2010 BILETNIKOFF AWARD WINNER 2010 UNANIMOUS ALL-AMERICA 2010 NCAA LEADER WITH 148.5 RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME 2010 NCAA LEADER WITH 20 TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS 2010 VALERO ALAMO BOWL OFFENSIVE MVP 2010 BIG 12 CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR FIFTH IN 2010 HEISMAN TROPHY VOTING
A fourth-year junior who is coming off the sixth-best receiving season in NCAA history with an OSU record 1,782 yards and OSU records for touchdown catches (20) and receptions (111) ... His reception total represents the 15th best single-season effort in NCAA history and his TD total is seventh all-time in the NCAA ... Set NCAA records with 12 straight games with at least 100 receiving yards and a TD, and his yardage total is an NCAA record for a sophomore ... Is OSU's first Biletnikoff Award winner and the school's second finalist for the trophy in three seasons (Dez Bryant in 2008) ... Is OSU's second straight unanimous All-American (Russell Okung) ... The Big 12 Conference offensive player of the year by both the Associated Press and the league coaches ... Became the first Cowboy named offensive player of the year since Barry Sanders and was the first receiver in the history of the Big 12 to win the award ... Is already sixth all-time at OSU with 2,042 career receiving yards and fifth all-time with 131 receptions ... Was OSU's third first-team all-Big 12 receiver in the last five years ... Ended the season third nationally in scoring with 11 points per game and No. 13 in all-purpose yards (1,866).
2010 (Sophomore): Had at least a 29-yard reception in every game and at least 105 receiving yards in every game with a touchdown catch in every game as well ... Along with 20 touchdown receptions, he also scored on a blocked punt return (vs. Washington State) and on a 69-yard run vs. Baylor (OSU's longest run from scrimmage in 2010) ... Averaged 16.1 yards per reception ... Had three touchdown catches against Washington State and Tulsa ... Had two TD grabs vs. Troy, Louisiana, Nebraska and Arizona ... His receiving yardage totals included 125 vs. Washington State, 132 against Troy, 174 against Tulsa, 127 against Texas A&M, 190 vs. Louisiana (ninth-best total in OSU history), 207 vs. Texas Tech (eighth-best total in OSU history), 157 vs. Nebraska, 173 vs. Baylor, 145 at Texas, 130 vs. Kansas, 105 against OU (despite playing while injured) and 117 vs. Arizona ... Had 24 catches of at least 20 yards and 10 of 40 yards or more .. His NCAA-best 148.5 receiving yards per game was 14 yards better than anyone else in the country ... Did not play against Kansas State ... Had more than 100 receiving yards in the first half of games against Texas (116), Baylor (115) and Nebraska (129) ... Was Big 12 player of the week for his efforts at Texas Tech ... Had at least five receptions in every game and a least eight receptions in 11 games ... Caught 13 passes against Louisiana and Baylor to tie for second on OSU's single-game receptions list ... Averaged 32.1 yards on his touchdown catches ... Had 12 TD catches longer than 20 yards and eight that covered at least 30 yards ... Had eight scoring plays of longer than 40 yards ... Six of his scoring plays covered at least 62 yards.
2009 (Freshman): Led OSU's pack of newcomers at receiver with 20 catches for 260 yards and two touchdowns, tops among OSU's freshmen and transfers ... Averaged 13 yards per reception ... Caught his first passes as a Cowboy against Houston when he had two receptions for 28 yards ... Caught a seven-yarder vs. Grambling State ... Season-long catch came at Texas A&M when his lone reception covered 32 yards ... Had two catches for 27 yards against Missouri and one catch for 22 at Baylor ... Had a season-best four catches for 38 yards with a six-yard touchdown against No. 3 Texas... Had three catches for 30 yards at Iowa State and his lone catch against Colorado went for a 28-yard touchdown when he teamed up with Brandon Weeden ... Led OSU in the Cotton Bowl with four catches covering 45 yards, including a 19-yard reception.
2008: Redshirt.
High School: A standout football and basketball player who earned SuperPrep All-America honors as a wideout ... Considered the nation's No. 20 receiver by SuperPrep and the No. 12 prospect in the Midlands region ... A consensus all-state selection by Oklahoma's prep coaches, The Oklahoman and the Tulsa World ... Scout.com listed him No. 58 among America's receivers ... Caught 61 passes covering 1,547 yards as a senior with 14 touchdowns ... Also carried the ball 21 times for 152 yards with two scores ... Scored six special-teams touchdowns and four touchdowns on interceptions ... Played on a state semifinalist team at Plainview (12-1) ... Was the conference MVP in basketball as a junior ... Colorado and Missouri were among the programs seeking his signature.
Personal: Born Jan. 9, 1990, in Oceanside, Calif. . . . Son of Warren and Donna Blackmon . . . Served as class president and is a drummer ... Business management major.
