Fifteen Ohio State freshmen saw the field in the Buckeyes’ 56-0 blanking of Western Michigan with 10 of them recording statistics and three of them – Jeremiah Smith, James Peoples and Julian Sayin – accounting for touchdowns.
Smith made history by becoming the first Ohio State freshman to eclipse 200 receiving yards in the first two games of a season. He also joins David Boston as the only freshman to catch a touchdown pass in each of the season’s first two games, having already scored three touchdowns in just two weeks.
Late in the first quarter, Will Howard turned to Smith when the Buckeyes faced a 1st-and-20 from Ohio State's own 30.