The top five games of Joseph Randle’s Oklahoma State career

By Anthony Slater – Aslater@opubco.com - @anthonyVslater

Joseph Randle effectively ended his Oklahoma State career Thursday morning, telling Gina Mizell he’d made the decision to forgo his senior season for a shot at the NFL.

And what a prolific three-year run it has been. Underrated, if you ask me.

Randle was a key cog on two of the most prolific scoring offenses in school history, a versatile true freshman on another.

After learning under Kendall Hunter, Randle landed the starting job as a 19-year-old sophomore. And he was more than capable.

In the two years that followed, Randle put up 2,633 yards and 38 rushing touchdowns (3,085 and 40 for his career), showing incredible burst, vision, elusiveness and durability.

He was a workhorse to the highest degree, carrying the ball 482 times the past two seasons, fighting through nagging injuries and starting all 26 of OSU’s games.

In a list that’s tough to crack, here are the five best performances from his Cowboy career:

#5 - at Missouri
Date - October 22, 2011 (junior)
Stats – 14 carries for 138 yards and 3 TDs / 1 catch for 13 yards and 1 TD
Evaluation - An electric performance, complete with the necessary swag and confidence fitting for a four-score showing in the Storm Trooper All-Whites. OSU dominated Missouri on the road in the program’s last meeting as Big 12 foes. And he showed his versatility, lining up wide and catching a Brandon Weeden bullet slant better than most Cleveland Browns did this year.