Ted spent much of the last two weeks looking at individuals from the league who are coming back. But what about from a team standpoint? As is always the case, we have to say goodbye to some folks who have graduated, departed early, transferred or simply chose to follow another path in life. What's left in the pantry?
Today we're going to take a look at what each team has coming back in terms of yards, attempts and touchdowns in the run game. We'll start with the Pac-12 South. "Team" carries are not taken into account looking ahead to 2013, but negative yards in 2012 are. Remember also that sacks are (for some redonkulous reason) counted as a rushing attempts.
Here's a reminder of how the teams ranked in the league in rushing offense last year:
Oregon
Arizona
Arizona State
UCLA
California
Stanford
USC
Washington
Utah
Oregon State
Colorado
Washington State
Here's what the teams in the Pac-12 South have coming back.
Arizona
Rushing yards in 2012: 2,961
Rushing attempts in 2012: 544
Rushing touchdowns in 2012: 33
Rushing yards returning: 2,427
Rushing attempts returning: 419
Rushing touchdowns returning: 27
Percentage of yards returning: 81 percent
Percentage of attempts returning: 77 percent
Percentage of touchdowns returning: 81 percent
Biggest statistical returner: Ka'Deem Carey, 1,929 yards, 303 attempts, 23 touchdowns
Biggest statistical loss: Matt Scott, 506 yards, 113 attempts, six touchdowns
Arizona State
Rushing yards in 2012: 2,670
Rushing attempts in 2012: 598
Rushing touchdowns in 2012: 27
Rushing yards returning: 1,998
Rushing attempts returning: 421
Rushing touchdowns returning: 18
Percentage of yards returning: 74 percent
Percentage of attempts returning: 70 percent
Percentage of touchdowns returning: 66 percent
Biggest statistical returner: Marion Grice, 679 yards, 103 attempts, 11 touchdowns
Biggest statistical loss: Cameron Marshall, 583 yards, 135 attempts, nine touchdowns
Colorado
Rushing yards in 2012: 1,323
Rushing attempts in 2012: 425
Rushing touchdowns in 2012: 16
Rushing yards returning: 1,320
Rushing attempts returning: 396
Rushing touchdowns returning: 15
Percentage of yards returning: 98 percent
Percentage of attempts returning: 93 percent
Percentage of touchdowns returning: 93 percent
Biggest statistical returner: Christian Powell, 691 yards, 158 attempts, seven touchdowns
Biggest statistical loss: Nick Hirschman, zero rushing yards, 25 attempts, one touchdown
*Note: Colorado is interesting because Hirshman is the only player who carried last year who is off the roster, and he evened out with 60 rushing yards and 60 yards lost. Jordan Webb, Connor Wood and John Schrock accounted for minus-152 yards. The 20-yard differential is in minus-20 "team" yards, which aren't taken into account as returning yards.
UCLA
Rushing yards in 2012: 2,671
Rushing attempts in 2012: 599
Rushing touchdowns in 2012: 29
Rushing yards returning: 954
Rushing attempts returning: 305
Rushing touchdowns returning: 16
Percentage of yards returning: 35 percent
Percentage of attempts returning: 50 percent
Percentage of touchdowns returning: 55 percent
Biggest statistical returner: Brett Hundley, 355 yards, 160 attempts, nine touchdowns
Biggest statistical loss: Johnathan Franklin, 1,734 yards, 282 attempts, 13 touchdowns
USC
Rushing yards in 2012: 1,958
Rushing attempts in 2012: 392
Rushing touchdowns in 2012: 12
Rushing yards returning: 1,271
Rushing attempts returning: 247
Rushing touchdowns returning: 10
Percentage of yards returning: 64 percent
Percentage of attempts returings: 63 percent
Percentage of touchdowns returning: 83 percent
Biggest statistical returner: Silas Redd, 905 yards, 167 attempts, nine touchdowns
Biggest statistical loss: Curtis McNeal, 701 yards, 116 attempts, two touchdowns
Utah
Rushing yards in 2012: 1,605
Rushing attempts in 2012: 446
Rushing touchdowns in 2012: 17
Rushing yards returning: 539
Rushing attempts returning: 184
Rushing touchdowns returning: 8
Percentage of yards returning: 33 percent
Percentage of attempts returnings: 41 percent
Percentage of touchdowns returning: 47 percent
Biggest statistical returner: Kelvin York, 273 yards, 60 attempts, three touchdowns
Biggest statistical loss: John White, 1,041 yards, 218 attempts, eight touchdowns
