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Hubbard and Wallace Making History
October 23, 2019 | Cowboy Football
STILLWATER – With hall-of-famers like Barry Sanders and Thurman Thomas and major award winners like Justin Blackmon and James Washington claiming their share of the school record book, it's difficult to make history at Oklahoma State, but it's appreciated even more when it does happen.
Several national publications produced their 2019 midseason All-America teams last week and both Chuba Hubbard and Tylan Wallace were included. OSU is known for having elite offensive skill position players, but having two performing at an All-America level in the same season is not common, even for a place with the offensive pedigree of Oklahoma State.
In fact, it has only happened four times in school history:
1988 Barry Sanders and Hart Lee Dykes
2008 Kendall Hunter and Dez Bryant
2010 Kendall Hunter and Justin Blackmon
2017 Mason Rudolph and James Washington
It is indeed rare to have two offensive skill position players earn All-America honors in the same season, so let's take a step back to appreciate what Hubbard and Wallace are doing:
Chuba Hubbard
A nationally-recognized contender for the Heisman Trophy, Canada's Cowboy leads the FBS with 1,265 rushing yards, 180.7 rushing yards per game, 15 rushing touchdowns and 190.1 all-purpose yards per game. He ranks second nationally in total points scored and leads the nation with 30 rushes of 10 yards or longer, 14 rushes of 20 yards or longer and 10 rushes of 30 yards or longer. Hubbard reached the 1,000 yard mark for the season in his sixth game to become the fastest Oklahoma State running back to hit 1,000 rushing yards in a season since Sanders' historic 1988 season. 1,000 rushing yards in six games ties for the 12th-fastest in FBS history. He is on pace to finish the regular season with 2,168 rushing yards, which would rank second in Big 12 history and rank 10th in FBS history and that total does not count a potential bowl game. A look at Hubbard through seven games in 2019 in comparison to the All-America running backs of Oklahoma State's past through seven games:
^ Led the nation in rushing that year
Tylan Wallace
Through seven games in 2019, Wallace is ahead of last year's pace which led to him earning All-America honors and a spot as one of three national finalists for the Biletnikoff Award presented to the nation's top receiver. Wallace ranks second among Power Five conference receivers by averaging 110.3 receiving yards per game this season and his 2,263 receiving yards since the beginning of the 2018 season ranks No. 1 among all FBS players during that span. He has 10 games with 100 or more receiving yards since the beginning of the 2018 season, a mark that also leads the FBS during that span. Comparing Tylan Wallace to the nation's most productive receivers since the beginning of the 2018 season:
The success of Hubbard and Wallace has been one of the most fun elements of the 2019 season and if they continue to perform at their current All-America level, then they will rightfully earn their spots among the giants of Oklahoma State football.
Several national publications produced their 2019 midseason All-America teams last week and both Chuba Hubbard and Tylan Wallace were included. OSU is known for having elite offensive skill position players, but having two performing at an All-America level in the same season is not common, even for a place with the offensive pedigree of Oklahoma State.
In fact, it has only happened four times in school history:
1988 Barry Sanders and Hart Lee Dykes
2008 Kendall Hunter and Dez Bryant
2010 Kendall Hunter and Justin Blackmon
2017 Mason Rudolph and James Washington
It is indeed rare to have two offensive skill position players earn All-America honors in the same season, so let's take a step back to appreciate what Hubbard and Wallace are doing:
Chuba Hubbard
A nationally-recognized contender for the Heisman Trophy, Canada's Cowboy leads the FBS with 1,265 rushing yards, 180.7 rushing yards per game, 15 rushing touchdowns and 190.1 all-purpose yards per game. He ranks second nationally in total points scored and leads the nation with 30 rushes of 10 yards or longer, 14 rushes of 20 yards or longer and 10 rushes of 30 yards or longer. Hubbard reached the 1,000 yard mark for the season in his sixth game to become the fastest Oklahoma State running back to hit 1,000 rushing yards in a season since Sanders' historic 1988 season. 1,000 rushing yards in six games ties for the 12th-fastest in FBS history. He is on pace to finish the regular season with 2,168 rushing yards, which would rank second in Big 12 history and rank 10th in FBS history and that total does not count a potential bowl game. A look at Hubbard through seven games in 2019 in comparison to the All-America running backs of Oklahoma State's past through seven games:
| Player | Year | Rush | Yds | Avg. | TD | YPG |
| Barry Sanders^ | 1988 | 192 | 1,476 | 7.7 | 22 | 210.9 |
| Ernest Anderson^ | 1982 | 211 | 1,328 | 6.3 | 5 | 189.7 |
| Chuba Hubbard | 2019 | 194 | 1,265 | 6.5 | 15 | 180.7 |
| Terry Miller | 1977 | 192 | 1,043 | 5.4 | 8 | 149.0 |
| Kendall Hunter | 2010 | 161 | 1,031 | 6.4 | 12 | 147.3 |
| Thurman Thomas | 1985 | 197 | 980 | 5.0 | 10 | 140.0 |
| Kendall Hunter | 2008 | 151 | 955 | 6.3 | 9 | 136.4 |
| Terry Miller | 1976 | 152 | 862 | 5.7 | 7 | 123.1 |
| Gerald Hudson^ | 1990 | 173 | 854 | 4.9 | 2 | 122.0 |
| Thurman Thomas | 1987 | 154 | 812 | 5.3 | 7 | 116.0 |
Tylan Wallace
Through seven games in 2019, Wallace is ahead of last year's pace which led to him earning All-America honors and a spot as one of three national finalists for the Biletnikoff Award presented to the nation's top receiver. Wallace ranks second among Power Five conference receivers by averaging 110.3 receiving yards per game this season and his 2,263 receiving yards since the beginning of the 2018 season ranks No. 1 among all FBS players during that span. He has 10 games with 100 or more receiving yards since the beginning of the 2018 season, a mark that also leads the FBS during that span. Comparing Tylan Wallace to the nation's most productive receivers since the beginning of the 2018 season:
| Rk | Player | School | G | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Tylan Wallace | Oklahoma State | 20 | 131 | 2263 | 17.3 | 19 |
| 2 | Antonio Gandy-Golden | Liberty | 18 | 114 | 1914 | 16.8 | 15 |
| 3 | Jerry Jeudy | Alabama | 22 | 113 | 1894 | 16.8 | 20 |
| 4 | CeeDee Lamb | Oklahoma | 21 | 96 | 1839 | 19.2 | 21 |
| 5 | James Proche | SMU | 19 | 147 | 1808 | 12.3 | 20 |
The success of Hubbard and Wallace has been one of the most fun elements of the 2019 season and if they continue to perform at their current All-America level, then they will rightfully earn their spots among the giants of Oklahoma State football.
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