2020 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

The 2020 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was to represent Arizona State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Sun Devils were to play their home games at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe Arizona, and compete in the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They were to be led by third-year head coach Herm Edwards.

2020 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	South Division
2020 record	0–0 (0–0 Pac-12)
Head coach	Herm Edwards (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Zak Hill (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Marvin Lewis (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Antonio Pierce (1st season)
Home stadium	Sun Devil Stadium (Capacity: 53,599)
Uniform

2020 Pac-12 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
California			–							–
Oregon			–							–
Oregon State			–							–
Stanford			–							–
Washington			–							–
Washington State			–							–
South Division
Arizona			–							–
Arizona State			–							–
Colorado			–							–
UCLA			–							–
USC			–							–
Utah			–							–
Championship: TBA
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Note: Due to COVID-19, the Pac-12 suspended the 2020 football season. As of August 14, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

On August 11, 2020, the Pac-12 Conference cancelled all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Offseason

Position key

Back	B		Center	C		Cornerback	CB		Defensive back	DB
Defensive end	DE		Defensive lineman	DL		Defensive tackle	DT		End	E
Fullback	FB		Guard	G		Halfback	HB		Kicker	K
Kickoff returner	KR		Offensive tackle	OT		Offensive lineman	OL		Linebacker	LB
Long snapper	LS		Punter	P		Punt returner	PR		Quarterback	QB
Running back	RB		Safety	S		Tight end	TE		Wide receiver	WR

Recruiting

See also: American football positions, Glossary of American football, and Recruiting (college athletics)

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Daniyel Ngata RB	Folsom, CA	Folsom HS	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	Jan 2, 2020
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 85
Johnny Wilson WR	Calabasas, CA	Calabasas HS	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (100 kg)	Dec 18, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 84
Elijah Badger WR	Sacramento, CA	Folsom HS	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jan 2, 2020
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 82
LV Bunkley–Shelton WR	Gardena, CA	Junípero Serra HS	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jan 4, 2020
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 80
Jordan Banks LB	Harbor City, CA	Narbonne HS	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	230 lb (100 kg)	Oct 4, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 80
DeaMonte Trayanum RB	Akron, OH	Archbishop Hoban HS	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jun 26, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 80
Chad Johnson Jr. WR	Los Angeles, CA	Cathedral HS	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Oct 29, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 80
Omarr Norman–Lott DT	North Highlands, CA	Grant Union HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	296 lb (134 kg)	Oct 6, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 80
Joe Moore DE	Florissant, MO	Cardinal Ritter College Prep HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	240 lb (110 kg)	Oct 18, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 80
D.J. Taylor DB	Brandon, FL	Tampa Catholic HS	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jun 16, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 79
Caleb McCullough LB	Oxnard, CA	Pacifica HS	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Oct 18, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 75
Macen Williams DB	Carson, CA	Narbonne HS	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jun 1, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 76
T Lee DB	Buford, GA	Buford HS	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Nov 22, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 76
Edward Woods DB	Oakland CA	McClymonds HS	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Dec 9, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 76
Ben Bray OT	Mesa, AZ	Red Mountain HS	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	270 lb (120 kg)	May 21, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 75
Daylin McLemore QB	San Mateo, CA	Junípero Serra HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Feb 5, 2020
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 80
Jacob Nunez OT	Lompoc, CA	Lompoc HS	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	280 lb (130 kg)	Jul 4, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 74
Jake Ray TE	Fort Lauderdale, FL	St. Thomas Aquinas HS	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	240 lb (110 kg)	Feb 5, 2020
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 74
Overall recruiting rankings:
‡ Refers to 40 yard dash Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Arizona State Football Commitment List". Rivals.com. Retrieved January 22, 2020. "2020 Player Commitments – Arizona State". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 22, 2020. "2020 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved January 22, 2020. "2020 Arizona State Sun Devils football team". 247sports.com. Retrieved January 22, 2020.

Transfers

2020 NFL Draft

See also: 2020 NFL Draft

ASU players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Team
Brandon Aiyuk	Wide receiver	1	25	San Francisco 49ers
Eno Benjamin	Running back	7	222	Arizona Cardinals

Undrafted NFL free agents

Player	Position	NFL Team
Cohl Cabral	Offensive lineman	Los Angeles Rams
Kobe Williams	Cornerback	Jacksonville Jaguars
Khaylan Kearse-Thomas	Linebacker	Tennessee Titans
Tommy Hudson	Tight end	Tennessee Titans

