pass from Carpenter (B. Miller 2-point) 4 8 69 4:25 Burgess 4yd run (2 pt failed)

DRIVESUPERLATIVESLongestScoringDrive ArizonaState OpponentsBy No. of Plays 15 - 2x (last: 98 yds, 5:47) at UCLA 15 (51yds, 5:12) by oregon StateBy No. of Yards 98 (15 plays, 5:47) at UCLA 91 - 2x (last: 1p, 0:19) by UCLABy time of Possession 7:56 (14 plays, 76 yds) vs. Northwestern 5:55 (11p, 68yds) by Arizona

ArizonaStateGame 1 2 3 4 Totaltemple 14 14 14 21 63#5/5 LSU 0 10 7 14 31Northwestern 7 31 7 7 52at oregon State 7 7 28 0 42#1/1 USC 7 14 0 7 28#25 oregon 10 0 7 0 17at Stanford 7 0 7 21 35Washington 14 10 0 20 44at Washington State 14 10 3 0 27at #14/14 UCLA 14 14 0 7 35 Arizona 5 0 7 11 23 rutgers (insight Bowl) 7 10 14 14 45 Totals 106 120 94 122 442

OpponentGame 1 2 3 4 Totaltemple 0 2 7 7 16#5/5 LSU 0 7 0 28 35Northwestern 7 7 0 7 21at oregon State 0 3 7 14 24#1/1 USC 0 3 14 21 39#25 oregon 0 13 11 7 31at Stanford 14 17 14 0 45Washington 3 14 3 0 20at Washington State 7 3 14 0 24at #14/14 UCLA 21 7 14 3 45 Arizona 7 10 3 0 20 rutgers (insight Bowl) 17 7 6 10 40 Totals 72 97 93 97 359

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ASU’SLONGPLAYS(20+YARDS)

TempleYards Play 45 terry richardson punt return 38 Nate Kimbrough kickoff return 36 Preston Jones run 33 Keegan herring run 31 derek hagan pass from Sam Keller 28 Jamaal Lewis pass from Sam Keller 28 Keegan herring run 24 Moey Mutz pass from Sam Keller 24 Jamaal Lewis pass from Sam Keller (td) 20 derron Ware interception return

LSUYards Play 44 Matt Miller pass from Sam Keller 27 Moey Mutz pass from Sam Keller 26 Jamaal Lewis pass from Sam Keller (td) 25 Jamaal Lewis pass from Sam Keller (td) 25 Jamaal Lewis pass from Sam Keller 24 derek hagan pass from Sam Keller 22 derek hagan pass from Sam Keller 20 zach Miller pass from Sam Keller

NorthwesternYards Play 67 Keegan herring run 65 Matt Miller pass from Sam Keller 39 rudy Burgess pass from Sam Keller 38 Moey Mutz pass from Sam Keller 38 Moey Mutz pass from Sam Keller 36 Jamaal Lewis pass from Sam Keller (td) 30 Matt Miller pass from Sam Keller (td) 26 derek hagan pass from Sam Keller 25 Nate Kimbrough punt return 24 derek hagan pass from Sam Keller (td) 24 Josh golden kickoff return

atOregonStateYards Play 49 rudy Burgess pass from Sam Keller (td) 45 derek hagan pass from Sam Keller 41 Brent Miller pass from Sam Keller 39 derek hagan pass from Sam Keller 37 Matt Miller pass from Sam Keller (td) 29 Keegan herring run (td) 28 derek hagan pass from Sam Keller (td) 28 Moey Mutz pass from Sam Keller 20 terry richardson kickoff return

USCYards Play 84 terry richardson punt return (td) 49 terry richardson kickoff return 31 terry richardson kickoff return 25 terry richardson kickoff return 25 derek hagan pass from Sam Keller 24 rudy Burgess pass from Sam Keller 23 derek hagan pass from Sam Keller 23 derek hagan pass from Sam Keller 23 Jamaal Lewis pass from Sam Keller 22 terry richardson punt return 20 derek hagan pass from Sam Keller 20 Matt Miller pass from Sam Keller 20 Jamaal Lewis pass from Sam Keller

