Stillwater – The most catches, receiving touchdowns and yards in a single season at Oklahoma State. Six total single-season OSU receiving records. One of two college football players ever to two Fred Biletnikoff Awards. An unprecedented 14 consecutive games with 100 or more receiving yards and at least one touchdown.
 

These numbers shed significant light on the career Justin Blackmon had in Stillwater. 
 

Born in Oceanside, Calif., on Jan. 9, 1990, Blackmon attended Plainview High School in Ardmore, Okla. As a high schooler, Blackmon excelled in four sports, specifically in football. Blackmon played both sides of the ball as a receiver and defensive back and earned SuperPrep All-America honors as a senior. 
 

His athletic expenditures didn't end there. He earned his conference's MVP award as a high school junior in basketball, as well as taking home the Oklahoma state title in the long jump as a senior. 
 

Blackmon, despite the opportunity to compete in whatever sport he chose, came to Oklahoma State to play wide receiver under coach Mike Gundy in 2008, after less consideration from other schools. By 2009, he earned limited playing time. The next year, seemingly out of nowhere, Blackmon set individual receiving records and earned Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year. His momentum built all the way to the 2012 NFL draft. 
 

2010: Legend in the Making 
 

Justin Blackmon's breakthrough season in 2010 started with an eight reception, 125-yard outing capped with three touchdowns against Washington State. His best game of the season arguably came against Baylor on Nov. 6, when he grabbed 13 passes for 173 yards and a touchdown. He also broke free on a designed run for a 69-yard touchdown, the only rushing touchdown of his OSU career. 
 

That season, Blackmon began a streak no other college receiver has achieved. His game against Washington State was the first of 14 games, spanning two seasons and more than one calendar year, where he'd accumulate 100 or more yards receiving with at least one touchdown. Oklahoma State greats Rashaun Woods and James Washington managed this feat for only five and four games, respectively. 
 

He became the first and only player in NCAA history to notch this accomplishment for an entire season. 
 

Quarterback Brandon Weeden quickly found Blackmon to be his favorite target. He said the control he had over his body is what made him great 
 

"His ability to control his body, whether it be in-breaking routes, out-breaking routes or jump balls, was second to none," Weeden said. 
 

After starting his career as a slot receiver, Blackmon steadily worked his way to the outside. It was there where he began to flourish. Blackmon said he credits his quick development to his time spent as a redshirt freshman. Going against the likes of NFL-bound cornerbacks Jacob Lacey and Perrish Cox helped turn Blackmon into the receiver Oklahoma State fans will never forget. 
 

"You get feel what the competition is at that speed," Blackmon said "'These are the best corners in the league, and I'm going against them every day.' You have to get stronger and better doing that. It built that extra level of competition and strength."
 

He also said learning all the receiver positions impacted his growth as well. 
 

"If anyone goes down, I know the play and I can go do it," Blackmon said. 
 

He concluded the year with 1,782 receiving yards, 111 receptions and an NCAA-best 20 touchdowns. His yardage total set an NCAA sophomore record and OSU program record, while his 20 touchdowns served as the seventh-most ever at the time. It currently ranks tied for 10th and still ranks atop OSU's leaderboard. Blackmon also led the FBS that season in receiving yards per catch with 16.1.
 

Blackmon's 22 total touchdowns (20 receptions, one rushing, one return from a blocked punt,) is the fourth-most in a single season in OSU history, behind only Jospeh Randle, Terry Miller and Barry Sanders. 
 

His historic season earned him his first Biletnikoff Award, as well as the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year. Blackmon is the only receiver in OSU history to claim the title as the conference's best offensive player and he was the first receiver in Big 12 history to claim it. 
 

The 2010 regular season concluded with Blackmon and Weeden leading the Cowboys to the top spot in the nation in terms of total offense, and a 10-2 record entering the bowl season. 
 

His success continued into the postseason, where the No. 16 Cowboys took on Arizona in the Alamo Bowl. Blackmon torched the Wildcat defense for 117 yards on nine receptions with a pair of touchdowns, including an electric 71-yard uncovered score in the first quarter. That long ball stood as the longest reception in OSU bowl game history for 12 seasons. 
 

Blackmon earned offensive MVP for the game as the Cowboys went on to win 36-10. 
 

In his first full year of action for the Cowboys, Blackmon became a household name in the college football world. He had earned his first All-American season as a unanimous selection. His legend in Stillwater only grew as he entered his junior season in 2011. 
 

2011: Making History 
 

Expectations were high for the Cowboys entering the 2011 season. Weeden and Blackmon had formed a formidable partnership the year prior, and OSU's consistently strong defense kept the team near the top of everyone's power rankings. 
 

Blackmon wouldn't disappoint. 
 

After a record-shattering sophomore season, Blackmon returned to campus for his junior year with more to prove. He picked up right where he left off. 
 

With eight catches for 144 yards in a week one matchup against Louisiana, Blackmon's explosive playmaking separated himself from other receivers in the NCAA, and certainly from opposing cornerbacks. He threatened to once again be the best receiver in the nation. While his touchdown streak concluded in week one, his 100 or more yards per game streak remained intact. 
 

