AggieHuddle.com’s preview of the matchup between No. 10 Texas A&M (1-0) and Arizona State (1-0) continues with a breakdown of the Sun Devils offense versus the Aggie Defense.

Where, When, Weather and TV

Where: Kyle Field, College Station, Texas

When: 11 a.m. central time Saturday, Sept. 12

Weather: Extremely hot, high of 97; heat indices nearing 110

TV: ABC (Tom Hart, Play-by-play; Jesse Palmer, analyst; Kris Budden, sideline)

Arizona State Depth Chart

QB

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
8	Cutter Boley	6-5, 213	So.
12	Mikey Keene	5-11, 200	Sr.

RB

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
1	Kyson Brown	6-1, 205	Jr.
23	Cardae Mack	5-9, 210	Fr.
21	Grayson Rigdon	5-11, 195	Fr.

WR (X)

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
3	Reed Harris	6-5, 217	Jr.
81	Uria Neloms	6-4, 215	Fr.

WR (F)

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
4	Omarion Miller	6-2, 210	Sr.
16	Jaren Hamilton	6, 210	Jr.

WR (Z)

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
18	Jalen Moss	6-1, 185	Jr.
7	Raiden Vines-Bright	6-1, 200	Fr.

TE

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
15	Khamari Anderson	6-5, 255	Sr.
0	AJ Ia	6-6, 260	So.

LT

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
78	Luke Baklenko	6-6, 313	Sr.
76	Champ Westbrooks	6-5, 295	So.

LG

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
59	Maki Stewart	6-5, 340	So.
74	Siosala Lapuaho	6-6. 325	Jr.

C

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
58	Tana Alo-Tupuola	6-1, 325	Jr.
71	Makua Pule	6-3, 320	Sr.

RG

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
64	Wade Helton	6-4, 310	Jr.
53	Rob Lapuaho	6-6, 350	So.

RT

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
70	Jalen Klemm	6-6, 300	5th
75	Jermaine Mitchell	6-8, 320	Jr.

Arizona State statistical leaders

Passing: Boley, 21-27, 367 yards, 6 TD

Keene, 4-7, 32 yards

Rushing: Kyson Brown, 6 carries, 80 yards, 1 TD

Jason Brown, 5 carries, 60 yards, 1 TD

Receiving: 6 catches, 137 yards, 2 TD

Rigdon, 2 catches, 110 yards, 2 TD

Miller, 8 catches, 102 yards, 1 TD

Texas A&M defensive depth chart

DE

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
18	T.J. Searcy	6-5, 260	Sr.
14	Anto Saka	6-4, 255	Gr.
16	Bryce Perry-Wright	6-2, 269	Fr.

DT

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
5	DJ Hicks	6-3, 293	Sr.
99	Landon Rink	6-2, 295	So.
11	Brandon Davis-Swain	6-4, 307	Jr.

DT

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
92	CJ Mims	6-2, 312	5th
OR 94	Angelo McCullom	6-2, 317	Jr.
88	DJ Sanders	6-3, 316	So.

DE

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
10	Marco Jones	6-5, 261	So.
15	Sam M’Pemba	6-3, 257	Sr.
17	Ryan Henderson	6-3, 255	Gr.
22	Tristan Givens	6-3, 232	Fr.

LB

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
27	Daymion Sanford	6-2, 228	Sr.
OR 0	Noah Mikhail	6-2, 230	So.
25	Tamarion Watkins	6-3, 228	Fr.

LB

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
0	Noah Mikhail	6-2, 230	So.
OR 21	Ray Coney	6-2, 240	Sr.
54	Jordan Lockhart	6-1, 233	Jr.

CB

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
6	Julio Humphrey	6-1, 197	5th
20	Adonyss Currie	6, 181	So.
OR 23	Brandon Arrington	6-2, 201	Freshman

CB

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
2	Dezz Ricks	6-1, 193	Sr.
OR 9	Rickey Gibson III	6, 181	Sr.
21	Vic Singleton	5-11, 175	Fr.

NI

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
8	Jordan Shaw	5-11, 180	Sr.
19	Bravion Rogers	5-11, 186	Sr.
13	Deyjhon Pettaway	5-11, 182	So.
24	Camren Hamiel	5-11, 180	Fr.

S

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
3	Marcus Ratcliffe	6-3, 211	Sr.
13	Myles Davis	6-1, 203	Jr.
22	Tom Tom Johnson	6-1, 201	So.
15	Tylan Wilson	6-1, 204	Fr.

