Arizona State Football Preview 2025: Sun Devils Season Prediction, Win Total Projection, Top Players

Arizona State Sun Devils Key to the Season
Hit your passes, Sam Leavitt.It helped to have a back like Cam Skattebo to take all the heat off the passing game. Run No. 4, make teams cheat up to deal with the run, and boom - the throws were there. Skattebo is gone, and now it's on star quarterback Sam Leavitt to do even more.Arizona State was 10-0 when Leavitt hit 60% of his throws, and was 1-3 when he didn't. The one win came against Mississippi State when Skattebo went off and the team ran for a season-high 346 yards.
Arizona State Sun Devils Key Player
Kanye Udoh, RB Jr.Or Kyson Brown. To Moneyball this, can the combination of Brown and Udoh, and transfer from Army, combine to match the 1,711 rushing yards and 21 scores, and the 45 catches for 605 yards and three scores that Cam Skattebo ripped off? No, but they can be effective.Brown is a good veteran, and Udoh is a tough, quick runner who averaged over six yards per carry with 1,117 yards and ten scores last year. However, he only caught two passes with the Knights.2025 Arizona State PreviewArizona State Offense BreakdownArizona State Defense Breakdown
Arizona State Sun Devils Top Transfer, Biggest Transfer Loss
Top Transfer In: Nyland Green, CB Sr.Arizona State is already set at corner, but it got another strong option who should find a spot somewhere in the secondary pecking order. Green was a big recruit for Georgia, but he didn't do much in his three years.Last season, he made 23 tackles with five broken passes and two sacks, but he missed a bulk of the year hurt. One of the better corners in the portal, ASU got him.
Top Transfer Out: Markeston Douglas, TE Sr.Arizona State didn't lose any key players through the transfer portal, and that includes Douglas. He was a strong part of the Florida State offense, making 25 grabs with four scores in two years, and then he came to Tempe and caught just one pass for three yards. Now he's back at … Florida State.
Arizona State Sun Devils Key Game
at Utah, Oct. 11The 2025 Utes should be the team everyone thought the 2024 Utes would be. Arizona State gets a week off to prepare for the old school Pac-12 vs Pac-12 battle - a 27-19 win over the Sun Devils last year - and it might turn into one of the key games in the Big 12 title chase.- 2025 Arizona State Schedule Breakdown
Arizona State Sun Devils Top 10 Players
1. Jordyn Tyson, WR Jr. 2. Sam Leavitt, QB Soph. 3. Xavion Alford, S Sr. 4. Keyshaun Elliott, LB Sr. 5. Myles Rowser, S Sr. 6. Chamon Metayer, TE Sr. 7. Prince Durbah, DE Sr. 8. CJ Fite, DT Jr. 9. Javan Robinson, CB Jr. 10. Jordan Crook, LB Sr.
Arizona State Sun Devils 2024 Fun Stats
- Fumbles: Opponents 14 (lost 7), Arizona State 6 (lost 3)- Time of Possession: Arizona State 32:37, Opponents 27:23- 2nd Quarter Scoring: Arizona State 156, Opponents 77
Arizona State Sun Devils 2025 Season Prediction, Win Total, What Will Happen
Arizona State has the experience, the stars, the depth, and the mojo to keep it all going and be one of the best teams in the Big 12 again, and the country.And it'll need something special to come close to matching last year's success.
Going to Mississippi State is an under-the-radar early problem that could be a stumble, and there are few breaks in the Big 12 slate after an almost-certain win over Texas State.There's no BYU, Kansas State, or Oklahoma State to deal with. That's huge, and Cincinnati, Kansas, and UCF will all be better, and they're missing from the slate.Last year's team was able to get to, and win, the Big 12 Championship with losses to Texas Tech and Cincinnati along the way, and there will be at least two losses this time, too.
The three road games at Baylor, Iowa State, and Utah are all landmines, and while home games against Houston and West Virginia should be wins, TCU, Texas Tech, and Arizona aren't won't be layups.Set The Arizona State Win Total At … 8.5Likely Wins: Northern Arizona, Texas State50/50 Games: Arizona, at Baylor, at Colorado, Houston, at Iowa State, at Mississippi State, TCU, Texas Tech, at Utah, West VirginiaLikely Losses: No projected sure-thing losses 2025 Arizona State PreviewArizona State Offense BreakdownArizona State Defense Breakdown
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