This week and next, we’re analyzing the projected depth charts for Big 12 teams as they exit spring practice.
The series continues with Iowa State, which did not release an official depth chart this spring. Here’s how we expect it to look in August:
OFFENSE (projected starters in bold)
QB: Jacob Park (Jr.), Zeb Noland (RFr.)
Park, formerly of Georgia, grabbed the starting job and ran with it last season. He’s continued to show improvement, leading to the position switch of ex-QB Joel Lanning, and he serves as a lynch pin in the Cyclones’ plan to return in 2017 to a bowl game for the first time since 2012.