Will Sutton William " Will " Sutton ( born October 3 , 1991 ) is an American football defensive tackle for the Arizona State Sun Devils who is playing his redshirt senior season for the 2013 team . As a member of the 2012 team , he earned Pacific - 12 Defensive Player of the Year and a 2012 College Football All - America Team selection . In high school , he led the undefeated 2008 Centennial High School California Interscholastic Federation ( CIF ) state championship football team in quarterback sack s . Sutton is the son of Mickey Sutton . Early years . As a sophomore at Centennial High School in Corona , California in 2006 , he totaled 11 tackles for the high school football team . Centennial finished the 2007 season with a 13 – 2 record and ranked 24 by " USA Today " . Sutton had 48 tackles for the 2007 team . The undefeated 2008 Huskies team won a CIF state championship with the help of quarterback Taylor Martinez and Vontaze Burfict . The team finished the 2008 season ranked No . 2 in the nation by " USA Today " . Sutton totaled 101 tackles , led the state champions with 11 . 5 quarterback sacks and had four blocked punt s . Sutton was one of five Arizona State signees ( three from class of 2008 ) from Centennial High School along with fellow Class of 2009 recruit Burfict . College career . When he arrived at Arizona State , Sutton was expected to serve as a backup to returning Freshman All - American Lawrence Guy . As a true freshman for the 2009 Sun Devils , Sutton played 12 games , including 2 starts , at a playing weight of . That season , against Washington State on October 10 , 2009 , both of his tackles were for a loss resulting in a quarterback sack and a forced fumble as part of a 27 – 14 victory . The following season , he dropped , but he was ruled academically ineligible . By 2010 , Arizona had six Centennial players on the roster ( linebacker s Burfict , Brandon Magee and Shelly Lyons , defensive linemen Will Sutton and Lee Adams and wide receiver Angelo Magee ) , who were dubbed the Corona Six - Pack , a reference to the municipality and Corona Beer . For the 2011 season , he cut down to . In the September 8 , 2012 45 – 14 victory against Illinois , Sutton had 8 tackles , 3 for a loss ( including a quarterback sack ) . In the September 29 27 – 17 victory against Cal , he had 8 tackles , 4 for a loss ( including three quarterback sacks and a forced fumble ) and earned Pacific - 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week on October 1 . In the following game , which resulted in a 51 – 17 victory against Colorado on October 11 , Sutton posted 3 tackles for a loss , including 2 quarterback sacks . In the December 29 , 2012 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl against Navy , Sutton had 3 . 5 tackles for a loss , including 2 . 5 sacks . Sutton was among the 2012 national statistical leaders in both sacks and tackles for a loss , and he helped the Arizona State defense rank among the national leaders in team sacks . He earned First Team All - Pac - 12 defensive lineman recognition for the 2012 Pacific - 12 Conference football season by the Pac - 12 head coaches as well as by CBS Sports . That season he was named the 2012 Pacific - 12 Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year by the conference coaches as well as the conference Defensive Player of the Year by CBS Sports . He was then selected to various 2012 College Football All - America Team s , earning consensus All - American recognition . He was the fifteenth different Sun Devil and first since Thomas Weber in 2007 to earn the honor . The following organizations chose him to their first team : American Football Coaches Association , the Associated Press , Athlon Sports , CBSSports . com , " Lindy ' s Sports " , " Sporting News " , " Sports Illustrated " . He was also chosen to the second team by FoxSportsNext . com ( formerly Scout . com ) and Walter Camp Football Foundation . He was also the co - winner of the Morris Trophy , by vote of the Pac - 12 conference ' s offensive linemen . On January 8 , 2013 , Sutton announced that he will return to Arizona State University to play out his Senior year . For the season , he had 10 . 5 tackles for a loss , including 3 sacks , and repeated Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year and first team All - Pac - 12 Team . Following the regular season , he earned first team All - American recognition by the " Associated Press " , CBSSports . com , " USA Today " , second team recognition by Athlon Sports , and honorable mention recognition by " Sports Illustrated " .