Who played the most? Snap counts from Ohio State football's win over Iowa
Joey KaufmanIn his return from a hamstring injury, Ohio State receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba was on the field for slightly more than a third of the Buckeyes’ offensive snaps.
Smith-Njigba played 22 out of 64 snaps in Saturday’s 54-10 win over Iowa, according to the tracking data from Pro Football Focus, catching one pass for seven yards.
All of those came before he left in the second quarter with a slight limp after trying to catch up to a pass thrown by quarterback C.J. Stroud.
Buckeyes coach Ryan Day said the staff had planned to keep Smith-Njigba, who had been sidelined for four out of the previous five games, on a “pitch count” of around 20 snaps, a threshold he met before halftime.
In his postgame news conference, Day downplayed concerns that Smith-Njigba had re-aggravated his injured hamstring.
For not only Smith-Njigba’s snap counts from Saturday, but also the rest of the Buckeyes, a rundown from PFF is below.
Offense (64)
- Donovan Jackson: 59
- Luke Wypler: 59
- C.J. Stroud: 59
- Paris Johnson: 59
- Dawand Jones: 59
- Cade Stover: 59
- Matthew Jones: 59
- Marvin Harrison Jr.: 53
- Emeka Egbuka: 40
- TreVeyon Henderson: 38
- Julian Fleming: 33
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba: 22
- Miyan Williams: 21
- Mitch Rossi: 20
- Gee Scott: 10
- Josh Fryar: 7
- Kojo Antwi: 5
- Kyion Grayes: 5
- Zen Michalski: 5
- Toby Wilson: 5
- Kyle McCord: 5
- Enokk Vimahi: 5
- Jakob James: 5
- Dallan Hayden: 3
- Kaleb Brown: 3
- Chip Trayanum: 2
- Xavier Johnson: 2
- Reis Stocksdale: 2
Defense (59)
- Lathan Ransom: 51
- Tommy Eichenberg: 51
- Steele Chambers: 51
- Ronnie Hickman: 51
- JK Johnson: 50
- Denzel Burke: 40
- Javontae Jean-Baptiste: 39
- J.T. Tuimoloau: 27
- Mike Hall: 26
- Tanner McCalister: 26
- Tyleik Williams: 24
- Jack Sawyer: 24
- Cody Simon: 24
- Taron Vincent: 24
- Cameron Martinez: 21
- Zach Harrison: 20
- Ty Hamilton: 19
- Jerron Cage: 19
- Jordan Hancock: 15
- Jyaire Brown: 13
- Caden Curry: 10
- Sonny Styles: 8
- Kye Stokes: 8
- Palaie Gaoteote: 8
Joey Kaufman covers Ohio State football for The Columbus Dispatch. Contact him at jkaufman@dispatch.com or on Twitter @joeyrkaufman