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MILESTONE WATCH
- With his passing touchdown to Brandon Aiyuk in the first quarter, Manny Wilkins notched his 50th career touchdown accounted for (38 passing, 12 rushing). Wilkins added a rushing TD and one more passing TD in the fourth quarter now giving him 52 career touchdowns (39 passing and 13 rushing.
-Wilkins added his 13th rushing touchdown in the second quarter, moving into a tie among all ASU quarterbacks for third in school history with Taylor Kelly (Mark Malone, 32; Danny White, 14).
-Wilkins also moved into seventh in program history in career completions, finishing with 31 for the game to bring his total to 504 in his career.
-N’Keal Harry finished with nine receptions on the evening, moving into fifth place in school history in career receptions (161).
-With his fourth-quarter TD reception, Harry moved into a tie for 10th place on ASU’s all-time list. He now has 17 career TD receptions.
START STRONG
-For the third consecutive game this season, the Sun Devils did not allow a point in the first quarter – outscoring SDSU 7-0 and now outscoring opponents 21-0 in the frame on the season.
HE’S THE MANNY
-This is the second time Manny Wilkins has posted back-to-back 300-yard passing games. Wilkins threw for 381 yards last week vs. Michigan State and had 341 yards at SDSU. Last season Wilkins has consecutive 300-yard outings at Texas Tech (326 yards - 9/16/17) and vs. Oregon (347 yards - 9/23-17).
LET’S BE FRANK
-Frank Darby caught four passes for 111 yards in the first half alone – tying his previous career-high for yardage in the process.
-Darby finished with career high for receptions (five) and receiving yards (127).
-Darby’s 51-yard reception in the second quarter was the longest passing play for the Sun Devils this season.
YOU’RE A WIZARD, HARRY
-N’Keal Harry extended his streak for consecutive games with a reception to 28 consecutive games with his first catch of the game in the first quarter of tonight’s contest.
ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS
-Eno Benjamin had a career-high seven receptions for 44 yards.
GOLD ZONE
-ASU extended its streak of red zone scores to 64 consecutive drives (excluding game-ending kneel-downs) with its first two touchdown drives of Saturday’s contest – a streak that dated back the contest at Washington in 2016.
-The streak came to an end on a failed fourth-down conversion late in the second quarter of the contest.
DON’T SLEEP ON HIM
Sleep-Dalton had six punts for 264 yards with a 44.0-yard average (net average of 44.7). He also dropped two punts inside the 20, giving him 10 for the season (out of 16 punts).
-Coming into the game, Sleep-Dalton had just one punt returned on the season. While there were two returns on Saturday, they were for -1 and -3 yards, respectively. Four other punts were not returned on the evening.
RIDIN' SOLO
-Jalen Harvey, who hadn't played a down of defense for the Sun Devils until this season, logged a career-best 13 tackles on Saturday - 12 of which came of the solo variety. Harvey entered the game 31st nationally in averaging 6.0 solo tackles per game.
FIRSTS
-Brandon Aiyuk snagged his first career touchdown reception in the first quarter of the game.
-Evan Fields returned from injury to make his first appearance in a game this season.
-Aashari Crosswell earned the start for the Sun Devils tonight, becoming the third true freshman to start on defense this season (joining Darien Butler and Merlin Robertson). Crosswell also collected his first career fumble recovery in the fourth quarter of the game
-Jermayne Lole made his first collegiate appearance this season in the second quarter of the contest. He would log his first career sack in the third quarter.
MILESTONE WATCH
- With his passing touchdown to Brandon Aiyuk in the first quarter, Manny Wilkins notched his 50th career touchdown accounted for (38 passing, 12 rushing). Wilkins added a rushing TD and one more passing TD in the fourth quarter now giving him 52 career touchdowns (39 passing and 13 rushing.
-Wilkins added his 13th rushing touchdown in the second quarter, moving into a tie among all ASU quarterbacks for third in school history with Taylor Kelly (Mark Malone, 32; Danny White, 14).
-Wilkins also moved into seventh in program history in career completions, finishing with 31 for the game to bring his total to 504 in his career.
-N’Keal Harry finished with nine receptions on the evening, moving into fifth place in school history in career receptions (161).
-With his fourth-quarter TD reception, Harry moved into a tie for 10th place on ASU’s all-time list. He now has 17 career TD receptions.
START STRONG
-For the third consecutive game this season, the Sun Devils did not allow a point in the first quarter – outscoring SDSU 7-0 and now outscoring opponents 21-0 in the frame on the season.
HE’S THE MANNY
-This is the second time Manny Wilkins has posted back-to-back 300-yard passing games. Wilkins threw for 381 yards last week vs. Michigan State and had 341 yards at SDSU. Last season Wilkins has consecutive 300-yard outings at Texas Tech (326 yards - 9/16/17) and vs. Oregon (347 yards - 9/23-17).
LET’S BE FRANK
-Frank Darby caught four passes for 111 yards in the first half alone – tying his previous career-high for yardage in the process.
-Darby finished with career high for receptions (five) and receiving yards (127).
-Darby’s 51-yard reception in the second quarter was the longest passing play for the Sun Devils this season.
YOU’RE A WIZARD, HARRY
-N’Keal Harry extended his streak for consecutive games with a reception to 28 consecutive games with his first catch of the game in the first quarter of tonight’s contest.
ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS
-Eno Benjamin had a career-high seven receptions for 44 yards.
GOLD ZONE
-ASU extended its streak of red zone scores to 64 consecutive drives (excluding game-ending kneel-downs) with its first two touchdown drives of Saturday’s contest – a streak that dated back the contest at Washington in 2016.
-The streak came to an end on a failed fourth-down conversion late in the second quarter of the contest.
DON’T SLEEP ON HIM
Sleep-Dalton had six punts for 264 yards with a 44.0-yard average (net average of 44.7). He also dropped two punts inside the 20, giving him 10 for the season (out of 16 punts).
-Coming into the game, Sleep-Dalton had just one punt returned on the season. While there were two returns on Saturday, they were for -1 and -3 yards, respectively. Four other punts were not returned on the evening.
RIDIN' SOLO
-Jalen Harvey, who hadn't played a down of defense for the Sun Devils until this season, logged a career-best 13 tackles on Saturday - 12 of which came of the solo variety. Harvey entered the game 31st nationally in averaging 6.0 solo tackles per game.
FIRSTS
-Brandon Aiyuk snagged his first career touchdown reception in the first quarter of the game.
-Evan Fields returned from injury to make his first appearance in a game this season.
-Aashari Crosswell earned the start for the Sun Devils tonight, becoming the third true freshman to start on defense this season (joining Darien Butler and Merlin Robertson). Crosswell also collected his first career fumble recovery in the fourth quarter of the game
-Jermayne Lole made his first collegiate appearance this season in the second quarter of the contest. He would log his first career sack in the third quarter.
