2025 PFF Preseason All-Big 12 Team: Sam Leavitt, Spencer Fano and more

• Sam Leavitt and Jordyn Tyson headline the offense: The dynamic Arizona State duo is the best quarterback-wide receiver connection in college football entering 2025.

• Austin Romaine leads the defense: The Kansas State linebacker was the highest-graded player at his position in the Power Four last year as just a true sophomore.

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With the 2025 college football season just a few weeks away, here is PFF’s preseason All-Big 12 team.

QB: Sam Leavitt, Arizona State
RB: Jahiem White, West Virginia
WR: Jordyn Tyson, Arizona State
WR: Chase Roberts, BYU
WR: Eric McAlister, TCU
TE: Tanner Koziol, Houston
LT: Jordan Seaton, Colorado
LG: Tanoa Togiai, Utah
C: Bryce Foster, Kansas
RG: Omar Aigbedion, Baylor
RT: Spencer Fano, Utah

DI: Lee Hunter, Texas Tech
DI: Domonique Orange, Iowa State
EDGE: David Bailey, Texas Tech
EDGE: Nyjalik Kelly, UCF
LB: Austin Romaine, Kansas State
LB: Isaiah Glasker, BYU
CB: Jontez Williams, Iowa State
CB: DJ McKinney, Colorado
S: Bud Clark, TCU
S: Tao Johnson, Utah
Flex-D: Xavion Alford, Arizona State

K: Will Ferrin, BYU
P: Palmer Williams, Baylor
RS: Josh Cameron, Baylor
LS: Drew Clausen, Iowa State

Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: T Spencer Fano, Utah

Fano's 93.0 PFF overall grade in 2024 led all FBS tackles. His run-game dominance fueled that ranking, as his 93.6 PFF run-blocking grade was the best in the country by more than three points. Fano also finished as the second-most-valuable Power Four tackle, according to PFF WAA, trailing only top-10 draft pick Kelvin Banks Jr.

In pass protection, Fano logged a top-30 PFF grade among Power Four tackles (79.5). He’s an elite athlete in space who enters 2025 as the best offensive lineman in college football.

Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: LB Austin Romaine, Kansas State

Romaine was the highest-graded linebacker in the Power Four last season, posting a 91.0 mark as just a true sophomore.

That was fueled by a 90.7 PFF run-defense grade (third-best among Power Four linebackers) and 43 run stops (fourth most). At 6-foot-2 and 242 pounds, Romaine fits the mold of a true Mike linebacker and excels at slipping blocks before linemen can get a clean shot on him.