Since Urban Meyer’s arrival, the H-back/slot receiver has been the focal point of the Ohio State passing game. The role of the position changes depending on the receiver manning it, and it has fluctuated from the likes of Philly Brown to Dontre Wilson to Jalin Marshall, then to Braxton Miller and Curtis Samuel, then most recently to Parris Campbell and KJ Hill.
Ohio State’s 2020 WR class might be one of the most impressive groups in school history, and Jaxon Smith-Njigba had the most explosive senior season of all.
Winter workouts are the first chapter of any college football season. It is also where new leaders begin to emerge. At Ohio State, new leaders are needed in the receivers room, but according to the newly arrived freshmen pass catchers, there have been plenty to lean upon. Ohio State signed four receivers in the 2020 class. Julian Fleming, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Gee Scott…
One of Ohio State’s biggest question marks surrounding the team entering the 2020 season is who will replace the talent lost in the wide receiver room. The Buckeyes have a number of star receivers coming in from the new recruiting class, but ‘Zone 6’ only returns two major contributors from the rotation last season in rising junior Chris Olave and rising sophomore Garrett Wilson.
Binjimen Victor came to Ohio State from Coconut Creek High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where he was ranked the No. 12 wide receiver in the 2016 class and the No. 97 player overall. There was a possibility of redshirting as a true freshman, but the Buckeyes needed receivers and so Victor played sparingly. He finished with just four catches in 2016. It was over his final…
Incoming Ohio State wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba had an incredible career at Rockwall High School in Rockwall, Texas. As a sophomore in 2017, he caught 83 passes for 1,328 yards and nine touchdowns. He improved each of those numbers as a junior, posting 97 receptions for 1,828 yards and 20 touchdowns. Smith-Njigba then improved upon those numbers…
Jaxon Smith-Njigba is currently ranked as the No. 33 overall player in the nation, just five spots away from 5-star status. He has also turned in some of the most mind-blowing performances of the 2019 season as he has rocketed up those recruiting ranking lists.
2020 OSU wide receiver commit Jaxon Smith-Njigba basically went supernova on Friday night in a Texas high school playoff game.
2020 Ohio State WR commit Jaxon Smith-Njigba defied physics to put up 325 receiving yards and four touchdowns on Senior Night.
The Opening Finals are now over and following the festivities, the organizers put together an annual “Dream Team” of the best players at each position. Essentially, they put together an actual offense and defense of the best performers in the 7-on-7 games and in one-on-ones. On this year’s Dream Team, there were three receivers selected…
When 5-star wide receiver Julian Fleming committed to Ohio State last Friday, he gave the Buckeyes three wide receivers committed already in the 2020 recruiting class. Fleming, the No. 1 receiver in the nation, joined Gee Scott and Jaxon Smith-Njigba, giving OSU an elite class of pass catchers before the calendar even flipped to June.
