30 best college football wide receivers of the 21st century

4. Justin Blackmon – Oklahoma State Cowboys

Justin Blackmon was a freak, plain and simple. Blackmon’s sophomore year alone was one of the very best. His 1,782 yards was the 13th best mark in the history of college football. He’s one of two players to win the Biletnikoff Award twice. That alone shows just how dominant he was. He also won the Paul Warfield Award twice. Blackmon didn’t need to grow into the best receiver in the country. He was that almost immediately.

In his sophomore season, he scored a touchdown in every single game. Let’s say that again, there wasn’t a game that went by in 2010 that Justin Blackmon didn’t hit paydirt. That’s not normal. What else isn’t normal is he never had less than 100 yards receiving. So, despite teams putting entire game plans around stopping Blackmon, he led Oklahoma State to big wins on a weekly basis. 12 of his 20 touchdowns went for more than 20 yards.

In his junior year, he wasn’t as great. He didn’t score in two whole games. He did finish the season with 1,522 yards and 18 touchdowns. There aren’t many wide receivers that were as dominant. Blackmon turned Oklahoma State from a decent Big 12 school to a National Title contender by himself. During his last year with the Cowboys, they finished the season third overall. They never finished that high and only one time in the previous 70 years did they finish in the top ten.

Blackmon was one of the best big-play receivers of the modern era. His dominance is unlike what we’ve seen in years. It’s sad how his NFL career ended because he had the talent to be one of the best ever. Still, his college career deserves all the praise.