After practicing outdoors on the Kajikawa Practice Field for each of the last two sessions, inclement conditions on the outdoor fields led to ASU football's return to the Verde Dickey Dome on Friday.
Media availability was restricted to team stretch and a short 11-on-11 segment featuring only the first team. It was a situational two-minute drill with crowd noise pumped into the Verde Dickey Dome.
Redshirt senior quarterback Mike Bercovici was mobile during the brief session, often rolling in and out of pressure and even having to get rid of the ball twice. He made back-to-back nice throws at the beginning of the drive, first finding redshirt sophomore Ellis Jefferson on a diving play on an out route and then finding senior D.J. Foster wide open on a wheel route. Jefferson made another leaping grab to get the first team into the red zone.
Once the offense got into the red zone, they stalled. Senior corner Kweishi Brown did a solid job on a pass breakup in the back corner in the end zone, and "Gump" Hayes and Gary Chambers dropped would-be touchdowns on back-to-back slants.
Here's how they lined up:
First-Team Offense
QB: Mike Bercovici
RB: Kalen Ballage, Demario Richard
WR: D.J. Foster, De'Chavon Hayes, Ellis Jefferson and Gary Chambers
TE: Kody Kohl
LT: Evan Goodman
LG: Christian Westerman
C: Nick Kelly
RG: Stephon McCray
RT: Billy McGehee
First-Team Defense
DL: Ami Latu, Demetrius Cherry, Edmond Boateng and JoJo Wicker
"Will" linebacker: Christian Sam, Antonio Longino
"Devilbacker:" Antonio Longino, Kalen Ballage
"Sam" linebacker: Salamo Fiso, DJ Calhoun
"Spur" linebacker: Laiu Moeakiola
Field corner: Kweishi Brown
Boundary corner: Lloyd Carrington
Bandit safety: Jordan Simone
Field safety: Armand Perry
Practice Notes:
- "PT42" jerseys: redshirt senior safety Jordan Simone and redshirt sophomore James Johnson.
- ASU head coach Todd Graham was not made available to the media following Friday's practice.
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