Owen Long, Cardae Mack claim Big 12 Player of the Week honors

Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Week - Owen Long

• Long was all over the field for the Sun Devil defense in their 30-12 victory over Hawai'i on Saturday.
• He was all over the field for the Sun Devil defense in their 30-12 victory over Hawai'i on Saturday.
• Long finished with ten tackles, his third consecutive 10+ tackle game. He now has 12 in his career.
• It is the first time a Sun Devil has had double digit tackles in three-straight games since Keyshaun Elliott did so in a three-game stretch last year.
• He has 36 tackles during this latest three-game stretch, the most since Kyle Soelle’s torrential first half of the 2022 campaign.
• Long is five career tackles shy of 250 career tackles (currently at 245 tackles). He has the 14th-highest total among active players at the FBS level.

Big 12 Freshman of the Week - Cardae Mack

• Freshman running back Cardae Mack enjoyed a breakout performance in Arizona State's 30-12 win over Hawai'i on Saturday.
• Coming into the game, Mack had 60 rushing yards through four games. He got his opportunity on Saturday and did not disappoint, leading a Sun Devil rushing attack that controlled the game.
• Mack rushed for 154 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, averaging a staggering 11.3 yards per rush.
• His 154 rushing yards were the most for an ASU freshman since Keegan Herring’s 197 against Northwestern in 2005 (also had two touchdowns).
• Mack carried for his first career touchdown on a one-yard scamper to put the Sun Devils up 14-3 in the second quarter. He added a 67 yard touchdown run in the third quarter to put the Sun Devils ahead 24-6.
• He became the first ASU freshman running back to score two touchdowns in the same game since Chip Trayanum did so in his first collegiate game against USC on Nov. 7, 2020.
• Mack recorded the second-most yards for a freshman running back (154) this week and second-highest rushing grade (77.7) among freshman behind only Notre Dame's Jonaz Walton.
• It was also the second-most yards for a freshman back in ANY game this season behind Walton's 181 this week.
• It was the second-most yardage overall in the Big 12 for the week behind Utah's Wayshawn Parker.
• His seven rushing first downs were tied for 14th for the country for the week.
• The 154 rushing yards were the most allowed by the Hawai’i defense to an individual this season.
• The Sun Devils rushed for over 200 yards for the 18th time in the Kenny Dillingham era, improving to 14-4 in those games. The Sun Devils have rushed for over 100 yards as a team in 33 of the 45 games in the Dillingham era.
• Mack became the fifth Sun Devil to rush for over 100 yards in a game since the start of last season (Raleek Brown, Jeff Sims, Jason Brown, Kanye Udoh).
• That mark is tied for the third-most in the country behind only Army and Rice.

Arizona State finished with 10 Player of the Week selections in the 16-team Big 12 in 2025, reaching double digits for the second straight season. They had the fourth-most winners last season, a year after having the highest total of any team in the league (12) in 2024. The success has continued into this campaign, with ASU already claiming five awards, the fifth-most in the league.

A Sun Devil has now earned a conference player of the week award 31 times total in the three years of the Kenny Dillingham era (nine O, seven ST, six D, four newcomers/freshman, three DL, two OL).