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Which Ohio State football record is next to be broken?
Brett’s answer: Max Klare will break the single-season tight end receptions record
Currently, the Ohio State single-season record for receptions by a tight end is the 55 catches Billy Anders made all the way back in 1966. After years of tight ends not being featured all that much in Ohio State’s passing attack, lately there has been an uptick in targets for the tight ends. Cade Stover hauled in 41 passes in 2023, while last season, Gee Scott Jr. made some big catches during the Buckeye playoff run.
The newest tight end on the Ohio State roster is Max Klare, who transferred into the program from Purdue following the conclusion of the 2024 regular season of the Boilermakers. On a Purdue team that was dreadful last season, Klare was one of the few bright spots, catching 51 passes. It’ll be interesting to see how Klare plays when surrounded by a functioning offense. Opponents of the Boilermakers last year didn’t have much to prepare for aside from slowing down Klare, and he still was able to record more than 50 receptions.
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Matt’s answer: Jeremiah Smith will break the single-season receptions record
Brett said it right there in his response, “Obviously, the top target for Ohio State in the passing game is going to be Jeremiah Smith.”
Brett knows it, I know it, you know, every defensive coach and player in the country knows it, every NFL scout knows it, and yet none of that makes one single, solitary bit of difference. As his cousin, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith said, Jeremiah has the ability to be the best wide receiver of all time; not best Ohio State receiver of all time, not best college receiver of all time, but actual, legitimate GOAT wide receiver.
While J.J. will clearly get massive levels of attention from opposing defenses this fall, with Carnell Tate, Brandon Inniss, and the rest of Brian Hartline’s room, defensive coordinators will have to pick their poison. So, I fully anticipate Jeremiah getting his fair share of catches.
Last season, he hauled in 76, which is 19 behind Jaxon Smith-Njigba record-setting 95 from 2021. But what’s funny about Smith’s 2024 total is that he wasn’t even No. 1 on the team last year; that was Emeka Egbuka with 81.
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Just sayin': Any other Ohio State football records that you think might be broken in 2025?
