Jeremiah Smith reacts to news of Chip Kelly leaving Ohio State after one year for NFL
Jeremiah Smith isn’t happy to be seeing his offensive coordinator leave Columbus.
Following the news of Chip Kelly taking the job as the new offensive coordinator of the Las Vegas Raiders, Smith took to Twitter to react on Sunday.
“Nooooo,” Smith tweeted this evening with a heartbroken emoji.
Smith will now have spent only one season with Kelly as a freshman this year. That included him having a record-breaking season, especially at his age, with 76 receptions for 1,315 yards and 15 touchdowns as the team’s leading receiver.
Kelly also had Ohio State averaging 35.7 ppg. with 429.4 yards of offense. That had them 14th in scoring offense and tied for 28th in yardage per game.
With that, the Buckeyes, paired with the country’s top defense, went on to finish at 14-2 by winning the College Football Playoff.
However, that successful season has now led to much turnover within the program on the roster and staff. Beyond the players that will be graduating or going pro, they have now lost both coordinators, among others, with Kelly going back to the NFL while DC Jim Knowles took the same job at Penn State.
Smith should be successful in just about any offense that any coordinator could call. Still, their team’s top weapon hates to see Kelly go now that he has taken the same job in Sin City.
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More on Las Vegas Raiders hiring Kelly as offensive coordinator
Chip Kelly is reportedly set to head back to the NFL to work as offensive coordinator of the Las Vegas Raiders under their new head coach in Pete Carroll.
ESPN’s Pete Thamel and Adam Schefter jointly broke the news on Sunday afternoon.
Kelly is coming off an incredibly successful season as an offensive coordinator under Ryan Day with the Buckeyes. That was following a stint as the head coach at UCLA.
Now, Kelly is going back to the pros where a significant rebuilding project awaits. Still, he has experience for the job with his past in the NFL.
Kelly first came to the next level after a highly successful period as the offensive coordinator and then head coach at Oregon. He took the Philadelphia Eagles job and spent three years with the franchise before spending a season with the San Francisco 49ers. He was fired from both jobs, though, with a 28-35 record overall.