Arizona State University coach Dennis Erickson was up front about what he needed: help up front and fast. The Sun Devils announced Wednesday that they signed six offensive linemen, the most since 2002.

“Where do we have to get better to compete for a Pac-10 championship next year?” Erickson said in a statement released through the school. “We thought we need a couple junior college offensive linemen, which we did in this class.”

ASU signed six junior college transfers, a move that drew mixed reviews from recruiting services. Scout.com rated ASU's class 27th in the nation. Rival.com had ASU 35th. ESPN only ranks the top 25 and did not rank ASU.

“It is a good junior college class,” Erickson said.

Three offensive lineman were among the Sun Devils junior college transfers.

ASU landed tackle Brice Schwab, an offensive tackle who was on USC’s radar before the Trojans changed coaches. The Devils also grabbed two players from El Camino College in Southern California, guard Chris DeArmas and tackle Aderious Simmons.

“Now to add these [players] to our offense front along with our freshmen,” Erickson said. “We finally have some depth and we’ll be so much better there.”

The Sun Devils signed four players from Arizona: Ramon Abreu from Marcos de Niza, Josh Fulton from St. Mary's, Jordan McDonald from Saguaro and Taylor Walstad from Chandler.

Name                            Pos.      Yr.        Ht.        Wt.       Hometown (Last School)

Ramon Abreu                 ATH      Fr.        5-10      180       Tempe, Ariz. (Marcos de Niza HS)

Lee Adams                    DL        Fr.        6-2       255       Corona, Calif. (Centennial HS)

Sil Ajawara                    OL        Fr.        6-4       305       Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. (Tesoro HS)

Kevin Anderson              WR       Fr.        6-1       185       Lakewood, Calif. (Lakewood HS)

George Bell                   WR       Jr.         6-3       195       San Diego, Calif. (Southwestern CC)

Carl Bradford                 LB        Fr.        6-1       230       Norco, Calif. (Norco HS)

Alden Darby                  CB        Fr.        6-0       180       Long Beach, Calif. (Millikan Senior HS)

Chris DeArmas               OL        Jr.         6-4       305       Miami, Fla. (El Camino JC)

Jamil Douglas                OL        Fr.        6-5       252       Cypress, Calif. (Cypress HS)

Eddie Elder                    DB        Jr.         6-0       190       Sacramento, Calif. (College of San Mateo)

Josh Fulton                    TE        Fr.        6-5       235       Phoenix, Ariz. (St. Mary’s HS)

Taylor Kelly                   QB        Fr.        6-3       185       Eagle, Idaho (Eagle HS)

Randy Knust                  WR       Fr.        6-3       200       The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands HS)

Deantre Lewis               RB        Fr.        5-10      189       Norco, Calif. (Norco HS)

Jordan McDonald            DE        Fr.        6-4       225       Scottsdale, Ariz. (Saguaro HS)

Kyle Middlebrooks          WR/RB  Fr.        5-9       176       Fountain Valley, Calif. (Fountain Valley HS)

Nduka Onyeali               DE/LB   Fr.        6-1       240       Denver, Colo. (Mullen HS)

Brice Schwab                 OL        Jr.         6-8       320       West Sunbury, Pa. (Palomar College)

Aderious Simmons          OL        RS-Jr.*  6-7       310       Marrero, La. (El Camino JC)

Devan Spann                 CB        Fr.        5-11      175       Gardena, Calif. (Junipero Serra HS)

Tyler Sulka                    OL        Fr.        6-5       270       Sherman Oaks, Calif. (Notre Dame HS)

Joita Te’i                       DL        Fr.        6-5       255       Oceanside, Calif. (El Camino HS)

Calvin Tonga                 DL        Fr.        6-4       320       Riverside, Calif. (Arlington HS)

Taylor Walstad              RB        Fr.        5-11      210       Chandler, Ariz. (Chandler HS)

Damien Williams            ATH      Fr.        6-0       205       San Diego, Calif. (Mira Mesa HS)

Mike Willie                     WR       Jr.         6-4       215       Long Beach, Calif. (Cerritos CC)

*-has already utilized redshirt year.