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Three ASU backups leave football program
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Three reserve Arizona State football players — wide receiver Rodney Glass, defensive lineman Zach Niusulu and linebacker Antone Saulsberry — are no longer with the program.
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Glass, a converted running back, was sidelined for spring drills due to academics, Niusulu was low on the depth chart at defensive tackle and Saulsberry never found a position after being recruited as a linebacker, switching to running back, then moving back to LB.
Saulsberry has one year of eligibility remaining, Glass and Niusulu three.
More departures are likely to come, as the Sun Devils must be down to the NCAA limit of 85 scholarship players in the fall.
There are several jersey number changes. Most notably, quarterback Samson Szakacsy is switching to No. 10 so incoming QB Jack Elway can wear the No. 7 that his father, John, donned at Stanford and in the NFL.
Cornerback Omar Bolden goes from No. 32 to No. 3, defensive end Luis Vasquez from No. 97 to No. 49, and receiver Brandon Smith resumes wearing No. 2 after donning No. 9 for two seasons. In 2006, Smith switched numbers with Sam Keller because the quarterback wanted to honor ASU signee and former high school teammate Angelo Richardson, who was paralyzed in a random shooting the previous spring.
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