Jeremiah Smith keeps stacking up milestones, and now the Ohio State wide receiver has added another one to the list: midseason All-American.
Ohio State announced Thursday afternoon that Smith was selected by both the Associated Press and Sports Illustrated. It’s the latest checkpoint in a season that has already made him the most productive receiver in the country by several measures. Through six games, Smith has 48 catches for 916 yards and 11 touchdowns, numbers that put him second nationally in all three categories and first among Power-4 receivers in yards and touchdowns.
The Buckeyes’ star will carry that production into Saturday’s trip to No. 5 Indiana, a 12 p.m.
ET kickoff on FOX. Ohio State is 5-1 overall and 3-0 in Big Ten play.
The stat sheet around Smith gets more eye-catching by the week. In Ohio State’s game against Maryland, he finished with four receptions for 93 yards and two touchdowns.
He now sits at 211 career catches, moving past Emeka Egbuka for the program record. He has 3,474 career receiving yards, which already stands as an Ohio State record, and he is the only receiver in school history to clear 3,000 career yards.
Smith’s 38 career receiving touchdowns are also the most in Buckeyes history, moving him ahead of Chris Olave. He is tied for third in Big Ten history in touchdown catches and needs two more to take the conference lead.
The record chase doesn’t stop there. Smith has already climbed into the top 10 in Big Ten career receiving yards and now sits fifth on that list, 315 yards shy of first. He also owns 15 career 100-yard games, which ties him with Marvin Harrison Jr. for the most in program history.
He’s already put together two 200-yard games this season, becoming the sixth Buckeye ever to do it. His top performances this fall have come against Illinois, when he piled up 217 yards, and at Iowa, where he went for 206. Those two games sit at the top of his career list for receiving yardage.
Ohio State’s release noted that Smith leads all Power-4 receivers in receiving yards and receiving touchdowns while ranking second in receptions. It also pointed out that he is the program’s all-time leader in receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns, and that he is encroaching on the Big Ten records in both yards and touchdowns.
For a player already loaded with production, the list just keeps getting longer.
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