The 2023 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University as a member of the Pac-12 Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Sun Devils were led by Kenny Dillingham in his first year as head coach. Dillingham was hired as Arizona State's head coach in late November 2022.
Arizona State announced on August 2 a multi-year naming rights partnership. The Sun Devils played their home games at Mountain America Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.
This was Arizona State's final season in the Pac-12 Conference before they moved to the Big 12 Conference in 2024. On August 27, Arizona State withdrew from bowl consideration due to recruiting violations from the 2020 season.
The Arizona State Sun Devils football team drew an average home attendance of 48,301 in 2023.
Offseason
Players drafted into the NFL
+7231Las Vegas RaidersNesta Jade SilveraDT
Undrafted free agents +Buffalo BillsBryan ThompsonWRHouston TexansXazavian ValladayRBCarolina PanthersTravez MooreDEArizona CardinalsKyle SoelleLBLos Angeles RamsTimarcus DavisDB
Transfers
Outgoing transfers
Arizona State Outgoing transfers LaDarius Henderson #77 OL 6'5, 310 Senior Waxahachie, TX Michigan Daniyel Ngata #4 RB 5'10, 200 Sophomore Reno, NV Washington Bennett Meredith #7 QB 6'3, 195 Freshman Hoover, AL Purdue Emory Jones #5 QB 6'3, 210 Junior LaGrange, GA Cincinnati Paul Tyson #9 QB 6'5, 230 Junior Birmingham, AL Clemson Cam Johnson #7 WR 6'0, 205 Junior Nashville, TN Northwestern Jacob Newell #88 TE 6'4, 240 Freshman Springfield, OR Akron Ben Scott #66 OL 6'5, 310 Junior Honolulu, HI Nebraska Danny Valenzuela #55 OL 6'3, 285 Sophomore Simi Valley, CA Texas State Ralph Frias #79 OL 6'6, 340 Senior Safford, AZ Utah State Armon Bethea #57 OL 6'5, 285 Freshman Brooklyn, NY Bowling Green Omarr Norman-Lott #55 DL 6'3, 290 Sophomore North Highlands, CA Tennessee Dylan Hall #94 DL 6'5, 255 Junior Lancaster, CA North Carolina Central Anthonie Cooper† #96 DL 6'2, 275 Junior Glendale, AZ – Connor Soelle #18 LB 6'1, 220 Junior Scottsdale, AZ Oregon B.J. Green #18 DL 6'1, 275 Sophomore Atlanta, GA – D.J. Taylor #3 DB 5'10, 195 Sophomore Tampa, FL Cincinnati Kejuan Markham #12 DB 6'0, 200 Senior Long Beach, CA – Keon Markham #13 DB 6'0, 200 Junior Long Beach, CA – Edward Czaplicki #17 P 6'1, 200 Sophomore Charlotte, NC USC Carter Brown #3 PK 6'0, 195 Freshman Pearland, TX Cincinnati Gage King #49 LS 6'2, 245 Sophomore El Dorado Hills, CA UCF John Ferlmann #43 LS 6'2, 225 Freshman Phoenix, AZ Ohio State Jace Feely #45 LS 6'2, 225 Freshman Gilbert, AZ Colorado Stanley Lambert #14 DL 6'3, 220 Senior San Antonio, TX – Robby Harrison #93 DL 6'4, 325 Freshman Greenwood, SC Indiana Jalil Rivera-Harvey #98 DL 6'4, 295 Junior Cedar Hill, TX Marshall Thomas Le Boucher #76 OT 6'5, 305 Senior Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec, Canada Lamar
† Note: Players with a dash in the new school column didn't land on a new team for the 2023 season.
