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Kenny Dillingham isn’t resting on the success he has had on the recruiting trail. He and his Arizona State football staff keep adding pieces to what is shaping up as the best class the school has had in quite some time.
The latest pledge came Wednesday from running back Demarius Robinson of Sante Fe High in Edmond, Oklahoma. It was the sixth commitment of the month and came just days after the Sun Devils landed a local product, 6-foot-4 wide receiver Uriah Neloms of San Tan Charter.
Robinson, a 5-foot-10, 175-pounder, has posted some impressive numbers, running for 4,271 yards (8.4 ypc) and 47 rushing touchdowns. Last season as a junior he totaled 2,139 yards and 28 touchdowns, averaging 10 yards per carry for a team that made the playoffs. He has run for 100 yards or more in 21 of his 25 varsity games.
The addition of Robinson has ASU at No. 14 overall in the 247Sports recruiting rankings, just behind future Big 12 conference foe TCU. That metric is ever-changing as schools add pledges and some flip to a different one. ASU was at No. 1 earlier this spring and has been as high as No. 12 in the national team tally. Rivals also has ASU at No. 14 but has the Sun Devils pegged No. 1 in the conference with TCU at No. 20.
Both recruiting services have ASU ahead of name brand programs USC, Michigan, Texas and Oregon.
This comes despite ASU being slowed by sanctions courtesy of the previous coaching regime, which was guilty of multiple recruiting violations during the COVID pandemic season. The staff is dealing with limitations that include the amount of time they can communicate with recruits, having to curtail their efforts for four weeks between April and August.
So the success is all the more noteworthy. ASU has 19 pledges in the 2025 recruiting class with those coming from nine states. Seven hail from California with four…
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Author : AZCentral | The Arizona Republic
Publish date : 2024-06-21 13:01:55
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