Texas Tech football: 5 best offensive players Red Raiders face in 2019

No. 3: WR Tylan Wallace

Last fall, Texas Tech football fans believed that Antoine Wesley was the Big 12’s top receiver.  But most outside Lubbock gave that nod to Oklahoma State’s Tylan Wallace.

Now, after 1,491 yards and 12 touchdowns, Wallace is back for what is likely one final run through the Big 12.  And the 2018 Biletnikoff finalist could be the best receiver the Red Raiders see this year.

Ranked by Sports Illustrated as the No. 27 player in the nation, the speedy receiver is a potential second-round draft pick next spring.  Though at just 6-feet, 185-pounds, he will likely play in the slot instead of on the outside as he does in Stillwater.

Against Tech last year, he had 127 yards on seven receptions, an average of 17.6 per catch.  It was one of seven 100-yard games, two of which were 200-yard outbursts.

But like Reagor at TCU, Wallace could be limited by uncertainty at the QB position.  Much-hyped redshirt freshman Spence Sanders is battling former Hawaii Starter Dru Brown, who transferred to Stillwater last year for the job.

Most believe the freshman will be the man which, as we saw last year with Alan Bowman at Tech, does not mean there will be a tremendous drop-off in production.  In fact, most OSU fans would tell you that either option would be better than 2018 starter Taylor Cornelius.

Outside of Texas Tech, no program in the Big 12 has had more star wideouts in the last two decades than Oklahoma State.  Wallace looks to be the next in that lineage and will be a huge focal point for the Red Raiders when the Cowboys come to Lubbock on October 5th.