Big 12 Media Days concluded on Wednesday from The Star in Frisco, Texas. Over the course of two days, all 16 teams from the Big 12 met with the media to discuss the upcoming 2025-26 football season.

The Big 12 media days began on Tuesday, July 8, in Frisco, Texas. Here were the highlights, including coach and player interviews from Day 1:

Lee Hunter, who spent three seasons with the Knights, had a reunion with his former teammates at this week’s Big 12 Media Days.

Arizona has wrapped up Big 12 Media Days and coach Brent Brennan and Noah Fifita shared there thoughts on the direction of the program.

Texas Tech’s NIL splurge has Big 12 coaches responding with envy, concern and pressure to win with the team it built.

Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark is doubling down on his preference for staying with only five automatic qualifiers if the College Football Playoff does expand to 16 teams as many expect after this season.

Regardless, the credibility of the Big 12 in the big-picture conversation of college football this year is rooted in its quarterback experience. Leavitt led ASU to the CFP and 11 wins, Becht has the most wins of any of the returning quarterbacks in the league (18-9) and Morton is next (15-9).

The Big 12 produced 31 draft picks in the 2025 NFL Draft, and the conference is still loaded with intriguing talent.

The Purdue Boilermakers have picked up a huge addition in the off season not on the roster, but the coaching staff. Former Baylor softball standout Nicky Dawson will be an assistant on the 2026 coaching staff.

UC returns to Boone Pickens Stadium in 2025, the site of one of their worst losses in Scott Satterfield's first Big 12 season. The Bearcats were down 10-7 at halftime, then Oklahoma State smacked UC in the second half to win 45-13.