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Arizona State Sun Devils

8-5 (6-3 Pac-12)Last: L 13-20 vs Wisconsin

Herm Edwards · 4th season · .581 at Arizona State · .581 career since 2018

Rating
+9.029
Adj Off
30.345
Adj Def
21.317
WAP
-1.8343

Style profile

Style

What the offense does with the ball, and what the defense faces.

StatOffenseDefense
Run rate58.3%1951.8%53
Plays per game61.511965.2101
Time of possession29:268030:3450
Yards per pass attempt8.1426.625
Yards per rush5.1263.628
Points per game28.46720.822
Points per opportunity4.24353.4239
Starting field positionOwn 2966Own 2837

Efficiency and EPA

Down-by-down quality, measured in predicted points.

StatOffenseDefense
EPA per play+0.29417+0.11322
Adj. EPA per play+0.28715+0.10818
Success rate49.4%1139.8%38
Explosiveness1.20981.1827
Rushing EPA per play+0.3295+0.11256
Passing EPA per play+0.26869+0.13919
Std downs success56.5%345.7%43
Passing downs success32.0%5027.2%32

Situational

Red zone finishing, ball security, discipline, and money downs.

StatOffenseDefense
Red zone TD rate74.2%4466.0%39
Turnovers per game1.691001.6230
Penalties per game8.71265.1113
Penalty yards per game78.112846.894
3rd down conversion44.7%2337.2%48
4th down tries per game1.081221.9252
4th down conversion64.3%2552.0%66

Rank out of 130 FBS teams. Green is good for the team, red is bad. Blue only orients neutral traits like tempo and run rate.

Schedule and results

DateOpponentResultWAPOff EPADef EPA
Sep 2Wk 1Southern Utah(FCS)W41-14+0.00+0.62-0.08
Sep 11Wk 2113UNLVW37-10+0.03+0.24+0.01
Sep 18Wk 3@39BYU#19L17-27-0.61+0.27+0.20
Sep 25Wk 487ColoradoW35-13+0.10+0.42+0.11
Oct 2Wk 5@20UCLAW42-23+0.48+0.54+0.19
Oct 8Wk 690StanfordW28-10+0.08+0.21-0.07
Oct 16Wk 7@14Utah#12L21-35-0.45+0.24+0.34
Oct 30Wk 954Washington StateL21-34-0.81+0.32+0.24
Nov 6Wk 1052USCW31-16+0.19+0.29-0.03
Nov 13Wk 11@68WashingtonW35-30+0.26+0.26+0.13
Nov 20Wk 12@47Oregon StateL10-24-0.67+0.14+0.19
Nov 27Wk 13107ArizonaW38-15+0.04+0.31+0.01
Dec 30PostN8WisconsinL13-20-0.46+0.05+0.14

Key players

Sorted by how much of the offense runs through them. Bold rows are the primary option at each spot; the shade tracks their share.

Offense

Quarterbacks

Share of pass attempts
PlayerShareC/ACmp%YdsY/ATDINT
5Jayden DanielsSR96%197/30165.5%23807.91010
16Trenton BourguetSR3%7/1070.0%919.110

Running backs

Share of rushes
PlayerShareCarYdsY/CTDRec
3Rachaad WhiteJR37%18210065.51543
1DeaMonte TrayanumSR16%784025.264
21Daniyel NgataSR11%563095.544

Receivers

Share of pass attempts
PlayerShareRecYdsY/RTD
1Ricky PearsallWR SR15%4858012.14
4LV Bunkley-SheltonWR SR11%3341812.72
86Curtis HodgesTE SR6%2037318.62
22Bryan ThompsonWR SR4%1313010.00
1Andre JohnsonWR SR4%1218615.51
14Johnny WilsonWR JR4%1215412.81

Defense

Defensive line

Total tackles
PlayerTklTFLSckHurPD
98D.J. DavidsonDL JR576.00.514
41Tyler JohnsonDL JR369.54.053
96Anthonie CooperDL SR305.03.510
55Omarr Norman-LottDL SR303.52.000
91Michael MatusDE SR285.50.520
44T.J. PesefeaDL SR201.00.021

Linebackers

Total tackles
PlayerTklTFLSckPDINT
34Kyle SoelleLB SR888.01.041
20Darien ButlerLB JR688.52.033
8Merlin RobertsonLB SR640.50.013
18Eric GentryLB SR455.01.020
22Connor SoelleLB SR161.00.000

Defensive backs

Total tackles
PlayerTklPDINTTFL
2DeAndre PierceDB SR62421.0
Jack JonesDB SR41632.5
24Chase LucasDB SR34601.0
7Timarcus DavisDB SR31210.5
4Evan FieldsDB SR30000.5
12Kejuan MarkhamDB SR27210.0
1Jordan ClarkS SR21211.0

Special teams

Kickers

By kicks attempted
PlayerFGFG%LongXPPts
17Logan TylerSR0/20%03/43

Punters

By punts
PlayerPuntsAvgLongIn 20TB
16Eddie CzaplickiSR4543.462193
17Logan TylerSR144.04410