By Laken LitmanFOX Sports College Football Writer Jaxon Smith-Njigba ran a fade route, looked over his right shoulder, and caught an impossible touchdown pass from C.J. Stroud. He celebrated by doing the ‘Griddy’ dance as Ohio State took its first lead over Utah in last year’s Rose Bowl. “It was an exceptional play,” says Brian Hartline, a former Ohio State and NFL wideout turned his alma mater’s passing game coordinator and receivers coach. “When that happened, it was one of those ‘Wow’ moments. And it sticks with me.” It wowed Ohio State alum Kirk Herbstreit, too, who was calling the game, a 48-45 Buckeyes win. “You don’t teach what he just did,” Herbstreit said on the broadcast. “The instincts to look over his shoulder, almost like Willie Mays [catching] that football and [making] it look like he’s at a practice on a Wednesday.” Smith-Njigba, who was named the game’s MVP,…
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