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Jaxon Smith-Njigba Seattle Seahawks · #11

Wide Receiver · 6' 0", 197 lbs · Rockwall, TX · Age 24

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is a Wide Receiver for the Seattle Seahawks, drafted 20th overall, 2023. In 2026 he caught 32 passes for 481 yards and 6 touchdowns.

Wide ReceiverDrafted 20th overall4-yr veteran
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Seattle Seahawks · #11 · Wide Receiver
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
Season avg32 rec · 481 yds · 6 td
Career avg314 rec · 4,032 yds · 26 td
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
32rec
481yds
6td
LADDER#10 in the Balladex MVP raceIMPACTBalladex Impact 50 — Rotation piece tierINDEXJaxon Smith-Njigba · Seattle SeahawksLADDER#10 in the Balladex MVP raceIMPACTBalladex Impact 50 — Rotation piece tierINDEXJaxon Smith-Njigba · Seattle Seahawks
Scouting report

Jaxon Smith-Njigba — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Wide Receiver · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Jaxon Smith-Njigba is a Wide Receiver for the Seattle Seahawks, drafted 20th overall, 2023. In 2026 he caught 32 passes for 481 yards and 6 touchdowns
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Receiving
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Big-play
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Scoring
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Receiving yards
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Volume
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Big-play
Excellent · offense
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Scoring
Elite · offense
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Target share
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Act II

Where Jaxon Smith-Njigba stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #5 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
0%MVP odds
50Impact index
424Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Jaxon Smith-Njigba — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Receiving
481 YDS
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Volume
32 REC
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Big-play
15.0 Y/R
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Scoring
6 TD
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The engine

How the model sees Jaxon Smith-Njigba

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2027  modeled
74
rec
39–109
1047
rec yds
522–1572
7
td
6–9
100
targets
52–149
11
games
5–16
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 4-season history below.
What moves the rec line vs last season
Last season 32 → projected 74 rec
Baseline (recency-weighted)
+40.3
Age curve
+1.4
Net vs last season+41.8 rec
Everything it reads
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4 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
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Position aging curve
age 24 — applied to the projection
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
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Availability signal
games last 3: 17 / 17 / 4
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The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Jaxon Smith-Njigba career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGRecYdsTDTgtY/R
2023176362849310.0
2024171001,130613711.3
2025171191,7931016315.1
2026 in progress · 4 games43248164215.0
Career553144,03226435
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Context

Are the Seattle Seahawks built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

13–4proj record
98off index
99def index
+63net
95%playoff odds
61roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades A+ (98), defense A+ (99) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 98, pass rush 99, coverage 99.
How his role moves
Projected 13–4 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Jaxon Smith-Njigba

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

2002-02-14

The beginning

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is a Wide Receiver for the Seattle Seahawks, in his 4th NFL season.

Seattle Seahawks

Turning pro

Drafted 20th overall, 2023 as a Wide Receiver.

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Jaxon Smith-Njigba is a Seattle Seahawks wide receiver, drafted 20th overall, 2023.

Chapter

Across 4 seasons (2023–2026) he has caught 314 passes for 4,032 yards and 26 touchdowns.

Chapter

Most recently he caught 32 passes for 481 yards and 6 touchdowns in 2026.

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 0"
Weight
197 lbs
Draft
20th overall, 2023
Born
Rockwall, TX
Age
24
Jersey
#11
Background

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is from Rockwall, TX and is 24 years old. He was drafted 20th overall, 2023 and plays wide receiver at 6' 0", 197 lbs.

Over 4 seasons (2023–2026) he has caught 314 passes for 4,032 yards and 26 touchdowns. Smith-Njigba is currently on the Seattle Seahawks roster.

The person

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is a starting-caliber wide receiver who has caught 314 passes for 4,032 yards and 26 touchdowns across 4 seasons (2023–2026).

Receiving314 career catches, 4,032 yards, 26 touchdowns.
Best season119 catches for 1,793 yards in 2025.
Yards per catch12.8 yards per reception over his career.
First-round pedigree20th overall, 2023.
Durability55 career games played.
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FAQ

Jaxon Smith-Njigba — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Jaxon Smith-Njigba, answered.

What position does Jaxon Smith-Njigba play?
Jaxon Smith-Njigba is a Wide Receiver for the Seattle Seahawks.
When was Jaxon Smith-Njigba drafted?
Jaxon Smith-Njigba was drafted 20th overall, 2023.
How many seasons has Jaxon Smith-Njigba played?
4 (2023–2026).
What are Jaxon Smith-Njigba's career stats?
He has caught 314 passes for 4,032 yards and 26 touchdowns.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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War Room · Draft

The War Room's draft verdict on Jaxon Smith-Njigba

AI analyst opinion · grounded in the model below
Model rank
WR3
#5 overall
Proj / game
19.6
Tier 2 · PPR
Draft cost
Rd 1
model draft cost, illustrative
Schedule
45
matchup score 0–100
FADEoverpriced at costThe Contrarian· Against the grain

A career year you'd be paying full retail for.

2025 was a monster — 119 catches for 1,793 yards — but the model tags him a regression bust at a Round 1 price, projecting a step back to about 17.4 PPG. A 36% target share that extreme rarely holds two years running. You'd be buying the peak; I'd let him slide.

Projection is a Balladex model estimate, illustrative. The War Room's verdict is argued opinion. Real stats: 2025 season. · Updated Aug 28, 2026

Current role & opportunity

Usage last season · depth chart current · nflverse
Depth chart
WR1
listed starter
Snap share
83%
of offensive snaps
Target share
37%
WOPR 0.90
Listed as the starter (WR1) on the current depth chartAlpha target: 37% team target share (WOPR 0.898)

This role & opportunity data feeds the model's competition-aware projection — snap and target share from last season, depth-chart rank from the current roster.

Weekly matchups

Fantasy points allowed by position · 2026 schedule · Balladex
Next matchup
vs NE
Week 1 · Plus
Season outlook
45
avg matchup score (0–100)
Smash / Tough
3 / 7
weeks favorable / tough
Playoff weeks
47
Wk 15–17 outlook
W1 vs NEW2 @ ARIW3 @ WASW4 vs LACW5 vs SFW6 @ DENW7 vs KCW8 vs CHIW9 vs ARIW10 @ LVW11 · BYEW12 @ SFW13 vs DALW14 vs NYGW15 @ PHIW16 vs LAW17 @ CARW18 @ LA

Each week grades Jaxon Smith-Njigba's opponent by the fantasy points that defense allowed to his position (2025), tiered Smash → Avoid. A transparent Balladex model estimate; see the full weekly matchups grid.

Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
4
since 2023
Games missed
0
listed Out
Lower-body
2
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
0
head, reported
Most recent reports
2025 Wk3 · Illness (Questionable)2023 Wk17 · Knee2023 Wk10 · Hip2023 Wk1 · Wrist

Home surface: fieldturf (artificial turf). Artificial turf is associated with higher rates of non-contact lower-body injuries — ankle, foot and knee — in NFL studies. It is not linked to concussion risk, which is contact-driven.

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 2 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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