S

Number	Name	Height/Weight	Class
7	Dalton Brooks	6, 202	Sr.
4	Tawfiq Byard	6-1, 198	Sr.
28	Chance Collins	6-1, 201	Fr.

Texas A&M defense statistical leaders

Tackles: Mikhail, 7

Coney, 6

Davis, 4

Tackles for loss: Henderson, 2

Givens, Watkins and Moala, 1

Sacks: Henderson, 1

Forced fumbles: Henderson, 1

Fumble recoveries: Saka and Sanders, 1

Texas A&M injury update

Safety Tawfiq Byard (lower body) is questionable.

Defensive tackle Chace Sims is out for the year.

HEad-to-Head

Stat	Arizona State offense	National/Big 12 rank	Stat	Texas A&M defense	National/SEC rank
Scoring offense	70 PPG	5th/3rd	Scoring defense	0 PPG	1st
Total offense	681 YPG	2nd/1st	Total defense	67 YPG	1st
Rushing offense	249 YPG	32nd/8th	Rushing defense	37 YPG	12th/3rd
Passing offense	432 YPG	4th/1st	Passing yards allowed	30 YPG	1st
First downs	32	22nd/3rd	First downs allowed	4	1st
3rd down conversion %	50%	44th/8th	Third down defense	10%	9th/3rd
Red zone %	100%	1st	Red zone defense	0%	1st
Tackles for loss allowed	3	29th/6th	TFL/game	6	46th/8th
Sacks allowed	2	82nd/13th	Team sacks per game	1	83rd/14th
Turnovers	1	47th/5th	Turnovers forced	2	26th/3rd
Turnover +/-	Minus-1	90th/13th	Turnover +/-	Plus-1	29th/3rd
TOP	29:48	81st/13th	TOP	43:03	2nd/1st

What Arizona State wants to do

They’ll claim they’re “multiple”, but what they want to go is go with temp, spread people out and RPO the heck out of things. With Cutter Boley at the helm instead of Sam Leavitt and a bunch of good receivers, though, they appear to have become pass first.

Against Morgan State, ASU used a lot of four- and even five-receiver sets in an effort to get spacing. They figure they can win at least one matchup somewhere. Their running game was zone read, but with a heavy dose of runs off tackle. ASU had a massive size advantage over Morgan State, though, so going off tackle meant a lot more room to run.

In the passing game, they’re probably going to look for a lot of quick stuff early on, either fast throws to the receivers at or near the line of scrimmage of slants over the middle. Then, if the line holds up or they get the run game going, they can look to try play action off of that.

ASU is looking for chunk plays. They want the big one. They’re not build to grind things out, especially on a day like Saturday.

How A&M may try to counter

Come after a front line that is big, has a lot of years in college but not a lot of experience. They gave up a pair of sacks — including a sack/fumble — against Morgan State, so you know Mike Elko and Lyle Hemphill are going to be in attack mode.

The Aggies did a great job against a spread offense last week, fighting through blocks and rallying to the football. More importantly, they tackled extremely well. That has to be a point of emphasis again tomorrow as the Sun Devils lean on RPOs.

Boley was the Big 12 offensive player of the week last week, but his time at Kentucky was a lot more mixed. He threw for 2,160 yards while completing nearly 2/3 of his passes, but only had 15 touchdowns with 12 interceptions. He also took 26 sacks. He’s very good at executing the short passing game and has the arm to stretch the field, but he struggled against SEC opposition last year.

As a result, it makes a lot of sense for the Aggies to come after him. They didn’t blitz much at all against Missouri State and certainly didn’t do anything interesting with the concepts, but they did move around a lot, overload the line at times and press Missouri State to make quick decisions. The Bears were only capable of throwing the ball more than five yards beyond the line of scrimmage four times, with only one completion.

The Sun Devils will use a lot of four receiver sets, but the Aggies should have the personnel to match that. We may see a lot of Dezz Ricks, Julio Humphrey and Rickey Gibson all out on the field together with Jordan Shaw. It’ll be the first real test for both the receivers and the corners.

ASU doesn’t really know what it has up front yet. The Aggies, while they have a lot of new faces, seem to think they do know what they’re capable of doing. A&M probably wants to take over the line of scimmage early, make Arizona State throw a lot (and deeper than it wants) and put the pressure on Boley to make plays.