ESPN.com · May 2, 2017
Updating the Big 12 QB races after spring practice
No position matters in the Big 12 like quarterback.
Say what you want about the league’s defensive play, its lackluster performance in the NFL draft or absence from each of the first three College Football Playoff championship games, but the Big 12 quarterbacks can air it out.
Last season, Big 12 teams occupied six of the top 17 spots nationally in passing yardage per game. Over the past three years, teams from the conference posted four of the top six per-game passing averages.
It’s all the more intriguing then that five starting QB positions in the league appeared up for grabs -- to varying degrees -- this spring.