Jaxon Smith-Njigba isn’t just entering his fourth season in the league, he’s doing it as a Super Bowl LX champion, fresh off beating the New England Patriots, and earning the highest possible rating in Madden 27. Yeah, our guy is a 99 overall player! With his fourth NFL season kicking off on September 9, it’s wild to think he’s already played three full years, but what he did last season totally flipped the script on what we thought was possible.
JSN’s Historic 2025 Season Was Just The Beginning
Last year, during his third season, JSN didn’t just play well, he catapulted himself from a “good” receiver to one of the NFL’s absolute best. The dude flat-out dominated, snagging Offensive Player of the Year honors and setting new single-season team records with a ridiculous 119 receptions and an even more insane 1,793 receiving yards. You hear that? *Team records!* And it’s not just us in the Emerald City hyping him up: ESPN ranked him the third-best wide receiver in their annual survey, right behind Ja’Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson. All of this before his 24th birthday this past February. It’s almost unfair.
More Than Just a One-Season Wonder
This kind of explosion didn’t come out of nowhere, either. Our man has been showing his capabilities for a while. In his sophomore season back in 2024, JSN stacked up 1,130 receiving yards, giving us a taste of what was brewing. Over his first two full seasons as a starter, he’s averaged an insane 1,462 yards and eight touchdowns on 110 receptions. That’s consistent, lethal production. For his upcoming age-24 season in 2026, the projections are still elite: 1,500 yards, nine touchdowns, and 108 receptions. While that’s not quite the otherworldly numbers of 2025, it still firmly plants him among the league’s top-tier receivers, right there with the likes of Jefferson, Chase, and Puka Nacua.
If JSN can stay on the field for all 17 games again this year, there’s zero doubt he’ll eclipse 1,000 yards for the third straight season. That kind of consistent performance is massive for Seattle’s receiving corps, especially with our quarterback Sam Darnold looking to feed him the rock. Get ready, 12s, because his fourth season is about to start in a little over a month, and Jaxon Smith-Njigba is looking to prove he’s still got plenty of lightning left to capture.
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Originally reported by Field Gulls.
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