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Kenny Dillingham on DC Brian Ward’s love for Camp Tontozona
Arizona State football headed to Camp Tontozona to practice ahead of the 2025 season, bringing back memories for defensive coordinator Brian Ward.
ASU’s Clayton Smith appears poised for a breakout season at defensive end.Quarterback Jeff Sims provides solid backup support for starter Sam Leavitt.
Week two of fall camp is in the books for the Arizona State football team. The past week was spent at Camp Tontozona, with festivities wrapping up with a morning scrimmage.
No formal crowd count is kept, but all close to the program say the turnout far exceeded any in recent memory. Spectators were let in at 6 a.m., three hours before the scrimmage started. Cars were already parked along the road at 6:15 a.m.
The team will resume workouts on campus Aug. 11.
Here are a few things we learned from the week spent outside of Payson:
Clayton Smith is poised for a breakout season
The senior end has been the most impressive performer on defense, and that is saying a lot. Smith has added 10 or so pounds to a 6-foot-5 frame and has gotten faster as well.
Smith played in all 14 games, starting 12 last season. He recorded 33 tackles, six tackles for a loss, 4.5 sacks, four pass breakups, 12 quarterback hurries, recovered a fumble and forced another.
Perhaps the biggest area in need of improvement for ASU is the pass rush, and this is right up Smith’s alley. He knows that getting to the quarterback is a priority and has said that last year the Sun Devils got to the quarterback but did not do a good job of bringing them down.
Wide receiver position is loaded
Everyone knows about junior Jordyn Tyson, who could be the first wide receiver in the next draft, according to some projections, but not much was known about the others competing for playing time. This was the position group that had…
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