Incoming transfers Arizona State Incoming transfers Drew Pyne QB 6'0, 194 Sophomore New Canaan, CT Notre Dame Jacob Conover QB 6'1, 205 Sophomore Chandler, AZ BYU Cameron Skattebo RB 5'10, 200 Junior Rio Linda, CA Sacramento State(FCS) DeCarlos Brooks RB 5'9, 188 Junior Chandler, AZ California Jordyn Tyson WR 6'0, 170 Sophomore Allen, TX Colorado Xavier Guillory WR 6'0, 170 Junior Spokane, WA Idaho State(FCS) Melquan Stovall WR 5'9, 185 Graduate Gardena, CA Colorado State Troy Omeire WR 6'3, 213 Junior Sugar Land, TX Texas Jake Smith WR 6'0, 200 Junior Scottsdale, AZ USC Aaron Frost OL 6'5, 306 Graduate Long Beach, CA Nevada Bram Walden OL 6'5, 302 Sophomore Scottsdale, AZ Oregon Ben Coleman OL 6'4, 323 Graduate Temecula, CA California Leif Fautanu OL 6'2, 305 Junior Temecula, CA UNLV Clayton Smith DL 6'4, 245 Sophomore Texarkana, TX Oklahoma Dashaun Mallory DL 6'3, 310 Graduate Bolingbrook, IL Michigan State Prince Dorbah DL 6'2, 229 Junior Dallas, TX Texas Tristan Monday DL 6'4, 276 Freshman Scottsdale, AZ Wisconsin Samuel Benjamin DL 6'5, 255 Freshman Phoenix, AZ Idaho State(FCS) Krew Jackson LB 6'5, 204 Sophomore Queen Creek, AZ Kansas State Tate Romney LB 6'3, 220 Freshman Chandler, AZ BYU Travion Brown LB 6'3, 230 Graduate Temecula, CA Washington State Xavion Alford DB 6'0, 190 Junior Pearland, TX USC Roman Rashada DB 6'2, 195 Junior Sacramento, CA Ole Miss Shamari Simmons DB 6'0, 180 Senior Lineville, AL Austin Peay(FCS) Josh Carlson P 6'0, 185 Graduate Gilbert, AZ New Mexico State Dario Longhetto PK 6'0, 185 Graduate Newbury Park, CA California Slater Zellers LS 6'1, 235 Graduate Scottsdale, AZ California Ian Shewell DL 6'3, 248 Junior Gilbert, AZ New Mexico Sione Finau OL 6'3, 300 Graduate Keller, TX Purdue Cade Briggs OL 6'3, 305 Senior Las Vegas, NV Texas Tech
Recruiting class
Arizona State signed 20 players in the class of 2023. The Sun Devils' recruiting class was ranked forty-sixth by ESPN, forty-ninth by On3.com, fifty-second by Rivals.com, and forty-fourth by 247Sports.com. One signee was ranked in the ESPN 300 top prospect list, with another being ranked within the ESPN 50 JUCO top prospect list.
2023 overall class rankings ESPN #46 #9 — 1 19 0 0 0 On3 Recruits #49 #9 — 1 19 0 0 0 Rivals #52 #8 – 1 17 2 0 0 247 Sports #44 #7 — 1 19 0 0 0
Preseason
Pac–12 media polls Source:
1USC 413 (25) 2Washington 367 (4) 3Utah 359 (6) 4Oregon 344 (1) 5Oregon State 309 6UCLA 248 7Washington State 186 8Arizona 176 9California 132 10Arizona State 122 11Colorado 98 12Stanford 54
Schedule
Personnel Roster 2023 Arizona State Sun Devils roster
Quarterbacks 5 – Jaden Rashada – Freshman (6'4, 185) 7 – Hunter Herrera – Freshman (6'3, 190) 10 – Drew Pyne – Sophomore (6'0, 194) 15 – Jacob Conover – Sophomore (6'0, 213) 16 – Trenton Bourguet – Senior (5'11, 185)
Running backs 4 – Cameron Skattebo – Junior (5'10, 222) 8 – Javen Jacobs – Sophomore (5'10, 190) 14 – Kyson Brown – Freshman (5'10, 192) 21 – George Hart III – Junior (5'11, 215) 25 – DeCarlos Brooks – Junior (5'10, 210) 28 – Tevin White – Sophomore (6'1, 210) 44 – Sinjin Schmitt – Freshman (6'3, 220)
