Baylor heads into Saturday night’s matchup with Arizona State missing five players, while the Sun Devils have a shorter availability list and one notable absence up front.
The Bears and Sun Devils are set to kick off at 9:30 p.m. CT at Mountain America Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, with ESPN carrying the broadcast. Roy Philpott and Brock Osweiler will be on the call.
Baylor, now 3-1, is trying to push its winning streak to four games and keep its Big 12 record spotless. That will put even more pressure on the offense, especially quarterback DJ Lagway as he continues working back from a severe ankle sprain.
Lagway returned last week, but he did not look as mobile or as decisive as he had before the injury. Officially, he logged just two carries: one scramble that wasn’t planned and a 3-yard sack.
One player Lagway will likely lean on again is wide receiver Gavin Freeman. The Oklahoma State transfer has become the steadying force in Baylor’s passing game, leading Big 12 players with 35 catches and ranking fifth in the conference with 364 receiving yards. His presence has mattered even more with Jadon Porter and Taz Williams Jr. both missing time last month because of injuries.
On the availability front, Baylor ruled out the same five players who sat out last week against Colorado: S Jacob Redding, CB Jamarion Richardson, DL Devonte Tezino, OL Cayden Tone and WR Ashton Jones. No other Baylor player showed up on the pregame availability report.
Arizona State, meanwhile, will be without starting offensive lineman Wade Helton. The Sun Devils otherwise come in relatively healthy, with only a small group of backups ruled out before Saturday. Arizona State also listed two players as game-time decisions: RB Grayson Rigdon and OL Filiva'a Lokotui.
Here is the full Baylor list of players unavailable today:
8 S Jacob Redding
38 CB Jamarion Richardson
59 DL Devonte Tezino
61 OL Cayden Tone
87 WR Ashton Jones
Here is the full Arizona State list of players unavailable today:
24 DB Jalen Williams
50 OL Marques Uini
64 OL Wade Helton
69 OL Brent Helton
The Sun Devils listed the following players as game-time decisions:
21 RB Grayson Rigdon
57 OL Filiva'a Lokotui
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