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Consecutive season at Arizona State in current position
Herm Edwards	Head Coach	3rd Year
Shawn Slocum	Associate Head coach/Special Teams Coordinator	3rd Year
Antonio Pierce	Associate Head Coach/Co-Defensive coordinator/Recruiting Coordinator	3rd Year
Marvin Lewis	Co-Defensive coordinator	1st Year
Zak Hill	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks coach	1st Year
Shaun Aguano	Running Backs coach	2nd Year
Prentice Gill	Assistant Recruiting coordinator/Co-wide receivers coach	1st Year
Derek Hagan	Co-wide receivers	1st Year
Tony White	Assistant Coach/Passing Game Coordinator/Cornerbacks coach	2nd Year
Dave Christensen	Offensive Line coach	3rd Year
Robert Rodriguez	Defensive Line coach	1st Year
Chris Hawkins	Defensive backs coach	1st Year
Reference:[2][3]

Roster

Arizona State roster as of spring training. (as of July 19, 2020)

2020 Arizona State Sun Devils roster
Quarterbacks 5 Jayden Daniels, Sophomore (6'3, 175) 15 Daylin McLemore, Freshman (6'3, 195) 16 Trenton Bourguet, Freshman (5'11, 171) Running Backs 1 DeaMonte Trayanum, Freshman (5'11, 215) 4 Daniyel Ngata, Freshman (5'9, 193) 9 Demetrious Flowers, Freshman (6'0, 201) Wide Receivers 2 Elijhah Badger, Freshman (6'1, 190) 3 LV Bunkley-Shelton, Freshman (5'11, 180) 6 Geordon Porter, Sophomore (6'2, 190) 8 Jordan Kerley, Sophomore (6'2, 184) 14 Johnny Wilson, Freshman (6'6, 230) 19 Ricky Pearsall, Sophomore (6'1, 190) 26 Keith Davis, Sophomore (6'1, 187) 28 Angel Ruiz, Sophomore (5'11, 173) 39 Nick Johnson, Freshman (5'9, 160) 82 Andre Johnson, Freshman (6'3, 190) 83 Tannor Park, Junior (6'3, 185) 84 Frank Darby, Senior (6'1, 200) 85 Chad Johnson Jr., Freshman (6'2, 180) 85 Brandon Pierce, Senior (5'11, 175)		Tight Ends 7 Ethan Long, Sophomore (6'2, 221) 18 Jake Ray, Freshman (6'4, 240) 29 Case Hatch, Sophomore (6'1, 266) 86 Curtis Hodges, Senior (6'8, 237) 88 Nolan Matthews, Sophomore (6'5, 246) Offensive Lineman 50 Jarrett Bell, Sophomore (6'5, 299) 54 Eddie Medina, Sophomore (6'3, 285) 56 Cody Shear, Junior (6'4, 280) 59 Marco Salas, Sophomore (6'4, 291) 60 Kyle Breed, Junior (6'7, 288) 61 Dohnovan West, Sophomore (6'3, 277) 64 Ben Bray, Freshman (6'5, 270) 66 Ben Scott, Freshman (6'5, 291) 70 Henry Hattis, Graduate Transfer (6'5, 297) 72 Cade Cote, Graduate Transfer (6'3, 290) 74 Kellen Diesch, Graduate Transfer (6'6, 300) 75 Alijah Bates, Freshman (6'8, 275) 76 Spencer Lovell, Sophomore (6'6, 309) 77 LaDarius Henderson, Sophomore (6'4, 285) 77 Jacob Nunez, Freshman (6'4, 280) 78 Roman DeWys, Freshman (6'5, 299) 79 Ralph Frias, Sophomore (6'6, 320) 94 Corey Stephens, Junior (6'3, 285)		Defensive Line 9 Stephon Wright, Freshman (6'4, 297) 14 Stanley Lambert, Sophomore (6'4, 225) 41 Tyler Johnson, Junior (6'4, 265) 44 T.J. Pesefea, Junior (6'2, 259) 55 Omarr Norman-Lott, Freshman (6'3, 296) 58 Joe Moore, Freshman (6'3, 240) 62 Alexander Randle, Freshman (6'2, 259) 90 Jermayne Lole, Junior (6'2, 284) 91 Michael Matus, Sophomore (6'2, 253) 96 Anthonie Cooper, Freshman (6'2, 280) 97 Shannon Forman, Senior (6'2, 293) 98 D.J. Davidson, Junior (6'4, 313) 99 Amiri Johnson, Freshman (6'6, 225) Linebackers 8 Merlin Robertson, Junior (6'3, 251) 20 Darien Butler, Junior (5'11, 242) 22 Caleb McCullough, Freshman (6'2, 210) 23 Jordan Banks, Freshman (6'2, 230) 30 Elijah Juarez, Sophomore (6'4, 240) 34 Kyle Soelle, Junior (6'3, 225) 52 Jacob Jornadal, Freshman (5'11, 190) 53 Fritzny Niclasse, Freshman (5'11, 213)		Defensive Backs 0 Jack Jones, Senior (5'11, 170) 1 Jordan Clark, Freshman (5'10, 170) 3 Willie Harts, Sophomore (6'0, 162) 4 Evan Fields, Senior (6'0, 193) 6 Timarcus Davis, Junior (6'0, 177) 10 K.J Jarrell, Junior (6'2, 186) 12 Kejuan Markham, Sophomore (6'1, 189) 13 Keon Markham, Freshman (6'1, 203) 15 Cam Philips, Sophomore (6'1, 175) 16 Aashari Crosswell, Junior (6'0, 196) 18 Connor Soelle, Freshman (6'1, 201) 19 D.J. Taylor, Freshman (5'11, 190) 24 Chase Lucas, Senior (6'0, 176) 25 Macen Williams, Freshman (5'10, 170) 26 T Lee, Freshman (5'10, 170) 32 Edward Woods, Freshman (6'0, 175) 36 Alijah Gammage, Sophomore (5'11, 179) 38 Damon Matthews, Freshman (5'9, 176) 48 Vincenzo Granatelli, Junior (6'4, 184) Kickers 14 Jack Luckhurst, Freshman (6'2, 164) 45 Christian Zendejas, Junior (5'8, 180) Punters 25 Michael Turk, Junior (6'1, 228) 44 Kevin Macias, Senior (5'11, 201) 46 Josh Plaster, Sophomore (6'0, 176) Long Snappers 49 Gage King, Freshman (6'3, 238) 93 Erik Dickerson, Senior (6'1, 224)

