The Sun Devil Football linebacker was all over the field in Arizona State’s 34-15 win over Texas State
(Irving, TX) Sun Devil Football linebacker Jordan Crook has received recognition for an outstanding performance on Saturday.
In Arizona State’s dominant 34-15 win over Texas State, Crook made a major impact for the Sun Devil defense. For his efforts, he received Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Week honors, the first from ASU to earn the award during the 2025 season.
In the Kenny Dillingham era, a Sun Devil has now won a conference player of the week award 18 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 Kanyon Floyd (special teams) earning his first career honor after week one followed by Jordan Crook‘s selection this week. He is the first Sun Devil to win Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week since current redshirt junior defensive back Javan Robinson had the game-sealing interception and went on to receive the distinction on Nov. 25 last year following the win over No. 13 BYU.
Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Week – Jordan Crook
- Sun Devil linebacker Jordan Crook was instrumental in Arizona State’s 34-15 victory over Texas State.
- The Bobcats came into the game averaging 47.5 points per game, but Crook and company held them to only 15 points.
- He stuffed the stat sheet during a 12-tackle performance, credited with 3.5 tackles for loss and a sack.
- His 12 tackles were the second-most in the Big 12 this week and fifth among all linebackers in the country.
- He made first contact on a play nine times according to PFF, the second-highest total in the Big 12 and tied for 14th-most in the country.
- Among players with double-digit tackles this week, his one missed tackle was tied for the sixth-fewest.
- His 80.7 grade on run defense was second-most among Big 12 linebackers and 20th among all FBS linebackers.
- The 3.5 tackles for loss were the most by a Sun Devil since Tyler Johnson had 3.5 against Stanford on Oct. 8, 2021.
- His 12 tackles were the most for an ASU linebacker since, ironically, teammate Keyshaun Elliott also had 12 at Texas State last season.
- Texas State came into the game with the nation’s No. 7 rushing offense, averaging 280.0 yards per game. Crook and ASU’s No. 21 rushing defense held them to just 119 yards on 42 carries.
- The 2.8 yards per carry for the Bobcats were its lowest since 2.7 yards against South Alabama on Nov. 25, 2023 and its 10th-lowest in a game since the 2020 season (65 games).
Press Release courtesy of Sun Devil Athletics – Connor Smith
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