Pac-12 Football: Each team’s most important newcomer for 2020

These Pac-12 football newcomers will have an important role for their teams this season. Each squad has some important first-year players.

The Pac-12 comes into this season with significant questions they need to answer. Can they get back into the College Football Playoff? Can they keep more homegrown talent in their backyard? These questions are vital if the Pac-12 wants to change the national perception of who they are.

Oregon, last season’s Pac-12 champion, breaks in a new quarterback as well as four of their five offensive linemen. Utah also breaks in a new quarterback along with a lot of pieces on defense.

All eyes are on two teams this season: USC and Arizona State. The Trojans bring back so much talent on offense including Kedon Slovis at quarterback and Tyler Vaughns at receiver. Both Stephan Carr and Marques Stepp return at running back.

Can the Trojans reclaim the throne at the top of the Pac-12? Everyone wants to see if the Sun Devils can take the next step toward the top of the Pac-12. Jayden Daniels had an impressive freshman season and Arizona State had one of the youngest defenses in the country.

One of the key factors to all of this is impact newcomers to each program. Whether they are incoming freshmen or transfers, programs need new talent to come in a make a splash.

These are the best newcomers for each Pac-12 school heading into 2020.