After a stellar day against Arizona in the second week of the season, Blackmon's 14 game streak with 100 or more yards receiving ended in week three at Tulsa. Despite that, Blackmon was still a touchdown machine, scoring at least once in every game but one for the remainder of the season. 
 

Blackmon had more than 10 receptions in six games in the 2011 season and in two of those games he snagged 13. For OSU, that's the second highest for a receiver in a single game – Blackmon did it four times in his career between 2010-11. His fourth time doing it was arguably the most impressive. 
 

In a game against Kansas State on Nov. 5, Blackmon put up more than 200 yards in receptions for the second time in his career. With 13 catches, he averaged 15.8 yards per reception, the highest average among all his 13-catch games. 
 

Even when Blackmon wasn't scoring touchdowns, he was making an impact. His team-oriented mindset and unselfish attitude made all the difference in OSU's historic 2011 season. 
 

"Football is a team sport," Blackmon said. "You have to play your role. Sometimes my role is blocking… You can shrivel up and let your running back get hit in the backfield or you can man up and do it." 
 

Blackmon concluded the season with an OSU record 122 catches, then ranked 13th-best in FBS history and still in the top 20 today. His 18 touchdowns once again placed him on OSU's leaderboard for single-season mark, sitting at eighth. Blackmon and Thurman Thomas are the only two Cowboys with multiple top 10 single season touchdown marks in OSU history. 
 

For the second year in a row, Blackmon took home the Biletnikoff Award. He beat out future NFL receivers Alshon Jeffrey, Robert Woods and Michael Floyd. He became the second receiver in FBS history to earn the award twice, joining Michael Crabtree who earned the award in 2007-08. No other receiver since has accomplished this feat. 
 

Blackmon once again totaled over 1,500 yards in receptions and averaged almost double-digit catches every week while putting up 12.6 yards per catch that season. 
 

The team had lived up to the hype surrounding it as well. OSU topped off one of the most successful seasons in its history with its first-ever Big 12 title and first outright conference title since 1948. Highlighted by a 44-10 dismantling of Oklahoma in week 12, the Cowboys concluded regular season play at 11-1 and ranked third in the country. 
 

Blackmon and the Cowboys would go on to face No. 4 Stanford in the Fiesta Bowl, the team's first Bowl Championship Series bid and second major-bowl appearance in school history. 
 

Blackmon once again demonstrated his bowl game prowess, going for nine catches for 186 yards. His three touchdowns, including a 67-yarder in the second quarter, tied a Fiesta Bowl record. Perhaps his most important catch of the game was not a touchdown, but rather a 21-yard catch on fourth and three late in the game that set up the game-tying touchdown run by Joseph Randle to send the game into overtime. 
 

The tight matchup concluded in the Cowboys' favor in overtime after a defensive stoppage and a Weeden touchdown pass to walk-on Colton Chelf. Blackmon once again earned offensive MVP for his performance, as he walked off the field for the field for the final time in Cowboy gear. 
 

When reflecting on his favorite memories as a Cowboy, Blackmon said the last two games of his career were near the top of his favorite memories. By beating the rival Sooners for the first time in his career, Blackmon said the Fiesta Bowl was great not only for himself, but the team. 
 

"The Fiesta Bowl was just the icing on the top," Blackmon said. "That whole year, having everybody committed fully to a team and play together, it wasn't just one or two people." 
 

One of the Greats 
 

Oklahoma State has produced some of the highest-touted and most sought-after talent in the wide receiver room, especially since Mike Gundy took over as head coach in 2005. Before Gundy's tenure, Rashaun Woods Hart Lee Dykes held the titles as the best receivers in OSU history. Woods holds OSU's career reception and receiving touchdowns record today, even after leaving in 2003. 
 

Since Woods, the likes of Dez Bryant, Tylan Wallace and James Washington have come and reached the NFL, but only one of them can claim two Biletnikoff Awards and only one can claim an Offensive Big 12 Player of the Year: Justin Blackmon 
 

After Blackmon suited up for the Cowboys for the last time in the 2012 Fiesta Bowl, he declared for the NFL draft, where he was drafted fifth overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars. He's still the highest draft pick in Gundy's tenure as head coach.
 

He scored 42 total touchdowns for the orange and black in his career, tied for fifth-most in program history with Woods. For OSU, he's second in receptions with 253 (233 in 2010-11), second in reception touchdowns with 40 (38 in 2010-11) and third in receiving yards with 3,564 (over 3,000 in 2010-11). 
 

Forever a Cowboy, Blackmon will be enshrined into the OSU Athletics Hall of Honor on Friday, Sept. 15. 
 

Blackmon said he remembers his time in Stillwater fondly. 
 

"It's the place where I made most of my close relationships that I still hold to this day," Blackmon said. "The best times of my life have been on this campus and being around these people." 
 

Following the ceremony on Friday evening, Blackmon and the other Hall of Honor inductees will serve as the Orange Power V.I.P.s Saturday at OSU's final non-conference football game of the year against South Alabama. 
 

Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. CT and the game will be streamed live on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.