Breaking the Seattle Seahawks’ file for receiving yards in a season was fast work for third-year broad receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
Coming into Seattle’s highway sport towards the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, Smith-Njigba wanted 158 receiving yards to eclipse DK Metcalf’s mark (1,303). In Seattle’s 30-24 win over Tennessee, the Ohio State product had eight receptions for a season-high 167 yards and two landing catches.
Have in mind, Metcalf set the earlier file in 16 video games in 2020. Smith-Njigba wanted simply 11 video games to surpass him. Does that put him on tempo to interrupt Detroit Lions star Calvin Johnson’s league file for receiving yards in a season?
How Jaxon Smith-Njigba might break Calvin Johnson’s NFL file for receiving yards in a season
Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer Johnson had 1,964 receiving yards in 16 video games through the 2012 season. Smith-Njigba nonetheless wants 652 yards to interrupt the file, however with six video games remaining, the mark is definitely inside placing distance.
