Ohio State superstar Jeremiah Smith gets candid about being named captain of the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith is such a fascinating young star. His game between the white lines is so loud and dominant, but his personality outside the white lines is very reserved and introverted.
He has opened up over the past three years, but there is definitely a wall that is put up, and he doesn't let many people in, and that is more than all right.
On Thursday, he opened up and explained the emotion that he showed after being named captain. In the simplest terms, he was caught by surprise and was not expecting to be named captain. That reality led him to shed a couple of tears.
Jeremiah Smith has been such a breath of fresh air in what has been a ridiculous era of college football. The money, the transferring, the off-field distractions- all of the things that have nothing to do with football take away from the game that we love.
Smith, however, is all about football. Sure, he is making a pretty penny, and he has things going on off the football field, but man, this is a guy who is truly just about playing the sport of football. It means so much to him to be a good football player, and it means so much to him to be an Ohio State Buckeye.
For Buckeye fans, they get the payoff of watching the best football player in the country and one of the best wide receivers to ever play at Ohio State.
He just needs about five solid games this year, and he will rewrite all of the wide receiver record books in Columbus. He was that guy from the very first game that he played on campus, and he is that guy now.
If Ohio State wants to go and win a National Championship this year, they are going to need the best out of Jeremiah Smith.
Unlike last season, they didn't get the benefit of a soft schedule, so they will need him all throughout the regular season to stay in the fight. Then, once they get to the Playoffs, if they get to the Playoffs, he will need to be great to get them to the National Championship.
He was always going to be a leader of this Ohio State team, but now it is official. He will have the C on his chest in 2026, and that absolutely means something to him.
