Like most teams Oregon State football had an odd season in 2020. The pandemic, a shortened season, testing and tracking who was in/out on a week-to-week basis; it was weird. One side effect to the Pac-12 playing the fewer football games than most other conferences was that A LOT of players chose to return for 2021. The Pac-12 features 8 of the top 15 teams (Oregon State is 7th) in Bill Connelly’s returning production calculations.
Here’s the top-15:
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The Beavers check return 94% of their offense and 79% of their defense.