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Ohio State’s Jaxon Smith-Njigba tops PFF’s list of Top 10 returning WRs

Dustin Schutte

By Dustin Schutte

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It’s hard to argue.

Pro Football Focus has recently released a list of the Top 10 wide receivers returning for the 2022 college football season. Atop that list is Ohio State’s Jaxon Smith-Njigba, whose final 5 games of the year were unlike any we’ve seen in recent history.

Smith-Njigba ranked No. 1 in PFF’s top returning wide receivers for 2022 and was the only B1G player to earn a mention. He finished the 2021 season as the Buckeyes’ leading receiver.

When the season ended, Smith-Njigba amassed a team-high 1,606 yards and caught 9 touchdown passes as Ohio State ended the year with an 11-2 record. He hauled in 95 total receptions.

Smith-Njigba capped his masterful season with a brilliant Rose Bowl Game performance. In that season finale, he caught 15 passes for 347 yards and 3 touchdowns, shattering records left and right.

That performance — as well as his season-long contributions — have Smith-Njigba as an outside contender for the 2022 Heisman Trophy.

Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB