The Long Road to Glory. A Ryne Scott Journey- CFB26

[Deuce2223]

2026 NATIONAL SIGNING DAY

(5*/4*/3*/2*)

#1 Georgia-34 players (7/26/1/0)
#2 Ohio State-33 players (3/26/4/0)
#3 USC-29 players (2/19/8/0)
#4 Texas-24 players (2/31/1/0)
#5 Clemson-32 players (1/28/3/0)
#6 Michigan-32 players (2/16/14/0)
#7 Oklahoma-27 players (1/17/9/0)
#8 Notre Dame- 28 players (0/22/6/0)
#9 Nebraska-28 players (3/8/17/0)
#10 Ole Miss-27 players (1/13/13/0)
#11 Oregon-29 players (0/19/10/0)
#12 Miami-29 players (0/16/13/0)
#13 LSU-26 players (0/16/10/0)
#14 Alabama-26 players (0/15/11/0)
#15 Tennessee-29 players (2/9/18/0)
#16 Auburn-33 players (1/8/24/0)
#17 Washington-31 players (0/10/21/0)
#18 Penn State-28 players (0/12/16/0)
#19 Colorado-20 players (2/6/12/0)
#20 Florida State- 28 players (1/6/21/0)
#21 Pitt-21 players (0/11/9/1)
#22 Michigan State 28 players (0/8/20/0)
#23 Florida 29 players (0/7/22/0)
#24 UNC 26 players (0/8/18/0)
#25 UCLA 26 players (0/7/19/0)
#26 Arizona State 31 players (0/6/23/2)

#29 Boise State 16 players (0/8/8/0)
#37 SMU 16 players (0/6/8/2)
#38 Oklahoma State 28 players (0/2/21/5)
#39 Arizona 15 players (1/4/10/0)
#41 BYU 21 players (0/2/19/0) They landed 4* LB Ezekial Ngata from New Mexico
#42 TCU 18 players (0/3/14/1)

#50 North Texas 21 players (0/1/16/4)
#52 Rice 28 players (0/0/15/12/1)
#53 Houston 20 players (0/0/15/5)
#61 Texas Tech 14 players (0/2/12/0)


#99 UNLV 15 players (0/0/5/10)
#106 New Mexico 10 players (0/8/8/2)
#122 New Mexico State 9 players (0/0/4/5)

NOTEWORHTY TRANSFER PORTAL

QB DJ Lagway (Florida) was the #1 Overall and #1 QB in the portal well Colorado QB Julian Lewis was #2/#2 both players signed with LSU. The stupid part of this is that LSU already has former Cal transfer Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutte who threw for 3852 yds with 25 TD and 7 INT last year for the Tigers.

Sagapolutele is a 93 overall,, Lagway is a 91 Overall and Lewis is a 89 Overall

Auburn’s Deuce Knight was the #3 QB and #6 Overall, he signed with Tennessee

Washington Desmond Williams as the #4 QB and #9 Overall, he signed with Texas

Oregon RB Jordon Davison was the #1 RB and #13 Overall, he signed with Illinois

Riley was the 6th best RB in the portal.

[Deuce2223]

(Overall/Offense/Defense)

#1 Alabama (99/99/99)
#2 Georgia (97/99/96)
#3 Oregon (96/94/99)
#4 Texas (97/96/99)
#5 USC (91/91/91)
#6 Miami (92/91/94)
#7 Oklahoma (91/91/91)
#8 UCLA (85/86/84)
#9 LSU (97/99/96)
#10 Florida State (85/89/81)
#11 SMU (84/84/84)
#12 Ole Miss (87/89/86)
#13 UNC (83/81/86)
#14 Duke (82/81/84)
#15 Clemson (96/96/96)
#16 Baylor (81/81/81)
#17 Nebraska (90/91/89)
#18 Texas Tech (74/71/79)
#19 North Texas (75/76/74)
#20 Louisville (79/79/81)
#21 Auburn (86/84/89)
#22 Cincinnati (79/79/79)
#23 NC State (84/84/84)
#24 Notre Dame (94/94/96)
#25 Tulane (79/79/79)

Others receiving votes
#26 Tennessee
#27 Michigan State
#28 Boise State
#29 Penn State
#30 Michigan
#31 Penn State
#32 Florida
#33 James Madison

[Deuce2223]

2027 MEDIA GUIDE

BIG 12 MIDDLE OF THE PACK?

