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Here’s the second in my series looking ahead to Pac-12 football in the ’16 season. (Order-of-finish projections are here.)
Notes on the following:
** To be expected: Some selections were obvious (running back, defensive back) and some were difficult (defensive line, linebacker).
** I mulled the quarterback situation before settling on Washington State’s Luke Falk.
Falk might seem like an obvious choice after receiving co-first-team honors (with Cal’s departed Jared Goff) from the coaches last season.
But I gave strong consideration to UCLA’s Josh Rosen, arguably the most talented passer in the league, and Washington’s Jake Browning, who will lead the team best team in the toughest division (per my projections).
** Due to the prevalence of the spread passing game, the 3-4 defense and nickel coverage, I selected three receivers, four linebackers and five defensive backs.
*** OFFENSE
QB: Washington State’s Luke Falk
RB: Oregon’s Royce Freeman
RB: Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey
WR: USC’s JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR: Washington State’s Gabe Marks
WR: Oregon State’s Victor Bolden
TE: Stanford’s Dalton Schultz
OL: USC’s Zach Banner
OL: Utah’s J.J. Dielman
OL: USC’s Chad Wheeler
OL: Stanford’s Johnny Caspers
OL: Washington State’s Cole Madison
*** DEFENSE
DL: Utah’s Lowell Lotulelei
DL: Washington’s Greg Gaines
DL: UCLA’s Eddie Vanderdoes
DL: Stanford’s Solomon Thomas
LB: Washington’s Azeem Victor
LB: Arizona State’s Salamo Fiso
LB: USC’s Cameron Smith
LB: UCLA’s Deon Hollins
DB: Washington’s Budda Baker
DB: USC’s Adoree Jackson
DB: Washington State’s Shalom Luani
DB: Utah’s Marcus Williams
DB: Washington’s Sidney Jones
*** SPECIALISTS
K: Oregon’s Aidan Schneider
P: Oregon State’s Nick Porebski
KOR: Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey
PR: Washington’s Dante Pettis
AP: Oregon’s Charles Nelson
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by Jon Wilner