WR Jeremiah Smith (All B1G, B1G Frosh/WR of Year, All-American, 2025 Rose Bowl Off MVP, National Champion)

[Jaxbuck]

 

[gmen6981]

So do we J.J., so do we.

 

[Herb Kirkstreit]

Congratulations to Jeremiah Smith on winning the preseason Herbie award: "Best Wide Receiver "!!

 

[ScriptOhio]

Jeremiah Smith “Hyped” and “Hungry” For Another Shot at Texas, the Only Team to Contain Him in Last Season’s CFP

Jeremiah Smith is hungry for a big showing to open his sophomore season after Texas held him to one reception for three yards in the College Football Playoff.

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Jeremiah Smith “Hyped” and “Hungry” For Another Shot at Texas, the Only Team to Contain Him in Last Season’s CFP​

“I'm definitely hyped about this one, especially how things went last year, things people were saying about me about that game I had last year,” Smith said earlier this month. “I'm definitely hungry for this one for sure.”

“I had a chance to coach Julio Jones for two years in Atlanta. Reminds me a lot of him.”– Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian on Jeremiah Smith

 

[Tanner]

Day says he's going to return more punts. I don't like this idea. It's one of my pet peeves about Day's tenure (and I understand it's not the biggest deal in the world.) Risk seems greater than the reward. Don't understand why they had Garrett Wilson, JSN, Egbuka etc all returning punts. The whole WR room is 4 and 5 star guys. There has to be someone in the room who can return punts and who if they get hurt it's not a disaster. Just tell Mylan Graham or someone in the spring, you're our PR and have them rep all offseason.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Day says he's going to return more punts. I don't like this idea. It's one of my pet peeves about Day's tenure (and I understand it's not the biggest deal in the world.) Risk seems greater than the reward. Don't understand why they had Garrett Wilson, JSN, Egbuka etc all returning punts. The whole WR room is 4 and 5 star guys. There has to be someone in the room who can return punts and who if they get hurt it's not a disaster. Just tell Mylan Graham or someone in the spring, you're our PR and have them rep all offseason.

"He'll continue to have an opportunity to be back there because we think that he gives us something back there, as you can imagine, when the ball is in his hands," Day said. "We'll figure out game plan-wise when he's going to be back there. And we'll keep working on giving him an opportunity and working and grinding to make sure that the guys on the return team (set him up well)."

Day gave the indication that Smith was very close to not fair catching the ball and instead returning it with a lot of space. The sophomore's speed, shiftiness and strength all make him a weapon in the open field, so if the Buckeyes are comfortable with the injury risk, it makes sense to place him back there on occasion.

"If we had held up just a little bit longer and given him a chance to return that, we were in a pretty good position there," Day said with a sigh. "We were trying to keep it sort of quiet that he was getting some of that work back there."

"Special teams, we really want to be an advantage for us," Day said. "I think we have complete buy-in on our team. I think everybody understands, and we say this all the time, the best players who've come through Ohio State football have been really good special teams players."