Jeremiah Smith makes crazy one-handed touchdown with Iowa defender draped on him

Jeremiah Smith continues to make unbelievable plays in his true freshman season with Ohio State. The receiver delivered yet another on Saturday in a Big Ten matchup against Iowa.

Just one play after catching a 53-yard pass to put the Buckeyes in the red zone, Smith capped off the drive with a one-handed touchdown. With a Hawkeyes defender draped all over him, the receiver extended his arm and hauled in the catch as he made an extremely difficult play look easy. You can view the moment below.

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Jeremiah Smith… One-handed TD grab😳

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The touchdown from Smith put the Buckeyes up 14-0 early in the third quarter. That would prove the start of an offensive onslaught for Ohio State as it went on to add two more scores before the end of the quarter to take a 28-0 lead into the fourth.

So far this game Smith leads the Buckeyes with four catches for 89 yards and a touchdown. His score marked the sixth touchdown of the season for him, which is only three shy of breaking the school record for a true freshman.

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Ohio State would ultimately go on to win by a score of 35-7 and Smith’s fantastic play was the spark it needed to go on that second-half scoring onslaught. The Buckeyes move on to face No. 3 Oregon in a top five clash next week.

Jeremiah Smith reacts to cousin Geno Smith saying he’ll be ‘the best receiver ever’

If you ask Geno Smith — Jeremiah’s cousin and the starting quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks — there’s an even bigger statement to be made about No. 4 in scarlet and gray, the On3 Industry Ranking’s top overall prospect from the 2024 cycle.

Leading up to the Week 6 showdown between No. 3 Ohio State and Iowa, CBS Sports posted a video interview of Jeremiah, conducted by Jenny Dell, who showed the first-year Buckeyes receiver a pre-recorded clip of Geno talking about his younger cousin’s debut, two-touchdown performance from last month.

“I’ve also had the chance to watch J.J. since he was about 10 years old,” Geno said. “He’s going to be the best receiver ever. I really believe that.”

“Man, I was in the house. I was watching the whole [Akron] game when he caught that first touchdown. Man, I jumped right out of my seat. The whole house was going crazy. It was good to see that. I thought he had a heck of a game. Man, I thought he started out a little slow. I know he wants to catch that first one. He would have scored on that one, too — let’s go, J.J. But great debut. I thought he did great. He’s born with the talent, but he’s putting the work in, and he’s ready. He’s ready right now.”

Dell then asked Jeremiah what goes through his mind when he hears Geno declare that Jeremiah will become “the best receiver ever.”

“I mean, I feel the same way,” Jeremiah told Dell, via CBS Sports. “A lot of people, not only my cousin, told me. There’s a lot of people I grew up around, just playing the game of football, that have been around the game of football for a very long time, [and] they’ve been telling me the same thing. So, I mean, it’s nothing new that I heard. But it’s a big statement, for sure, and I just got to keep working to be that.”

On3’s Andy Backstrom contributed to this report.