Is Jaxon Smith-Njigba About To Make NFL History? Seattle Seahawks Star Hits 1,000 Yards In Just 9 Games

Jaxon Smith-Njigba of the Seattle Seahawks reaches 1,000 receiving yards© Image via: X/@NFL_DovKleiman

Some players chase records. Jaxon Smith-Njigba seems to collect them on the way to lunch. On Sunday afternoon, the Seattle Seahawks star receiver became the first player in the NFL this season to reach 1,000 receiving yards, and he did it in the first quarter. Seattle beat the Arizona Cardinals 17-3 with Drew Lock at quarterback, yet the day still belonged to number 11. Now a much bigger question hangs over Lumen Field. Can a wide receiver finally cross 2,000 yards in a single season, something no one in NFL history has ever done?

Jaxon Smith-Njigba And The Seattle Seahawks Offense Lean On One Trusted Target

Smith-Njigba walked in with 985 yards through seven games. An 8-yard catch from Lock, his third grab of the day, pushed him to exactly 1,000. He ended with seven catches for 51 yards. That raised his season line to 71 catches, 1,036 yards and nine touchdown catches, and he leads the league in all three.

The support cast helped. Tight end AJ Barner scored both a receiving and a rushing touchdown, and running back Zach Charbonnet piled up 77 yards on the ground. Lock started because Sam Darnold is out with rib and glute injuries, and the offense still did enough.

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The history keeps stacking up. Smith-Njigba now has three straight 1,000-yard seasons, a feat only Hall of Famer Steve Largent and Tyler Lockett managed before him in Seattle. Last year he led the league with 1,793 yards, won Offensive Player of the Year and helped the Seahawks lift the Super Bowl trophy.

Can Jaxon Smith-Njigba Catch Calvin Johnson And The 2,000-Yard Receiving Record?

Calvin Johnson holds the single-season mark. He finished with 1,964 yards for the Detroit Lions in 2012, and nobody has come closer.

Run the numbers. Smith-Njigba averages about 130 yards per game. If the Seahawks play a 17-game schedule, nine games remain. He needs roughly 103 yards in each one to pass Johnson. That is a high bar, but it sits below what he has done most weeks. He has topped 150 yards twice already.

His teammates see the same thing. Fellow receiver Cooper Kupp put it this way: “Anything is possible,” fellow receiver Cooper Kupp said. “I'm sure that he wants that, but just the way he goes about his business, he wants to win games.”

That mindset may be his biggest edge. Sunday was not a monster stat line, and it still delivered a milestone and a win. The tough part comes next. Defenses will build their week around stopping him, and Seattle's offense depends on him heavily. If he keeps finding ways to get open anyway, the 2,000-yard chase will be the story of the second half of the season.