Just 3 years removed from being crowned Big 12 Champions, Arizona State is once again picked to finish middle of the pack in 2027. SMU/Nebraska/Texas Tech and Baylor start the year in the Top-25 for a reason and the Mustangs and Cornhuskers are favorites to repeat their spots in the Big 12 title game.

Coach Ryne Scott isn't the only new HC in the conference as Utah will be lead by former Boise State Bronco HC Spencer Danielson,, TCU will have former USF HC Alex Golesh , Houston will be lead by former West Virginia/Arizona/Michigan HC Rich Rodriguez and Iowa makes a interesting decision to go with former Michigan HC Sherrone Moore.

It will also be Year 2 for BYU's Chuck Martin and former BYU HC Kalani Sitake at Oklahoma State.



SCOTT ADDS SUN DEVILS LEGENG TO COACH STAFF

Taking over a HC, Ryne Scott knew he wanted to add someone to the staff who could help not only coach up his young QB's but also help bring some excitement back to campus. Using some connections that date all the way back to his high school days Coach Scott reached out and offered Jake "The Snake" Plummer a opportunity to come out of retirement and join him in Tempe. Scott had attended a football camp in Idaho that Plummer and some former Arizona Cardinal players had provided at his local high school..

Scott "J

ake is going to be a huge addition to our staff. Not only was a great QB here at ASU but he had a long (10 year career) in the NFL both here in Arizona and with Denver.. He is a sports legend.. I ran into this past year well vacationing in Sandpoint Idaho well before I took the job but he was one of the first calls I made when I accepted.. When you take a job late in the season it's hard to build a quality staff right away., so I am excited to bring Jake in. Besides his duties as QB Coach, Plummer will also hold the title of GM similar to what Andrew luck does with the Stanford Cardinals:"

THE SCHEDULE

The Sun Devils (82/81/84) will kickoff their season with a Week 1 Top-25 matchup with #19 North Texas (75/76/74). The Mean Green are coming off a impressive season that saw them earn a Top-4 seed to the CFP before losing a tough battle with #12 seed Florida State.

After a early "Bye" in Week 2, ASU will return to action with their home opener hosting Colorado State (66/66/66) in Week 3 before starting Big 12 play in Week 4 hosting TCU (76/74/81)

Week 5 Coach Scott will travel north to play UNLV (64/64/66) in the Sun Devils last non-conference matchup as Scott looks to finally hand the Rebels a loss.

Here is a look at the rest of the Big 12 schedule

Week 6 at #18 Texas Tech (74/71/79)
Week 7 vs Utah (76/74/79)
Week 8 at Iowa State (79/79/79(
Week 9 vs #17 Nebraska (90/91/89)
Week 10 at Colorado (82/81/84)
Week 11 vs Iowa (Senior Day) (82/84/81)
Week 12 at BYU (81/81/81)
Week 13 at Arizona (Battle for the Territorial Cup) (76/76/76)


Scott

"Personally I am okay with the schedule.. I feel like we got pretty lucky not getting SMU and Baylor on the schedule this year and I honestly like our chances in all 3 of the non-conference matchups. I think beating TCU in Week 2 could allow us to get off to a 4-0 start early which could be what we need to get to 7-8 wins this year. Our roster is young.. We only have 15 Seniors on the team and we got 30 Freshman. This isn't a rebuild that going to happen overnight"

THE ROSTER

Coming soon!!!!!!

[djp73]

8-10 win season reasonably doable

[redsox907]

8 wins certainly do able depending on how the roster looks

[Deuce2223]

YOUR 2027 ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS TEAM ROSTER

QB
#17 RS SO Michael Tollefson (81)-Las Vegas NV
#1 RS SO Nick McGraw (74)-Anaheim CA
#11(R) FR Ben Fong (68)-Saint Francisville LA
#16 (R) FR Malik Thompson (61)-San Marco CA

Tollefson appeared in 6 games in 2025 for the Sun Devils completing 68% of his passes for 1331 yds with 12 TD and 0 INT

McGraw appeared in 7 games for New Mexico State last season leading the Aggies to a spot in the MWC and leading the Aggies to their Bowl win over Arizona. He completed 52% of his passes throwing for 1701 yds with 17 TD and 2 INT

RB/FB
#24 SR Dylan Riley (87)-Moreno Valley CA
#22 RS JR Jason Brown Jr (83)-Seattle WA
#0 RS JR Derrick McFall (82)-Tyler TX
#26 RS FR Brad Issac (76)-Apple Valley CA
#30 (R) FR Amir Crowther (74)-Gardena CA
#27 (R) FR LaMichael Cummings (74)-Bellflower CA

#29 SR Braylen Russell (81)-Benton AR
#45 (R) SO Rodney Deng (69)-Palmdale CA

Riley, a former Boise State Bronco, had a breakout season in 2025 rushing for 829 yds with 11 TD’s but lost the bulk of his carries and starting job to Missouri transfer Ahmad Hardy, finishing with just 89 carries for 399 yds and 6 TD.

Brown has appeared in just 5 games for the Sun Devils with 6 career carries for 60 yds and 2 TD.

McFall transferred from SMU and appeared in 13 games last season rushing 85 times for 281 yds with 4 TD. He also scored 4 receiving touchdowns on 11 rec for 108 yds

Issac redshirted last season well Crowther and Cummings (both 4* recruits) will redshirt this season and are viewed as future potential starters.

Russell is a former Arkansas transfer who had 26 carries for 119 yds and 4 TD’s for the Razaorbacks in 2025 and had 32 carries for 147 yds and 6 TD’s last season for the Sun Devils.

WR/TE
#4 SR Isiah Canion (88)-Warner Robins GA
#84 JR Cory Butler Jr (86)-Corona CA
#5 SR Noble Johnson (81)-Rockwall TX
#85 RS SO BrysonJones (81)-Frisco TX
#82 RS SO Chance Ables (78)-Dallas TX
#81 RS SO Uriah Neloms (72)-Gilbert AZ
#88 (R ) SO Matt Valentine (79)-Mountain View CA
#2 (R ) FR Randy Belcher (75)-Ontario CA
#12 (R ) FR Devante Carney (74)-Harbor City CA
#89 (R ) FR Brian Azur (74)- Columbus OH

Canion is a former Georgia Tech transfer who had 17 rec for 192 yds and 3 TD for the Yellow Jackets in 2025.. He appeared in all 13 games last year for ASU but had just 10 rec for 107 yds

Butler JR was the team’s #2 WR last year finishing with 55 rec for 913 yds and 6 TD.

Bryson Jones appeared in 5 games last year for Texas Tech recording 3 rec for 52 yds and 1 TD

Johnson/Ables/Neloms have yet to appear in a game for the Sun Devils. Belcher/Carney/Azur are all 4* Recruits who will redshirt and look to replace Canion/Johnson on next year’s depth chart

#14 JR AJ IA (83)-Santa Ana CA
#86 RS SR Caden Jensen (80) Flower Mound TX
#80 RS JR Jayden Fortier (72) Tualatin OR

IA was the Sun Devils starting TE last year finishing with 37 rec for 513 yds and 6 TD

Jensen is a NMSU transfer who started his career at Louisiana. He has 45 career rec for 481 yds and 7 TD.

O-Line
#52 RS SO Manamo-Ui Muti (79)-Wahiawa HI
#54 RS SR Joey Su’a (78)-Bentonville AR
#78 RS SO Matai Jefferson (79)-Downey CA
#74 RS SR Sean Na’a (77)-Inglewood CA
#76 RS JR Champ Westbrooks (78)-Los Angeles CA

#59 JR Maki Stewart (77)-Long Beach CA
#73 RS JR Terrell Kim (77)-North Medford OR
#60 RS SO Xander Ruggeroli (74)-Las Vegas NV

With the return of Su’a, Kim and Stewart this unit has seen plenty of snaps.

D-Line
#55 RS JR Ramar Williams (74)-Mesa AZ
#88 RS SO Daeshon Morgan (74)-Austin TX
#96 RS FR Ben Brewer (79)-Austin TX
#36 RS JR Salesi Manu (75)-Reno NV

#93 RS SR My’Keil Gardner (83)-El Mirage AZ
#94 RS SO Kevin Oatis (81)-Hattiesburg MS
#98 RS SR Thomas Collins (79) Gothenburg International

Gardner is the only returning starter and has just 1.5 career sacks.. At this point nobody is guaranteed a starting job until some one proves they can get in the backfield and provide some pass rushing skills.

