The Cowboys came into 2019 boasting a nice mix of veteran experience and playmaking youth in the back end of its defense. The group mostly performed up to expectations, despite a couple of hiccups, and an absolute star was born in safety Kolby Harvell-Peel.
Let’s grade the Cowboys secondary for its 2019 season.
140-Character Summary: After A.J. Green and Rodarius Williams grabbed most of the preseason headlines for OSU’s secondary, Kolby Harvell-Peel burst onto the scene as the Cowboys’ next star DB. And he’s just a sophomore.
Best Performance: Iowa State. The Cowboys made Brock Purdy look like Joel Lanning in the pocket, and did so when the Cowboys badly needed a win.