Jeremiah Smith at Ohio State, 2025
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Receiver, Ohio State, 2024–⁠26

Jeremiah Smith

Number
No. 4
Height
6′4″
Weight
222 lb
Class (2026)
Junior
Hometown
Miami Gardens, FL
Born
Nov 29, 2005, in Miami Gardens, Florida

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Jeremiah Smith plays receiver for Ohio State. Smith is No. 2 in FBS in receiving touchdowns this season. Last time out, at Indiana: 4 catches, 68 yards, 1 TD; 1 tackles. Since the Indiana game, the news has been about Smith’s injury; his status for the next game isn’t on file. He led the 2024 national champions in receiving. He finished sixth in the 2025 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 2025.

2026 so far

52 catches, 984 yards, 12 TD

No. 2 in FBS in receiving touchdownsNo. 2 in FBS in receiving yards

In the news: Week 8 Heisman Trophy power rankings: Will Julian Sayin injury hurt Jeremiah Smith?, Yahoo Sports

Cooper’s take: Julian Sayin goes down and Indiana loses 22 game winning streak!

Last game: 4 catches, 68 yards, 1 TD; 1 tackles at Indiana, W 19–⁠15; injury news since (status not on file)

Next game: at USC, Oct 31

Game by game this season, receiving yards
  1. 151BALL
  2. 164@TEX
  3. 85KENT
  4. 217ILL
  5. 206@IOWA
  6. 93MD
  7. 68@IU

Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.

At a glance

Best season
1,315
Receiving yards, 2024 (Ohio State, 14–⁠2)
Best game
217 yards
Vs. Illinois, week 4, 2026: No. 1 receiving game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 2
In FBS in receiving yards, 2026

Career highs

12catches, career highvs. Illinois, 2026217receiving yards, career highvs. Illinois, 20264receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Illinois, 2026

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2024

All-America: consensus 2025; ESPN 2024; USA Today 2024

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record

* The season in progress, so far.

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2024Ohio State761,31517.31570
2025Ohio State871,24314.31287
2026Ohio State5298418.91272
Career2153,54216.53987

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2024Ohio State4WRFr.
2025Ohio State4WRSo.
2026Ohio State4WRJr.6′4″222

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2024Ohio State951.2687th (n=581)0.92120.210%
2025Ohio State1110.9498th (n=1040)0.46104.914%
2026Ohio State741.0397th (n=829)0.4376.415%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2026 Ohio State 7 games, 52 catches, 984 yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 5vs.Ball StateW 56–⁠381512485
Sep 12atTexasL 23–⁠248164143–
Sep 19vs.Kent StateW 59–⁠3585023–
Sep 26vs.IllinoisW 42–⁠1912217472–
Oct 3atIowaW 31–⁠1411206257–
Oct 10vs.MarylandW 45–⁠16493240–
Oct 17atIndianaW 19–⁠154681382
2025 Ohio State 13 games, 87 catches, 1,243 yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 30vs.TexasW 14–⁠7643016–
Sep 6vs.GramblingW 70–⁠05119287–
Sep 13vs.OhioW 37–⁠9915314717
Sep 27atWashingtonW 24–⁠6881119–
Oct 4vs.MinnesotaW 42–⁠3767231–
Oct 11atIllinoisW 34–⁠165421183
Oct 18atWisconsinW 34–⁠0997026–
Nov 1vs.Penn StateW 38–⁠146123257–
Nov 8atPurdueW 34–⁠1010137135–
Nov 15vs.UCLAW 48–⁠10440018–
Nov 29atMichiganW 27–⁠9340135–
Dec 6vs.IndianaL 10–⁠138144052–
Dec 31 ✦vs.MiamiL 14–⁠2471571591
2024 Ohio State 16 games, 76 catches, 1,315 yards, 15 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 31vs.AkronW 52–⁠6692245–
Sep 7vs.Western MichiganW 56–⁠05119170–
Sep 21vs.MarshallW 49–⁠14370153–
Sep 28atMichigan StateW 38–⁠758312719
Oct 5vs.IowaW 35–⁠748915314
Oct 12atOregonL 31–⁠329100138–
Oct 26vs.NebraskaW 21–⁠17370160–
Nov 2atPenn StateW 20–⁠13455018–
Nov 9vs.PurdueW 45–⁠0687125–
Nov 16vs.NorthwesternW 31–⁠741000682
Nov 23vs.IndianaW 38–⁠1533401312
Nov 30vs.MichiganL 10–⁠13535110–
Dec 21 ✦vs.TennesseeW 42–⁠176103237–
Jan 1 ✦vs.OregonW 41–⁠2171872455
Jan 10 ✦vs.TexasW 28–⁠141303–
Jan 20 ✦vs.Notre DameW 34–⁠23588156−5

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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