The 2018 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented

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in the

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. They were led by first year head coach

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and played their home games at

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. They were a member of the South Division of the

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. The Sun Devils finished the season 7–6, 5–4 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place in the South Division. They were invited to the

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where they lost to

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Personnel

Coaching staff

Roster

Previous season

The Sun Devils finished second in the Pac 12 South Division with a record of 7–6 overall and 6–3 in conference played. They were invited to the

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, where they lost to

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, 52–31. The Sun Devils also replaced head coach

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with new head coach

Offseason departures

ASU had 18 Graduates, 2 transfers, 1 left the team, 1 retired medically.

2018 NFL draft

ASU players drafted into the NFL

Undrafted NFL free agents

Preseason

On December 20, 2017, NCAA Football had its first ever early signing period, during which Arizona State signed nine recruits. On national signing day the Sun Devils received eight more high school recruits tipping off the signing period with a total of 17 high school recruits, four JUCO transfers and one transfer which totals 22 total recruits in the 2018 offseason.

Position key

Recruiting class

Incoming transfers

Arizona State had four junior college transfers and one college transfer.

Pac-12 Media Days

The 2018 Pac-12 media days started on July 25, 2018 in

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. Herm Edwards (HC),

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(WR) &

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(QB) at Pac-12 Media Days. The Pac-12 media poll was released with the Sun Devils predicted to finish in last place at Pac-12 South division.

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Schedule

Rankings

Game summaries

UTSA

;Statistics

Michigan State

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At San Diego State

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At Washington

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Oregon State

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At Colorado

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Stanford

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At USC

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Utah

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UCLA

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At Oregon

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At Arizona

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Vs. Fresno State (Las Vegas Bowl)

;Statistics

Awards

Pac-12 Freshman Defensive Player of the Year: Merlin RobertsonPac-12.com
Retrieved 2018-Dec-27.

Players drafted into the NFL

References

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