Official tally of 'returning starters'

August, 2, 2010
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By Ted Miller | ESPN.com
Here are the Pac-10's "official" returning starters numbers:

PAC-10 RETURNING STARTERS

Team Offense Defense Punter/kicker Total
Washington 10 7 2 19
Oregon 9 8 1 18
Oregon State 8 7 2 17
Stanford 8 7 2 17
California 8 6 2 16
Washington State 8 6 2 16
Arizona 8 4 2 14
UCLA 7 5 2 14
USC 6 6 1 13
Arizona State 3 4 2 9
Average 7.5 6 2 15.3


Notes:
  • There are 154 starters (out of a possible 240) returning, which is slightly above the 10-year average of 148.
  • Of those returning starters, there are nine first-team and nine second-team 2009 All-Pac honorees.
  • Seven teams have returning starters at QB. Only Arizona State, Oregon and Oregon State will have new starting QBs.
  • 16 of the 23 leaders in the individual statistical categories are back.

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