Jordyn Tyson most aggressive in ensuring ‘no bad snaps’ from ASU’s Ben Coleman moving to center

Jordyn Tyson has been maybe the most hard on Arizona State offensive lineman Ben Coleman about getting snaps down right as he moves from left guard to center.

Relationships between centers and quarterbacks can often be more intensive, but the ASU wide receiver likely sees how the offense being in the right rhythm impacts his own game, especially when many of his targets come early in plays before defenses can react.

“I feel like sometimes JT is hard about on the snaps ’cause he knows like ‘you getting that ball to me.’ But he’s always the one that’s like, ‘You’re promising me no more bad snaps, no bad snaps, no bad snaps,'” Coleman told Arizona Sports’ Burns & Gambo on Friday.

“If anybody didn’t give the most grace it’s JT, and I love it because he’s a full competitor and I love him to death,” he continued.

That’s not to say it hasn’t been a work in progress with quarterback Sam Leavitt, who enters the process as the more experienced player despite only being a redshirt sophomore.

Coleman has not taken a snap at center in his college career but has 2,554 other snaps along the line, according to PFF.

ASU’s Ben Coleman taking ownership of protecting Sam Leavitt

The pair benefits from when Coleman was on the team’s leadership council as a left guard and a vocal member of the offensive line in 2024.

“We’ve had to have conversations that maybe we didn’t have to have (because) it wasn’t a necessity last year,” Coleman said. “But it’s been great, man. I love Sam to death. I got his back, and I think it’s something important with the offensive line to have that relationship, because we’re not just blocking to block, man. That’s really our guy.

“So when you think about am I going to get my guy hit or not? That’s one of my best friends, so of course I’m not going to get my guy hit.”

One of the first things Coleman learned was Leavitt likes the ball snapped slightly to the left, the new center told Arizona Sports before spring camp.

Coleman believes the trio of preseason all-conference offensive players between Coleman, Leavitt and Tyson will be ready to fire on all cylinders from Day 1.

“We’ll be great,” he said Friday.

“I think I would go Sam Leavitt 350 passing yards and we’ll just throw all four touchdowns to JT. I think that would be ideal for me,” he added.

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