Mason Rudolph will be drafted by the New England Patriots on Thursday evening. Or by the San Diego Chargers on Friday evening. Or by the Buffalo Bills on one of those two nights. Or some other franchise. After months of hand-wringing and mock draft-making, Rudolph will purchase an apartment or a home in some U.S. city that is not Stillwater, USA later this year and set up shop on the next step of his life.
We will cover these events because they deserve to be covered and because they are interesting, but I’m intrigued by the idea that no matter what happens (barring something insane like Rudolph usurping Tom Brady and winning seven Super Bowls for the Pats), Rudolph’s legacy to Oklahoma State fans will always be more about what he did against TCU or Texas or West Virginia than what he does in the AFC West or NFC East.