It’d be hard for Jeremiah Smith not to hear how much everyone is talking about him entering his freshman season at Ohio State, but he doesn’t want to let the hype get to his head.
While Smith isn’t bothered by the attention, the No. 1 overall prospect from the 2024 recruiting class knows he can’t let the high expectations distract him from continuing to work as hard as he has to get to this point.
“It's a blessing, but you don't want that hype to affect you and all this other stuff that's going around me,” Smith said Friday during his first formal interview session as a Buckeye.