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Kanyon Floyd wins Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week

Sun Devil Football's punter played a major role in Arizona State's 38-19 season-opening victory over NAU.

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Kanyon Floyd preparing for kickoff during win over NAUKanyon Floyd preparing for kickoff during win over NAU
by Connor Smith

IRVING, Texas - Sun Devil Football punter Kanyon Floyd was rewarded for an excellent performance on Saturday.

In Arizona State's season-opening win over NAU, Floyd's kicking made a major impact. For his efforts, he received Co-Special Team Player of the Week honors, sharing the distinction with Iowa State kicker Kyle Konrardy.

In the Kenny Dillingham era, a Sun Devil has now won a conference player of the week award 17 times. ASU led the Big 12 and was third nationally with 12 conference player of the week selections last season. It was four more than the second-highest team in the league (Colorado). They are off to a strong start this year with Floyd earning his first career honor after week one. He is the first Sun Devil to win Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week since current sophomore linebacker Martell Hughes blocked a punt and went on to receive the distinction on Nov. 11 last year following the UCF win.

Big 12 Co-Special Teams Player of the Week - Kanyon Floyd

  • Sun Devil punter Kanyon Floyd showed major signs of development in his first game during his sophomore season.
  • He managed to flip the field for ASU on several occasions in their 38-19 win over NAU.
  • Floyd averaged 48.5 yards per attempt, the most among any Big 12 punter with multiple attempts.
  • It was 18th best average among all FBS punters with three or more punts.
  • Floyd's career-long 58-yard punt when the Sun Devils were pinned deep in their own territory was tied for the 17th-longest by a FBS punter and tied for the longest by any Big 12 punter this week.
  • He also took over kickoff duties after a long return midway through the game and eliminated the kick return threat.
  • His four kickoffs averaged 64.5 yards with no returns past the 25-yard line and a pair of touchbacks.

Conference Players of the Week under Dillingham (17)
Arizona State finished with 12 Player of the Week selections in the 16-team Big 12 last season. That was the highest total of any team in the league. A Sun Devil has now earned a conference player of the week award 17 times in the Kenny Dillingham era.

Big 12 Era
2025 (1)
Kanyon Floyd (Co-ST), Sep. 2

2024 (12)
Cam Skattebo (O), Dec. 2
Javan Robinson (D), Nov. 25
Jordyn Tyson (O), Nov. 18
Sam Leavitt (Newcomer), Nov. 18
Martell Hughes (ST), Nov. 11
Sam Leavitt (Newcomer), Nov. 11
Cam Skattebo (O), Nov. 4
Caleb McCullough (D), Oct. 14
Cam Skattebo (O), Oct. 14
Sam Leavitt (Newcomer), Oct. 7
Cam Skattebo (Co-O), Oct. 7
Cam Skattebo (O), Sept. 9

Pac-12 Era
2023 (4)
Dashaun Mallory (DL), Nov. 13
Leif Fautanu (OL), Oct. 30
B.J. Green (DL), Oct. 30
Dario Longhetto, Oct. 30

Big 12 Player of the Week by School in 2024
Arizona State, 12
Colorado, 8
Baylor, 7
West Virginia, 5
Texas Tech, 5
Arizona, 4
Utah, 4
Oklahoma St, 4
Cincinnati, 3
Houston, 3
Kansas, 3
BYU, 3
Kansas St, 2
TCU, 2
UCF, 1
Iowa St, 1

Arizona State had the third-most Conference Player of the Week selections of any Power 4 school in 2024. The two school ahead of them, Pittsburgh and Miami, were in the ACC which awards nine player of the week distinctions compared to four given out by the other three Power 4 leagues last year. This means Arizona State had the most Conference Player of the Week winners of any Big 12, Big Ten, or SEC program.

East-West Shrine Bowl Offensive Player of the Week
Kanyon Floyd wasn't the only Sun Devil to take home some hardware this week. Wide receiver Jordyn Tyson earned Offensive Player of the Week honors from the East-West Shrine Bowl. He lived up to his Preseason All-American billing, making a splash in Arizona State's 38-19 win over NAU. Tyson was explosive and dynamic, causing the Lumberjacks' secondary fits all game.

