How Xavion Alford returned a champion, again, to AT&T Stadium

Xavion Alford was last in AT&T Stadium five years ago, snagging an interception that helped Alvin Shadow Creek win its first state championship, capping a 31–1 run in its first two seasons as a Varsity program. 

Alford is one of 23 former Texas high school football players on Arizona State’s Big 12 Championship team, the spearhead of head coach Kenny Dillingham and defensive backs coach Bryan Carrington’s ‘Texas2Tempe’ recruiting movement. Arizona State’s mission to reach Jerry’s World for the conference championship game wasn’t new to them; the pinnacle of their high school career was to play there in December.