JSN, Ward selected for Pro Bowl Games​

Smith-Njigba was officially recognized as one of the NFL’s best players for the 2025 season on Tuesday as he was selected as a Pro Bowler.

JSN is one of two Buckeyes on the initial rosters for the Pro Bowl Games along with Cleveland Browns cornerback Denzel Ward, who was selected as a Pro Bowler for the third straight year and the fifth time overall. Smith-Njigba was named a starting wide receiver for the NFC while Ward was chosen as a backup cornerback for the AFC.

As a member of the team that currently holds the No. 1 seed in the NFC, Smith-Njigba will hope he’s unable to play in the Pro Bowl Games, which will be held during Super Bowl week this year on Tuesday, Feb. 3. The event will be televised by ESPN, starting at 6:30 p.m., with the flag football game – which is now the main event of the Pro Bowl Games rather than a traditional football game – set to begin at 8 p.m.

JSN, Ward selected for Pro Bowl Games​

Smith-Njigba was officially recognized as one of the NFL’s best players for the 2025 season on Tuesday as he was selected as a Pro Bowler.

JSN is one of two Buckeyes on the initial rosters for the Pro Bowl Games along with Cleveland Browns cornerback Denzel Ward, who was selected as a Pro Bowler for the third straight year and the fifth time overall. Smith-Njigba was named a starting wide receiver for the NFC while Ward was chosen as a backup cornerback for the AFC.

As a member of the team that currently holds the No. 1 seed in the NFC, Smith-Njigba will hope he’s unable to play in the Pro Bowl Games, which will be held during Super Bowl week this year on Tuesday, Feb. 3. The event will be televised by ESPN, starting at 6:30 p.m., with the flag football game – which is now the main event of the Pro Bowl Games rather than a traditional football game – set to begin at 8 p.m.

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Urban understands this situation more than anyone - and was able to navigate it with 2 national titles. We forget that OSU isn’t like other programs, most of the time we just need our HC to be a manager of the game, not the playcaller. You don’t need your company president to run every move of the operations, just the aggregate. But also Day cut his OSU teeth calling plays under Urban, allowing each of them to be successful in their own rights. I think Day will do great calling plays, and he enjoys it. He loves the schematics of it and as long as Hartline and the rest of the offensive assistants are able to help him with personnel, analytics, and recommendations, we will see s as very explosive offense in the tournament.

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Oh8ch said:

In terms of returning integrity to the program Poggi may be the best candidate out there.

Thus he has no chance at the job.

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Actually that's probably whittingham but they don't see to want that

CARSON HINZMAN, FUTURE COMEDIAN? I hope Carson Hinzman has a long, prosperous football career ahead of him. But if things don’t work out on the gridiron, he may have a future in stand-up comedy. (I could, too, but I prefer to sit.) Hinzman had Ohio State beat reporters belly laughing Monday during the team’s Cotton Bowl press conferences.

The first round of laughs came when Hinzman realized the press conference had a Zoom component. With a reporter’s question coming through the speakers above him, Hinzman jokingly looked up at the ceiling to answer.

Another hilarious moment followed during an exchange with Doug Lesmerises about Gabe VanSickle’s nickname, “Sicko Mode.” Hinzman shared several nicknames for Ohio State’s offensive linemen, including “Piggy” for Austin Siereveld, “Tigre” for Tegra Tshabola and “Dilla” for Joshua Padilla.

“I don’t think anyone actually knows his real name,” Hinzman said of Padilla.

Other nicknames included “Big J” for Julian Goines-Jackson and “Big E” for Ethan Onianwa. Hinzman declined to share his own nickname, choosing to “keep that one under wraps for now.”

“It’s been fun to be a part of a group like that that came together after a lot of experience left from last year’s team,” Hinzman said. “Playing these big games with them is pretty special.”


Last but not least, Hinzman addressed his bleach-blonde hair. When asked if it was a mistake, he said:

“I don’t know. All the guys are like, ‘When is it gonna wash out?’ And I was like, ‘That’s actually the funny thing about bleaching your hair — it doesn’t.’ Unfortunately, it was really cool until I woke up the next morning. I was like, ‘Oh, I’m still blond,’” Hinzman said.

Hinzman said it will be cool once his hair turns into frosted tips — à la *NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys in the ’90s. His girlfriend disagrees.

“We’ll see,” Hinzman said. “My girlfriend’s not necessarily the biggest proponent of it, so we’ll see.”

We need this man in front of a microphone more often.

“THAT WAS SOMETHING SERIOUS.” Before Ohio State faced UCLA, Jeremiah Smith appeared on the Buckeyes’ status report with a 12-letter word we had never seen next to his name: QUESTIONABLE. Smith was injured, but we didn’t know exactly what it was or how serious it might be. He started for Ohio State against the Bruins but logged just 22 snaps before exiting in the first half.

“Something I never really had to deal with,” Smith said Monday of the injury. “I don’t really be hurt or nothing like that. Nothing really bothers me. But that was something serious I had to deal with.”

Smith later revealed he suffered a quad strain in practice, specifically to his rectus femoris — the prominent, straight muscle at the front of the thigh. According to WebMD, the website we all consult when a minor ache convinces us we’re near death, the rectus femoris is unique among the quad muscles because it crosses both the hip and knee. Often called the body’s “kicking muscle,” it plays a critical role in straightening the knee and lifting the leg, making it essential for acceleration and sprinting.


Given the pain he experienced, Smith missed the Rutgers game. He wasn’t sure if he would play against Michigan, either.

“I was like, I don’t know if I’m gonna play against the team up north. Like, I was debating if I was going to play or not because it was really bad. I didn't know if I was gonna be able to play,” Smith said. “But I had to do everything for the team. And I wanted to be out there, and I did everything I could, and we got the win.”

Smith, who said he does not regret playing in the UCLA game, also admitted he was less than 100 percent in The Game, but he’s fully healthy now. He’s excited to remind everyone what he can accomplish at full strength. Smith now turns his focus now turns to Miami — and, eventually, another national championship.

“Now it’s time to crank it up a little bit, because now it’s time to win another natty around here,” Smith said.

BuckeyeNation27 said:

The #1 overall pick in the 94 draft wasn't a unanimous AA? Did those voters have children that now vote for the Biletnikoff?

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missed on the AFCA?

"The Browns, with a franchise valuation of $6.4 billion, are the 28th-most valuable sports team in the world"

The Haslams bought the team for just under $1 billion in 2012. And somehow they still need public dollars for their new stadium. And, and somehow the elected officials in Ohio are enabling it.

BB73 said:

Worth highlighting.

McDonald is just the second Ohio State defensive tackle to be a unanimous All-American, joining Jim Stillwagon.

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The #1 overall pick in the 94 draft wasn't a unanimous AA? Did those voters have children that now vote for the Biletnikoff?