B10 West: Returning Production (Offense)

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Stats are based on the 2022 season. Non-bold players are transfers 

 

Quarterback (6/7 West schools are projected to have a transfer starting QB)

(MN) Athan Kaliakmanis 3 TD, 4 INT (54%) 946 yds

(WI) Tanner Mordecai 33 TD, 10 INT (65%) 3,524 yds (Southern Methodist)

(NW) Ben Bryant 21 TD, 7 INT (57%) 2,732 yds (Cincinnati) 

(NE) Jeff Sims 5 TD, 3 INT (59%) 1,115 yds, 305 rush yds (Georgia Tech)

(PU) Hudson Card 6 TD, 1 INT (69%) 928 yds (Texas)

(IA) Cade McNamara (56%) 180 yds (Michigan)

(IL) Luke Altmyer (47%) 125 yds (Ole Miss)

 

Running back (6/7 West schools are projected to have a non-transfer starting RB)

(WI) Braelon Allen 1,242 yds  (5.4) 11 TD

(PU) Devin Mockobee 968 yds  (5.0) 9 TD

(NE) Anthony Grant 915 yds  (4.2) 2 TD

(IA) Kaleb Johnson 779 yds (5.2) 6 TD

(IL) Reggie Love 330 yds (4.6) 2 TD

(NW) Cam Porter 286 yds  (3.3) 2 TD

(MN) Sean Tyler 1,027 (4.9) 7 TD (Western Michigan)

 

Offensive Line (Illinois is the only school with one All-B10 returnee on the OL)

 

Tight End (Only two schools return a tight end who had at least 200 yards receiving last year)

(MN) Brevyn Spann-Ford 497, 2 TD

(IA) Luke Lachey 398, 4 TD

 

Wide Receiver 

(IL) Isaiah Williams 715 (8.7) 5 TD

(WI) Chimere Dike 689 (14.7) 6 TD

(MN) Daniel Jackson 557 (15.1) 5 TD

(PU) TJ Sheffield 480 (10.4) 4 TD

(NE) Marcus Washington 471 (15.2) 1 TD

(MN) Corey Crooms 814 (14.3) 5 TD (Western Michigan)

(IA) Seth Anderson 612 (14.6) 7 TD (Charleston Southern)

(PU) Jahmal Edrine 570 (14.6) 6 TD (Florida Atlantic)

 

 

I graded out all factors, some separate from this list and had the following in order for offense in 2023. NOTE: there are 4 new head coaches in the West which will make things interesting. 

 

1. Wisconsin
2. Nebraska
3. Iowa
4. Minnesota
5. Purdue
6. Illinois
7. Northwestern 

[Husker in WI]

Wow, literally one non-transfer starting QB in the entire division. Coaching changes contributed in a lot of those cases, but still that's pretty crazy. And I do expect a handful of the starters each year to be transfers at this point, but 6 our of 7 is crazy to me.