Justin Blackmon for Heisman?Posted by jennicarlson
on October 20, 2010M at 7:36 am
Less than two months ago, I stood talking to Justin Blackmon after an Oklahoma State football practice about how this Cowboy offense didn’t have a superstar receiver.
Now, I have the sophomore wideout on my Heisman Trophy ballot.
What Blackmon has done this season has been as amazing as it has been unexpected. Heck, even if we’d have all known that he was going to be the star receiver in this new-fangled offense, we’d still be impressed by the numbers, by the impact.
Blackmon leads the nation in receiving yards with 955 and in touchdown catches with 12.
If not for Hawaii, he’d be the leader in both categories by a mile. But Hawaii’s Greg Salas is on his heels in the receiving yards category with 910 while Hawaii’s Kealoha Pilares has only one less touchdown catch. Besides Blackmon and Salas, no other receiver in the country has even 800 yards receiving. And besides Blackmon and Pilares, no other receiver has touchdown catches in the double digits.
That Blackmon is so far out in front of everyone else in the country in both categories is a big-time statement.
And hey, it doesn’t hurt either that every time he steps on the field he seems to one-up himself. A couple weeks ago, he had a career-high 13 catches and a career-high 190 yards at Louisiana-Lafayette. But just when you thought he couldn’t do anything more jaw-dropping, he went to Texas Tech last week and bested his career-high in yards with 207.
Who knows what he’ll do Saturday vs. Nebraska?
Truth is, what he does then could really catapult him into the Heisman conversation. LINK
