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Arizona State defensive tackle Will Sutton, right, celebrates after he and safety Alden Darby, front left, sacked Colorado quarterback Jordan Webb, back left, in the first quarter of an NCAA college football game in Boulder, Colo., Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Arizona State's once promising defense has been bitten by the injury bug.

Last week, the Sun Devils lost defensive tackle Will Sutton to a knee injury and fans panicked.

Well, it got even worse this week.

In Arizona State's disheartening loss to UCLA, two more defensive starters left the game with injuries, defensive end Junior Onyeali and linebacker Steffon Martin.

Martin, Onyeali and Sutton's statuses are all uncertain for ASU's upcoming game against Oregon State, but head coach Todd Graham is thinking positively.

"I'm obviously an optimist, I just believe that we are going to have those guys back and our guys are going to play their hearts out and get it done up in Oregon State" Graham told Arizona Sports 620's Burns and Gambo Monday.

Graham said that he will know more at (Tuesday's) practice.

It was apparent on Saturday that the Devils were missing key guys on defense. They gave up 45 points and 486 total yards, both season highs.

"We hope that we can get healthy and get some guys back this week," Graham said. "I think that will make a big difference."

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    tutimes wrote...
    It makes all the difference
    October 29, 2012 5:27 pm
    Will Sutton keeps running backs from going up the middle, he's done it all year. He's not capable of shutting down Oregons running backs, or James Franklin, but he could've done a better job containing them than anyone in the conference has all year. He needs to come back, and ASU needs to step it up in a major way. That loss to UCLA is such an embarrassment, and UA beating USC and getting ranked just adds insult to injury.
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    Fork'em 42 wrote...
    one player does NOT make the team!!
    October 30, 2012 3:34 pm
    I agree that these injuries hurt the Devils, but they should NOT doom us! This points out our coaches are doing the RECRUITING they need to do. We should have players to go in and fill in when are star players go down. Why are we NOT recruiting players to fill in our weeknesses? Why will we have 4-5 QB's on our team next year and 6 RB's? Ill tell ya why, "BAD RECRUITING!" We need to recruit players to make our team better, ie- Taller Widerecievers, Taller DB's and MORE D-Lineman to fill in when players like Sutton go down! Different coaches, same ol'Devils!!
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