7 days until kickoff, and Vontaze Burfict is likely the most controversial Sun Devil

USC v Arizona State | Norm Hall/GettyImages We're exactly one week away from watching Arizona State kick off the 2025-26 college football season against Northern Arizona at Mountain America Stadium. We're so close, folks.

Yesterday we explored the impact of running back D.J. Foster and his lasting legacy on the program to this day. Now, we'll take a bit of a turn and explore the complicated career of linebacker Vontaze Burfict.

The six-foot-two Burfict was a five-star recruit out of Centennial High School in California and originally committed to USC before switching to Arizona State on National Signing Day 2009. Though, his path was rocky from the beginning as he struggled to meet academic…