Oklahoma State University Athletics
Blackmon Earns Unanimous All-America Status
December 15, 2010 | Cowboy Football
Dec. 15, 2010
STILLWATER, Okla. – Oklahoma State wide receiver Justin Blackmon earned unanimous All-America status after he was named to The Sporting News All-America team today. In doing so, he became the second Cowboy in as many years to earn the distinction.
Blackmon is the seventh unanimous All-American in OSU history, joining Bob Fenimore (1945), Terry Miller (1977), Leslie O'Neal (1985), Barry Sanders (1988), Alonzo Mayes (1997) and Russell Okung (2009) as Oklahoma State football unanimous All-Americans based on the criteria of their respective eras.
To earn unanimous All-American status, one must be included on each of the five recognized All-America teams, which are those from the Football Writers Association of America, the American Football Coaches Association, the Walter Camp Foundation, the Associated Press and Sporting News.
The winner of the 2010 Biletnikoff Award presented to the nation's top wide receiver, Blackmon caught 102 passes for 1,665 yards and 18 touchdowns in 11 games during the 2010 regular season and also added a pair of scores with a 69-yard run and a blocked punt return. He sits at the top of the national charts in several statistical categories, including receiving yards per game (first with 151.36), receptions per game (first with 9.27), points per game (fourth with 10.91) and all-purpose yards per game (ninth with 159).
The Big 12 offensive player of the year is also on the verge of setting several records in the Cowboys' Alamo Bowl matchup against Arizona. Blackmon needs only eight receiving yards to break Larry Fitzgerald's NCAA record for receiving yards by a sophomore, 31 receiving yards to break Rashaun Woods' OSU record for single-season receiving yards, six catches to break Woods' OSU record for single-season catches and two touchdown grabs to break Dez Bryant's OSU record for single-season touchdown catches.
He is also tied with the NCAA record for most consecutive games with at least 100 receiving yards and a touchdown catch (11), and statistically is already assured of the 15th-best season in NCAA history.
2010 Oklahoma State Football All-Americans
Justin Blackmon, WR
Walter Camp Football Foundation – first team
Associated Press – first team
American Football Coaches Association – first team
Football Writers Association of America – first team
The Sporting News – first team
Sports Illustrated – first team
Rivals.com – first team
Kendall Hunter, RB
Walter Camp Football Foundation – first team
American Football Coaches Association – first team
Associated Press – first team
Sports Illustrated – second team
Rivals.com – second team
Quinn Sharp, P
Football Writers Association of America – first team
Sports Illustrated – honorable mention
Rivals.com – second team
Dan Bailey, K
Associated Press – second team
Sports Illustrated – honorable mention
Brandon Weeden, QB
Sports Illustrated – honorable mention
Levy Adcock, OL
Sports Illustrated – honorable mention
Orie Lemon, LB
Rivals.com – third team
2010 Oklahoma State Freshman All-Americans
Shaun Lewis, LB
The Sporting News – first team
Rivals.com – first team
Collegefootballnews.com – first team
Justin Gilbert, KR
Rivals.com – second team
Joseph Randle, RB
Collegefootballnews.com – honorable mention
