Player file
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
WR Wide Receiver · official depth WR1 · Ohio State · #11 · PRO
6' 0" · 197 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 24 · born 2002-02-14 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
SEA · active
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 4 NFL regular-season line(s) 2023–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20
#6 rec yds · 1 g2026where he ranks at Receiving yards among 151 qualified at the position · 2026 · nflverse player statistics 2026 · 2026-09-20
Inspect season and contract figures
1 car · 16 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 49 rec · 66 tgt · 717 rec yds · 7 rec TD2026 WR
nflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-10-17T05:56:05.162Z2031Signed through
APY $42,150,000 · cap hit $10,371,329
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
- 2026 · SEA · WR · 6 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 car · 16 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 49 rec · 66 tgt · 717 rec yds · 7 rec TDnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-10-17T05:56:05.162Z
Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts.
Contract
- Signed through2031Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$42,150,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$10,371,329Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- Free agency2032 · VoidOver The Cap · 2026-09-20
Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)
NFL by year
- 2026 · SEA · WR · 6 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 car · 16 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 49 rec · 66 tgt · 717 rec yds · 7 rec TD
- 2025 · SEA · WR · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved7 car · 36 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 119 rec · 163 tgt · 1,793 rec yds · 10 rec TD
- 2024 · SEA · WR · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved5 car · 26 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 100 rec · 137 tgt · 1,130 rec yds · 6 rec TD
- 2023 · SEA · WR · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved63 rec · 93 tgt · 628 rec yds · 4 rec TD
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-15 · DAL at SEADid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-16
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-23 · SEA at TENDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-24
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · SEA at KCDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-29
- Week 1 · 2026-09-09 · NE at SEAStarted. · 8/11, 122 yds, 1 TDOpen the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-09-09
Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists
NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-16as of 2026-09-09College by year
- 2022 · Ohio State · receiving5 rec · 43 yds · 0 TDHC Ryan DayCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2021 · Ohio State · receiving95 rec · 1606 yds · 9 TDHC Ryan DayCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2020 · Ohio State · receiving10 rec · 49 yds · 1 TDHC Ryan DayCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
Combine / pro day
- 2023 Combine · WR · Ohio St. · 6-1 · 196 lbvert 35" · broad 125" · 3-cone 6.57 · shuttle 3.93drafted 2023 · round 1 · Seattle Seahawks
Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source
a blank drill is one the nflverse combine table did not record — it carries no did-not-participate reason, so the reason is not on file
Injuries
Weekly injury report
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba2026-10-14 · Ankle · Practice: FP · Game designation not reportedSEA official Week 6 injury report · 2026-10-14
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba2026-10-13 · Ankle · Practice: LP · Game designation not reportedSEA official Week 6 injury report · 2026-10-13
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba2026-10-12 · Ankle · Practice: LP · Game designation not reportedSEA official Week 6 injury report · 2026-10-12
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba2026-10-09 · NIR-Resting Player · Practice: FP · Game designation not reportedSEA official Week 5 injury report · 2026-10-09
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba2026-10-08 · NIR-Resting Player · Practice: FP · Game designation not reportedSEA official Week 5 injury report · 2026-10-08
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba2026-10-07 · NIR-Resting Player · Practice: DNP · Game designation not reportedSEA official Week 5 injury report · 2026-10-07
Weekly practice observations; game designation is separate. Earlier medical history remains limited to the dated evidence below.
Suspensions / discipline
Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Transactions
- 2026-03-25 · SEASigned WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba to a contract extension.
window 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19
filings in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing); pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source
Awards
2× Pro Bowl · 1× All-Pro · 2 seasons started · career through 2026
nflverse draft_picks (PFR career honors counts) · 2026-09-20career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present
Reception Perception
- 2025 · 216 routesScreen 5.1% · Slant 14.8% · Curl 12% · Dig 19.9% · Post 8.8% · Nine 10.2% · Corner 6% · Out 7.9% · Comeback 4.6% · Flat 6.5% · Other 4.2%man 77.8% · zone 82.5% · press 80%Reception Perception · 2026-09-01
- 2024 · 306 routesScreen 3.9% · Slant 17.6% · Curl 12.7% · Dig 13.1% · Post 10.5% · Nine 7.2% · Corner 10.5% · Out 7.8% · Comeback 3.6% · Flat 9.2% · Other 3.9%man 75% · zone 79.2% · press 72.2%Reception Perception · 2026-09-01
- 2023 · 226 routesScreen 8.4% · Slant 19.9% · Curl 8% · Dig 11.5% · Post 9.3% · Nine 8% · Corner 6.6% · Out 10.2% · Comeback 3.5% · Flat 12.4% · Other 2.2%man 72% · zone 81.5% · press 69.7%Reception Perception · 2026-09-01