Big 12 Football: Each team’s top 2020 NFL Draft prospect
By Phil Poling
The Big 12 is littered with talented wide receivers, but only one was a Biletnikoff Award finalist a season ago, Oklahoma State’s Tylan Wallace. The Biletnikoff Award, of course, is given to the nation’s best wide receiver; Wallace will have an opportunity to prove that in 2019.
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Even with questions surrounding the quarterback position a season ago, Wallace produced at a high level for the Cowboys. He caught 86 passes, the second-most by any Big 12 wide receiver, and tallied the most yards in the conference with 1,491; his 12 receiving touchdowns were the most by a non-Mountaineer in the conference, as well.
One thing about Wallace, though, is that he’ll be a true junior in 2019. He’s only got the one year of production under his belt, so that might keep him off NFL radars for the immediate future. But once the season rolls around, he’ll be tormenting defenses and scoring touchdowns at will.
Will Wallace forego his senior season to enter his name in the 2020 NFL Draft? If he stacks up another 1,400-yard, 12-touchdown effort like his 2018 campaign, he’d be a fool not to test the draft waters.