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No. 7 Ohio State's Jeremiah Smith catches 3 touchdowns in first half vs. Illinois, including 72-yard bomb and toe-tap TD

Jeremiah Smith delivered an extraordinary opening half for the seventh-ranked Buckeyes in their conference opener against the Fighting Illini. The star wideout secured three scores before halftime, beginning with a routine jump grab followed by a massive seventy-two-yard deep ball from Julian Sayin and capped off by a difficult boundary reception requiring a precise toe-tap inside the white paint.

The junior standout shook off a scoreless outing against Kent State by hauling in six catches for one hundred thirty-two yards in the first two quarters alone, pushing his season total to six touchdowns. Earlier in the contest, Smith also reached a historic milestone by becoming the inaugural pass-catcher in program history to accumulate three thousand career receiving yards, eclipsing the previous all-time benchmark previously held by Michael Jenkins.

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