ASU Football: Practice Report (8/19)

ASU’s football practice has been moved to the mornings as the 2019 school year starts Thursday. This was the last media viewing for a full two hour practice.

Next Practice:, Tuesday, August 20

Last Practice: Sunday, August 18

Injury Update

Bubble Squad

Offense: Wide Receiver Geordon Porter, tight end Curtis Hodges, who was in an arm sling and offensive lineman Jarrett Bell

Defense: Safety Cam Phillips

Defensive end Stephon Wright, a talented four-star freshman, was limited in practice. He did participant in 1-on-1 drills. He gave out a nice bull rush against freshman left tackle LaDarius Henderson and an inside spin move to backup right tackle Ralph Frias.

What Went On

As mentioned from Sunday’s practice report, the Sun Devils continued to prepare for next weeks season opener against Kent State. The teams first and second teams are continuing to mold.

The 11-on-11 session saw QBs Jayden Daniels, Joey Yellen and Ethan Long all take snaps. After the short 11-on-11 session, the team split off into their respective positions to work on individual drills.

The passes seemed to be heavily in the screen game both to the running backs and wide receivers. The only near interception bounced off the hands of safety Aashari Crosswell. Joey Yellen looked for tight end Nolan Matthews over the middle and Crosswell undercut the route, but couldn’t secure the catch. Yellen the next play quickly found Matthews in stride over the middle.

The linebackers group under Antonio Pierce, worked on pass rushing and keeping it under five steps to sack the quarterback.

The first team defense went up against the scout team offense, working on their pass coverage and situational spots in a game. Cornerback Chase Lucas tried to bring down an interception one-handed but couldn’t secure it coming back down. Teammates told him to make the grab with two hands but as Lucas pointed out his right hand is tapped heavily around his thumb and the ball just bounces off when he goes up with two hands.

Kicker Brandon Ruiz hit the right upright of the goal post in his only kick of practice.

First Team Offense

QB: Jayden Daniels

RB: Eno Benjamin

WR: Frank Darby, Kyle Williams, Brandon Aiyuk, Rickey Pearsall

TE: Tommy Hudson

OL: Cohl Cabral (LT), Alex Losoya (LG), Cade Cote (C), Roy Hemsley (RG), Steven Miller (RT)

First Team Defense

DL: Jermayne Lole, DJ Davidson, George Lea

LB: Khaylan Kearse-Thomas/Tyler Johnson, Merlin Robertson, Darien Butler

CB: Chase Lucas, Kobe Williams

Tillman: Evan Fields

S: Aashari Crosswell, Willie Harts

Second Team Offense

QB: Joey Yellen

RB: Isaiah Floyd, AJ Carter

WR: Andre Johnson, Ryan Newsome, Jordan Kerley

TE: Nolan Matthews

OL: LaDarius Henderson (LT), Cody Shear (LG), Dohnovan West (C), Spencer Lovell (RG), Ralph Frias (RT)

Second Team Defense

DL: Roe Wilkins, Corey Stephens, Michael Matus

LB: Stanley Lambert, Fritzny Niclasse, Elijah Doyle

CB: Jordan Clark/Keon Markham, Timarcus Davis

Tillman: Connor Soelle

S: Kejuan Markham, Alijah Gammage

*Ethan Long, Keith Davis, and Demetrious Flowers also rotated in with the first team. DJ Davidson and George Lea took reps with the first team defense as well.