The Hotline typically waits until mid- or late-October to roll out our all-injury team, which helps frame the state-of-play for specific programs and the conference at large.

But an unexpected development — the run of injuries to starting quarterback — prompted us to accelerate the publication date for the 2019 all-injury team.

It’s not even October, and the list of starting on the sideline is easily deep enough to create a full 22-player team.

And it includes many of the conference’s top talents.

Put another way:

Had you been told before the season that the Pac-12 would close September with injuries to Laviska Shenault, Zack Moss, K.J. Costello, JT Daniels, Britain Covey and Khalil Tate … well, that news assuredly would have been met with a jaw on the floor and a pit in the stomach.

Not to mention deep skepticism about the overall quality of play in the conference.

All in all, the Hotline’s crack research staff counted 34 starting players who 1) haven’t been on the field at all, 2) didn’t play or were injured over the weekend, or 3) are questionable this week.

And there could be others we’re not yet aware of because the head coaches haven’t held their early-week news conferences.

(We’ll update the list below if necessary in a few days.)

Of those 34 injured starters, 14 were either all-conference picks in the 2017 or 2018 seasons or were preseason all-conference selections for 2019.

You can darn near compile an 11-man offense, position-by-position, of injured all-conference players.

Did we mention it’s September?

Astounding.

(The names of all-conference players are in italics below.)

Only one team is not represented. Washington should count itself fortunate.

And please note:

The Hotline scoured news reports for the specific injuries listed with each player, but many ailments have not been officially disclosed.

Offense

QB: Arizona’s Khalil Tate (hamstring)

QB: Stanford’s K.J. Costello (thumb)

QB: USC’s JT Daniels (knee)

QB: Cal’s Chase Garbers (shoulder/elbow)

QB: UCLA’s Dorian Thompson-Robinson (ankle)

TB: Utah’s Zack Moss (shoulder)

TB: Arizona’s J.J. Taylor (leg)

WR: Colorado’s Laviska Shenault (undisclosed)

WR: OSU’s Trevon Bradford (foot)

WR: UCLAs Theo Howard (wrist)

WR: Utah’s Britain Covey (knee)

WR: WSU’s Brandon Arconado (undisclosed)

WR: Oregon’s Juwan Johnson (leg)

WR: Oregon’s Brenden Schooler (foot)

WR: Cal’s Kekoa Crawford (undisclosed)

OT: Stanford’s Walker Little (knee)

OG: UCLA’s Michael Alves (back)

C: Oregon’s Jake Hanson (undisclosed)

C: Oregon State’s Nate Eldridge (ankle)

OG: Stanford’s Devery Hamilton (undisclosed)

OT: Cal’s Will Craig (lower body)

Defense

DL: Colorado’s Mustafa Johnson (ankle)

DL: Oregon’s Austin Faoliu (undisclosed)

LB: WSU’s Dillon Sherman (undisclosed)

LB: UCLA’s Tyree Thompson (leg)

LB: OSU’s Andrzej Hughes-Murray (foot)

LB: OSU’s Addison Gumbs (knee)

DB: USC’s Olaijah Griffin (back)

DB: OSU’s David Morris (foot)

DB: Colorado’s Aaron Maddox (leg laceration)

DB: Cal’s Traveon Beck (undisclosed)

DB: UCLA’s Quentin Lake (undisclosed)

DB: ASU’s Cam Phillips (elbow)

DB: USC’s Talanoa Hufanga (concussion)

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