The conversation is getting loud surrounding Jeremiah Smith, and this one between he an Malik Nabers is one that makes less than no sense.
For whatever reason, many people are bringing up Jeremiah Smith's name in a lot of conversations as he heads into his final year.
As if it wasn't already known, Smith is the best wide receiver that college football has seen since Julio Jones in 2008. Even then, Smith has made a much more significant impact than Jones did nearly 20 years ago.
That is not the point of this piece; this piece is set to argue the random comparison between Smith and former LSU Tiger Malik Nabers.
Now, this needs to be very clear. Nabers is an elite receiver and was an elite receiver in his college days at LSU. That cannot be debated.
With that said, he isn't even in the same league as Jeremiah Smith.
Just as Smith is going to play three seasons in college football, Nabers did the same. In Nabers three years in the Bayou, he finished with 189 catches for 3,003 yards and 21 touchdowns. Amazing numbers.
So far in Smith's two-year career at Ohio State, he has 163 catches for 2,558 yards and a whopping 27 touchdowns. Comparing that to Nabers three year career puts Smith in striking distance, but comparing the two apples to apples is a totally different story.
Nabers first two seasons at LSU, he finished with just 100 catches for 1,434 yards and seven touchdowns. Again, those are really good numbers. But he trailed Smith by 63 catches, 1,124 yards, and 20 touchdowns. That's nearly a full season difference.
I didn't have it on my bingo card that people were going to go after Jeremiah Smith to try and tear him down as we enter the 2026-27 college football season. Not only is Smith the perfect wide receiver prospect, but he is a perfect character off the field.
The word "diva" isn't even in his vocabulary, and he would never be that. This is a guy who knows that he is the best football player in America, but shows up and goes to work every single day regardless.
He is addicted to his process and is addicted to getting better each and every day.
That mindset attached to a 6'4" 230-pound receiver who catches everything and runs a 4.4 forty-yard dash is a deadly combination.
Enjoy the final calendar year of Jeremiah Smith as a Buckeye because we will never see anything like him ever again.
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