Good: West Virginia had five players invited to the NFL draft combine: Rasul Douglas, Shelton Gibson, Noble Nwachukwu, Tyler Orlosky, Rushel Shell. That’s the largest group in the Big 12!

Bad news: … that second sentence, I guess. Purists will say so, at least. The other nine Big 12 schools combined for 13 players. Eighteen total combine invitations? On the heels of just ordinary reception and reviews in signing day?

“Mike, there are just 10 teams. Of course the Big 12 will have the fewest invitations among Power 5 teams.”

About that …

Combine invites per team:
SEC – 4.7
ACC – 4.3
Pac-12 – 3.9
Big Ten – 3.6
Big 12 – 1.8

— Zach Barnett (@zach_barnett) February 13, 2017