*There are plenty of 3* Recruits from this year’s class but all will Redshirt..

Linebackers
#22 SR Carmycah Glass (87)-Monroe LA
#18 SR Martell Hughes (84)-San Diego CA
#53 SO Josh Winton (81)-Pacific Palisades CA
#48 JR Lee Fuimaono (75)-Las Vegas NV
#3 RS JR Albert Smith III (76)-Terrytown LA
#26 RS SO Isaiah Iosefa (74)-Waipahu HI
#56 (R ) FR Kevin Meinerz (75)-Bellflower CA
#57 (R ) FR Carlos Snead (71)-Youngstown OH


Glass, a transfer from Houston played in all 13 games last year but recorded just 23 tackles and 2.5 sacks but he had a great spring (training) and has emerged this year as a Team captain and hopefully leader of this defense.

Hughes is another Team Captain and was a starter last year recording 67 Tackles. Winston a former 4* Recruit was a key reserve last year and had 34 Tackles.

Meinerz a 4* In this year’s class was thought to be a potential Day 1 starter but instead will redshirt and likely challenge the reserves this year for Glass/Hughes starting roles next year.

Secondary
#16 RS JR Chris Johnson II (82)-Forth Worth TX
#17 RS JR Javion White (81)-Winsboro LA
#29 RS JR Plas Johnson (78)-Scottsdale AZ
#0 RS JR Rodney Bimage JR (79)-Houston TX
#21 RS JR Tony-Louis Nkuba (77)-Lewisville TX
#25 RS FR Thomas Walley (70)-Indio CA
( R) FR D. Wells (68), J. Abraham (66), A. Hawkins (66) are all 3* Recruits who will redshirt as the team has plenty of CB Depth.

Johnson II, son of NFL DB Chris Johnson recorded 52 tackles and had 2 INT last season. White a transfer from Tulane had 85 Tackles and 2 INT for the Green Wave in 2025 and 32 Tackles and 1 INT last season for ASU splitting time with Bimage who also record 52 tackles and 1 INT.

#20 RS JR Maurice Williams II (79)-Alief TX
#6 RS SR Adrian Wilson (76)-Dallas TX
#38 RS JR Kyan McDonald (75)-Seattle WA
#14 RS SO Xavier Skowron (74)-Hooks TX

#24 RS SR Quentin Reddish (82)-Charlotte NC
#23 JR Ben Alefaio (78)-Sacramento CA
#7 RS SR Montana Warren (77)-Marshall TX

Williams II started last year and recorded 63 tackles with 1 INT.. Reddish transferred from New Mexico State where he was 2nd on the team with 89 tackles and had 2 key INT’s after transferring from Virginia Tech the year before.

Alefaio was the starter last season will likely still see time as Scott brings over a 4-2-5 Defense Alefaio had 78 Tackles with 1 INT last year.

Special Teams
PK-#11 FR John Fumagalli (79)-Rialto CA
P-#31 RS JR Kanyon Floyd (76)-Scottsdale AZ

Fumagalli was a late addition to the draft class as a 3* who takes over PK duties Floyd punted 55 times last year for 2454 yds (44.6 avg) with a net avg of (39.5)

[Deuce2223]

SCOTT WINS HIS DEBUT

Coach Ryne Scott won his debut as the new HC of Arizona State picking up a Top-25 win in the process as the Sun Devils left Denton with a victory over the Mean Green in Week 1.

Tied (7-7) at the end of the 1st Quarter, Arizona State would take a (21-7) lead into the half as former Boise State Bronco Dylan Riley scores a pair of touchdowns.

North Texas would cut the lead to (21-14) in the 3rd as SO QB Chris Jimerson Jr (75 ovr) breaks free for a 34 yd touchdown run but that's as close as North Texas would make it. Both teams would trade a pair of missed FG's early in the 4th but late in the 4th Quarter Freshman John Fumagalli would knock down a 24 yd kick to give ASU the (24-14) lead with under 3 minutes to play.

