Aug. 13, 2012

TEMPE, Ariz. - Four former Arizona State football players will be recognized in a halftimetribute during the ASU/Oregon football game on Thursday, Oct. 18. The four Sun Devils represent the third installment of inductees of the Arizona State Football Ring of Honor, which was instituted in 2010.

The 2012 edition of the ASU Ring of Honor include Sun Devil Athletics Hall of Famers: Junior Ah You, Bob Breunig, JD Hill and Jim Jeffcoat.

About Junior Ah You, Defensive End/1969-71
Ah You was named co-outstanding player in the Sun Devils' 1970 Peach Bowl victory over North Carolina and outstanding defensive player in the 1971 victory over Florida State in the Inaugural Fiesta Bowl. Ah You was a three-time All-Western Athletic Conference selection at defensive end. In 1971, he was selected to United Press International's second-team All-American. Following his Sun Devil playing days, he went on to a distinguished Canadian Football League career. Inducted into the ASU Hall of Fame in 1984.

About Bob Breunig, Linebacker/1972-74
Breunig led ASU to the 1972 WAC title and to consecutive Fiesta Bowl wins in 1972 and 1973. Picked as first-string All-America linebacker by Football Coaches, Sporting News, and Time in 1974, Breunig was also the second team All-America selection of AP and UPI that same year. Breunig is a three-time All-WAC pick who ranks third all-time in career solo tackles (206) and fifth in career tackles (353) at ASU. A three-time Pro Bowl selection, Breunig played for the Dallas Cowboys from 1975-1984. Inducted into the ASU Hall of Fame in 1977.

About JD Hill, Football, Basketball, Track/1967-68, 70
Hill was a multi-star athlete at ASU, lettering in football, track and basketball from 1967-68 and 1970 before being selected in the first round of the NFL draft by the Buffalo Bills as a wide receiver. Hill was Sporting News and Time Magazine's first-team All-America, and Associated Press's third-team selection in 1970 as a wide receiver for the unbeaten 11-0 WAC and Peach Bowl Championship ASU team. Inducted into the ASU Hall of Fame in 1976.

About Jim Jeffcoat, Defensive Lineman/1979-82
One of the best defensive linemen to wear a Sun Devil uniform, Jeffcoat was named Football News third team, Associated Press honorable mention, and Sporting News honorablemention All-America in 1982. He garnered first team All-Pac-10 honors and played in the 1983 East-West Shrine and Senior Bowl games. He earned 1981 honorable mention All-Pac-10 accolades, and was the catalyst of the Sun Devils' No. 1ranked Division 1-A defense (228.9 yards/game) in 1982. He finished with 20career quarterback sacks. He collected 95 tackles, four QB sacks, four passdeflections, and forced two fumbles during his senior season. Jeffcoat was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the first round, 23rd overall, in the 1983 NFL Draft. He was a member of the 1983 and '94 Dallas Cowboy Super Bowl Championship teams. Inducted into the ASU Hall of Fame in 1994.

Membership to the Ring of Honor is limited to four inductees per year. To be eligible, a player must have been out of college for a minimum of 20 years and broadly acknowledged to have had an outstanding career at Arizona State. The player led initiative will also include a scholarship component whereby former players help propel Sun Devil football successfully into the Pac-12 Conference.

Former Inductees By Year
2010 (Inaugural class)
Mike Haynes
John Jefferson
Frank Kush
Randall McDaniel
Bobby Mulgado
Ron Pritchard
Pat Tillman
Danny White
Wilford "Whizzer" White

2011
Curley Culp
Woody Green
John Henry Johnson
Charley Taylor

2012
Junior Ah You
Bob Breunig
JD Hill
Jim Jeffcoat