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In Focus – Wide Receivers
April 20, 2018 | Cowboy Football
STILLWATER – Oklahoma State graduated some of the best receivers in college football last year, but the cupboard is far from bare in Stillwater.
Senior Jalen McCleskey has amassed 152 receptions, 1,710 receiving yards and 15 receiving touchdowns during his career. With a full season yet to play, he already ranks among the top 10 in school history in both career receptions (eighth) and career receiving yards (ninth). McCleskey ranks sixth among returning FBS players with 152 career receptions.
Coming off a standout freshman campaign, Dillon Stoner is also back in the mix at receiver. Stoner was a dangerous part of the Cowboy receiving corps a year ago, when he hauled in 44 receptions for 576 yards and six touchdowns. He had a pair of 100-yard games and became more of a scoring threat as the year progressed, finding the end zone in each of the final four games of 2017.
McCleskey and Stoner form one of the top inside receiving duos in the Big 12, but if the Oklahoma State offense is to continue its tradition of success in 2018, then it will likely need substantial productivity from the outside receiver position and the most logical place to look first is junior Tyron Johnson.
A native of New Orleans, Johnson was rated as a five-star prospect out of high school and started his career at LSU before transferring to OSU. He saw his first game action as a Cowboy in 2017 and performed admirably (18 receptions for 293 yards and three touchdowns) as an understudy to James Washington, who earned unanimous All-America honors and was the runaway winner of the Biletnikoff Award presented to the nation's top receiver. The 2018 season is Johnson's first true opportunity to be the man.
Other candidates to crack into the playing time rotation include a trio of sophomores in Tylan Wallace, Patrick McKaufman and Tyrell Alexander, plus redshirt freshman LC Greenwood.
Senior Jalen McCleskey has amassed 152 receptions, 1,710 receiving yards and 15 receiving touchdowns during his career. With a full season yet to play, he already ranks among the top 10 in school history in both career receptions (eighth) and career receiving yards (ninth). McCleskey ranks sixth among returning FBS players with 152 career receptions.
Coming off a standout freshman campaign, Dillon Stoner is also back in the mix at receiver. Stoner was a dangerous part of the Cowboy receiving corps a year ago, when he hauled in 44 receptions for 576 yards and six touchdowns. He had a pair of 100-yard games and became more of a scoring threat as the year progressed, finding the end zone in each of the final four games of 2017.
McCleskey and Stoner form one of the top inside receiving duos in the Big 12, but if the Oklahoma State offense is to continue its tradition of success in 2018, then it will likely need substantial productivity from the outside receiver position and the most logical place to look first is junior Tyron Johnson.
A native of New Orleans, Johnson was rated as a five-star prospect out of high school and started his career at LSU before transferring to OSU. He saw his first game action as a Cowboy in 2017 and performed admirably (18 receptions for 293 yards and three touchdowns) as an understudy to James Washington, who earned unanimous All-America honors and was the runaway winner of the Biletnikoff Award presented to the nation's top receiver. The 2018 season is Johnson's first true opportunity to be the man.
Other candidates to crack into the playing time rotation include a trio of sophomores in Tylan Wallace, Patrick McKaufman and Tyrell Alexander, plus redshirt freshman LC Greenwood.
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