Wide receivers 0 – Jordyn Tyson – Sophomore (6'2, 185) 1 – Xavier Guillory – Junior (6'2, 195) 2 – Elijhah Badger – Junior (6'2, 190) 3 – Jake Smith – Junior (6'0, 200) 6 – Giovanni Sanders – Graduate (6'0, 185) 7 – Melquan Stovall – Graduate (5'9, 185) 9 – Troy Omeire – Junior (6'3, 213) 17 – Kaleb Black – Freshman (5'9, 165) 18 – Patrick Williams II – Freshman (6'5, 200) 19 – Alonzo Brown – Freshman (6'3, 185) 20 – Shawn Charles – Senior (5'11, 190) 81 – Jamaal Young II – Freshman (5'11, 185) 82 – Andre Johnson – Senior (6'3, 210) 83 – Derek Eusebio – Freshman (5'9, 195) 84 – Korbin Hendrix – Freshman (6'3, 180) 87 – Max Ware – Sophomore (6'1, 185) 88 – Coben Bourguet – Sophomore (6'0, 200) 89 – Josh Hart – Junior (6'0, 205)
Tight ends 12 – Jalin Conyers – Junior (6'4, 265) 13 – Bryce Pierre – Senior (6'5, 255) 24 – Coleson Arends – Freshman (6'4, 235) 66 – Connor Lopez – Freshman (6'5, 217) 80 – Messiah Swinson – Senior (6'8, 255) 85 – Ryan Morgan – Junior (6'3, 260)
Placekicker/Punter 16 – Josh Carlson – Graduate (6'0, 185) (P) 30 – Ian Hershey – Sophomore (5'11, 170) (K/P) 37 – Dario Longhetto – Graduate (6'0, 185) (K) 47 – Race Mahlum – Junior (6'2, 195) (P) 50 – Carston Kieffer – Freshman (5'9, 174) (K)
Long snappers 45 – Slater Zellers – Graduate (6'1, 235) 51 – Cole Marszalek – Freshman (5'11, 215) Offensive Lineman 52 – Sirri Kandiyeli – Freshman (6'3, 265) 55 – Cade Briggs – Junior (6'3, 310) 57 – Isaiah Hullum – Freshman (6'3, 310) 58 – Max Iheanachor – Junior (6'5, 319) 60 – Isaac Haro – Freshman (6'5, 280) 61 – Matt Katergaris – Freshman (6'2, 275) 62 – Ben Coleman – Graduate (6'4, 323) 64 – Ben Bray – Junior (6'4, 295) 65 – Aaron Frost – Graduate (6'5, 306) 67 – Keona Peat – Freshman (6'4, 260) 69 – Joey Ramos – Senior (6'5, 305) 70 – Emmit Bohle – Graduate (6'6, 290) 71 – Makua Pule – Freshman (6'3, 290) 72 – Sione Finau – Senior (6'3, 310) 73 – Isaia Glass – Junior (6'5, 295) 74 – Sean Na'a – Freshman (6'4, 275) 75 – Bram Walden – Sophomore (6'5, 302) 76 – Griffin Schureman – Freshman (6'1, 255) 77 – Kyle Scott – Junior (6'5, 300) 78 – Colby Garvin – Sophomore (6'6, 250) 79 – Leif Fautanu – Junior (6'2, 305)
Defensive Lineman 0 – Dashaun Mallory – Graduate (6'1, 275) 3 – Clayton Smith – Sophomore (6'4, 245) 15 – Elijah O'Neal – Junior (6'4, 245) 17 – Ashley Williams – Freshman (6'5, 225) 32 – Prince Dorbah – Junior (6'2, 229) 35 – B.J. Green – Junior (6'1, 275) 49 – Gharin Stansbury – Sophomore (6'6, 245) 52 – Ian Shewell – Sophomore (6'6, 275) 65 – Magnum West – Freshman (6'2, 260) 88 – Harold Brooks III – Freshman (6'2, 295) 90 – John Butler III – Freshman (6'1, 235) 91 – Michael Matus – Graduate (6'2, 260) 92 – Sam Benjamin – Freshman (6'5, 255) 93 – Tristan Monday – Freshman (6'4, 276) 94 – Landen Thomas – Freshman (6'3, 260) 95 – Kyran Bourda – Freshman (6'3, 295) 96 – Anthonie Cooper – Senior (6'2, 275) 97 – Blazen Lono-Wong – Freshman (6'4, 270) 99 – C.J. Fite – Freshman (6'1, 297) Linebackers 8 – Will Shaffer – Junior (6'0, 235) 22 – Caleb McCullough – Junior (6'2, 215) 24 – Tate Romney – Freshman (6'3, 220) 34 – Myles Amey – Freshman (6'1, 215) 41 – Zach Bowers – Senior (5'11, 230) 43 – Krew Jackson – Sophomore (6'5, 204) 45 – K'Vion Thunderbird – Freshman (6'1, 215) 51 – Anthony Ruiz – Freshman (6'0, 220) 56 – Isaac Stopke – Freshman (5'11, 230) 66 – James Djonkam – Junior (6'3, 245) 82 – Travion Brown – Graduate (6'3, 230)
Defensive backs 1 – Jordan Clark – Senior (5'10, 185) 2 – Xavion Alford – Junior (6'0, 190) 4 – Demetries Ford – Senior (5'8, 180) 5 – Chris Edmonds – Senior (6'2, 215) 6 – Macen Williams – Junior (5'11, 190) 7 – Shamari Simmons – Senior (6'0, 180) 9 – Ro Torrence – Junior (6'3, 210) 10 – Ed Woods – Junior (6'0, 180) 12 – Lenox Lawson – Freshman (5'10, 172) 13 – Josiah Cox – Freshman (6'0, 180) 14 – Alphonso Taylor – Senior (6'0, 200) 18 – Montana Warren – Freshman (6'3, 180) 19 – Keith Abney II – Freshman (6'0, 183) 20 – Adama Fall – Sophomore (6'2, 200) 21 – RJ Regan – Junior (5'11, 180) 23 – Keontez Bradley – Freshman (6'1, 172) 25 – Roman Rashada – Junior (6'2, 195) 26 – Jack Bal – Freshman (6'3, 185) 28 – Joseph McGinnis II – Freshman (6'1, 173) 29 – Shawn Russ – Freshman (6'3, 185) 31 – Jean Boyd III – Junior (6'0, 190) 38 – Damon Williamson – Junior (6'1, 195) 44 – Tommy Romano – Freshman (5'11, 185) 47 – Shahid Wilson – Freshman (6'1, 185)
Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured RedshirtUpdated to week 1 (09/10/2023):
Coaching staff Kenny Dillingham Head coach Arizona State University 1st Matt Butterfield Chief of StaffSenior Coaching AdvisorPro Liaison University of Colorado 1st Charlie Ragle Assistant Head CoachSpecial Teams Coordinator Eastern New Mexico 1st Beau Baldwin Offensive CoordinatorQuarterbacks Coach Central Washington University 1st Brian Ward Defensive Coordinator McPherson College 1st Ra'Shaad Samples Wide Receivers CoachPassing Game Coordinator University of Houston 1st Shaun Aguano Running Backs Coach Linfield College 4th Saga Tuitele Offensive Line Coach Portland State University 1st A. J. Cooper Linebackers CoachRun Game Coordinator North Dakota State University 1st Bryan Carrington Cornerbacks Coach University of Houston 1st Vince Amey Defensive Line Coach Arizona State University 1st Jason Mohns Tight Ends Coach Arizona State University 1st
Support staff Marvin Lewis – Special Advisor Bryan McGinnis – Director of Football Operations D. J. Foster – Manager of Player Development Isaiah Williams – Director of Recruiting Strategy Joe Connolly – Head Coach - Football Sports Performance Clayton Kirven – Assistant Head Coach - Football Sports Performance Colbert Calhoun – Assistant Director - Football Sports Performance Allie Ueckert – On-Campus Recruiting Manage
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