Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate on Biletnikoff Award Watch List
8/6/2025 3:06:00 PM | Football
Duo combined for 128 receptions for 2,048 yards and 19 touchdowns in 2024
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Preseason honors continue to arrive for the Ohio State Buckeyes with superb sophomore Jeremiah Smith and talented junior Carnell Tate each being named today to the Biletnikoff Award watch list. The duo combined for 128 receptions for 2,048 yards and 19 touchdowns in 2024.
Smith, who has now been honored 11 times by various organizations this preseason, smashed Pro Football Hall of Famer Cris Carter's Ohio State freshman records last year with 76 receptions for 1,315 yards and 15 touchdowns while earning Big Ten Conference Wide Receiver and Freshman of the Year honors along with being named a first-team All-America by USA Today.
Tate, who has been named a second- and third-team preseason All-American so far this preseason, hauled in 52 receptions for 733 yards and four touchdowns in 2024. He enters his true junior season in 2025 with 70 career receptions for 997 yards and five touchdowns. He has caught a pass in all 28 games he has played in with a high of seven vs. Texas (for 87 yards) in the CFP semifinal at the Cotton Bowl.
2025 Ohio State Preseason Honors
RB C.J. Donaldson – Doak Walker Award watch list
SAF Caleb Downs – Pro Football Focus No. 2 College Player; Preseason All-American (The Sporting News, Walter Camp, Pick Six Previews, Phil Steele, Athlon's); Walter Camp Player of the Year watch list; Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list; Lott IMPACT Trophy watch list; Big Ten Preseason Honors list
LS John Ferlmann – Patrick Mannelly Award watch list
DT Eddrick Houston – Outland Trophy watch list
TE Max Klare – Preseason All-American (Pick Six Previews); 2nd Team Preseason All-American (Phil Steele); 4th Team Preseason All-American (Athlon's)
WR Jeremiah Smith – No. 1 on Bruce Feldman's Freaks List; Pro Football Focus No. 1 College Player; Walter Camp Player of the Year Watch List; Preseason All-American (The Sporting News, Walter Camp, Pick Six Previews, Phil Steele, Athlon's); Biletnikoff Award watch list; Maxwell Award watch list; Big Ten Preseason Honors list (only unanimous selection)
LB Sonny Styles – No. 10 on Bruce Feldman's Freaks List; 2nd Team Preseason All-American (The Sporting News, Pick Six Previews, Phil Steele, Athlon's); Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list; Lott IMPACT Trophy watch list; Big Ten Preseason Honors list
WR Carnell Tate – 2nd Team Preseason All-American (The Sporting News, Athlon's); 3rd Team Preseason All-American (Pick Six Previews); Biletnikoff Award watch list
OL Tegra Tshabola - 3rd Team Preseason All-American (Pick Six Previews); Outland Trophy watch list
