Practice Report From Arizona State's First Spring Session

Follow key notes from the practice below, as well as a small handful of standouts from a roster that looks significantly different compared to 2025.

Key Notes From Practice

• Final-year athlete Clayton Smith took a significant amount of reps on the offensive side of the ball on Thursday. It has been known for close to two weeks now that the EDGE received an extra year of eligibility, and that there would potentially be room for the Texas native to play some wide receiver. There were ups-and-downs on Thursday, but his sneaky twitchiness as an athlete showed out.

• Redshirt freshman Michael "Butter" Tollefson made a switch from quarterback to wide receiver. Tollefson was seen as an intriguing talent at QB, but the addition of Jake Fette likely triggered a change. Tollefson now joins Uriah Neloms and Cory Butler Jr. as intriguing underclassmen at the position.

• A pair of top-50 offensive tackle prospects in Mason Joshua (Texas) and Ben Lowther (Arizona) attended Arizona State practice on Thursday. The work that OL coach Saga Tuitele has done to overhaul the way the program goes about development, as well as building a regimented culture have to be commended.

Individual Standouts From Thursday

• QB Cutter Boley: The Kentucky transfer did throw a pick six during a later portion of practice, but outside of that the 6'5" field general was exceptionally sharp. Boley looked poised, collected, and comfortable with a plethora of new receivers that he must build new connections with. The ball placement and velocity were especially noteworthy.

• WR Reed Harris and Omarion Miller: The top two players that the program brought in via the transfer portal did not disappoint in their on-field debut in Tempe. The duo truly appear to compliment one another in a seamless fashion - with Miller being the lightning to the thunder Harris provides. Raiden Vines-Bright was also incredibly impressive in his debut after transferring from Washington.

• LB Owen Long : Long's football IQ translated perfectly into his first practice in serving as the spiritual successor to Keyshaun Elliott. Long led the nation in total tackles last season and was the player that secured the lone interception that Boley threw all day.