Dallas Cowboys Draft: 5 Best Available Prospects on Day 3
Tylan Wallace, WR, Oklahoma State
A wide receiver I had mocked to the Cowboys in my final mock draft, the Oklahoma State Cowboy still being available on Day 3 is certainly a welcome surprise. After a leg injury cut his 2019 season short, he came back in 2020 and played incredibly well for an offense that stalled quite often.
I wish I could pinpoint his medical situation being bad as the reason why he is still available, but players like Terrace Marshall, Jaelan Phillips, and Azeez Ojaluri have all been selected. Wallace just stands along waiting for his name to be called.
The 5-foot-11, 194-pound wide receiver displays good athletic ability and competitive toughness that allows him to consistently outplay his opposition. He uses his good change of direction, good agility, and good instincts to win releases with foot and hip fakes at the line of scrimmage against zone coverage.
Against free releases, he displays solid acceleration but his good instincts to manipulate the DBs hips in phase is what allows him to generate separation quickness in the intermediate and deep areas of the field.
His rocker and break steps wide his stem and gives his QB windows to throw passes. He then has good body control to complete contested catches and other passes above his frame with his good competitive toughness and explosiveness.
He displays solid ability to generate yards after the catch, good at generating separation quickness on slants but solid on other short routes, and is solid in run blocking showing good aggression against his matchup but adequate upper body strength to leverage the alley and prevent the defender from disengaging his block.
It’s truly bizarre Wallace hasn’t found a home yet, but there hasn’t been a run on wide receivers yet. Perhaps we could trace it to that?