_(cropped).jpg) Smith-Schuster in 2023 | |||||||||
| No. 9 – Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Born: | November 22, 1996 Long Beach, California, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | Long Beach Polytechnic | ||||||||
| College: | USC (2014–2016) | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2017 / round: 2 / pick: 62 | ||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 11, 2024 | |||||||||
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John Sherman "JuJu" Smith-Schuster (né Smith; born November 22, 1996) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the USC Trojans, earning second-team All-American honors in 2015. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second round of the 2017 NFL draft. With the Chiefs, he won Super Bowl LVII over the Philadelphia Eagles.
Smith-Schuster is the holder of several NFL records, including being the youngest player to reach 2,500 career receiving yards and the first player to have two offensive touchdowns of at least 97 yards. He also holds several Steelers franchise records. Off the field, he is also known for his social media presence and affinity for TikTok, which has earned him the nickname TikTok Boy.[2] In 2019, Smith-Schuster was ranked by Sports Business Daily as one of the NFL's most marketable players.[3]
- ^ Fisher, F. S. (November 1, 2018). "JuJu Smith-Schuster the youngest wide receiver to reach 1,500 yards". Behind the Steel Curtain. Archived from the original on February 7, 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
- ^ Dougherty, Tom (February 14, 2023). "Eagles' AJ Brown congratulates "TikTok boy" JuJu Smith-Schuster". CBS News - Philadelphia. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
- ^ Bittner, Adam (August 28, 2019). "JuJu Smith-Schuster ranked among NFL's most marketable players". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved February 29, 2020.