With spring practice underway at many Pac-12 destinations, it's time to do our annual position-by-position breakdown.

We're making our way through the offensive position groups, and today we get to tight ends. We started with the South, and here's the North:

Cal: Offensive coordinator Tony Franklin rarely utilizes a tight end and the Bears do not list any on their roster -- and have not since Sonny Dykes took over before the 2013 season.

Oregon: With Pharaoh Brown’s future still uncertain as he rehabs from a scary knee injury that nearly required amputation (good story from Andrew Greif of the Oregonian here), senior Evan Baylis figures to top the depth chart in 2015 with Johnny Mundt as his likely backup. Four other tight ends are listed on the roster for Oregon, but there is little experience outside of Brown/Baylis/Mundt. Three-star Jake Breeland will join the team for fall camp, but he’s a strong redshirt candidate.

Oregon State: Connor Hamlett is gone, but three returning tight ends saw the field last year in varying capacities for the Beavers, including Caleb Smith, who made 20 catches. Ricky Ortiz will switch to H-back, Kellen Clute will factor in and redshirt freshman Ryan Nall is an intriguing player that could see a hybrid H-back/TE role.

Stanford: Austin Hooper was second on the team with 40 catches as a redshirt freshman a year ago and leads the conference’s most talented group of tight ends. Greg Taboada and Eric Cotton should be ready for increased roles, but the player to watch is Dalton Schultz. Schultz was one of the top tight ends in the Class of 2014 and redshirted last year and conceivably, with Hooper, could form one of the nation’s top tight end pairings.

Washington: Josh Perkins started nine of the 12 games he appeared in and finished second on the team with 25 catches for 315 yards and three touchdowns. Darrell Daniels, a one-time highly regarded receiving prospect, is also back after catching 11 passes for 171 yards last year. Drew Sample, the state’s No. 4 prospect in 2014, will come off his redshirt and compete with David Ajamu, and recent signees Michael Neal, who has already enrolled, and Ricky McCoy.

Washington State: Much like the system at Cal, there isn’t much use for a traditional tight end in Mike Leach’s offense. Nick Begg is the only player the Cougars list at tight end.