Pac-12 Football: Newcomers who’ll have an instant impact in 2022

These players will impact their Pac-12 Football teams this fall. 

The PAC-12 has gone under a considerable facelift this offseason. The Oregon Ducks lost head coach Mario Cristobal to his alma mater Miami. Cristobal brought an SEC mentality to recruiting and stacked several loaded classes in Eugene.

The Ducks kept their SEC theme, hiring Georgia defensive coordinator Dan Lanning. This offseason, the Ducks are not the only team with a new head coach. The Washington Huskies fired Jimmy Lake after a tumultuous year in Seattle. Fresno State coach Kalen DeBoer takes over the Huskies.

The USC Trojans dropped the biggest bombshell of the offseason, luring Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley to Southern California. Riley brought quarterback Caleb Williams with him to Los Angeles as well. Riley to USC is huge because when the Trojans are right, they have the “right of first refusal” in SoCal.

Can the Utes repeat as PAC-12 titles? Will the Oregon State Beavers get to a bowl game again next season? What do the Ducks look like under Lanning? What about the Trojans under Riley in year one? Is there a legit Playoff contender this year? Those are some of the burning questions in the PAC-12 this fall.

Here are some players that can impact and help answer those questions.