Sun Devils Add 3 to Roster: Meet Koniseti and Bryant, Re-meet Munns
It’s been a week since signing day, but the ASU football team is still upgrading its roster. Here’s a look at two late additions to the rosters—and one incumbent ready to be welcomed back.
( Photo by the amazing Robert Kline)
Dennis Erickson hasn’t rested in upgrading the Sun Devil football roster since Signing Day a week ago. ASU has added three bodies since we broke down the football Class of 2009 with a quick Q&A.
The biggest late addition was veteran linebacker Gerald Munns. In a monster game against Stanford, Munns registered seven tackles (including one without a helmet), a deflection and an interception—all with a broken pinkie that required the insertion of pins days later. Munns was named Pac-10 defensive player of the week for the effort.
However, Munns played just three games as he sat out against UNLV and then left the team after the Georgia loss to deal with personal matters. Those matters are apparently behind him. Now that he’s back, it’ll be interesting to follow the training camp battle between Munns and highly-regarded freshman Vontaze Burfict.
The Sun Devils also secured late commitments from a pair of high schoolers.
Kipeli Koniseti wasn’t offered a scholarship by ASU heading into signing day. But Erickson pulled the trigger that afternoon and landed the dual threat quarterback/linebacker from Sacramento.
Don’t expect to see Koniseti on the field this season as the coaching staff figures out where they want to play him. He’s currently listed as an athlete.
And yesterday, the Sun Devils landed Jarrid Bryant an athletic receiver-returner who spent last year playing football and basketball for a prep school in Connecticut where he eight touchdowns on returns and two touchdowns on just eight catches.
Before heading for Connecticut, Bryant went to Corona Centennial, a school that has now sent six grads in the last two years to ASU. Like Koniseti, it may time some time to get Bryant up to speed.
In the meantime, if you’re looking for something to get excited about now, check out Vontaze Burfict’s highlight reel or watch Corey Adams in action.
Sun Devil Class of 2009
Corey Adams, DT, 6-foot-3, 292 pounds, Scottsdale (Saguaro)
Jarrid Bryant, WR, 6-foot-4, 185 pound, Salisbury, CN (Salisbury Prep)
Vontaze Burfict, LB, 6-foot-3, 245 pounds, Corona, CA (Centennial)
Christopher Coyle, TE, 6-foot-3, 235 pounds, Westlake Village, CA (Oaks Christian)
Dean Deleone, DE, 6-foot-3, 255 pounds, Park City, UT (Orange Coast CC)
Evan Finkenberg, OL, 6-foot-6, 265 pounds, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (Tesoro)
J.J. Holliday, WR, 6-foot, 165 pounds, Tucson (Santa Rita)
Osahon Irabor, CB, 5-foot-11, 183 pounds, Upland, CA (Upland)
Anthony Jones, LB, 6-foot-2, 218 pounds, Chandler (Hamilton)
Kipeli Koniseti, ATH, 6-foot-3, 235 pounds, Sacramento, CA (Grant)
Kody Koebensky, OL, 6-foot-4, 303 pounds, Scottsdale (Saguaro)
LeQuan Lewis, CB, 6-foot, 195 pounds, Norwalk, CA (Cerritos College)
Cameron Marshall, RB, 5-foot-11, 210 pounds, San Jose, CA (Valley Christian).
Shane McCullen, S, 6-foot-2, 208 pounds, Apache Junction (Apache Junction)
Jamal Miles, RB, 5-foot-10, 180 pounds, Peoria (Peoria)
Brock Osweiler, QB, 6-foot-8, 235 pounds, Kalispell, MT (Flathead)
Gregory Smith, DE, 6-foot-3, 240 pounds, Perris, CA (Citrus Hill)
Max Smith, TE, 6-foot-2, 258 pounds, Scottsdale (Saguaro)
William Sutton, DT, 6-foot-2, 275 pounds, Corona, CA (Centennial)
Fred Thornton, OL, 6-foot-4, 310 pounds, Phoenix (South Mountain)
Matthew Tucker, S, 6-foot-3, 190 pounds, Aurora, CO (Grandview)
Marcus Washington, RB, 6-foot-1, 195 pounds, Phoenix (Desert Vista)
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Why not start Nixon and Munns on the outside with Taze in the middle? Makes the most sense to me
I’m excited about the future of this Defensive Unit.. . now let’s shore up the offensive side and then we’ll be in business!
@TheInferno, I think Munns may be too slow for the outside. If anything I’d keep Munns in the middle and put Burfict out there.
That said, you raise a good point. We are LOADED at linebacker. Munns, Burfict and Nixon you mentioned — plus Travis Geothel, Shelly Lyons, Brandon Magee, the list goes on. A monster unit!
(That’s what she said.)
If only some of those guys were playing safety. Whos going to start at safety thats my question.