The Arizona State Sun Devils enter Week 13 7-3, third in the Big 12, and on a two-game winning streak. They face their former Pac-12 rival, the Colorado Buffaloes, in Boulder this week, but will they do so without star wide receiver Jordyn Tyson?
Jordyn Tyson’s Injury Status Against Colorado
According to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, Arizona State expects Tyson to suit up for their Saturday night dual with the Buffs. Tyson was previously listed as questionable with a hamstring injury, but the coaching staff expects to clear him, assuming a clean pregame warm-up session.
Sources: Jordyn Tyson is expected to return from his hamstring injury and play for Arizona State tonight at Colorado. He’d been listed as questionable. The plan is for him to warm up, and if there’s no setbacks he’ll be cleared to play against his former team. pic.twitter.com/hR6oMAzN1R
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) November 22, 2025
For those unaware, this will actually be a return to Folsom Field for Tyson, who began his career with the Buffaloes as a skinny 6’1″, 185-pound three-star recruit in 2022. As a true freshman, he hauled in 22 passes for a team-leading 470 yards and five total touchdowns (one rushing) across nine games.
Tyson ultimately transferred in the spring of 2023 following Deion Sanders’ hiring, but there appears to be no animosity between the two, with Coach Prime telling CBS Colorado’s Romi Bean this week:
“He’s a first-round caliber guy. He had that ability when he was here. He just didn’t have it together. I’m proud of him. I think he’s a Texas kid. He’s done some phenomenal things for that program. He got his confidence up, he got his work ethic right, and I’m proud of him, I really am. You want to see a kid succeed. You don’t want to see him not succeed. Whether he succeeds here or not, you want the best for him.”
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Tyson isn’t the only former Colorado player returning to the campus this week, with TE Chamon Metayer and DB Kyndrich Breedlove also joining in on the fun.
On Wednesday, head coach Kenny Dillingham said Tyson would be a game-time decision but has been “shooting or this” and facing his former team was “what he’s wanted.”
After exploding with a 75-1,101-10 receiving line in ASU’s dark-horse playoff run last season, Tyson has paced the team with a 57-628-8 line in 2025 despite missing three games due to the aforementioned hamstring.
