Southern California native and Serra High School product Melquan Stovall will try to shine this weekend against the USC Trojans. He is one of the players to watch this weekend in the Pac-12 matchup.
Stovall, one of the Sun Devils’ wide receivers, is a 5-foot-10 speedster who transferred from Colorado State. He had previously played at Nevada.
Stovall played for three years at Nevada. In his career he recorded 108 catches for 1,064 yards in his time with the Wolf Pack.
Though he was a starter after transferring to Colorado State to start the season, Stovall elected to sit out after three games in order to redshirt and transfer. He had 13 catches for 106 yards.
He was the No. 214 wide receiver in the class and No. 1,835 overall prospect. The SoCal native did not get any scholarship offers from the Pac-12, where he aspired to play until the Sun Devils gave him the opportunity five years removed from high school.
Juniors Elijhah Badger and Xavier Guillory are the top two wideouts on the Arizona State team. As the ASU offense tries to get going, look for Stovall to play a big role as their slot receiver moving forward.
QBs Drew Pyne & Jacob Conover taking team reps so far at practice.
QB Hunter Herrera now wearing No. 18. Had been 7, but with a chance to see action, needed a change as WR Melquan Stovall is 7.
— Brad Denny (@BDenny29) September 19, 2023
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