Jeremiah Smith, a freshman wide receiver for Ohio State, put on a spectacular performance in the Rose Bowl, earning the Offensive Most Valuable Player award. Smith shattered records and led the Buckeyes to a decisive victory.
When handing Jeremiah Smith the Rose Bowl ’s Offensive Most Valuable Player award, Rece Davis commented that Oregon tried man and zone but neither could slow Smith down.It’s hard to argue with him after his exploits against the Ducks in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals. Somehow the freshman phenom had the best performance yet of a debut season bursting with fantastic outings.
Smith, who already broke Cris Carter’s trio of single-season receiving records (receptions, yards and touchdowns) for a Buckeye freshman, snagged the freshman single-game receiving yardage record from him too with seven receptions for 187 yards and two touchdowns. 161 of those yards came in the first half, helping Ohio State amass 34 unanswered points to start its game against Oregon en route to a“He's special,” offensive coordinator Chip Kelly said. “I've said that from the beginning. I've not seen anybody like him. That combination of size and speed, the ability to track the football, the ability to go up and get the football. He's maybe a once in a lifetime guy.” Smith first donned his superhero cape on Ohio State’s first series with assistance from a gorgeous play design and well carried out fakes. The Buckeyes went play action with Smith running a slide route behind the line of scrimmage. Quarterback Will Howard dumped the ball to his top target in space and Smith obliged by splitting a pair of defenders and dashing 45 yards to the end zone.Smith’s second touchdown came on a 43-yard bomb off another play-action. Smith lined up tight to the formation and ran a deep route coming across the field toward the right pylon while Howard rolled left. The quarterback planted his feet and found Smith streaking wide open on the back side of the play to give Ohio State a 24-0 lead. “It was a perfectly run route, but the protection was there,” Ryan Day said. “The setup by Will of getting the whole defense to run one way, looked like it was a naked, and then we came back and threw the bal
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