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Catching everything: B1G WRs dominated college football in Week 10

Paul Harvey

By Paul Harvey

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Week 10 of this college football season is bound to be known as “Weekend of the Wideouts” in the B1G. It’s no secret the conference is home to some elite playmakers, but this Saturday, things went to another level.

It started in the noon time slot when Ohio State’s Jaxon Smith-Njigba went off vs. Nebraska. He finished with a single-game program record of 15 catches. Smith-Njigba also ended up with 240 yards – the second-highest single-game number in Ohio State history – and a touchdown.

Then, in the afternoon slot, Penn State’s Jahan Dotson and Purdue’s David Bell went off for double-digit catches and 200 yards. Dotson’s performance came in a win over Maryland while Bell and the Boilermakers spoiled Michigan State’s undefeated season.

That trio of playmakers contributed to do something that has only been done by a conference 3 times since 2000. That mark is having 3 200-yard receivers in the same weekend of the season. The most recent occurrence came from the Big 12 in 2012.

Can any player from the primetime games add to this output?

Paul Harvey

Paul is a lifelong fan and student of all things college football. He has been covering college football since 2017 and the B1G since 2018.