They Buckeyes hadn’t taken a shot play all night. They hadn’t thrown the ball to Jeremiah Smith all second half. And faced with third and 11 and Notre Dame trying to mount a furious comeback, Ohio State went deep.

Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith capped off another sensational night with a championship-clinching, 56-yard reception on third down in the final minutes of 2025 College Football National Championship.

Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith moved to second on the program's single-season receiving touchdown list after the star freshman hauled in a score in the College Football Playoff National Championship against Notre Dame.

In his first season with the Ohio State Buckeyes, Jeremiah Smith has taken the college football world by storm. The freshman put up eye-popping numbers for the Buckeyes this season. He led the Big Ten with 14 receiving touchdowns and also amassed 1,226 receiving yards this season. Both of those marks are freshman records.

The Buckeyes departed Atlanta with a 34-23 victory despite leading by as many as 24 points, thanks to quarterback Will Howard put on an absolute masterclass showing. He completed 17-of-21 passes for 231 yards and two scores, with his final completion to star receiver Jeremiah Smith being the dagger that ended the game.

Ohio State took down Notre Dame in the national championship game to secure its first title in a decade. Freshman wide receiver Jeremiah Smith shined in

After being limited to one catch in Ohio State's Cotton Bowl semifinal victory over Texas, freshman phenom Jeremiah Smith gave a warning Saturday in advance of the Buckeyes' national championship matchup against Notre Dame.