The 2022 Rose Bowl won’t soon be forgotten. The Ohio State Buckeyes and Utah Utes put on quite the display on Saturday night, punctuated by Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s monster performance. The sophomore receiver set an all-time record for receiving yards in a bowl game, hauling in 15 of 16 targets and finishing the game with 346 yards and three touchdowns.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
He just broke the all-time bowl game record for receiving yards (326) pic.twitter.com/6JITg77iTH
— FanDuel Sportsbook (@FDSportsbook) January 2, 2022
Smith-Njigba had an outstanding season, finishing with the 14th-most receiving yards in the nation (1,259), going north of 100 hundred receiving yards in six of his 12 games.