The Seattle Seahawks ended what was the longest active spell between first-round receivers taken when they selected Ohio State’s Jaxon Smith-Njigba at No. 20 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft. Seattle last used a Round 1 pick on a wide receiver in 2001, when Koren Robinson went No. 9 overall.
Smith-Njigba has been universally praised as a quality choice by the Seahawks, who have really lacked a consistently reliable third wide receiver for several seasons in a row. Alongside DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett, Smith-Njigba’s inclusion figures to give Seattle one of the NFL’s best wide receiver trios.