Jimerson who took over the starting job this season with All-American Drew Mestemaker leaving early for the NFL, would try his best to lead a comeback attempt but a under thrown deep ball attempt is picked off by JR CB Javion White and White does the rest taking it to the house for the 73 yd "Pick 6" to close out the game.FINAL SCORE ARIZONA STATE-31 #19 N. Texas-14

Jimerson would finish the game 24/35 (68%) for 243 yds with 1 TD and 1 INT well also rushing for 31 yds and 1 TD. JR RB Caleb Hawkins (92 Overall) finished with 74 yds on 12 carries (6.2 avg)

KEY SUN DEVILS
QB M. Tollefson-24/43 (55%) 298 yds 1 TD
RB D. Riley-20 carries 67 yds 2 TD, 1 rec 10 yds
RB D. McFall-9 carries 44 yds, 5 rec 78 yds 1 TD
FB B. Russell-3 carries 11 yds
WR B. Jones-5 rec 63 yds
WR I. Canion-4 rec 46 yds
WR C. Butler Jr-3 rec 29 yds
WR N. Johnson-2 rec 15 yds
TE A. IA-4 rec 57 yds
CB J. White-1 INT
DE B. Brewer-1 Sack, 1 Forced Fumble/Recovery

UP NEXT
Arizona State will have a early "Bye" in Week 2 and return to action as they host (1-1) Colorado State in Week 3 at Mountain American Stadium.

The Rams will also be coming off a "Bye" Week. They opened their season with a road loss to Sam Houston (28-22) but beat Arizona at home in Week 1 (27-21).

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AROUND THE NATION UPDATE

The first 3 weeks of the season has already offered us plenty of big time matchups and upsets as we have a new #1 after previous #1 Alabama fell to UNC in Week 1 (27-24). Week 2 brought 3 more Top-25 loss's including a pair of loss's by Big 12 teams as both #10 SMU and #14 Baylor both lost.

Here is a look at the new Top-25

#1 (1-0) Georgia *Beat FSU in Week 1, plays #17 Louisville in Week 3
#2 (2-0) Oregon *Just beat Baylor
#3 (2-0) Texas *Just beat Michigan
#4 (2-0) UNC *Beat Alabama in Week 1
#5 (2-0) Oklahoma *Beat SMU in Week 2 (51-49)
#6 (2-0) USC *Beat TCU in Week 2
#7 (2-0) Miami *Beat South Carolina and Utah
#8 (2-0) LSU
#9 (1-1) Alabama
#10 (2-0) Ole Miss
#11 (2-0) Duke
#12 (2-0) Clemson *Beat Coastal Carolina (40-20)
#13 (2-0) Nebraska
#14 (2-0) Texas Tech *Beat North Texas (35-28) in Week 2
#15 (2-0) Louisville
#16 (0-1) SMU
#17 (1-1) Florida State *Beat #20 Auburn in Week 2 after losing to Georgia in Week 1
#18 (2-1) UCLA *Lost to Cal (38-35) in Week 1
#19 (2-0) Cincinnati
#20 (3-0) Notre Dame *Beat G.T, Purdue and Washington
#21 (2-0) Tennessee
#22 (2-1) Baylor *Lost to Oregon (56-6)
#23 (2-0) Penn State
#24 (2-0) Florida
#25 (1-1) Auburn *Was #20 before losing to FSU, plays TAMU in Week 3.



**Arizona State received 60 votes which puts them tied with Miss State at #28/#29

HEISMAN TALK

Miami's SR QB Emory Williams and SO WR Tommy Carswell have jumped to the top of the Watch list. Williams in his first 2 games already has 726 yds passing with 9 TD and 1 INT. Carswell has been his #1 target.. He already has 15 receptions for 334 yds and 5 TD

Nebraska QB Dylan Raiola is #3.. He has thrown for 584 yds with 6 TD well also rushing for 80 yds with 1 TD

Colorado lost Julian Lewis to LSU but signed Amair Odom as he replacement.. Odom started his career at Kennesaw State in 2025 throwing for 3708 yds with 31 TD and 6 INT.. The then transfered to Clemson in 2026 and threw for 3187 yds with 24 TD and 6 INT. Now in 3 games at Colorado he already has thrown for 1014 yds with 12 TD well also rushing for 106 yds and 1 score.

[djp73]

We need game pics

[redsox907]

offensive and defensive line looks sus

linebackers are definitely the strong suit of the defense. Same for HBs on the offense

#RTDB and definitely at least 9 wins is attainable

great opening win over a ranked opponent