Air Jordyn

  • Finished with 12 catches for 141 yards and two touchdowns. 
  • The 141 yards were the fourth-most by a FBS receiver this week and just five yards shy of the most in the country.
  • Tyson's two touchdowns were tied for second-most in the FBS and he was one of 13 players with 2+ receiving touchdowns.
  • Seven of his receptions went for first downs, which was the highest total in the nation for week one.
  • The 12 receptions were the second-most by any player in the country and most in the Big 12.
  • It was Tyson's fourth consecutive game with 100+ receiving yards dating back to November 16, 2024 against Kansas State.
  • He now has six games in which he has eclipsed the century mark in receiving since becoming a Sun Devil. It was his second game with 10+ receptions.
  • The 141 receiving yards were the most by a Sun Devil in a season opener since Brandon Aiyuk (140) in 2019 vs. Kent State (W, 30-7).
  • In his first six games as a Sun Devil, Tyson compiled 25 receptions for 369 yards and three touchdowns (61.5 ypg). Over the seven games since, he has accounted for 62 receptions for 873 yards and nine touchdowns (124.7 ypg).
  • It is the fourth time he has finished with two receiving touchdowns in a game in his Sun Devil career.


National Players of the Week in 2025 (1)
Week 1
Jordyn Tyson - East-West Shrine Bowl Offensive Player of the Week

National Players of the Week in 2024 (10)
Week 12
Jordyn Tyson - Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Player of the Week (Honorable Mention)
Sam Leavitt - Shawn Alexander Freshman of the Week
Sam Leavitt - Davey O'Brien Great 8 Quarterback of the Week
Week 11
Jordyn Tyson - Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Player of the Week (Honorable Mention)
Week 10
Cam Skattebo - Doak Walker Running Back of the Week
Week 7
Cam Skattebo - Doak Walker Running Back of the Week
Caleb McCullough - Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player
Week 6
Jordyn Tyson - Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Player of the Week (Honorable Mention)
Week 2
Cam Skattebo - Doak Walker Running Back of the Week
Cam Skattebo - Associated Press Offensive Player of the Week

The ASU Victory...

  • Was the 26th consecutive victory in a HOME opener for the Sun Devils, currently the second-longest active streak in the nation behind Illinois (27) - (2020 excluded due to unusual circumstances across country and ASU not having a home opener until December)
  • Improved ASU to 83-28-2 on Opening Day in history and 65-15-1 on Opening Day at home.
  • Was ASU’s 23rd consecutive Opening Day win when the game is at Sun Devil Stadium
  • Extended ASU’s regular season winning streak to six-straight games dating back to last season
  • Improved Kenny Dillingham to 3-0 in his career in season openers

Quick Hits

  • NAU went 2-for-15 on third downs tonight (13.3%). That is tied for the 13th-lowest conversion percentage by a Sun Devil opponent since 1997.
  • Dillingham has outscored opponents 110-47 in three openers as head coach.
  • Under Dillingham, ASU now has seven games in which it has surpassed 200 passing and 200 rushing yards in the same game. It had only had eight times total from 2016-2022 seasons.
  • NAU only rushed for 88 yards. It is the 13th time in 27 games that an opponent was held under the century mark on the ground since defensive coordinator Brian Ward took over in 2023. Between the 2018-2022 season, it had happened 13 times in 55 games.
  • ASU has scored at least 30+ points vs. NAU in each of eight games since 2003.
  • Graduate student Anthonie Cooper recorded his first-career interception in his seventh season with the team. Cooper is the first seventh year player in program history and has missed much of the last two seasons with injuries. 
  • The announced attendance of 56,759 represented a sellout, the first time ASU has sold out a home opener since Washington in 1998.
  • The eight tackles for loss for ASU make it two straight contests with 8+ TFLs as a team. It is the first time they have accomplished the feat in back-to-back games since Sept. 30 & Oct. 7, 2023 (at Cal and vs. Colorado).
  • The eight tackles for loss were split up amongst nine players who were credited with at least 0.5 a TFL.

Quotables
Kenny Dillingham on Kanyon Floyd's performance
"I called a backup punt on the five-yard line) and they get an extra 20 yards probably off the return because I called backed up and not a regular punt. The next time we get in that scenario we call a regular punt, he (Kanyon Floyd) booms it 60 yards . Our explosives on special teams were huge, we flipped the field a couple of times (with punts)."