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Predicting each Big 12 team’s starting quarterback for 2022

Expect to see lots of new faces around the Big 12 next season.

Like it or not, the transfer portal has changed the game of college football forever. “Free agency” has finally hit the sport, causing lots of change all over the country.

The Big 12 conference as a whole is seeing lots of turnover at the quarterback position due to transfers and graduation. Expect at least six out of ten teams to have new starters next year.

Oklahoma’s freshman phenom Caleb Williams appears out the door, Texas’ Casey Thompson entered the portal in response to Quinn Ewers transferring in, and Kansas State brought longtime Nebraksa starter, Adrian Martinez.

Baylor and Oklahoma State are expected to return their starting quarterbacks after 12 win seasons. Other schools will have quarterback competitions during spring practice and fall camp.

It will be interesting to see how things shake up between now and next fall as more moves are likely to come.

Here is a current projection of each Big 12 team’s 2022 starting quarterback:

Three Baylor players that can haunt Texas

These three Baylor players could end up haunting the Longhorns.

We are approaching the spookiest day of the year, and the Longhorns are also approaching a make or break game with their Week 9 matchup against No. 16 Baylor.

Texas started off Big 12 play strong, but have since crashed and burned two straight games. In each loss, the Longhorns gave up double-digit leads, allowing Oklahoma and Oklahoma State to swoop in and steal the victory like those kids that take more than one candy on Halloween.

While the Longhorns looked abysmal at times during those games, they have shown the ability to be a dominant team, as long as it is in the first half. With two weeks to prepare for this Baylor matchup, you would think that they have a strong game plan that can slow down this Baylor program, who is hoping to remain in one of the top two spots of the Big 12 rankings.

Baylor has a lot of contributors, but there are three players that have stood out. If the Longhorns do not prepare and play well enough, these players will end up haunting the Longhorns and causing Texas to leave Waco as sad as a kid who gets a fruit on Halloween.

Let’s start with the quarterback

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Grading the big 12 quarterbacks through the first four weeks

The Big 12 has been home to some very good and very bad quarterback play thus far.

College football is in full swing, and this year is making out to be one of the most crazy years in recent memory with ranked teams dropping like flies, and unranked teams emerging from the shadows.

The Big 12 likely has been the most surprising conference through the first four weeks, as the two preseason favorites, Oklahoma and Iowa Sate, have both been major disappointments. The Sooners may be the least convincing 4-0 team in the nation, while the Cyclones already have two losses on the season.

Schools like Texas, Oklahoma State, Baylor, and even Kansas State have all looked much more impressive than the aforementioned preseason favorites. One of the main reasons for Oklahoma and Iowa State’s troubles is the poor performance from their star quarterbacks, Spencer Rattler and Brock Purdy.

The Big 12 is home to some of the best passers in the nation, typically stemming from Oklahoma, but this year there has showcased solid quarterback play from others not donning an Oklahoma jersey.

It is time for some early season report cards. First, I’ll grade each of the quarterbacks in the Big 12 and how they have performed through Week 4. Keep in mind that this is not a ranking of who is the most talented quarterback, but rather who has been playing the best football to start the season.