TEMPE – Sun Devil Football's Brandon Aiyuk earned his second All-America honor of the season on Thursday as the Football Writer's Association of America named him a second-team All-American as an all-purpose player.
Earlier this week, Aiyuk was tabbed by the Associated Press as a third-team All-American all-purpose player. He is the 117th individual Sun Devil to earn at least one All-America honor – a group that has combined for 202 total All-America accolades in program history with Aiyuk's announcement today.
The FWAA's All-America Committee selected this 76th annual team based on nominations from the entire membership. This is just the seventh season in the modern era (post-1950) that the FWAA has named a second team. The FWAA also selected an all-purpose player for a third time, which made for a 54-man full team.
Aiyuk has announced his decision to forgo the upcoming Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl in El Paso on Dec. 31 in preparation the coming NFL Draft. He and teammate Eno Benjamin, who will forgo his senior season to enter the NFL Draft, are both scheduled to compete in the 2020 Reese's Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., on Jan. 25.
Brandon Aiyuk – FWAA Second Team All-American - All-Purpose Player
Brandon Aiyuk
AP All-American – All-Purpose
FWAA All-American - All-Purpose
Pac-12 All-Conference First Team Selection – Wide Receiver AND Return Specialist
Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 First Team – Wide Receiver AND Return Specialist (Second Team Kick Returner)
Jayden Daniels
ESPN Freshman All-American
Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention Freshman Offensive Player of the Year
Eno Benjamin
Pac-12 All-Conference First Team Selection
Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 First Team
Michael Turk
Pac-12 All-Conference First Team
Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 First Team
Dohnovan West
Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention
Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 Third Team – Offensive Guard
Jermayne Lole
Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention
Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 Second Team – Edge Defender
Kobe Williams
Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention
Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 Third Team
Aashari Crosswell
Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 Second Team
Cam Phillips
Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
Frank Darby
Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention
Jack Jones
Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention
Khaylan Kearse-Thomas
Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention
Case Hatch
Pac-12 All-Conference First Team – Special Teams/All-Purpose
Earlier this week, Aiyuk was tabbed by the Associated Press as a third-team All-American all-purpose player. He is the 117th individual Sun Devil to earn at least one All-America honor – a group that has combined for 202 total All-America accolades in program history with Aiyuk's announcement today.
The FWAA's All-America Committee selected this 76th annual team based on nominations from the entire membership. This is just the seventh season in the modern era (post-1950) that the FWAA has named a second team. The FWAA also selected an all-purpose player for a third time, which made for a 54-man full team.
Aiyuk has announced his decision to forgo the upcoming Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl in El Paso on Dec. 31 in preparation the coming NFL Draft. He and teammate Eno Benjamin, who will forgo his senior season to enter the NFL Draft, are both scheduled to compete in the 2020 Reese's Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., on Jan. 25.
Brandon Aiyuk – FWAA Second Team All-American - All-Purpose Player
- Recorded 1,192 receiving yards this season, the fifth-most in ASU single season history and he is within 18 of fourth and 56 of third.
- Second in the FBS in yards after the catch with 710 while his 10.9 yards after the catch per reception are the 12th-most nationally. He was first in the Pac-12 with 3.04 yards per route run on the season.
- Currently 8th nationally and 2nd in the Pac-12 with 1,192 receiving yards on the year while his 99.3 receiving yards per game are also 13th in the FBS and second in the league.
- Six of his eight touchdown receptions in 2019 have been for more than 30 yards (77 yards vs. Kent State, 53 yards vs. Colorado, 40 yards vs. WSU, 86 yards vs. WSU, 33 yards vs. WSU, 81 vs. ORE).
- One of just three receivers with two 80+ yard receiving touchdowns this year (Arkansas State's Omar Baylesss and Louisville's Chatarius Atwell). His six catches over 50 yards are second in nation while his nine 40+ yard catches are third and three 70+ grabs are second. His 12 catches over 30 yards are good for sixth.
- His 196 total receiving yards in the Washington State contest with the 11th-most in Sun Devil history.
- When quarterbacks targeted him, they recorded a 133.9 NFL QB Rating this season, which was good for 10th in the country.
- Currently 6th nationally and first in the Pac-12 in all-purpose yards at 155.83 per game – the most for any wide receiver in the country.
- Went over 2,000 all-purpose yards (2,725) in his career at ASU despite being in Tempe for less than two full seasons. Should he reach the 3,000 all-purpose yard milestone, he would join Marion Grice as the only two-year players in ASU history to accomplish the feat.
- Racked up 1,870 all-purpose yards this season (sixth nationally) on just 94 total plays (19.9 yards per touch, which is fourth nationally). The five players ahead of Aiyuk are all running backs and each has at least 245 total touches this season.
- Among the Top-15 players nationally in total yards, no other player is within 8 yards per touch of Aiyuk's 19.9 tally (Maryland's Javon Leake at 11.3, all others below 10.0).
- The only player in the country to record at least 200 yards on both punt (226) and kick (446) returns. His 226 punt return yards are 11th in the country.
- At 1,870 all-purpose yards this season, he is fourth in ASU history and within 195 yards of Wilford White's long-standing school record of 2,065 set back in 1950.
Brandon Aiyuk
AP All-American – All-Purpose
FWAA All-American - All-Purpose
Pac-12 All-Conference First Team Selection – Wide Receiver AND Return Specialist
Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 First Team – Wide Receiver AND Return Specialist (Second Team Kick Returner)
Jayden Daniels
ESPN Freshman All-American
Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention Freshman Offensive Player of the Year
Eno Benjamin
Pac-12 All-Conference First Team Selection
Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 First Team
Michael Turk
Pac-12 All-Conference First Team
Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 First Team
Dohnovan West
Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention
Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 Third Team – Offensive Guard
Jermayne Lole
Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention
Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 Second Team – Edge Defender
Kobe Williams
Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention
Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 Third Team
Aashari Crosswell
Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 Second Team
Cam Phillips
Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
Frank Darby
Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention
Jack Jones
Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention
Khaylan Kearse-Thomas
Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention
Case Hatch
Pac-12 All-Conference First Team – Special Teams/All-Purpose