Jeremiah Smith talks first game at Ohio State

Jeremiah we're going to open up right here Tim May with uh Letterman R hey Jeremiah Chris Carter tweeted hey I dropped my first pass too and then you know it is an Ohio State Buckeye and then got on with it just what were your thought patterns there and did this day go kak you maybe dreamed or thought it would uh I mean not really I mean I just went on with the week uh my coaches prepared me great throughout the week and just scheming things up for me to get the ball so I just can't say it was only on music my coach well and your favorite catch favorite catch uh had to be the de ball the one will through uh yeah so I got do that over to the left Jeremiah Joey coffin Columbus Dispatch Jeremiah on the on the drop can you walk us through what happened to it and what was your reaction when you kind of came back to the sideline is your mentality at that point uh my reaction to dropping the ball was I don't know I can't really explain that one but when I came to the S I was just mad at myself but I mean it's football when you play receiver you go drop the ball so he can't drop it that much so I just moved on just made play dra so over here to the right Jeremy Birmingham the podcast hey JJ just this experience all of the buildup to today what was it like for you running out the tunnel the first time with 100,000 people scoring that first touchdown what I mean was it what you thought oh yeah for sure I mean I've been I'm I was a recruit so I can't see been no visit but actually being out here on the field and playing and getting a full experience or walking out that tunnel was something I would never forget and me just going that first down felt so great and I just can't think myself I just got than guard man above so that's all over to the left Andy Anders 11 Warriors you were just asked about the drop you also have penalty early on what in your mentality allows you to bounce back from those mistakes and and go make more big plays uh just move on it's football you got more football to play you got four quarters of football so just move on just keep my head down just keep working that's all over here to the right Andy backrub let man R yeah it looked like you and will were on the same page pretty much all day today just where is your Chemistry at with will right now and what's it like C pass from our chemistry is going very good right now I mean just something we build doing practice and we just going continue to build on that and it's going to get even better for sure over here to the left Cameron teag Robinson the athletic my C we asked you if you knew about the hyp suround you said you say yeah this is like NFL receivers come in and out of bur so so much you to do what you did today your first college debut what was that like and did was did you feel any extra pressure knowing kind of that around um pressure no I don't really feel pressure um I just want to go out there and play football and win and play play football and win games so I mean I know all the hype around me was crazy coming in and I just wanted to come in and be a guy just work and just not be about all hype so I mean just want to impress my coaches impress my peers around me and my teammates so over here to the right brandan Gulick Buckey now on support was Illustrated jerem I two-part question first of all how do you try to slow yourself down when you know things are flying around you the the energy the environment is crazy uh and secondly what are you working out in your game right now actively trying to get better at uh how I slow myself down just you know listen to my coaches I mean really Coach line he tell me to calm down you know the experience is very crazy me I'm a freshman so I mean and what I'm working on right now just you know um just getting better each and every day really um just working on my footwork with Coach just trying to find more things to get better at in my game that's all over to the left Rob baller Columbus Dispatch no you good oh Jeff Gilbert presos jeremi uh back to the early mistakes but you stay in the game coaches trust you to like I'm not we're not taking him out we trust him he's going to play through what's it mean to you for the coaches at this stage of your career to have that trust that you're going back out there they're not even yelling at you yeah I mean I just I just can't say I just feel like it's I think I build that doing practice I mean I feel like they trust me a lot to you know knowing that I made a mistake that they know I'm going bounce back from it so I mean it's just a trusting them that they having me to go out there and continue playing football make plays couple more plays for Jeremiah Jake trod ESPN yeah Jeremiah you got to go back to 96 1996 the last time a freshman uh here caught two touchdown passes in a deut how can you build out this performance going forward uh I could build on it by just know I know not dropping the ball I feel like I had a better game I just made mistakes and just continue to work and just get better each and every day and final question uh front row here Stephanie OT 97.1 The Fan so there's always lots of pressure when you're new to Ohio State I think to Justin Fields when he went I think it was till week eight where he had an interception and he told me it was a relief that it finally came just to get it out of the way was getting that Dro so early on almost a relief oh yeah for sure I mean I was just worri about catching the ball and just getting up field but I mean I'm glad it happened and you know I just got that know got that relief and I'm I'm here now so I'm good and now your teammates responded to that and then and Coach look they just completely got faith in you and let it write it out oh yeah yeah for sure they just told me just just calm down you good just going move on to the next that's all great Jeremiah thank you very much thank you guys