Who played the most? Snap counts from Ohio State football's win over Iowa

In his return from a hamstring injury, Ohio State receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba was on the field for slightly more than a third of the Buckeyes’ offensive snaps.

Smith-Njigba played 22 out of 64 snaps in Saturday’s 54-10 win over Iowa, according to the tracking data from Pro Football Focus, catching one pass for seven yards.

All of those came before he left in the second quarter with a slight limp after trying to catch up to a pass thrown by quarterback C.J. Stroud.

Buckeyes coach Ryan Day said the staff had planned to keep Smith-Njigba, who had been sidelined for four out of the previous five games, on a “pitch count” of around 20 snaps, a threshold he met before halftime.

In his postgame news conference, Day downplayed concerns that Smith-Njigba had re-aggravated his injured hamstring.

For not only Smith-Njigba’s snap counts from Saturday, but also the rest of the Buckeyes, a rundown from PFF is below.

Offense (64)

• Donovan Jackson: 59

• Luke Wypler: 59

• C.J. Stroud: 59

• Paris Johnson: 59

• Dawand Jones: 59

• Cade Stover: 59

• Matthew Jones: 59

• Marvin Harrison Jr.: 53

• Emeka Egbuka: 40

• TreVeyon Henderson: 38

• Julian Fleming: 33

• Jaxon Smith-Njigba: 22

• Miyan Williams: 21

• Mitch Rossi: 20

• Gee Scott: 10

• Josh Fryar: 7

• Kojo Antwi: 5

• Kyion Grayes: 5

• Zen Michalski: 5

• Toby Wilson: 5

• Kyle McCord: 5

• Enokk Vimahi: 5

• Jakob James: 5

• Dallan Hayden: 3

• Kaleb Brown: 3

• Chip Trayanum: 2

• Xavier Johnson: 2

• Reis Stocksdale: 2

Defense (59)

• Lathan Ransom: 51

• Tommy Eichenberg: 51

• Steele Chambers: 51

• Ronnie Hickman: 51

• JK Johnson: 50

• Denzel Burke: 40

• Javontae Jean-Baptiste: 39

• J.T. Tuimoloau: 27

• Mike Hall: 26

• Tanner McCalister: 26

• Tyleik Williams: 24

• Jack Sawyer: 24

• Cody Simon: 24

• Taron Vincent: 24

• Cameron Martinez: 21

• Zach Harrison: 20

• Ty Hamilton: 19

• Jerron Cage: 19

• Jordan Hancock: 15

• Jyaire Brown: 13

• Caden Curry: 10

• Sonny Styles: 8

• Kye Stokes: 8

• Palaie Gaoteote: 8

Joey Kaufman covers Ohio State football for The Columbus Dispatch. Contact him at jkaufman@dispatch.com or on Twitter @joeyrkaufman

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