PFF's Top Returning Pac-12 Football Players

Much of the next two months will be focused on college football players that won't be returning to their college campuses. Here's a look at some from the Pac-12 that will be returning to their respective campuses.

Pro Football Focus's Top-50 Returning Pac-12 Football Players

50. Michael Pitman Jr., WR, Jr., USC, PFF rating: 80.5
50. Chigozie Nnoruka, DT, R-Jr., UCLA, 80.5
49. Julian Blackmon, CB, Jr., Utah, 80.7
47. Jalen Thompson, S, Jr., Washington State, 81.1
47. Jake Luton, QB, R-Jr., Oregon State, 81.1
44. Nathan Eldridge, C, R-Jr., Arizona, 81.4
44. Brady Aiello, OT, R-Jr., Oregon, 81.4
44. Tony Ellison, WR, R-Sr., Arizona, 81.4
43. Ryan Bouman, OLB, R-So., Washington, 81.6
42. Jordon Scott, DT, So., Oregon, 81.8
41. Jake Browning, QB, Sr., Washington, 82.0
40. Patrick Laird, RB, R-Sr., Cal, 82.1
38. Vic Wharton III, WR, R-Sr., Cal, 82.2
38. Chris Bounds, TE, R-Jr., Colorado, 82.2
37. Kyle Williams, WR, Jr., Arizona State, 82.4
35. Kaleb McGary, OT, R-Sr., Washington, 82.6
35. Jake Curhan, OT, R-So., Cal, 82.6
34. Tyler Huntley, QB, Jr., Utah, 82.9
32. Chuma Edoga, OT, Sr., USC, 83.5
32. Chase Hansen, S, R-Sr., Utah, 83.5
31. Greg Gaines, DT, R-Sr., Washington, 83.6
30. Ugo Amadi, CB, Sr., Oregon, 83.7
29. Steven Montez, QB, R-Jr., Colorado, 83.8
28. Kanawai Noa, WR, Sr., Cal, 83.9
26. Austin Joyner, CB, R-Jr., Washington, 84.3
26. Calvin Throckmorton, OT, R-Jr., Oregon, 84.3
25. Khalil Tate, QB, Jr., Arizona, 84.4
23. Tyler Vaughns, WR, R-So., USC, 84.8
23. Kaden Smith, TE, R-So., Stanford, 84.8
22. Myles Gaskin, RB, Sr., Washington, 84.9
20. Hunter Dale, S, Sr., Washington State, 85.0
20. Taylor Rapp, S, Jr., Washington, 85.0
19. Patrick Mekari, OT, Sr., Cal, 85.2
16. Nate Herbig, OG, Jr., Stanford, 85.4
16. Cameron Smith, ILB, Sr., USC, 85.4
15. Andre James, OT, R-Jr., UCLA, 85.5
13. Jordan Miller, CB, Sr., Washington, 85.6
13. Nate Meadors, CB, Sr., UCLA, 85.6
12. Ben Burr-Kirven, ILB, Sr., Washington, 85.8
11. Andre Dillard, OT, R-Sr., Washington State, 85.9
10. Zack Moss, RB, Jr., Utah, 86.2
  9. J.J. Arcega-Whiteside, WR, R-Jr., Stanford. 86.4
  8. N'Keal Harry, WR, Jr., Arizona State, 86.7
  7. Justin Herbert, QB, Jr., Oregon, 87.2
  6. Byron Murphy, CB, R-So., Washington, 87.3
  5. Manny Wilkins, QB, R-Sr., Arizona State, 87.8
  4. Troy Dye, ILB, Jr., Oregon, 88.1
  3. Jalen Jelks, DE, R-Sr., Oregon, 88.2
  2. Bryce Love, RB, Sr., Stanford, 90.5
  1. Caleb Wilson, TE, R-Jr., UCLA, 93.3

Some thoughts:

Is there any end to the Washington Huskies defensive assembly line. They've sent a bunch of players to the NFL in recent years but they have seven defensive players on this list.

Stanford has a similarly endless assembly line of tight ends. Every year they send at least one to the NFL. It looks like Kaden Smith will be the next one.

Cal's offensive line has slowly improved since the days it looked like they were trying to get Jared Goff killed. Two tackles on this list and a promising recruiting class must have the quarterbacks and running backs happy in Berkeley.