Ted spent much of the past 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. Earlier today we looked at the South. Now we'll look at the North. "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 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 North have coming back.
California
Rushing yards in 2012: 2,196
Rushing attempts in 2012: 451
Rushing touchdowns in 2012: 18
Rushing yards returning: 536
Rushing attempts returning: 54
Rushing touchdowns returning: 5
Percentage of yards returning: 24 percent
Percentage of attempts returning: 11 percent
Percentage of touchdowns returning: 27 percent
Biggest statistical returner: Brendan Bigelow, 431 yards, 44 attempts, three touchdowns
Biggest statistical loss: C.J. Anderson, 790 yards, 126 attempts, four touchdowns
Oregon
Rushing yards in 2012: 4,098
Rushing attempts in 2012: 685
Rushing touchdowns in 2012: 48
Rushing yards returning: 2,176
Rushing attempts returning: 345
Rushing touchdowns returning: 21
Percentage of yards returning: 53 percent
Percentage of attempts returning: 50 percent
Percentage of touchdowns returning: 43 percent
Biggest statistical returner: Marcus Mariota, 752 yards, 106 attempts, five touchdowns
Biggest statistical loss: Kenjon Barner, 1,767 yards, 278 attempts, 21 touchdowns
Oregon State
Rushing yards in 2012: 1,617
Rushing attempts in 2012: 442
Rushing touchdowns in 2012: 26
Rushing yards returning: 1,236
Rushing attempts returning: 342
Rushing touchdowns returning: 23
Percentage of yards returning: 76 percent
Percentage of attempts returning: 77 percent
Percentage of touchdowns returning: 88 percent
Biggest statistical returner: Storm Woods, 940 yards, 13 touchdowns
Biggest statistical loss: Malcolm Agnew, 269 yards, one touchdown
Stanford
Rushing yards in 2012: 2440
Rushing attempts in 2012: 549
Rushing touchdowns in 2012: 23
Rushing yards returning: 825
Rushing attempts returning: 175
Rushing touchdowns returning: 7
Percentage of yards returning: 33 percent
Percentage of attempts returning: 31 percent
Percentage of touchdowns returning: 30 percent
Biggest statistical returner: Kevin Hogan, 263 yards, 55 attempts, two touchdowns
Biggest statistical loss: Stepfan Taylor, 1,530 yards, 322 attempts, 13 touchdowns
Washington
Rushing yards in 2012: 1,851
Rushing attempts in 2012: 466
Rushing touchdowns in 2012: 19
Rushing yards returning: 1,774
Rushing attempts returning: 428
Rushing touchdowns returning: 19
Percentage of yards returning: 95 percent
Percentage of attempts returning: 91 percent
Percentage of touchdowns returning: 100 percent
Biggest statistical returner: Bishop Sankey, 1,439 yards, 289 attempts, 16 touchdowns
Biggest statistical loss: Dezden Petty, 99 yards, 29 attempts, zero touchdowns
Washington State
Rushing yards in 2012: 349
Rushing attempts in 2012: 252
Rushing touchdowns in 2012: 6
Rushing yards returning: 204
Rushing attempts returning: 111
Rushing touchdowns returning: 1
Percentage of yards returning: 58 percent
Percentage of attempts returning: 44 percent
Percentage of touchdowns returning: 16 percent
Biggest statistical returner: Teondray Caldwell, 269 yards, 56 attempts, zero touchdowns
Biggest statistical loss: Carl Winston, 280 yards, 85 attempts, five touchdowns
EDIT: Unfortunately, due to an out-of-date roster, the WSU numbers have changed and the statistical anomaly that was their returning rushing attack is no more. I'm just as bummed as you all are. The new numbers have been updated.