Chip Kelly is one of the most brilliant offensive minds in football. But that doesn’t mean he can’t borrow from other innovative playcallers from time to time.

On Jeremiah Smith’s 19-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, Kelly appeared to take a cue from Kansas City Cheifs head coach Andy Reid, using an end-around concept Reid designed for Xavier Worthy’s first career NFL touchdown had.

Landing, @OhioStateFB

Jeremiah Smith has a TD in all four games so far as a freshman pic.twitter.com/IZ0TYEUf1n

— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 29, 2024

XAVIER WORTHY HAS ARRIVED.

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– NFL (@NFL) September 6, 2024

With his 19-yard score, Smith becomes the fifth Ohio State wide receiver to score a rushing touchdown since 2021, joining Garrett Wilson (Purdue in 2021), Emeka Egbuka (Toledo and Northwestern in 2022) and Xavier Johnson (Indiana in 2021). year 2022). He is also the first freshman pass catcher to rush for a point since Ted Ginn Jr. against Oklahoma State in 2004.

Smith has scored five total touchdowns in four games for the Buckeyes, a number that leads Ohio State’s wide receivers. Egbuka and Carnell Tate are the only other receivers to score touchdowns this season, with Egbuka scoring against Marshall and Tate against Akron.

NOTE: Smith added his sixth total touchdown later in the second quarter with an incredible one-handed catch.