Justin Herbert's return was a big boost for Oregon. But Washington and Stanford didn't get quite so lucky, with several underclassmen leaving early for the NFL draft.
At this point, there are 10.
That number could increase as news trickles out over the next few days. But with the NFL’s early-entry deadline having come and gone, it appears the Pac-12 suffered limited damage.
It’s all about degrees, right?
The number of underclassmen declaring for the 2019 draft wasn’t going to be zero, and it wasn’t going to be limited to two or three.
But in both size and quality, the list of departures constitutes a best-case scenario for the conference.