Coming into Saturday night’s Pac-12 Conference opener with No. 24 Oregon, the Arizona State Sun Devils ranked last in the country in third down defense.
ASU had allowed 24 conversions on 44 attempts, good for a 54.5 percent clip.
But during week four, against the No. 2 ranked offense in college football, the Devils allowed their opponents to convert just one of 11 attempts during the key down.
It was a tremendous turnaround for the defensive unit — one that was missing senior linebacker Koron Crump, arguably the team’s most impactful player — and following the game, senior defensive end A.