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John Mackey Award Winners

(Outstanding Tight End)

2000 — Tim Stratton, Purdue

2001 — Daniel Graham, Colorado

2002 — Dallas Clark, Iowa

2003 — Kellen Winslow II, Miami

2004 — Heath Miller, Virginia

2005 — Marcedes Lewis, UCLA

2006 — Matt Spaeth , Minnesota

2007 — Fred Davis, Southern Cal

2008 — Chase Coffman, Missouri

2009 — Aaron Hernandez, Florida

2010 — D. J. Williams, Arkansas

2011 — Dwayne Allen, Clemson

2012 — Tyler Eifert, Notre Dame

2013 — Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Washington

2014 — Nick O’Leary, Florida State

2015 — Hunter Henry, Arkansas

2016 — Jake Butt, Michigan

2017 — Mark Andrews, Oklahoma

2018 — T.J. Hockenson, Iowa

2019 — Harrison Bryant, Florida Atlantic

2020 — Kyle Pitts, Florida

2021 — Trey McBride, Colorado State

2022 — Brock Bowers, Georgia

2023 — Brock Bowers, Georgia

2024 — Tyler Warren, Penn State

2025 — Eli Stowers, Vanderbilt

The Cactus Bowl is back, returning to Arizona State’s campus in December

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Cactus Bowl is back and it's returning to Arizona State's campus. Fiesta Sports Foundation, which operates the Fiesta and Cactus bowls, announced the return on Wednesday, ending a nine-year run at Chase Field, home of baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks. The game will be played Dec. 26 at Arizona State's Mountain America Stadium. The bowl moved to Chase Field while Arizona State's stadium underwent renovations and had numerous title sponsors, most recently being known as the Rate Bowl from 2024-25.
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