The Big 12 has seen a shake-up at the most important position in football. Turnover from the 2021 season features six schools expected to have a new starting quarterback in 2022.
Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas State, West Virginia, Baylor, and Iowa State will rollout new signal-callers this season. Four of those teams got their new quarterback through the transfer portal while Baylor and Iowa State went with in-house options to lead their squads into this college football season.
Adrian Martinez comes into the Big 12 as the most experienced quarterback with 38 starts under his belt according to Pro Football Focus. Spencer Sanders is second among projected starting quarterbacks in career games started with 32. Max Duggan has started 30 and [autotag]Dillon Gabriel[/autotag] comes in fourth for most games started among Big 12 quarterbacks in their collegiate careers.
Hunter Dekkers is the only quarterback expected to start in the Big 12 that hasn’t started a game in his career according to Pro Football Focus. He takes over for Brock Purdy on an Iowa State team looking to bounce back after their disappointing 2021 season.
With spring ball wrapped up, let’s look at who will start for each team in the Big 12 this season.