Depth chart

Schedule

Regular season

Arizona State announced its schedule on January 16, 2020.[4] The Sun Devils had games scheduled against Northern Arizona, UNLV, and BYU, but cancelled these games on July 10 due to the Pac-12 Conference's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] On July 31, 2020, the Pac-12 Conference announced revisions to the schedule.[6]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 26		at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona (Duel in the Desert)
October 3		Stanford	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona
October 9		at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon
October 24		UCLA	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona
October 31		at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado
November 7		Utah	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona
November 14		at Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, Washington
November 21		at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, California
November 28		California	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona
December 5		Oregon State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona
Rankings from AP Poll All times are in Mountain time

Schedule Source:[7]

Game summaries

Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sun Devils					0
Wildcats					0

See also: 2020 Arizona Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
43–49–1	Nov. 30, 2019	W, 24–14

Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal					0
Sun Devils					0

See also: 2020 Stanford Cardinal football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–14	Oct. 18, 2018	L, 20–13

Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sun Devils					0
Ducks					0

See also: 2020 Oregon Ducks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–21	Nov. 23, 2019	W, 31–28

UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bruins					0
Sun Devils					0

See also: 2020 UCLA Bruins football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–20–1	Oct. 26, 2019	L, 42–32

Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sun Devils					0
Buffalos					0

See also: 2020 Colorado Buffaloes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–3	Sep. 21, 2019	L, 34–31

Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Utes					0
Sun Devils					0

See also: 2020 Utah Utes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
22–9	Oct. 19, 2019	L, 21–3

Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sun Devils					0
Cougars					0

See also: 2020 Washington State Cougars football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–11–2	Oct. 12, 2019	W, 28–24

USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sun Devils					0
Trojans					0

See also: 2020 USC Trojans football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–22	Nov. 9, 2019	L, 31–26

California

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Bears					0
Sun Devils					0

See also: 2020 California Golden Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–16–1	Sep. 27, 2019	W, 24–17

Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers					0
Sun Devils					0

See also: 2020 Oregon State Beavers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–13–1	Nov. 16, 2019	L, 35–34

Rankings

Further information: 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP
Coaches	RV
CFP	Not released															Not released

Statistics

Awards and honors

References

1. "Pac-12 Conference postpones all sport competitions through end of calendar year". pac-12.com. August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
2. 2020 Arizona State Sun Devils Football Media Guide, p. 2
3. "Coaches". Arizona State University Athletics. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
4. Arizon State (January 20, 2019). "Sun Devil Football and Pac-12 Announce 2020 Football Schedule". thesundevils.com.
5. Bromberg, Nick. "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020". Yahoo News. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
6. "Sun Devil Football and Pac-12 Announce Revised 2020 Football Schedule". thesundevils.com. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
7. "2020 Arizona State Sun Devils Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved January 20, 2020.