Here's an in-depth look at Arizona State's wide receiver position entering spring football under fourth-year head coach Kenny Dillingham, offensive coordinator Marcus Arroyo and wide receiver coach Hines Ward.
Position Room (scholarship players):
Jalen Moss (senior)
Omarion Miller (senior)
Reed Harris (junior)
Jaren Hamilton (junior)
Derek Eusebio (junior)
Plas Johnson (redshirt sophomore)
Raiden Vines-Bright (sophomore)
Harry Hassmann (redshirt freshman)
Uriah Neloms (redshirt freshman)
Chance Ables (redshirt freshman)
Cory Butler Jr. (redshirt freshman)
Michael "Butter" Tollefson (redshirt freshman)
Key Departures: Jordyn Tyson, voted to the first-team All-Big 12 despite missing three games, departed the program after an illustrious ASU career. After redshirting his sophomore season following his transfer from Colorado, Tyson totaled 136 receptions, 1,812 yards and 18 touchdowns, the 10th-most receiving scores in Sun Devils' history, across two seasons. Expected to be ASU's first first-round pick in the NFL Draft since Brandon Aiyuk in 2020, Tyson accounted for 44 percent of the Sun Devils' wide receiver yardage production and 62 percent of their touchdown production in his two full years.
Tyson primarily occupied the 'Z' position in Arroyo's offense, but kicked into the slot for a quarter of his snaps, displaying, among a laundry list of skills that ASU must replace, impressive positional versatility. The Allen, Texas, native was ASU's most-targeted wide receiver in every complete game of his career, while posting just one drop in his junior season.
Just as the Sun Devils faced a massive offensive vacancy due the departure of All-American running back Cam Skattebo last offseason, Tyson's departure gives Dillingham's squad a huge hole to fill.
Starting 'X' receiver Malik McClain also departed, leaving ASU with 58 percent of its wide receiver snaps to be replaced. McClain struggled to begin his senior season, but stepped into a larger role after Tyson went down for three weeks with a hamstring injury. He finished with 441 receiving yards, second on the team, and one touchdown catch last season.
Key returners: ASU returned a handful of backup receivers, some of whom stepped up in certain spots last season, as it aims to replicate Tyson's production with a new group. Junior Derek Eusebio, a former walk-on, was the team's third-leading receiver last season, with 94 percent of his snaps in the slot, as Eusebio featured more as the season progressed due to the Sun Devils shifting away from their 12 personnel-heavy scheme that they relied on heavily early in the season.
After going through the first two games without a target, Eusebio sparked a late touchdown drive for ASU against Baylor with a 66-yard reception on third and long. In the final three weeks of the regular season, Eusebio averaged 6.6 targets and 60 yards per contest, providing reliable hands and strong route-running out of the slot.
Senior wideout Jalen Moss transferred to ASU from Fresno State last offseason with the expectation to serve as the team's starting 'F' receiver, the slot position, after 1,269 yards in 26 games with the Bulldogs. Yet, Moss struggled to establish a rhythm for much of the season, finishing the regular season with 11 catches for 134 yards. Four missed games due to a foot injury and an illness did little to help his integration into the offense. The senior enjoyed a five-reception, 129-yard Sun Bowl, ending his otherwise disappointing season on a strong note. Moss, a collegiate veteran, could serve as a zone-beater for ASU's offense given his route-running skills and strong hands.
Junior speedster Jaren Hamilton, nicknamed "Turboo," showed impressive flashes at training camp following his transfer from Alabama, but struggled to earn enough of Ward's trust to find himself on the field in important moments. The blazing Hamilton showed his ability to take the top off of a defense with 40-plus yard catches against Texas Tech and TCU, but registered two or more receptions in a game just once. Hamilton presents an intriguing counter to Moss — while the senior can find soft spots in zones, Hamilton has flashed the ability to blow out zone coverage, giving safeties problems in single-high coverage and opening up opportunities underneath.
Redshirt freshman Harry Hassmann enjoyed a strong preseason camp but failed to register a snap last season. Offseason surgery for a torn ACL will sideline him for spring ball.
Key Additions: Dillingham made ASU's biggest-ever splash in the transfer portal, bringing in senior wideout Omarion Miller from Colorado, the highest-rated recruit in the Sun Devils' No. 9 nationally transfer class.
Miller tallied 66 receptions, 1,258 yards and 10 touchdowns in three seasons with the Buffaloes, including an 808-yard, eight-touchdown junior campaign that earned the Vivian, La., native second-team All-Big 12 recognition from the conference's coaches.
The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Miller offers impressive versatility, paired with his strong base and elite athleticism, to challenge cornerbacks. Miller profiles similarly to Tyson in terms of his versatility and could step into the future professional's role in the Sun Devils' offense.
"I'm excited," Miller said. "It feels like a long time since I've been able to step on the field, even though the season just ended. I'm just ready to get back and start doing my thing."
While Miller's frame may not immediately turn heads, 6-foot-5, 217-pound junior Reed Harris, a Boston College transfer, will present Dillingham and Arroyo with a towering 'X' receiver who could also move into the slot in a jumbo hybrid role. The No. 4 wideout in the transfer portal, Harris totaled 39 catches, 673 yards and five touchdowns last year as the Eagles' starting 'X' receiver.
"[Ward] said I have the skills to do it," Harris said. "I have the build, size, speed but that doesn't mean there aren't things I can improve on. I can get better with my route-running, my hands, and my breaks. There's still a lot to learn."
Harris posted a 66.3 PFF grade for his pass blocking last season, which would have been first among ASU's wide receivers, with his bigger frame profiling him as an asset in the outside run game for an offense that struggled with perimeter blocking in 2025.
Miller and Harris were the highest rated transfers ASU has added in the portal era.
Sophomore Raiden Vines-Bright, who spent three years at Tempe's Corona Del Sol High School before transferring to IMG Academy in Florida for his senior year, joined the Sun Devils from former Pac-12 foe Washington. The speedy Vines-Bright was ASU's third transfer wideout rated .8900 or higher by 247Sports.
Vines-Bright started 12 games for the Huskies as a freshman, hauling in 24 passes for 238 yards and a touchdown.
Burning Question: Will ASU's investment yield its desired results?
After bringing in an underwhelming transfer class last season, Dillingham made a conscious decision to invest less in the team's quarterback transfer class to push more funding towards ASU's new pass-catchers.
Such an investment is seemingly predicated, in part, on Dillingham's desire to build the personnel to punish ASU's man-heavy conference opponents — namely, Texas Tech and BYU — with superior skill talent. The Sun Devils appear to have spent less money at quarterback than some of their conference foes, but surrounded their new signal caller with elite talent. The theory is that it could put their quarterback in a potentially better position than their opposition.
"That'll be tremendous," sophomore quarterback Cutter Boley said. "You know, that was one of my biggest things. I wanted to go play with good players, and I wanted to be at the place that's the opportunity to win now and go to the playoffs and do big things now.
Yet, Miller and Harris' true impact in a new offensive scheme, particularly after disappointing seasons from Moss and Hamilton last season, remains to be seen.