It won’t be easy for Jaxon Smith-Njigba to have a bigger season in 2022 than the one he had in 2021. After all, no Ohio State wide receiver has ever had a better season – at least not statistically – than Smith-Njigba had last year.
Smith-Njigba caught 95 passes for 1,606 yards in his sophomore season at Ohio State, breaking single-season records in both categories. He was especially spectacular in the Buckeyes’ final five games of the season, in which he caught at least nine passes and topped 100 receiving yards in all five games. He accentuated that season with the greatest single-game receiving performance in Ohio State history when he caught 15 passes for 347 yards – both school records – and three touchdowns to lead the Buckeyes to a 48-45 win over Utah in the Rose Bowl.