Ohio State's elite quaterback, wide receiver combo is the best in the country.
The question was asked about where Ohio State's elite quarterback, wide receiver combo ranks amongst the best in the country.
First, and second might as well be tenth place.
Quarterback Julian Sayin and wide receiver Jeremiah Smith are by far and away the best skill combination in the entire country. Even though it is heavily weighted because of the wide receiver, it doesn't matter much.
Jeremiah Smith elevates the level of every single person on his team, no matter what. He is by far and away the best player on every single football field that he steps onto, and that will absolutely be the case next year in 2026.
Sayin, on the other hand, has the opportunity next year to really show the country that he is not just a product of throwing to first-round draft picks, but he is a product of being an elite thrower of the football.
If there is still a debate midway through the season, it will be able to get settled on the field as these two will get to go head-to-head against some of the best in the country.
They will face off with Oregon's Dante Moore and Dakorien Moore in November, Texas's Arch Manning and Cam Coleman in September, USC's Jayden Maiava and Terrell Anderson on Halloween, and Indiana's Josh Hoover and Charlie Becker in October.
Ohio State's schedule is absolute must-see television each and every week, but specifically during those weeks, everyone will be locked in.
What Jeremiah Smith does next season will be a sight to see. In his first two years in college, he has been the best player in the sport; now that he enters year three, the sky is the limit.
For Sayin, it is his opportunity to catapult himself to the top of the sport as the best quarterback in America and prove to everyone that he is great, along with Smith and not "just because of" Smith.
The 2026 season is going to be an awesome one, and for Buckeye fans, they will have a front-row seat to the best duo in college football each and every week.
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