{"id":348026,"date":"2023-11-21T00:45:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T01:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=348026"},"modified":"2023-11-21T02:00:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T02:00:49","slug":"lebron-james-cant-wait-to-see-elite-ohio-state-commit-jeremiah-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=348026","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James &#039;can&#039;t wait to see&#039; elite Ohio State commit Jeremiah Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elite high school wide receiver prospect Jeremiah Smith has been growing a large fan base. With his combination of speed, athleticism, strength, and hands, he has risen up the rankings and become the No. 1 recruit on the 247Sports Composite. Even top athletes have taken notice of the Ohio State commit.<\/p>\n<p>LeBron James, an outspoken fan of the Buckeyes, quote-tweeted a two-and-a-half-minute highlight video of Smith expressing his excitement to see the next great Ohio State receiver take the field.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Can\u2019t wait to see him in Scarlet &amp; Gray,&#8221; the Los Angeles Lakers star tweeted, sharing the video link to his audience of 52.7 million followers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can\u2019t wait to see him in Scarlet &amp; Gray <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GT73qt2Tfr\">https:\/\/t.co\/GT73qt2Tfr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LeBron James (@KingJames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingJames\/status\/1726654963517210708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to see why LeBron likes him. Smith is incredibly smooth, whether he&#8217;s breaking out of a tackle, running in open space, or Mossing a defender. His rise up the rankings has been punctuated by both 247Sports ranking him as the No. 1 player in the class, while both On3 and Rivals have him at No. 2 (Rivals has not updated since August).<\/p>\n<p>Smith quote-tweeted James&#8217; tweet in acknowledgement of the love being shown:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"art\" dir=\"ltr\"><img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f64f-1f3fe.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P14YoQLhTa\">https:\/\/t.co\/P14YoQLhTa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jeremiah Smith \u271e (@Jermiah_Smith1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jermiah_Smith1\/status\/1726659925332680982?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Smith broke out as a junior, recording 1,098 yards and 20 touchdowns in 14 games. He has continued his stellar play as a senior, recording 1,083 yards and 16 touchdowns in just 11 games, according to MaxPreps.<\/p>\n<p>He has been a key part of Chaminade-Madonna&#8217;s (Hollywood, Fla.) spectacular season. The team is 11-0 and ranked No. 2 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2023\/usa-today-sports-super-25-high-school-football-rankings-as-of-nov-14-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Super 25 national rankings<\/a>. Smith has recorded at least one touchdown in every game, and he recorded 17 receptions, 321 yards and three touchdowns against 10-1 Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.) in September.<\/p>\n<p>Chaminade-Madonna is entering the regional finals, where a victory would send them to the state semifinals. Smith will work to finish his high school career strong \u2014 and James will be watching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Jeremiah Smith, the Ohio State commit ranked No. 1 high school recruit in the nation, got love from LeBron James on social media.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348026"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=348026"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":348028,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348026\/revisions\/348028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=348026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=348026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=348026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}