Big receiver, now at 6-foot-4 and 210 pounds, with big skills out on the edge in what should be mostly mismatches against smaller cornerbacks.
Big hype, as a premium recruit out of Wylie East High School in Dallas, where he hauled in 84 catches for 1,584 yards and 27 touchdowns as a senior.
Big expectations, arriving two years ago to an Oklahoma State receiving corps in need of identifying its next future star.
Big stuff.
Except so far in his two seasons with the Cowboys, while Ateman has provided moments, they’ve been just that – moments, brief glimpses of potential and promise here and there, yet little more.