Quite clearly, Ryan Day didn’t want to go overboard with praise for Jaxon Smith-Njigba. After all, Saturday’s win against Nebraska represented his first as an Ohio State wide receiver after an illustrious four years at Texas’ Rockwall High School.
The head coach expects plenty more from his freshman over the coming years and won’t rush to crown him, yet. Instead, to Day, Smith-Njigba’s acrobatic touchdown catch in the second half of the 35-point win represented a culmination of sorts.
“It's exciting, especially when you go through the recruiting process and you spend so much time with he and his family and communication and talking to him about the possibilities of what could happen playing in the Horseshoe, playing in big games, playing in conference play,” Day said on Tuesday.