The Ohio State star passed Purdue's John Standeford on a 22-yard catch and finished with 11 receptions, 117 yards and a touchdown in a 28-19 win over Northwestern.
Jeremiah Smith added another line to his growing list of records on Saturday. With 43 seconds left in the first quarter of Ohio State's Week 11 game against Northwestern, the sophomore wide receiver hauled in a 22-yard completion that pushed him past John Standeford's mark of 3,788 career receiving yards, making him the all-time leader in Big Ten history.
Smith kept going from there. He finished the game with 11 receptions for 117 yards, including a 10-yard touchdown catch with 6:38 remaining in the fourth quarter, as the Buckeyes beat the Wildcats 28-19.
Standeford had held the record for 23 years. Smith has reached the top of the conference's record book in a fraction of that time, continuing a stretch in which he has rewritten multiple receiving marks at Ohio State.
Speaking after the win, Smith reflected on what it took to get there, telling Fox Sports it was not easy and required a lot of work. With the record now his, the conversation around Smith increasingly centers on how much higher his numbers can climb before his college career is finished.