Among his best games as a redshirt junior for the 2018 team were his 15-tackle ( 3 for a loss ) effort against Texas Tech on September 29 and his 3-sack performance on November 10 against TCU . That season , he was named as a 2018 first team All-Big 12 selection and as the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year , after leading the Big 12 in tackles for a loss . Long is the second Mountaineer to be named a conference defensive MVP ( Canute Curtis , 1996 Big East ) , and first since the Mountaineers joined the Big 12 . Long earned 2018 College Football All-America Team second team recognition by the Walter Camp Football Foundation , and the Associated Press . On December 30 , 2018 , Long announced that he would forgo his final year of eligibility and declare for the 2019 NFL Draft
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Big East Conference (1979–2013)
David Long Jr.