Jaxon Smith-Njigba NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is a career quality starter — a receiver whose body of work places Smith-Njigba in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Smith-Njigba's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba

WRSEA#11ACT

Jaxon Smith-Njigba

2× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 12% all-time WRsIron Man⭐ Shooting Star · 2025Two-Way Profile

Height6'0"

Weight197 lb

BornFeb 14, 2002

Age24

CollegeOhio State See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2023

Draft2023 · Rd 1, Pick 20 · SEA

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

2x

Pro Bowls

1x

All-Pro

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2025·Rec Yds1,793 yds 8thsingle season·Rec Yds2025 25thsingle season·Rec2025

Archetype Intelligence

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A high-end wide receiver defined as much by exceptional availability — almost never missed time as by their on-field impact (top 20% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 88 · #1315 · High-Value

Worth 88 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 29% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +29.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

48

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

3

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+29.3

Avg surplus

peak +47

3 seasons × ~29.3 surplus ≈ VORP 88

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing								Passing													Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2023	—	SEA	17	—	93	63	628	4	67.7%	10.0	6.8	—	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	SF	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2024	—	SEA	17	—	137	100	1,130	6	73.0%	11.3	8.2	—	55	5	26	0	5.2	0.0	1	20.0	0	1	1	100.0%	35	0	0	0.0	0.0	35.0	35.0	—	118.8	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	—	GB	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2025	—	SEA	17	—	163	119	1,793	10	73.0%	15.1	11.0	—	81	7	36	0	5.1	0.0	2	28.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	57	—	393	282	3,551	20	71.8%	12.6	9.0	—	165	12	62	0	5.2	0.0	3	25.0	0	1	1	100.0%	35	0	0	0.0	0.0	35.0	35.0	—	118.8	0	9	9	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA63.8·2 passing · 0 rushing · 62 receiving·31.9/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2024	22	SEA	17	15*	1	1	100.0%	35	0	0	0.0	0.0	35.0	35.0	—	118.8	0	15.7
Career			17	15*	1	1	100.0%	35	0	0	0.0	0.0	35.0	—	—	118.8	0	53.3

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2024	22	SEA	17	15*	5	26	0	5.2	0.0	1	20.0	0
2025	23	SEA	17	13*	7	36	0	5.1	0.0	2	28.6	0
Career			34	28*	12	62	0	5.2	—	3	—	0

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2023	21	SEA	17	11*	93	63	628	4	67.7%	10.0	6.8	—	29
2024	22	SEA	17	15*	137	100	1,130	6	73.0%	11.3	8.2	—	55
2025	23	SEA	17	13*	163	119	1,793	10	73.0%	15.1	11.0	—	81
Career			51	39*	393	282	3,551	20	71.8%	12.6	9.0	—	165

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2023	21	SF	2	2*	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2024	22	GB	4	4*	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2025	23	SEA	2	2*	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career			8	8*	9	9	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	—	0	0

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2023	21	SEA	17	11*	675	64.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2024	22	SEA	17	15*	948	86.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2025	23	SEA	17	13*	829	77.4%	—	0.0%	2	4.0%
Career			51	39*	2,452	—	—	—	2	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2023	21	—	—	11*	—	—	12.2	0	569
2024	22	—	—	15*	2.2	0.0	49.4	35	1,186
Career				26*	—	—	—	35	1,755

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Passing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	OnTgt%	Bad%	Prss	Prss%	Hrry	Hits	Bltz	PktTime	Throwaway	Batted	Scrm
2024	22	SEA	—	15*	100.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	1	0	3.6	0	0	0
Career				15*	—	—	1	—	0	1	0	—	0	0	0

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2024	22	SEA	17	15*	17	3.4	9	1.8	0	—	1
2025	23	SEA	17	13*	16	2.3	20	2.9	1	7.0	2
Career			34	28*	33	—	29	—	1	—	3

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2023	21	SEA	17	11*	6.1	4.2	5.8	3	10	0.1	29	92.0
2024	22	SEA	17	15*	8.7	6.5	4.8	4	5	0.0	57	99.7
2025	23	SEA	17	13*	11.2	10.6	4.4	3	5	0.0	79	116.4
Career			51	39*	—	—	—	10	20	—	165	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 67 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 67 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

77

Sustained

career value

×.6

77

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.86

Longevity

career length

Blend 77 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 67· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 77

On-field 57

Availability 20

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)

2023bestavg 77elite 702025

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

21

Depth

of 100

Reached 18% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

18% of the all-time Receptions leader18

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

31.92 EPA/season over 2 seasons61

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Wide Receivers · proprietary · 2012+

76

Excellent

SIS

Yards / snap:1.473 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.473Touch rate0.165EPA/snap0.026Snap share76.2%Off snaps2,452ReliableCV 0.37

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within wide receivers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average wide receivers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2023

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

WR · 2023 class

35"

Vertical

Below avg · 40th pct

Pos 40thAll 64thClass Pos 25thClass All 58th

125"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 72th pct

Pos 72thAll 86thClass Pos 46thClass All 71th

6.57s

3-Cone

Elite · 98th pct

Pos 98thAll 99thClass Pos 94thClass All 99th

3.93s

Shuttle

Elite · 98th pct

Pos 98thAll 98thClass Pos 96thClass All 99th

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt26Rec17Yds199TD2Ctch%65.4%Y/R11.7Y/Tgt7.71D11

College Stats

Ohio StateImported college table

College Receiving

Season	School	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2020	Ohio State	—	10	49	1	—	4.9	—	—	—
2021	Ohio State	—	95	1,606	9	—	16.9	—	—	—
2022	Ohio State	—	5	43	0	—	8.6	—	—	—
Career		0	110	1,698	10	—	15.4	—	—	—

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2023 Draft Class· this player went #20

#12Jahmyr GibbsRB #13Lukas Van NessLB #14Broderick JonesOT #15Will McDonald IVDE #16Emmanuel ForbesCB #17Christian GonzalezCB #18Jack CampbellLB #19Calijah KanceyDT #21Quentin JohnstonWR #22Zay FlowersWR #23Jordan AddisonWR #24Deonte BanksCB #25Dalton KincaidTE #26Mazi SmithDT #27Anton HarrisonOT #28Myles MurphyDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jaxon inherited the Seattle Seahawks WR room from DK Metcalf (2019–2024), and holds it as the most recent the corpus records.

Daryl Turner 1984–1987Paul Skansi 1984–1991Byron Franklin 1985–1987Ray Butler 1985–1988Louis Clark 1988–1992Tommy Kane 1988–1992

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Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with SEA
2023draft
Drafted by SEA — Round 1, Pick 20

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 197 lb

Frame

35" vert / 125" broad

Explosion

Injury History

No game-status injuries on record since 2009 (nflverse weekly reports).

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 3-season peers. See all →

67

peak 77

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

B2023

B+2024

A+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 3 seasons.

100%

20232025

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity.

Era Translator

Rec Yds translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Rec Yds	Rec Yds/G	→ 2025 Rec Yds	→ 2025 /G
2023	628	36.9	576-52	33.9
2024	1,130	66.5	1,120-10	65.9
2025	1,793	105.5	1,793	105.5

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

88 career value over replacement — #1315 all-time of 4,642. 29.3/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

Led league 1×4 top-10

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #20 (Rd 1) · SEA · 2023 · +10.5 vs expected KV-H

67actual

56.5 expected · Δ+10.5

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