COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba is unavailable today against Rutgers, but strictly speaking, he was not inactive. © Stephen Means/cleveland.com/TNS Ohio State receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba went through a pregame warmup prior to the Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022 game against Rutgers. Smith-Njigba was listed as unavailable for the game. Smith-Njigba went through a pregame warmup routine by himself while the rest of the Buckeyes were filing through Skull Session and the stadium walk. Smith-Njigba is sitting for the second straight week as he attempts to come back from a hamstring injury that has afflicted him since the season opener against Notre Dame. After setting a Big Ten single-season record for receiving yardage last season, Smith-Njigba has played only 38 snaps over two games this season. He attempted to come back and played a relatively light workload against toledo but suffered some sort of setback either that night…
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