Jaxon Smith-Njigba
Seattle SeahawksJaxon Smith-Njigba has 64 catches, 985 receiving yards and 9 touchdowns in 8 games for the Seattle Seahawks this season through Week 8, 27.5 PPR points a game (updated November 6, 2026).
Model Score by season
Down 4.3 from last season.
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
STM Take
A volume-driven superstar with the year's biggest trophy case.
The case for
- 2025 NFL OPOY plus the league receiving yards crown (1,793) plus a Super Bowl LX ring; the trophy case is one-of-one this year.
- Three-tier improvement across his first three years (tier 8 → tier 3 → tier 1); the climb is monotonic.
The worry
- Sam Darnold's tier-4 QB rank shows the offense around him is volatile; the 2025 case may not survive a QB regression.
- 12.6 career YPC is below the elite tier (Nacua, Chase, AJ Brown all higher); the value still lives on volume, not depth-of-target.
What to watch: Whether the 2025 1,793-yard line was a Super Bowl-driven outlier or the new baseline; the YPC efficiency case is the cleaner long-term tell.
Full take and bio
Smith-Njigba's climb from STTM #64 tier 8 as a rookie to #17 tier 3 to #2 tier 1 with a 2025 OPOY is the most aggressive two-year trajectory at the position. The 2025 statistical sweep (yards leader + 1st-team AP + ring + OPOY) is the highest single-season honors total any WR posted this cycle. Career 3,551 yards on 282 catches at 12.6 YPC in three years is an efficiency profile that climbs every year.
Smith-Njigba was born in Nacogdoches, Texas, raised in Rockwall, and played three years at Ohio State where he set the school's single-season record for receiving yards (1,606) and won the 2022 Rose Bowl Offensive MVP. Seattle took him 20th overall in the 2023 NFL Draft. His 2025 season was historic: NFL receiving yards leader (1,793 yards on 119 catches, a Seahawks franchise record), first-team All-Pro, NFL Offensive Player of the Year, and Super Bowl LX champion.
Comps
The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.
Plays like: Cooper Kupp, Tyreek Hill, Jerry Rice. Built like: Luke McCaffrey, Trishton Jackson, Mike Woods. Coming out: Justin Jefferson, Austin Collie, Greg Salas.
Of his 20 closest coming out: 4 stars, 6 starters, 9 backups, 1 didn't stick.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba Props This Weekvs ARI Sun Nov 8
| Market | Line | Over | Under |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 7.5 | +110 DraftKings | -140 DraftKings |
| Receiving yards | 93.5 | -111 DraftKings | -113 DraftKings |
| Anytime TD | -125 FanDuel |
Best price across 9 books as of Thu Nov 5. Lines move; check the book before you bet. This week's board · Line Room
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Jaxon Smith-Njigba Injury StatusNot listed
Jaxon Smith-Njigba is not on the injury report as of Nov 6. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
This season · 8 games
27.5 fantasy points a game, 220 PPR on the season. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.
Contract2026 cap
Every year of the deal, the dead money and what a cut or trade saves on the Contract tab.
Fantasy outlookWeek 9
Our rest-of-season board has Jaxon Smith-Njigba at WR1; the model has 179 PPR points left for him this season; this week he hosts ARI.
Price a trade for him on the fantasy trade calculator, or see the whole board on the Fantasy hub.
Draft & College
Round 1, pick 20 to the Seattle Seahawks in 2023, out of Ohio State (Big Ten). He went about where consensus had him.
In college, 2020-2021, 19 games: 105 rec, 1,654 yds, 10 TD, 15.8 yds/rec. (partial record)
Recruited
Class of 2020 · Receiver · High school: Rockwall, TX
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