OregonYards Play 42 Jamaal Lewis pass from Sam Keller 32 terry richardson kickoff return 30 terry richardson kickoff return 29 rudy Burgess kickoff return 26 terry richardson kickoff return 22 Jamar Williams interception return 20 derek hagan pass from Sam Keller (td)

atStanfordYards Play 42 terry richardson kickoff return 38 t. richardson pass from r. Carpenter (td) 38 rudy Burgess run 36 t. richardson pass from r. Carpenter 31 zach Miller pass from Sam Keller 23 Preston Jones run

WashingtonYards Play 69 Matt Miller pass from rudy Carpenter (td) 58 Josh golden interception return (td) 49 terry richardson kickoff return 38 Moey Mutz pass from rudy Carpenter 36 terry richardson kickoff return 33 Matt Miller pass from rudy Carpenter 26 zach Miller pass from rudy Carpenter 25 terry richardson kickoff return 22 derek hagan pass from rudy Carpenter 21 terry richardson punt return

atWashingtonStateYards Play 59 derek hagan pass from rudy Carpenter 43 d. hagan pass from rudy Burgess (td) 29 t. richardson pass from rudy Carpenter 28 rudy Burgess pass from rudy Carpenter 28 Keegan herring run 26 rudy Burgess pass from rudy Carpenter 24 Keegan herring run 20 rudy Burgess pass from rudy Carpenter

atUCLAYards Play 33 terry richardson kickoff return 31 terry richardson kickoff return 26 t. richardson pass from rudy Carpenter 25 Jamaal Lewis pass from rudy Carpenter 21 rudy Burgess pass from rudy Carpenter 21 rudy Burgess pass from rudy Carpenter

ArizonaYards Play 71 terry richardson punt return (td) 41 terry richardson kickoff return 34 zach Miller pass from rudy Carpenter 32 terry richardson pass from rudy Carpenter 27 zach Miller pass from rudy Carpenter 26 Matt Miller pass from rudy Carpenter

Rutgers(InsightBowl)Yards Play 43 Matt Miller pass from rudy Carpenter (td) 40 Jamaal Lewis pass from rudy Carpenter 31 derek hagan pass from rudy Carpenter 24 rudy Burgess pass from rudy Carpenter 24 t. richardson pass from rudy Carpenter 23 rudy Burgess pass from rudy Carpenter 22 t. richardson pass from rudy Carpenter (td) 22 Jamaal Lewis pass from rudy Carpenter 21 Matt Miller pass from rudy Carpenter 20 zach Miller pass from rudy Carpenter

LONGESTPLAYSOFTHEYEARRushingPlay67 yards .................................. Keegan herring vs. Northwestern, 9/17/05

RushingTouchdown29 yards .................................. Keegan herring at oregon State, 9/24/05

PassingPlay69 yards ............. rudy Carpenter to Matt Miller vs. Washington, 10/29/05

PassingTouchdown69 yards ............. rudy Carpenter to Matt Miller vs. Washington, 10/29/05

PuntReturn84 yards ................................ terry richardson vs. USC, 10/1/05

KickoffReturn49 yards ................................ terry richardson vs. Washington, 10/29/05

InterceptionReturn58 yards ....................................... Josh golden vs. Washington, 10/29/05

FumbleReturn14 yards ................................. Maurice London vs. USC, 10/1/05

Punt67 yards ................................ Chris Macdonald vs. USC, 10/1/05

FieldGoal34 yards ................................. Jesse Ainsworth vs. oregon, 10/8/05

LONGESTPLAYSBYTHENUMBERPlaysbyYards No.20-29 ............................................................ 5830-39 ............................................................ 2640-49 ............................................................ 1350-59 ..............................................................260+.................................................................5Total ......................................................... 104


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