#11
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
SEA · 2023–presentACT
JaxonSmith-Njigba#11WR
Age
24
Feb 14, 2002
Height
6'0"
72"
Weight
197
lb
College
Ohio State
2020-2022
Drafted
2023
Rd 1, Pk 20
Exp
3
seasons
Contract
$169M
4y · $42.1M APY
Status
ACT
ACT

2025 Season

Latest production
Rec
119
2025
Targets
163
regular season
Rec Yds
1,793
regular season
TD
10
regular season
Y/R
15.1
regular season
Catch %
73%
119/163
Updated 2026-06-02

Career

Team path from high school through the NFL, with draft context and accolades.
01 / Career

Career Path

2020 — Present · Includes honors
2023
Seattle Seahawks · Wide Receiver
WR · 54 active weeks
2024Pro Bowl
2025All-Pro (1st Team) · Offensive Player of the Year · Pro Bowl
NFL
2020–2022
Ohio State · WR
NCAA

Draft Profile

2023 Draft
Selection
Round 1, Pick 20
#20 overall by Seattle Seahawks
TeamSEA
Overall#20

Data Sources & Attribution

Credits
Headshot — wikipediaFanDuel. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Source file
Statistics — nflverseStats are sourced from nflverse. Carl S, Baldwin B, Sharpe L, Ho T, Edwards J (2025). nflverse: Easily Install and Load the ‘nflverse’. R package version 1.0.3.9001, https://nflverse.nflverse.com/. Advanced metrics shown here are drawn via nflverse from Pro Football Reference Advanced Stats and NFL Next Gen Stats.
Pro Football ReferenceSports Reference LLC. “Pro Football Statistics and History.” Pro-Football-Reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/. (Accessed 2026-06-02.)
Athleticism & RASCombine and pro-day measurements compiled by Ray Carpenter, nfl-draft-data. Relative Athletic Score (RAS) by Kent Lee Platte, https://ras.football/.