INDIANAPOLIS – The Big Ten does not release preseason conference teams to kick off the season and has instead moved to a list of 10 players, five from the East and five from the West as “players to watch” and needless to say, the Buckeyes have taken more than their own fair share of the …
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Big Ten Football Media Days are rapidly approaching and we now know who will be joining Ohio State head coach Ryan Day in Indianapolis for the two-day event. CJ Stroud, Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Ronnie Hickman will be Ohio State’s three player reps for the year event, a true kick off to the start of the …
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The Maxwell Award kicked of the chain of award watch lists to start dropping in July, a telltale sign that the season is not far away. Ohio State was in rare air as a the only school with three players on the watch list for the most valuable player in college football, also known as …
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It has been a few years since the Ohio State receiver rotation went six deep on a regular basis, but what was once old could become new again. Under Urban Meyer, the Buckeyes regularly played six receivers, going two deep at all three receiver positions. The last time they did so was in 2018 with …
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Now that spring football is over, it’s time to look back at exactly what we just saw. We’ll finish going over each position group today, discussing what was learned and what still needs to happen for the Buckeyes. Up finally to conclude the series will be the Ohio State wide receivers. [Previous: Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Tight Ends | Offensive …
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The Buckeyes go into the offseason needing to replace two of the best wide receivers in Ohio State history. We have already discussed how OSU will go about replacing Garrett Wilson, so now it’s time to give the same treatment to Chris Olave, who is arguably the most underrated receiver in school history. Olave is …
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LOS ANGELES – Sometimes you don’t know you’re watching history in the making until it’s all over and you take a step back and the picture becomes perfectly clear. Other times, however, it is clear from the outset. Saturday was the latter. Ohio State sophomore wide receiver Smith-Njigba caught 15 passes for 347 yards and …
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If there’s such a thing as the Rose Bowl no one wanted, this was it for Ohio State. The Buckeyes got waxed by their rivals to close the regular season and that already prompted an upcoming change at defensive coordinator. Several key players opted out of the game — a decision I respect and understand …
PASADENA, Calif. — Ohio State sophomore wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba is now the sole owner of the Buckeyes’ single season records for receptions and receiving yards, as well as the record for most receiving yards in a single game. Smith-Njigba set the new record on a 50-yard reception on a second-quarter drive in Saturday’s Rose …
LOS ANGELES — And a sophomore shall lead them. Coming into this season, the expectations at wide receiver for the Buckeyes were that Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave would lead the passing game and that sophomore Jaxon Smith-Njigba would be a nice third option for new quarterback CJ Stroud. Well, as far as third options …
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The catch was a simple in-route on first-and-20 early in the third quarter of Saturday’s 59-31 win over Purdue. The play gained 26 yards for the Buckeyes, but more than that, it put sophomore receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba into the Ohio State record books. The 26-yard gain pushed Smith-Njigba over 1,000 yards receiving on the season. …
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Ohio State visited Lincoln on Saturday looking to get the offense back on track after some red zone struggles against Penn State. The Huskers have a statistically good defense in the red zone but have struggled at times defending other areas of the field. That’s a longwinded way of saying that Nebraska generally may give …
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People will tell you that the biggest games are the hardest ones to predict, but those people are idiots. It’s not about the size of the game in the prediction, but rather the size of the prediction in the game. For a professional, every prediction is big. There are no small predictions, just small predictors. …
The college football world caught a glimpse last year of what Jaxon Smith-Njigba was capable of doing, and it only took one game. Buckeye quarterback Justin Fields found the freshman receiver running in the back of the end zone in last year’s opener at Nebraska. The pass was completed but it looked to be well …
Every day until fall camp begins for Ohio State, we will profile a different Buckeye football player. Today that player is sophomore receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba. Yesterday it was cornerback Sevyn Banks. You can find all of the daily Scoop Profiles right here. Jaxon Smith-Njigba No. 11 | Wide Receiver | 6-0 197 | Sophomore | …
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