The Mackey Award named Arizona tight end Keyan Burnett to its watch list on Friday. The Mackey Award honors the best TE in college football. Five other Big XII TEs were named to the 2025 Mackey Award watch list. Burnett returned to Arizona after transferring to Kansas during the offseason.
Joe Royer of Cincinnati, Gabe Burkle of Iowa State, Garrett Oakley of Kansas State Michael Trigg of Baylor and Chamon Metayer of Arizona State were the other TEs from the Big XII named to the 2025 Mackey Award watch list. Arizona will play Arizona State, Iowa State and Kansas State during the 2025 season.