Editing Adam Archuleta (section)

==College career==
Archuleta played college football at nearby [[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Arizona State University]], where he started three years as a [[linebacker]]. Initially without a [[Athletic scholarship|scholarship]], he [[Redshirt (college sports)|redshirted]] as a true freshman in [[1996 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|1996]] after making the team as a [[Walk-on (sports)|walk-on]].

Archuleta played in every game during his redshirt freshman season in [[1997 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|1997]] as a reserve inside linebacker, recording 17 tackles (11 solos) while appearing mostly on special teams.

He moved into the starting lineup as a sophomore at weakside linebacker, playing in every game in [[1998 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|1998]] and finished with 75 tackles (39 solos), five sacks and 18 stops for losses.  As a junior in [[1999 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|1999]], he was named to the All-Pac-10 Conference First Team as well as team most valuable player. He started the final eleven games at weakside outside linebacker and led the team with 111 tackles (59 solos) with five sacks and 21 stops for losses.

As a senior in [[2000 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|2000]], he was named the Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year and was a First-team All-[[Pac-10]] Conference selection as a linebacker.  He also was one of three finalists for the [[Butkus Award]], given annually to the top linebacker in college football. As a senior, he started at weakside outside linebacker and led ASU with a career-high 127 tackles (93 solos) with four sacks and 15 stops for losses. He was a First-team [[All-America]] selection by [[The Sports Xchange]] and earned Second-team All-American from the [[Walter Camp Foundation]].

During his four-year career Archuleta ranks fourth in school history with 54 stops behind the line of scrimmage while recording 330 tackles (202 solos) with 14 quarterback sacks, six fumble recoveries and five forced fumbles.