SAN DIEGO – San Diego State's defense was sharp and held the offensive side of the ball off the scoreboard in its annual Fan Fest scrimmage at SDCCU Stadium on Saturday evening. The defense totaled nine sacks and two interceptions to wrap up its second week of fall camp.
The day started with the offense going three-and-out on its first two possessions. Returning starting quarterback Christian Chapman snapped the streak after he connected on a 15-yard pass play to Fred Trevillion, but the possession was stopped on the sixth play when Chibu Onyeukwu recorded a sack on third-and-7.
The defense continued to dominate the next time out, this time with Ryan Agnew at the controls. The junior handed the ball off only to have Luq Barcoo force a fumble with Caden McDonald recovering for the defense.
The offense showed flashes of excitement with three rushes of 25 yards or longer. Chance Bell was the first to find daylight, taking an Agnew handoff 32 yards on the final possession of the first quarter. Then on Chapman's possession, which was the first of the second period, Chase Jasmin rumbled for a 26-yard gain. The momentum, however, was stopped when Ronley Lakalaka picked off Chapman.
After the Lakalaka interception, the SDSU offense went three-and-out four consecutive times until Jordan Byrd rushed for 35 yards to help get the Aztecs within field-goal range. John Baron II's attempt from 53-yards, however, sailed just outside the left goalpost.
The aforementioned running backs rushed for a total of 144 yards on 28 carries. Jasmin posted 52 yards on 11 attempts, Byrd matched Jasmin's yardage on nine rushes, and Bell finished with 40 yards on eight totes.
As the evening wound down, the defense made play after play, but the freshman duo of quarterback Carson Baker and wide receiver JR Justice provided one last highlight-reel play when they connected for a 35-yard gain.
Not to be outdone, the defense answered two possessions later and closed the scrimmage with a Denaylan Fuimaono interception of Baker.
NOTE I
SDSU had nine sacks for a loss of 70 yards and recorded 19 tackles for loss for 100 yards.
NOTE II
Seventeen Aztecs had at least three tackles and seven players had at least two tackles for loss.
UP NEXT
San Diego State will continue fall camp in preparation for its season opener at No. 13 Stanford on Aug. 31. Kick-off is set for 6 p.m. PT on FS1.
San Diego State Fan Fest
August 18, 2018
SDCCU Stadium
Final Statistics
RUSHING TOTALS (carries - yards - touchdowns)
Chase Jasmin 11-52-0, Jordan Byrd 9-52-0, Chance Bell 8-40-0, Kaegun Williams 6-22-0, Fred Trevillion 1-0-0, Ryan Agnew 7-(-1)-0, Mark Salazar 1-(-7)-0, Zidane Thomas 11-(-8)-0, Christian Chapman 6-(-11)-0, Carson Baker 2-(-13)-0. TOTALS 62-126-0
PASSING TOTALS (completions - attempts - interceptions, yards, touchdowns)
Carson Baker 1-3-1, 35, 0; Mark Salazar 3-8-0, 32, 0; Christian Chapman 3-11-1, 20, 0; Ryan Agnew 2-7-0, 18, 0. TOTALS 9-29-2, 105, 0
RECEIVING TOTALS (number - yards - touchdowns)
BJ Busbee 2-26-0, JR Justice 1-35-0, Isiah Macklin 1-12-0, Fred Trevillion 1-15-0, Elijah Kothe 1-6-0, Jesse Matthews 1-6-0, Kobe Smith 1-6-0, Ethan Dedeaux 1-(-1)-0. TOTALS 9-105-0
TACKLES (UA-A-Total)
Barcoo 3-3-6, Banks 2-3-5, Stricklin 2-2-4, D. Johnson 1-3-3, Alves 3-0-3, Baldwin 3-0-3, N. Hall 2-1-3, McDonald 2-1-3, Tezino 2-1-3, Woods 2-1-3, I. Cabrera 1-2-3, Cheatum 1-2-3, Himphill 1-2-3, Mitchell 1-2-3, Bringuel 0-3-3, Clay 0-3-3, Fuimaono 0-3-3, Cassidy 2-0-2, R. Lakalaka 2-0-2, Barfield 1-1-2, Binkley 1-1-2, S. Lakalaka 1-1-2, R. Smith 1-1-2, Ellis 1-0-1, D. Hall 1-0-1, Jemmott 1-0-1, Luke 1-0-1, Mwata 1-0-1, Onyeukwu 1-0-1, Scott 1-0-1, C. Thomas 1-0-1, Trenton Thompson 1-0-1, Aleki 0-1-1, Chaney 0-1-1, T. Hawkins 0-1-1, Lecky 0-1-1, Okpoko 0-1-1, Snyder 0-1-1.
TACKLES FOR LOSS
Banks 3-12, Tezino 2-15, N. Hall 2-13, Alves 2-9, Mitchell 2-9, Himphill 2-6, Bringuel 2-3, S. Lakalaka 1-9, Onyeukwu 1-9, Jemmott 1-7, C. Thomas 1-3, Lecky 0.5-2, Okpoko 0.5-2, D. Johnson 0.5-1 TOTALS: 19-100.
SACKS
Tezino 2-15, Alves 1-7, Banks 1-8, N. Hall 1-9, Jemmott 1-7, S. Lakalaka 1-9, Mitchell 1-6, Onyeukwu 1-9. TOTALS: 9-70.
PASSES BROKEN UP
Binkey 1, T. Hawkins 1, Scott 1. TOTALS: 3.
FORCED FUMBLES
Barcco 1
FUMBLES RECOVERED
McDonald 1
INTERCEPTIONS (no.-yards-TD)
Fuimaono 1-0-0, R. Lakalaka 1-0-0. TOTALS 2-0-0.
FIELD GOALS
Baron 0-1 (53 wl).
Defense Shines in Football Fan Fest Scrimmage
