When looking at the landscape of the Big Ten, there may not be a more interesting dynamic in the league that the current state of the conference's quarterbacks.
With nine returning starters and five players seeing the first significant playing time of their college careers, the Big Ten well feature a blend of well known names and new players to know behind center in 2016. In some cases, incumbent starters will be looking to build on what they did in previous years, while others are simply looking to establish themselves as their teams' undisputed starters.
Not all quarterback battles in the conference have even begun yet, but it's never too early to start looking ahead to the coming season.