CAMP TONTOZONA — It doesn’t take long to visibly see the benefits of the time Arizona State football spends at Camp T.
Because of the returning talent on the roster, the group was already close-knit. But by the time dodgeballs were flying through the air on Friday, it was hard to tell returners from newcomers.
derek eusebio gets jacob rich kongaika to seal a dodgeball win ? pic.twitter.com/S8Vx2CLHKs
— Damon Allred (@iamdamonallred) August 8, 2025
Practices throughout spring and fall camp have had the competitiveness turned up to 10 in most cases, but when dodgeball is involved a new level gets brought out.
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The tournament’s final match eerily resembled the ending of last season’s BYU game, where a do-over was called after it appeared to end. Kenny Dillingham joked some of the staffers need to know the rules of engagement.
“Disappointed in our coaches,” Dillingham said. “We were playing by two different sets of rules, we gotta know the rules.”
Wide receiver Derek Eusebio had one of the clutch throws at the end and earned praise from Dillingham, who noted there’s likely no dodgeball-to-football translation.
“You guys can see the chemistry of our guys and how comfortable they are here, how they’re getting to know each other on a deeper level,” Dillingham said. “We hike the mountain today. We write letters tonight for next year, so still a little bit left to do.”
Dillingham, despite his time coaching an eighth grade dodgeball team, admitted he had no dodgeball coaching wisdom since his team “lost every game.”
Assistant defensive line coach Vince Amey, once a standout player in his own right for ASU, is approaching 70 days spent at the camp, but it doesn’t appear to be getting old for him.
“The best thing is watching them bond,” Amey told Arizona Sports. “It’s a lot of new guys, new faces, and to see everybody bonding together is very unique because the guys that have been here are bringing along the new guys.”
During his playing days, Amey had his own unique experience of getting brought along by team leaders at Camp T when he was nervous about a cliff dive.
“Pat (Tillman) was behind me — and that was my first time in the woods, first time jumping off a cliff — and Pat kept nudging me because I was scared,” Amey retold. “So Pat moved me out the way, turned and looked at me and did a backflip off the cliff.
“And then when he comes out the water, he was like, ‘Vince, jump!’ And I jumped with no hesitation.”
He said the key to making sure the benefits of Camp T carryover into the season is continuing to stick together when things get hard, the way players have no choice to up at the camp.
“This place is special. This place is very, very special,” Amey said. “When you get here, it sucks. Just to go eat, you got to walk up (a hill). But it’s a great thing ’cause everybody has to do it. I ain’t the only one walking up that mound to go eat.”
What should Camp T-bound fans expect at Saturday’s scrimmage?
Camp concludes Saturday with a scrimmage open to the public beginning at 9 a.m.
“All scrimmage, all live, all tackle to the ground,” Dillingham said. “We haven’t done a lot of tackle to the ground … with our 1s and 2s, we’ve really tackled to the ground one time since we lost vs. Texas.
“So we got to be able to do that a couple more times before we kick off vs. NAU.”
Before the trip started, he said part of its benefit was to break up the monotony of fall camp. That’s resulted in the team’s longest week of consecutive practices yet.
jordyn tyson’s run through the gauntlet drill pic.twitter.com/mw0cUAU9rp
— Damon Allred (@iamdamonallred) August 8, 2025
The Sun Devils practiced in Tempe on Monday and Tuesday and have done so each day at Camp T since Wednesday. Saturday will mark six straight days of football activities in some fashion.
Friday’s practice was “still pretty aggressive, and then (Saturday) is, you know, bring it,” Dillingham said. “I think having the fans here, having a packed crowd, I think this is the best fall camp venue there is.”
Fans who make the trip are advised to leave early to secure a spot down by the field, and they should be prepared to park along State Route 260.
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