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Jaxon Smith-Njigba named to the 2022 Biletnikoff watch list

We are deep in the throws of watch list season for college football, and the latest one is not going to surprise anyone by what Ohio State player has his name included.

Ohio State wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba is one of 43 names appearing on the preseason 2022 Biletnikoff watch list. The award has been around since 1994 and handed out by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation annually to the best wide receiver in college football.

The award is named for Fred Biletnikoff, who played college football at Florida State University and professionally with the Oakland Raiders.

Smith-Njigba is coming off one of the best years a college wide receiver has ever had, and statistically, the best any Ohio State receiver has had in the history of the program. He had 95 catches for 1,606 yards and nine touchdowns.

That was with the ball being spread around to a couple of NFL first-round draft picks with Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave also making game-breaking plays. Smith-Njigba is expected to pick up where he left off with some new, yet still talented faces surrounding him.

Ohio State has had just one Biletnikoff winner in the person of Terry Glenn back in 1995.

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