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James Washington A Consensus All-American
December 11, 2017 | Cowboy Football
STILLWATER – Oklahoma State wide receiver James Washington added two more All-America team honors to his credit Monday to become a consensus All-American for the 2017 season. The 13th player to receive consensus All-America honors at OSU, Washington was named a first team selection to both the Associated Press and Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) teams, and has already been included on the Walter Camp first team.
Each of those teams are among the five that make up the NCAA's consensus team, with The Sporting News and American Football Coaches Association teams rounding out the list. If Washington is included on The Sporting News team released Tuesday and the AFCA team released Wednesday, then he will become the eighth player in Cowboy history to receive unanimous All-America honors.
The 40th player in school history to become an All-American, Washington was also the recipient of the 2017 Biletnikoff Award presented to the nation's top receiver.
Washington will go down as one of the best and most productive receivers in Oklahoma State history and in the history of the Big 12 Conference. He enters the bowl game with 4,346 career receiving yards, a figure that leads all active FBS players and ranks third in Big 12 history. He needs 68 yards to pass Rashaun Woods for the Oklahoma State school record and to move into second on the all-time Big 12 list. He leads all active FBS players with 38 career receiving touchdowns and his career average of 85.2 receiving yards per game is the best among all receivers from Power Five conferences with a minimum of 2,000 career receiving yards.
In 2017, Washington was a unanimous first-team All-Big 12 selection. He finished the regular season with 69 catches for 1,423 yards and 12 touchdowns. Washington's 1,423 receiving yards and 118.6 receiving yards per game both led the FBS and his 12 touchdown receptions ranked fourth nationally. He led all FBS players with 17 catches of 30 yards or longer, 10 catches of 40 yards or longer and seven catches of 50 yards or longer. Washington helped Oklahoma State become the first offense in Big 12 history to have a 4,000-yard passer (Mason Rudolph), a 1,000-yard rusher (Justice Hill) and two 1,000-yard receivers (Marcell Ateman and James Washington).
Washington and the Cowboys will take on Virginia Tech in the Camping World Bowl on December 28 in Orlando. Tickets are available at okstate.com/tickets.
Each of those teams are among the five that make up the NCAA's consensus team, with The Sporting News and American Football Coaches Association teams rounding out the list. If Washington is included on The Sporting News team released Tuesday and the AFCA team released Wednesday, then he will become the eighth player in Cowboy history to receive unanimous All-America honors.
The 40th player in school history to become an All-American, Washington was also the recipient of the 2017 Biletnikoff Award presented to the nation's top receiver.
Washington will go down as one of the best and most productive receivers in Oklahoma State history and in the history of the Big 12 Conference. He enters the bowl game with 4,346 career receiving yards, a figure that leads all active FBS players and ranks third in Big 12 history. He needs 68 yards to pass Rashaun Woods for the Oklahoma State school record and to move into second on the all-time Big 12 list. He leads all active FBS players with 38 career receiving touchdowns and his career average of 85.2 receiving yards per game is the best among all receivers from Power Five conferences with a minimum of 2,000 career receiving yards.
In 2017, Washington was a unanimous first-team All-Big 12 selection. He finished the regular season with 69 catches for 1,423 yards and 12 touchdowns. Washington's 1,423 receiving yards and 118.6 receiving yards per game both led the FBS and his 12 touchdown receptions ranked fourth nationally. He led all FBS players with 17 catches of 30 yards or longer, 10 catches of 40 yards or longer and seven catches of 50 yards or longer. Washington helped Oklahoma State become the first offense in Big 12 history to have a 4,000-yard passer (Mason Rudolph), a 1,000-yard rusher (Justice Hill) and two 1,000-yard receivers (Marcell Ateman and James Washington).
Washington and the Cowboys will take on Virginia Tech in the Camping World Bowl on December 28 in Orlando. Tickets are available at okstate.com/tickets.
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