Arizona State linebacker Jordan Crook and Arizona running back Ismail Mahdi were named Big 12 defensive and offensive players of the week, the conference announced Monday.
Crook led his Sun Devils with 12 tackles and added 3.5 tackles for loss in a 34-15 win over visiting Texas State. They were both career highs for Crook, who has appeared in 39 collegiate games between Arkansas and ASU.
The 5-foot-11, 220-pound senior contributed to an overall much-improved defense following a stunning Week 2 loss at Mississippi State. ASU only allowed 15 points to a Bobcats team that averaged 47.5 points in its first two games of the 2025 season.
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Crook’s tackles were the fifth-most in FBS in Week 3.
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Mahdi paced the Wildcats with 221 all-purpose yards (189 rushing and 32 receiving), only lacking a trip to the end zone on his 22 carries and two catches in a 23-17 nonconference win over Kansas State in Tucson.
The senior transfer from Texas State was used to getting a lot of carries from his time in San Marcos (10 games with at least 20 carries), but he registered his second-most rushing yards in a single game, only behind 216 against Nevada in 2023.
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His output was college football’s most against a Power 4 opponent so far this season, and the 189 mark was also the most by Wildcat running back since the 2022 Territorial Cup (214, Michael Wiley).
Arizona’s offensive line also won the Big 12 positional group award for its work up front. Besides the O-line paving the way from Mahdi, quarterback Noah Fifita had 48 rushing yards and a career-high two rushing touchdowns on 15 carries.
Fifita was 16-of-33 passing for 178 yards (no passing touchdowns) and didn’t throw an interception. He was sacked twice.
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