The 6-foot, 205-pound senior from Heber City, Utah, accounted for nine of BYU’s 27 points in the Cougars’ win over the Sun Devils. Dunn was perfect on the day, with field goals of 27 and 45 yards to go with three extra points.

Dunn’s 45-yard field goal in the fourth quarter gave BYU a 20-17 advantage and the lead for good. Dunn has now connected on 33 consecutive kicks, including extra points and field goals, the fourth-longest streak of the Kalani Sitake era at BYU. He also has made three field goals of 45 yards or longer, third most in the Big 12 this season.

Through eight games, Dunn leads BYU in scoring with 52 points. He is 31-for-31 on extra points and has made seven of eight field goal attempts. Dunn ranks among the Big 12’s top four in field goal percentage (.875), extra-point percentage (1.000) and kickoff average (64.6).

Through eight games of the 2026 season, seven BYU football players have earned 10 Big 12 Player of the Week honors. In addition, the BYU offensive and defensive lines have earned Big 12 weekly awards.

Akina places 15th at PGA tour event

BYU men’s golfer Kihei Akina (67-64-68-69-268) finished 15th at 16 under par Sunday at the PGA Tour’s VidantaWorld Mexico Open at Vidanta Vallarta Golf Course.

After making the cut Friday at 11 under, the sophomore carded rounds of 68 and 69 to earn his third straight top-20 finish on the Tour and fourth of the year.

Akina opened the third round with consecutive bogeys on the first two holes before responding with back-to-back birdies on the next two. He added two more birdies on Nos. 6 and 7 and a bogey on No. 8 to make the turn at 1 under. On the back nine, Akina made birdies on Nos. 12 and 13 to card a 3-under 68.

In the final round, Akina shot a 2-under 69, recording five birdies and three bogeys. After trading a bogey and a birdie on Nos. 2 and 3, he made birdies on Nos. 5 and 8. The sophomore carded two birdies and two bogeys on the back nine to close the tournament at 16 under.

Former Cougar Patrick Fishburn (69-68-73-67-277) tied for 54th at 7 under after carding rounds of 73 and 67 over the final two rounds. He highlighted his final round with seven birdies, including four consecutive birdies to open the round, against three bogeys.

Akina has made the cut in all five of his PGA Tour appearances this season, earning four top-20 finishes, including one in the top 10.

Wright named to watchlist

The preseason accolades continue to roll in for BYU’s Robert Wright III as the junior was named to Jersey Mike’s Naismith Men’s College Player of the Year Watch List prior to the Cougars season opener against Ohio State on Monday.

Wright III is one of 10 players represented on the list joined by Arizona’s Caleb Holt, Ivan Kharchenkov and Motiejus Krivas, Iowa State’s Tamin Lipsey, Arizona State’s Paulius Murauskas, Kansas’ Trey Kaufman-Renn and Tyran Stokes, Texas Tech’s JT Toppin and Houston’s Joseph Tugler.

The 6-foot-1 point guard from Wilmington, Del. is the top returning scorer for a BYU team that went 23-12 in 2025-26 advancing to the NCAA Tournament for a 33rd time in program history. He averaged 18.1 points per game as he scored in double figures in 32 of 35 stats shooting a career-high best 46.7 percent from the field, 41.0 percent from the field and 82.1 percent from the free throw line.

He scored in double figures in 32 of his 35 starts during his first season in Provo including a pair of 30-point performances highlighted by a career-high 30 points in BYU’s overtime victory over Colorado on Valentine’s Day. His 632 points are tied for the 20th most points scored in a single season in program history.

Wright III didn’t just score for the Cougars as his team-high 162 assists are the 10th most in single season in program history. Both of his double-doubles came at the home of the Utah Jazz including 10-point, 11-rebound performance in a 28-point victory over No. 23 Wisconsin.