In this week’s Big 12 roundtable, we’re taking a closer look at the defenses around the conference this spring and making a few predictions about which units are going to be trending up and down in 2017. In case you missed it, we took a similar look at the Big 12's offenses last week.
Which Big 12 defense is set for a jump in 2017?
Max Olson: I’ll say Texas simply because the Longhorns bring back 17 defenders who earned starts last season. You don’t see that too often. That group came nowhere close to playing up to its potential in 2016 and finished No.