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Jeremiah Smith breaks Ohio State’s all-time receiving yards record
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Jeremiah Smith only needed a little more than 2 seasons to become Ohio State‘s all-time leader in receiving yards.
The already iconic Buckeyes wide receiver entered Ohio State’s record book on Saturday afternoon against Kent State, catching an innocent 23-yard pass from Julian Sayin that, as it turns out, was anything but an innocent catch and run.
When the junior from South Florida caught that pass from Sayin midway through the 1st quarter and did his usual fancy footwork after the catch, all the way down to the Golden Flashes’ 10-yard line, it was history in the making.
The announcers on FOX immediately knew what Smith had just done, and they didn’t waste any time telling the national TV audience that Smith had just broken the Buckeyes’ record with this memorable grab:
With Smith piling up the stats on Saturday, with 4 catches for 70 yards already with still plenty of time left in the 2nd quarter, and with the 6th-ranked Buckeyes already up 28-0 as they were cruising to a bounce-back victory in Columbus, Smith’s record-breaking moment stood out as something special to take away from a likely blowout.
The record-breaking catch gave Smith a whopping 2,909 all-time receiving yards as a Buckeye, breaking the previous record held by Michael Jenkins, who starred at Ohio State from 2000-03.
Now, the record is Smith’s, and he was already busy adding to his career yards total on Saturday and will surely be adding a ton to his amount during the rest of the 2026 season. Saturday was on the way to belonging to the Buckeyes, but it specifically belonged to Smith.
Ohio State has its eyes on the Big Ten‘s ultimate prize this season. Here is what the Kalshi market is currently saying about the Buckeyes’ chances to climb the mountain and be the Big Ten team holding that trophy in December:
