Jaxon Smith-Njigba can do something no one has done since 1960

Posted by Admin November 8, 2026 NFL

Maybe this year they’ll send Jaxon Smith-Njigba a trophy without a typo.

The Seahawks receiver, through eight games, remains on pace to become the first player to generate more than 2,000 receiving yards in a single season.

His 985 yards project to 2,093 yards for the full season.

The current record is held by Hall of Famer Calvin Johnson, who gained 1,964 yards in 2012 with the Lions.

And for those who would argue that an asterisk should apply based on the extension of the season to 17 games, Smith-Njigba’s current production puts him on pace for 1,970 yards in 16 games.

There’s something more immediate that Smith-Njigba can achieve. With 115 receiving yards and a touchdown against the Cardinals on Sunday, Smith-Njigba will become only the fourth player in NFL history with 1,100 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns through the first nine games of a season.

The others were Hall of Famer Don Hutson in 1942, Hall of Famer Elroy “Crazy Legs” Hirsch in 1951, and Hall of Famer Raymond Berry in 1960.

It’s amazing that it hasn’t happened in 66 years. With the rules that loosened the passing game in the 1970s, and given the many great receivers who have played over the past six decades (Jerry Rice, Randy Moss, Terrell Owens, just to name three), no one has done what Smith-Njigba could do today.