True freshmen have taken the Big 12 by storm in the past few years.
Karl Joseph earned a reputation as one of the Big 12’s best hitters during his first year at West Virginia in 2012. Andrew Billings started the final two games for Big 12 title-winning Baylor in 2013. Samaje Perine transformed Oklahoma’s offense in 2014. KaVontae Turpin brought explosiveness to TCU’s offense in 2015.
Year in and year out, freshmen step on campus and make an immediate impact. With that in mind, we’re going to take a team-by-team look at the most intriguing freshmen on each Big 12 roster.