.jpg)
1 hour ago
2
Ohio State Buckeyes wide receiver Jeremiah Smith is ready to move onto the next portion of his college football career, as his team gears up to try to repeat as College Football Playoff national champions.
Before doing so, though, Smith addressed his late-season quad injury that saw him briefly miss time down the stretch despite the Buckeyes still playing the Indiana Hoosiers in the conference title game.
"Just a little adversity, I should say," Smith told reporters Monday. "Something I never really had to deal with. I don't really be hurt or nothing like that. Nothing really bothers me. But that was something serious I had to deal with."
Smith said he knew he could play against the Michigan Wolverines (which he did eventually), but was extremely torn until the last minute.
“After that Rutgers week, I was feeling down,” Smith said. “I was debating if I was gonna play or not because it was really bad. But I had to do everything for the team. I wanted to be out there, and I did everything I could, and we got the win.”
Now Smith's Buckeyes will play the Miami Hurricanes in the Cotton Bowl New Year's Eve, which he is 100 percent shifted his focus to.
"I think the things people will see from me is a healthy Jeremiah Smith, what they were seeing at the beginning of the year," Smith said. "There was a little bit of adversity. I can't think too much of it. It's in my past now. So I'm just focused on Miami."
Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET next Wednesday from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
English (US)