Just as defenses like to create negative plays for offenses, offenses like to create explosion plays -- plays of over 20 yards.
So which Pac-12 offenses created the most explosion plays in 2013? And how? And who's coming back in 2014?
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The number to the left is the team's national ranking. "TDs" is how many of the explosion plays produced touchdowns. The "returning in 2014" is the explosion plays produced in 2013 by players who return in the fall.
In the "lost" and "returning" categories, we list players who had five or more explosion plays in 2013.
T7. Arizona State (10-4)
2013 explosion plays: 86 (62 pass, 24 run)
TDs: 11 pass, 14 run
Returning in 2014: 50 (38 pass, 12 rush)
Lost: RB Marion Grice (15); WR Kevin Ozier (9); TE Chris Coyle (6)
Returning: WR Jaelen Strong (22); RB D.J. Foster (11); QB Taylor Kelly (7)
36. UCLA (10-3)
2013 explosion plays: 69 (45 pass, 24 run)
TDs: 12 pass, 5 run
Returning in 2014: 53 (31 pass, 22 run)
Lost: WR Shaq Evans (10)
Returning: RB Paul Perkins (9); WR Devin Lucien (8); QB Brett Hundley (8); RB Steven Manfro (5)
T40. USC (10-4)
2013 explosion plays: 67 (43 pass, 24 run)
TDs: 12 pass, 11 run
Returning in 2014: 49 (26 pass, 23 run)
Lost: WR Marqise Lee (10); TE Xavier Grimble (5)
Returning: WR Nelson Agholor (15); RB Javorius Allen (12); RB Tre Madden (9)
T53. Arizona (8-5)
2013 explosion plays: 61 (32 pass, 29 run)
TDs: 6 pass, 9 run
Returning in 2014: 27 (25 pass, 2 rush)
Lost: RB Ka'Deem Carey (16); QB B.J. Denker (9); WR Terrence Miller (6)
Returning: WR Nate Phillips (9), WR Garic Wharton (8)
T71. Utah (5-7)
2013 explosion plays: 56 (38 pass, 18 run)
TDs: 9 pass, 5 run
Returning in 2014: 38 (23 pass, 15 run)
Lost: TE Jake Murphy (6); WR Sean Fitzgerald (5)
Returning: WR Dres Anderson (15); RB Bubba Poole (8); QB Travis Wilson (6)
T104. Colorado (4-8)
2013 explosion plays: 43 (36 pass, 7 run)
TDs: 14 pass, 3 run
Returning in 2014: 24 (17 pass, 7 run)
Lost: WR Paul Richardson (19)
Returning: WR Nelson Spruce (7); RB Michael Adkins (6)