ASU: Hagan, Walter atop Pac-10 in offense
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in the Pac-10, allowing only 12.75
points per game.
According to senior quarterback An
drew Walter, a defense that allows few
boundaries to be broken has eased the
pressure of an overly eager offense.
“It makes us feel real relaxed,”
Walter said. “It helps us out more
than ever. It has always been that the
offense has to play great and hope for
a turnover here and there and throw
up some big points. That is not the
way it is working out this year, thank
fully. If we can play great special
teams and defense than I think we
will be tough to beat every week. ”
Junior linebackers Jamar Williams
and Dale Robinson have been bright
spots in Arizona State's illuminating
defense. Robinson’s four sacks
aretied for first in the conference. He
is second in the Pac-10 in tackles for
loss (7.5). Robinson has 39 tackles
(18 solo) this season. Williams has
three interceptions so far, ranking
him fifth in the nation.
ASU has recorded seven intercep
tions, two fewer than conference
leader USC.
Hagan's hero credentials
Wide receiver Derek Hagan saw
his streaks of six straight 100-yard re
ceiving games and games with at
least one touchdown disappear when
he accumulated only 66 yards on
seven catches.
The junior is second in the Pac-10 in
receiving yards with 112.8 per game
and has led his team in receiving for
the first four games. Hagan was the
team’s leading receiver last year with
66 receptions and 1,076 yards, includ
ing six 100-yard receiving games.
Wish upon a Walter
Walter leads an offense that aver
ages 301.8 yards per game, which is
second best in the Pac-10 and 10th in
the nation. Of Arizona State’s 16
touchdowns this year, 14 have come
through the air.
The senior quarterback is already
receiving Heisman Tfophy considera
tion as he aims to break several
school passing records and possibly
one or two Pac-10 conference records
this season.
He has surpassed Jake Plummer as
the career-touchdown-pass leader.
Walter, with 8,552 career passing
yards, is only 275 yards shy of tying
Plummer’s record. He had 3,877
yards in 2002 and 3,044 in 2003, good
for first and second in ASU’s single
season passing record.
Courtesy | ASU Athletic Department
Arizona State wide receiver Derek Hagan is averaging 112.8 yards per game, which
ranks him as sixth in the nation.
Walter is now scoping a Pac-10
record held by John El way. His
record of 77 career touchdown passes
is in jeopardy now that Walter has
tallied 67.
“Andrew wants to be known as a
quarterback who wins games,”
Koetter said. “He is setting all kinds
of records.”
“He wanted to make himself a bet
ter player, and probably more so than
that, he wanted to leave this team
better than it was at the end of last
year. You can already see that he has
done that. Andrew is one of the key
leaders on this team.”
He has turned in at least 200 yards
passing in 21 of his 28 career starts.
Of those 21 games, he has thrown for
more than 400 yards six times. He
tied his game-high in touchdown
passes when he completed five
against Iowa two weeks ago.
Triple threat
Among those standing on the Ari
zona State sideline this weekend will
be three men who have impacted
Oregon football at one point or an
other, but none of them will be wear
ing shoulder pads or a helmet.
Koetter worked as Bellotti’s offen
sive coordinator and quarterbacks
coach at Oregon for the 1996 and
1997 seasons. Arizona State has av
eraged 31.1 points per game, and
scored 50 or more points four times,
in the three-plus years Koetter has
coached in Tempe.
Arizona State's passing game coor
dinator and quarterbacks coach Mark
Helfrich and assistant head coach, spe
cial teams coordinator and tight ends
coach Tom Osborne have both spent
time on the Ducks coaching staff.
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