Fantasy Upside
Seattle was the first to pull the trigger on drafting a wide receiver, taking Jaxon Smith-Njigba 20th overall in April. JSN was well-worth a first-round pick. We all remember his monster season in 2021 and, especially, his monster Rose Bowl that season. He caught 95 passes for 1,606 yards and 9 touchdowns and had a 15-347-3 line in Ohio State's 48-45 win over Utah in Pasadena. He joins a Seattle offense alongside DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett and will be one of the better real-life WR3s in the NFL as a rookie.
Fantasy Downside
Sharing those targets will obviously limit his fantasy ceiling. He's also coming off a season where he only played three games due to injury. Of course, had he not had those injuries, he probably never even makes it to Seattle. Weird how the NFL works, isn't it? He'll start off as low-end WR3/Flex.
2023 Bottom Line
JSN will likely turn into a very good wide receiver in the NFL and another good one out of Ohio State -- we're all salivating over the future arrival of Marvin Harrison Jr. -- but early on, he's sharing the work in the passing game with Metcalf and Lockett. But for an 11th-round pick? He's absolutely worth a stash and seeing what plays out through the season.
