Pac-12 Football: Top 10 players heading into spring games
By Zach Bigalke
As schools on the west coast begin preparing for the 2017 season, which Pac-12 football players should you keep your eye on most during spring practices?
Most of the Pac-12 schools have commenced spring practices by this point, and Colorado and Oregon State already completing their spring games. The Beavers still have questions at quarterback, while the Buffaloes should feel much more confident about their offense as they try to defend their Pac-12 South title.
Pac-12 Spring Schedules
| Team | Start | Finish (Spring Game) |
| Arizona | February 18 | March 31 |
| Arizona State | March 13 | April 15 |
| California | March 15 | April 22 |
| Colorado | February 22 | March 18 |
| Oregon | April 5 | April 29 |
| Oregon State | February 17 | March 18 |
| Stanford | February 28 | April 15 |
| UCLA | April 4 | April 29 |
| USC | March 7 | April 15 |
| Utah | March 9 | April 15 |
| Washington | March 27 | April 22 |
| Washington State | March 23 | April 22 |
Even with two of the schools already looking ahead to fall, there is still plenty of intrigue to follow on the other western campuses. With the other ten Pac-12 schools now at various stages of their practice period, there are plenty of explosive players to keep an eye on as teams prepare for the new campaign.
The 2017 season will have plenty of solid competition between programs like USC, Stanford, Washington and even bounce-back performances from Oregon and UCLA. Pac-12 football is truly underrated and there will be a number of players who could be in the running for the Heisman Trophy in 2017.
These are the top individuals (in alphabetical order by school) to watch at each of the remaining Pac-12 schools as they approach their respective spring games.