The legend of Jeremiah Smith grows with every game he plays, so let’s take a look at where his numbers rank amongst the greats.

Jeremiah Smith is known around the country as the best wide receiver, and to many, the best player in all of college football. He backs it up every week, from his crazy numbers to his highlight-reel catches. It seems like every week, he does the unthinkable, and Buckeye fans are very happy to have him around.

Smith had one of the best freshman seasons we have ever seen in 2024 and has followed that up with his play in his Sophomore season thus far in 2025. He sat out the second half of the last game due to injury, but his stats through nearly ten games this season have been elite.

He continues to rise in the ranks of the elite receivers at this University and has shown no signs of slowing down, aside from a minor injury. The generational talent and skills he shows week in and week out would make him one of the first players off the board in the NFL Draft, but given his class, we are guaranteed one more year with him, barring a transfer.

David Boston, Michael Jenkins, Chris Olave, Emeka Egbuka. These are all guys Smith is catching and passing in the all-time and single-season ranks. Let’s take a look at where he stands amongst the scarlet and gray wideouts.

Smith is Getting Open

There have been so many great wideouts in Columbus that the players often defend the tradition using the ‘Best in America’ and ‘Wide Receiver University’ catch phrases. Now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, wide receiver Emeka Egbuka helped the Buckeyes win the National Championship last year and broke the all-time receptions record in the process.

Egbuka finished his career with 205 receptions, joining K.J. Hill as the only guys to hit the 200 mark. Jeremiah’s four-catch first-half last week against Rutgers helped him jump Parris Campbell and Garrett Wilson, and he is now tied with Corey Brown for 8th all-time with 145 career catches. With the pace Smith is on, if he stays healthy, he should have a great chance of finishing his career as the all-time receptions leader.

In his record-breaking freshman season in 2024, Smith finished the year with 76 receptions, which put him sixth in Buckeye history for receptions in a season, as he smashed the freshman record in the process. He has 69 this season, and with many games left on the schedule, he could chase after Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s single-season record of 95 receptions.

Smith had his best two-reception numbers last season in the two matchups with Oregon. In the Rose Bowl clash, he had seven receptions, and in the road contest, he had nine catches, a freshman-best. This season, he has had games of 8, 9, 9, and 10 two weeks ago against Purdue. The record for catches in a game is 15, and a 12-catch game for Smith would tie him for sixth all-time for a game.

The Run After The Catch

Jeremiah Smith now has 2,217 receiving yards in his Buckeye career, putting him at 11th all-time for receiving yards at Ohio State. He is just 78 yards behind Santonio Holmes for 10th all-time, and will be chasing after former teammate Emeka Egbuka, who has 2,868 yards all-time.

Barring his current injury keeping him out of the next game or two, Smith is on pace to catch his yards mark from last season, depending on the run the Buckeyes as a team go on in the playoffs. Smith hauled in 1,315 yards in 2024, which was good for fourth all-time in a single season.

That number was behind the likes of Jaxon Smith-Njigba, David Boston, and Terry Glenn – three elite guys at the position. He sits at 902 yards currently, with at least three more games guaranteed on the schedule.

To go along with all the other records at this elite football school, Smith’s explosion against Oregon in the Rose Bowl last season tied him at 10th in school history for receiving yards in a single game. Tied with K.J. Hill and Robert Grimes, Smith would need 200 in a game to claim the seventh-place spot, and would need 348 to top Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s legendary 347-yard performance in the 2021 Rose Bowl.

Jeremiah Scores Again and Again

Catching the ball and running with the ball are great, but there is nothing like finding the endzone. The endzone is like a second home for Jeremiah Smith, as his 25 career touchdowns put him in a tie with Santonio Holmes for 6th all-time, one spot and one touchdown ahead of Emeka Egbuka.

One more touchdown would tie him with Cris Carter, and ten more would tie him with Chris Olave, who holds the record at 35. Smith’s 15 touchdowns in his freshman season were the second-most any Buckeye has ever had in a season, two behind Terry Glenn’s 17 in 1995. He has 10 so far this season, and if he gets two more, that would tie him for 8th all-time with a handful of elite receivers.

In both seasons, he has had three games with two touchdowns, and a game with three would put him in a big tie for fifth all-time for receiving touchdowns in a game. The single-game record is four, held by Bob Grimes, Terry Glenn, Dane Sanzenbacher, and Noah Brown.

Ohio State fans could talk all day about how impressive this kid is and how much he helps the team. Smith would tell you himself that these numbers don’t mean anything to him compared to National Championships. However, it is nice to acknowledge his success, as what he has done so early in his career is truly remarkable.