Here are 16 football players to watch next season in the Big 12 Conference
Players in the Big 12 Conference this spring who could have big impacts for their teams in the fall: Arizona S Malcolm Hartzog. With its three top defensive backs gone, Arizona will count on the Nebraska transfer who started 32 of his 38 games, recording 108 tackles and eight interceptions. He was a regular for Nebraska from 2022 until a groin injury limited him to two games last year.
Arizona State LB Owen Long, a transfer from Colorado State. He was seemingly everywhere during Arizona State's spring session, using his athletic ability and smarts to make plays up the middle and to either sideline. Long was the FBS leader last season with 151 tackles.
Baylor RB Dawson Pendergrass is back after missing all last season with a foot injury and will have a prominent role for Baylor after leading rusher Bryson Washington transferred to Auburn. As a true freshman in 2023, Pendergrass ran for 338 yards with five TDs, and in a two-man rotation with Washington in 2024 had 671 yards with six TDs. He also has 37 career catches for 302 yards and three TDs.
BYU LB Cade Uluave fills a huge hole in BYU’s defense left by the graduation of Jack Kelly and promises to be the same type of disruptive defender. Uluave transferred from California, where he had 235 tackles the past three seasons. He had 97 tackles, 11 1/2 for loss, and three sacks last season.
Cincinnati WR JV Gibson caught three TD passes in Cincinnati's final spring scrimmage, two of those from new QB JC French. Gibson, a redshirt senior, spent last season at Oklahoma. That was after 70 catches for 1,215 yards and nine TDs at Arkansas-Pine Bluff in 2024, when he was an AP second-team FCS All-America pick.
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