Getty ImagesLate last month, and as expected, Justin Blackmon said that leaving Oklahoma State a year early for the NFL draft this coming April “will probably happen“.
As if he needed to, the wide receiver reiterated Wednesday night that the Fiesta Bowl showdown with Stanford will be his last game on a collegiate field.
“I’m pretty sure that it will be (my last game),” Blackmon told Andrea Adelson of ESPN.com.
“I think it’s just time. It’s that time to go. I came back last year to win a Big 12 championship, set us up for a BCS bowl and I think we did that.”
The move will come as a shock to no one who pays any attention to the college game, including his head coach. Mike Gundy said in late October “I can’t imagine that he would be back again. … If it were my son and he were a top-five pick, I would encourage him to move on.”
Blackmon is currently second nationally in receptions (113), tied for third in receiving touchdowns (15) and seventh in receiving yards (1,336). The junior is widely viewed as a lock to be a top-ten pick four months from now.
Tine for this young man to make the money. Supposedly the NFL is now stable for the next few years and the bucks are there. Some team will cwertainly be able to utilize this young mans talent to it’s fullest potential.
Nothing wrong with him pursuing his ambition. His goal when he to he committed to tho OSU was to make it to the NFL. If he waited another year, he’d be in the draft with Robert Woods, who had a better year, and is only the second best WR at USC to Marqise Lee, a true freshman.