Jaxon Smith-Njigba breaks Seahawks franchise record in victory over Titans

The Seattle Seahawks came distant with their eighth triumph of the play connected Sunday, and erstwhile again, it was prima receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba playing a ample relation successful the victory.

This time, though, Smith-Njigba, the NFL's person successful receiving yards, made immoderate Seahawks past successful the process.

The second-year receiver retired of Ohio State acceptable the single-season franchise grounds for receiving yards aft totaling 167 successful the 30-24 victory.

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Jaxon Smith-Njigba of the Seattle Seahawks celebrates aft defeating the Tennessee Titans successful the crippled astatine Nissan Stadium connected Nov. 23, 2025 successful Nashville, Tennessee. (Johnnie Izquierdo/Getty Images)

Coming into the game, Smith-Njigba needed 150 yards to interruption D.K. Metcalf’s grounds of 1,303, which helium acceptable successful 2020. After Sam Darnold recovered his favourite people for a 63-yard touchdown successful the 2nd quarter, it was not lone different heavy touchdown transportation betwixt the two, but it made it rather imaginable that Smith-Njigba would interruption Metcalf’s grounds successful conscionable his 11th crippled of the season.

Smith-Njigba aboriginal reached the yardage needed successful the 3rd quarter, and that full is lone expected to turn with six games near successful the regular season.

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It was wide that Smith-Njigba was going to beryllium a large receiver successful the league erstwhile helium tallied 100 receptions for 1,130 yards and six touchdowns during his rookie run successful 2024. But with a caller backmost successful Darnold — Geno Smith was traded to the Las Vegas Raiders this offseason — determination were questions entering the twelvemonth astir whether the discourtesy would look the same.

Darnold has proven to beryllium the close acceptable for Klint Kubiak’s offense, and Smith-Njigba has acceptable a caller vocation precocious successful touchdowns and appears poised to shatter his receptions full arsenic well.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba of the Seattle Seahawks celebrates aft catching a walk for a touchdown successful the 2nd 4th of the crippled against the Tennessee Titans astatine Nissan Stadium connected Nov. 23, 2025 successful Nashville, Tennessee. (Johnnie Izquierdo/Getty Images)

It’s worthy noting that Metcalf was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers this offseason, partially owed to Smith-Njigba’s emergence arsenic a apical pass-catching enactment during his rookie season.

The Seahawks besides announced that Smith-Njigba has moved into the league grounds books. He present has the fifth-most receiving yards done the archetypal 11 games of a play successful the Super Bowl era, passing the large Julio Jones connected that list.

No. 1 wide prime Cam Ward and the Tennessee Titans’ discourtesy made things absorbing late, arsenic Chimere Dike caught a touchdown to bring them wrong six points successful the 4th quarter. But Seattle’s defense, which has been a coagulated portion each season, came done successful the end.

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Smith-Njigba finished the crippled with 2 touchdowns for Seattle, portion Zach Charbonnet added a rushing people for the Seahawks.

Smith-Njigba volition look to adhd to his single-season full adjacent Sunday erstwhile the Seahawks instrumentality location to big the Minnesota Vikings.

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