On April 26, Oklahoma State’s all-time leaders in both passing and catching sat 1,200 miles apart — one at his home in Rock Hill, South Carolina, the other at his in Stamford, Texas — waiting for the phone call that would change their lives.
Neither heard a ring.
A day later, still at their respective homesteads and still surrounded by family and friends, both finally got those calls. Strangely, each came from the same area code.
Mason Rudolph, the sixth quarterback taken, who was projected by many to be a Thursday night story, had to wait well into Friday’s festivities before he saw his name roll across the TV screen.