CLICK HERE to download the CBS Sports Mobile App and get the latest on your team today. Get the fastest scores, stats, news, LIVE videos, and more. Smith Njigba capped off that season with a record-setting performance in the Rose Bowl, where he caught 15 passes for 347 yards and three touchdowns in the Buckeyes' win over Utah. The injury-riddled season came on the heels of a dominant sophomore campaign in which he set school records with 95 receptions for 1,606 yards and nine touchdowns while playing alongside a pair of 2022 first-round picks in Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave. I’m definitely blessed to share this opportunity with him.”Ī former five-star recruit from Rockwall (Texas), Smith-Njigba was the No. For me to be out here supporting him and him supporting me it definitely makes everything, including the transition real smooth. … It’s a blessing (to be with C.J.) My best friend. “(I’ve had) a lot of conversations with a lot of different teams. I’m just blessed I get to walk off this field healthy.

We would like to have some balls back, some routes back but I’m always going to think that. “It’s always good to be back in Columbus, my home and get back out there with C.J. “It was good,” Smith-Njigba said Thursday. Smith-Njigba worked out at Ohio State’s Pro Day this week in front of NFL teams. The team announced in early December that he would not return for the College Football Playoff. He attempted to return twice against Toledo and Iowa only to suffer continued setbacks. Smith-Njigba's 2022 season was limited by a hamstring injury in the 2022 season opener against Notre Dame.

Former Ohio State star wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba is expected to be one of the top wide receivers taken off the board this spring in the 2023 NFL Draft.

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