Ohio State superstar wide receiver Jeremiah Smith is on the verge of history in Saturday's game against Kent State.
Ohio State Buckeyes wide receiver Jeremiah Smith is on the cusp of eclipsing the first leg of his triple crown campaign in Columbus on Saturday.
Smith enters Saturday's game against the Kent State Golden Flashes just 26 yards shy of breaking Michael Jenkins' school record of 2,898 yards. Smith is on pace to eclipse this record in six fewer games than it took Jenkins to get it done between 2001 and 2003.
This stat underscores just how good Jenkins was in his time because he played in a totally different era of football. But it also emphasizes the fact that Jeremiah Smith is going to go down as the best wide receiver to come through this storied program.
The all-time yards record is the first one on Smith's list of achieving the Ohio State triple crown. While he will very likely get the yards record on Saturday, he still has some work to do to achieve the next two.
As it stands, Smith trails both KJ Hill and Emeka Egbuka for the total catch record. He is 22 catches away from getting Hill's mark of 201 career catches, and he is 26 grabs away from overtaking Egbuka for the most catches by a Buckeye all time.
Finally, the touchdown record will likely be the last domino to fall. As it stands on Saturday, Smith is in fourth place all-time for the Buckeyes touchdown mark. He has 30 coming into Saturday's game.
Side note: Smith is averaging just south of 1 touchdown catch per game for the entirety of his career. Saturday will be his 32nd game for the Buckeyes, and he has 30 career touchdown catches. Two against Kent State will even that mark up at a clean one TD catch per game.
The two guys directly ahead of him are Marvin Harrison Jr. and David Boston, who have 31 and 32 touchdowns, respectively. The top Buckeye is Chris Olave, who hauled in 35 touchdowns from 2018-2021, needing a total of 47 games to set the record.
Smith should blow by all of these marks this season for sure, but might make a major dent in them all on Saturday.
He will likely have just one half to make his mark against Kent State, but barring a major injury, today is a day that he will likely become the all-time yards leader in the history of Ohio State. No one would be shocked by an eight-catch, 110 yard two touchdown day against Kent State.
If he does something like that, the rest of the all-time marks are within arm's length.
