ASU defensive line holds its own early

JONESBORO -- Kivon Bennett walked into the auditorium Saturday night with a duffle bag slung over his shoulder. Powerade in hand, he lifted the bag's strap over his head and tossed it down just to the side of the stage at the front of the room.

He stepped in front of the cameras, and a reporter asked the redshirt senior what it was like to be back on a football field.

Bennett couldn't hold back a smile.

"I can't even really explain," he said. "At first, I felt like I was a little rusty, but as the game went on, I definitely felt myself getting warm and back to my usual self."

So a first half in which Bennett logged two tackles for loss and led an Arkansas State defensive line that held the…