It’s no shock that Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith is already landing on preseason awards watch lists. He recently landed on the Maxwell Award Watch List, which is given to the player judged to be the best in the country. Given Smith’s phenomenal freshman season, it’s no surprise to see him on this list.
It also won’t be a surprise to see that some experts are predicting Smith to take home college football’s most coveted individual award, the Heisman Trophy. On3’s JD Pickell and host of The Hard Count has logged his prediction for Jeremiah Smith to become the seventh Buckeye to win the Heisman.
That prediction not only says a lot about Smith but also what he feels will come from presumed starting quarterback Julian Sayin. If Smith is to win the eighth Heisman in Ohio State history, he will need a competent quarterback to get him the ball. Pickell is clearly all in on Sayin as plug and play.
In fact, Pickell feels so strongly in the duo, he has Ohio State making it back to the national championship game. However, he would stop short of predicting back-to-back championships for the Bucks, having them fall to the LSU Tigers. Pickell has LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier finishing as the runner-up to Smith in the Heisman race.
Those are some lofty expectations for the Buckeyes, but nothing that is out of the realm of possibility. If things play out the way Pickell sees it, this will be an overwhelmingly successful season, especially with the number of NFL draft picks the Buckeyes lost. Let’s be honest, nothing outside of a win over Michigan and a national championship will be good enough for most og Buckeye Nation.
It’s a long season, and Ohio State has a tough road ahead. That road starts in just about a month when Texas comes to town for the season opener.
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Publish date : 2025-07-31 14:16:00
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