Similar to the offense, the Arizona State Sun Devils football team has a lot of new faces on the defensive side of the ball. After losing several key players from 2021 to both the 2022 NFL Draft and the NCAA Transfer Portal, the 2022 Arizona State Sun Devils' defense will look very different from its 2021 counterpart. Unlike the offense, however, we aren't as concerned with how the defense is going to roll out for 2022. The defense has some important faces returning to the middle of the field in Merlin Robertson and Kyle Soelle. The defensive line and secondary both have some intriguing depth with the former perhaps being the deepest unit on the entire Arizona State Sun Devils football roster. The defense isn't without some questions that need answering, obviously. For one, how will this deep defensive line look? Will we see a core starting unit of veteran guys like Michael Matus, Nesta Jade Silvera, and Travez Moore? How much will young guns such as Omarr Norman-Lott or B.J. Green fit into the equation? We can't forget about the other several talented players behind them, as well, so how will this defense utilize its deep line? Meanwhile, at linebacker, we know that Robertson and Soelle will start, but who's the third linebacker next to them? Is it Kyle's brother Conner Soelle? Is it Will Shaffer? Is it Caleb McCullough? And finally, in the secondary, there are lots of fun faces to fancy throughout, but who will start on the boundary? Jordan Clark will have the nickel role to himself, but who could start outside? Timarcus Davis, Keon Markham, and Ro Torrence seem like the most likely guys, but could a youngster like Isaiah Johnson surprise? Host Richie Bradshaw tackles all these questions and more on this edition of the Locked On Sun Devils podcast.

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