OSU's Ryan Day Jokes Jaxon Smith-Njigba Needs 'Discipline' After Viral TD Celebration

Ryan Day is no longer Jaxon Smith-Njigba's head coach.

But that doesn't mean he is going to stop coaching the wide receiver.

Smith-Njigba helped lead the Seattle Seahawks to a victory over the Houston Texans on Monday, but it was his touchdown celebration that turned heads. He jumped up and threw down a dunk on the goalpost, which drew a flag from the official.

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"The only thing I'll say is, as much as you like to dunk, we have to show a little discipline and a little bit of poise and act like we've been there before," Day joked during an interview with NFL Network's Tom Pelissero (two-minute mark).

"As cool as that was—my son was like, 'that was really cool'—we have to show some discipline. There's a lot of things we can do that are cool after a touchdown."

The Ohio State coach was clearly having fun at the expense of his former player and mixed in the comments with plenty of praise for the Seahawks star.

Smith-Njigba first became a household name during the 2021 season when he tallied 95 catches for 1,606 yards and nine touchdowns for the Buckeyes. He led the team in receiving yards even though Chris Olave and Garrett Wilson were his teammates and capped the effort off with a stunning 347 receiving yards and three touchdowns in a Rose Bowl win over Utah.

While injuries limited him to just three games in 2022, he still showed enough to convince the Seahawks to select him in the first round of the 2023 NFL draft.

And that was a wise decision for the NFC West team, as the Ohio State product leads the league with 819 receiving yards through seven games this season. It was more of the same Monday, as he torched Derek Stingley Jr. and the Houston defense for 123 receiving yards and the touchdown that led to the dunking celebration.

If he listens to his college coach, though, there will be a different celebration the next time he finds the end zone.