Sam Leavitt Injury Update: Sun Devils Get Bad News On Qb's Future

Arizona State entered nan play pinch precocious hopes of making it backmost to nan College Football Playoff but that quest quickly went disconnected nan rails acknowledgment to an early-season nonaccomplishment astatine nan hands of Mississippi State. A blowout conclusion to Utah soon followed and past week's 24–16 stumble against Houston apt put nan last nail successful nan coffin successful position of immoderate a Big 12 title hopes arsenic well.

Things went from bad to worse successful that title arsenic standout backmost Sam Leavitt went down pinch a limb wounded and tried to play done nan symptom earlier yet leaving for good. Arizona State was not expecting him to beryllium disposable this play against Iowa State, but it now appears that they won't person his services for nan remainder of 2025.

Coach Kenny Dillingham shared nan unfortunate update connected a power deed Friday morning, per aggregate reports.

"It's decidedly thing that's been lingering each year," Dillingham said of Leavitt's wounded earlier this week. "It's decidedly thing that could decidedly move into that [long-term] for sure, conscionable because it hasn't progressed for illustration we hoped. He's been dealing pinch this for beautiful overmuch nan full year. He hasn't been astatine afloat speed, truthful we'll decidedly reassess it during nan bye and make a determination from there."

It sounds for illustration that reassessment culminated successful room being nan preffered action complete moving to get backmost to nan playing section successful 2025.

In 7 games this twelvemonth Leavitt has completed 60.9% of his passes for 1,628 yards and 10 touchdowns against 3 interceptions.

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