CFN Preseason All-Pac-12 Football Team, Top 30 Players: Preview 2022

Who are the best players in the Pac-12 going into the 2022 college football season? They’re highlighted in the CFN 2022 Preseason All-Pac-12 team and top 30 players.

Who are the best players in the Pac-12 going into the 2022 college football season? They’re highlighted in the CFN 2022 Preseason All-Pac-12 team,  and top 30 players.


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2022 Preseason CFN Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year

Caleb Williams, QB Soph. USC

It takes something special to standout among this group of Pac-12 quarterbacks, and the possible two best – throw in Washington State’s Cameron Ward, a transfer from Incarnate Word – and Williams have yet to take a snap in the conference.

Williams put on a show over the second half of last year running Lincoln Riley’s offense at Oklahoma, and now he’s joining the fun in Los Angeles with a loaded group around him. Last year he hit 65% of his passes for 1,912 yards and 21 scores with just four picks, and he ran for 442 yards and six scores. Get ready for him to take things to another level.

2022 Preseason CFN Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year

Noah Sewell, LB, Soph. Oregon

The big thumper in the middle of the Oregon linebacking corps made 114 tackles last year with four sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss with five broken up passes, an interception, and with two forced fumbles. Now there’s a chance he does even more with the talent on both sides to take over at times.

If Justin Flowe can finally catch a break from the injuries, he’s one of the Pac-12’s best linebackers, and Mase Funa and Bradyn Swinson are going to be big-time, too. Everything will flow right into the middle for Sewell to clean up.

College Football News 2022 Preseason All-Pac-12 Team: Offense

QB Caleb Williams, Soph. USC

RB Zach Charbonnet, Sr. UCLA

RB Travis Dye, Sr. USC

WR Jordan Addison, Jr. USC

WR Jacob Cowing, Jr. Arizona

TE Brant Kuithe, Jr. Utah

OT Braeden Daniels, Jr. Utah

OG TJ Bass, Sr. Oregon

C Brett Neilon, Sr. USC

OG Sataoa Laumea, Soph. Utah

OT Jaxson Kirkland, Sr. Washington

College Football News 2022 Preseason All-Pac-12 Team: Defense

DE Ron Stone, Sr. Washington State

DT Junior Tafuna, Soph. Utah

DT Tuli Tuipulotu, Jr. USC

DE Zion Tupuola-Fetui, Jr. Washington

LB Justin Flowe, RFr. Oregon

LB Noah Sewell, Soph. Oregon

LB Jackson Sirmon, Jr. Cal

CB Kyu Blu Kelly, Sr. Stanford

S Jaydon Grant, Sr. Oregon State

S Isaiah Lewis, Sr. Colorado

CB Clark Phillips, Soph. Utah

College Football News 2022 Preseason All-Pac-12 Team: Special Teams

PK Dean Janikowski, Jr. Washington State

P Kyle Ostendorp, Jr. Arizona

KR Kazmeir Allen, Sr. UCLA

PR DJ Taylor, Soph. Arizona State

CFN 2022 Team Previews
Arizona
Arizona State | CalColorado | Oregon
Oregon State | StanfordUCLAUSC | Utah | Washington
Washington State | Pac-12 Predictions For Every Game
CFN Preview 2022 | Bowl Projections | Preseason Rankings

College Football News 2022 Preseason Top 30 Pac-12 Players

30. Brett Neilon, C Sr. USC

29. Braeden Daniels, OT Jr. Utah

28. Emory Jones, Sr. Arizona State

27. Daniel Scott, S Sr. Cal

26. Isaiah Lewis, S Sr. Colorado

25. Merlin Robertson, Sr. Arizona State

24. Brant Kuithe, TE Jr. Utah

23. Xazavian Valladay, Sr. Arizona State

22. TJ Bass, OG Sr. Oregon

21. Omar Speights, LB Jr. Oregon State

20. Tavion Thomas, RB Jr. Utah

19. Jaydon Grant, S Sr. Oregon State

18. Jacob Cowing, Jr. Arizona

17. Ron Stone, DE Sr. Washington State

16. Darius Muasau, LB Sr. UCLA

15. Jackson Sirmon, LB Jr. Cal

14. Zion Tupuola-Fetui, EDGE Jr. Washington

13. Travis Dye, RB, Sr. USC

12. Jaxson Kirkland, OT Sr. Washington

11. Zach Charbonnet, RB Sr. UCLA

10. Justin Flowe, LB RFr. Oregon

9. Dorian Thompson-Robinson, QB Sr. UCLA

8. Cameron Rising, QB Jr. Utah

7. Tuli Tuipulotu, DT Jr. USC

6. Kyu Blu Kelly, CB Sr. Stanford

5. Cameron Ward, QB Soph. Washington State

4. Clark Phillips, CB Soph. Utah

3. Noah Sewell, LB Soph. Oregon

2. Jordan Addison, WR Jr. USC

1. Caleb Williams, QB Soph. USC

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CFN 2022 Team Previews
Arizona
Arizona State | CalColorado | Oregon
Oregon State | StanfordUCLAUSC | Utah | Washington
Washington State | Pac-12 Predictions For Every Game
CFN Preview 2022 | Bowl Projections | Preseason Rankings

College Football News Preseason All-Pac-12 Football Team: Preview 2021

Preview 2021: Previewing the Pac-12 season with the College Football News Preseason All-Pac-12 Conference Team & Top 30 players.

Preview 2021: Previewing and looking ahead to the Pac-12 season with the College Football News Preseason All-Pac-12 Conference Team & Top 30 players. 


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2021 Pac-12 Team Previews
North Cal | Oregon | Oregon State
Stanford | Washington | Washington St
South Arizona | Arizona State
ColoradoUCLA | USC | Utah
2021 CFN Preseason All-Pac-12 Team
2021 CFN Pac-12 Top 30 Players


2021 Preseason CFN Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year

QB Kedon Slovis, Jr. USC

The world is hot on all things Arizona State – for a variety of reasons – and QB Jayden Daniels appears to be poised and ready for a huge season. A slew of great tight ends, running backs, and receivers should also make this a big year for the conference, but …

It’s going to be the season of the defense. That’s where the stars are, and the offenses are going to have to battle.

Slovis is coming off a solid year – hitting 67% of his passes for close to 2,000 yards in the six games with 17 touchdowns and seven picks. He showed a knack for cranking up comebacks, and for a team that didn’t have a ground game he was a 300-yard passing regular.

If anything, Slovis and USC might be flying under the radar. (And Daniels and ASU might show why the hype is warranted.)

2021 Preseason CFN Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year

DE/LB Kayvon Thibodeaux, Soph. Oregon

Again, the stars are on the defensive side.

The Pac-12 is loaded with phenomenal pass rushing, edge types who can do a little bit of everything. A whole slew of defensive backs will be factors, and on the CFN Preseason All-Pac-12 team, go ahead and argue for about five other linebackers who didn’t make the cut.

And the most talented Pac-12 defensive player of the bunch is the former No. 1 recruit who needs to show this year what all the fuss was about.

Thibodeaux has all the talent, the size, speed, and NFL upside to be a dominant force. He was an easy all-star in his first two seasons, but last year in seven games on only generated three sacks. The 38 tackles and 9.5 tackles for loss were nice, but he can do a whole lot more.

Get ready for him – and the Oregon D – to take things up a few notches.

2021 CFN Preseason All-Pac-12 Team
2021 CFN Pac-12 Top 30 Players

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Preview 2020: College Football News All-Pac-12 Team

Preview 2020: Previewing and looking ahead to the Pac-12 season with the College Football News All-Pac-12 Team & Top 30 players. 

Preview 2020: Previewing and looking ahead to the Pac-12 season with the College Football News All-Pac-12 Team & Top 30 players. 


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2020 Pac-12 Team Previews, 5 Things To Know
North Cal | Oregon | Oregon State
Stanford | Washington | Washington State
South Arizona | Arizona State | Colorado
UCLA | USC | Utah


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2020 Preseason CFN Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year

OT Penei Sewell, Jr., Oregon
The Pac-12 is going to be fun. It’s going to have a few high-powered offenses with big passing attacks, there are plenty of talented young quarterbacks, and it should be an interesting year with a whole lot of big games that will get national attention.

And the best player is going to be an offensive tackle?

The 6-6, 330-pound blaster has been one of the nation’s best pass protectors over the last few years, and last season he won the Outland Trophy as the nation’s best lineman. He’s big, he’s quick, and he’s everything you want in a left tackle.

And he’ll also be the best player in the Pac-12.

2020 Preseason CFN Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year

LB Hamilcar Rashed, Sr. Oregon State
He might have gone unnoticed last year. but that’s not happening this time around.

It would be nice if the 6-4, 238-pounder was a little bit beefier – at least the pro scouting types would like that – but his quickness and pass rushing ability  are explosive enough to make up for the bulk.

He led the Pac-12 with 22.5 tackles for loss – the three players who tied for second came up with 14 – and he didn’t have a bowl game or a Pac-12 Championship appearance like Oregon’s Kayvon Thibodeaux and Utah’s Bradlee Anae. He also led the conference with 14 sacks to go along with his 62 tackles.

College Football News 2020 Preseason All-Pac-12 Team: Offense

QB – Kedon Slovis, Soph. USC

RB – Max Borghi, Jr. Washington State

RB – CJ Verdell, Jr. Oregon

WR – Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jr. USC

WR – Tyler Vaughns, Sr. USC

TE – Brant Kuithe, Jr. Utah

OT – Walker Little, Sr. Stanford

OG/OT – Alijah Vera-Tucker, Jr. USC

C – Drew Dalman, Sr. Stanford

OG – Josh Watson, Sr. Washington State

OT – Penei Sewell, Jr. Oregon

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College Football News 2020 Preseason All-Pac-12 Team: Defense

DE – Thomas Booker, Jr. Stanford

DT – Levi Onwuzurike, Sr. Washington

DT – Jay Tufele, Jr. USC

DE – Kayvon Thibodeaux, Soph. Oregon

LB – Drake Jackson, Soph. USC

LB – Nate Landman, Sr. Colorado

LB – Hamilcar Rashed, Sr. Oregon State

CB – Paulson Adebo, Sr. Stanford

S – Elijah Molden, Sr. Washington

S – Jevon Holland, Jr. Oregon

CB – Thomas Graham, Sr. Oregon

College Football News 2020 Preseason All-Pac-12 Team: Special Teams

PK – Blake Mazza, Jr. Washington State

P – Oscar Draguicevich, Sr. Washington State

KR – Conor Wedington, Sr. Stanford

PR – Jevon Holland, Jr. Oregon

2020 Pac-12 Team Previews, 5 Things To Know
North Cal | Oregon | Oregon State
Stanford | Washington | Washington State
South Arizona | Arizona State | Colorado
UCLA | USC | Utah

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