The Jeremiah Smith we all know arrived like the best wideout in the country in Week 2 and made the field feel small every time he touched it. A clean get‑off, violent hands, and late separation that makes safeties panic and angles vanish in a blink. After Texas bracketed him and forced others to win in the opener, the response was pure WR1 energy and the confidence of someone who expects the ball to find him because he earned it snap after snap.

The receipts backed the eye test. Smith put together a 5‑for‑119, 2‑TD night capped by an 87‑yard strike that showed the whole toolbox of vertical speed, ball tracking, and finishing through the line like a sprinter leaning at the tape. He said it himself after Week 1, “I just got to catch the damn football,” and then did exactly that against

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