Jeremiah Smith retains scoring touchdowns.
The star freshman extensive receiver caught a 60-yard TD move from Will Howard within the second quarter of Ohio State’s recreation in opposition to Nebraska on Saturday. It was Smith’s eighth TD seize of the season already and ninth TD total.
Not solely has Smith scored eight TDs by way of seven video games, he’s caught at the least one TD in all seven of these video games. He’s the primary true freshman since Sidney Rice in 2005 to attain TDs in his staff’s first seven video games of the season.
The previous South Carolina star had top-of-the-line freshman seasons we’ve ever seen from a large receiver. Rice had 70 grabs for 1,143 yards and 13 TDs in 2005. No different South Carolina participant had greater than 27 catches or 297 yards as USC’s offense ran by way of Rice. He additionally accounted for 13 of South Carolina’s 21 passing TDs.
Smith can also be on his strategy to breaking an Ohio State report. The 60-yard TD catch tied Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer Cris Carter for probably the most receiving TDs in a season by an OSU freshman.
Smith is a part of a way more well-rounded and harmful offense than Rice and Carter have been, however that doesn’t low cost how implausible he’s been to this point this season. The Florida native has been top-of-the-line extensive receivers within the nation and had 32 grabs for 553 yards by way of Ohio State’s first six video games of the season because the Buckeyes have been top-of-the-line groups in faculty soccer.
