JuJu Smith-Schuster

John Sherman "JuJu" Smith-Schuster (born November 22, 1996) is an American football wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at USC, where he was a Rose Bowl champion in his junior year, before declaring for the 2017 NFL Draft. He was selected by the Steelers in the second round of the draft.

JuJu Smith-Schuster
Smith-Schuster with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2019
No. 19 – Pittsburgh Steelers
Position:Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1996-11-22) November 22, 1996
Long Beach, California
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school:Long Beach Polytechnic
(Long Beach, California)
College:USC
NFL Draft:2017 / Round: 2 / Pick: 62
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of 2020
Receptions:308
Receiving yards:3,726
Return yards:240
Total touchdowns:27
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Smith-Schuster is the holder of several NFL records, including being the youngest player ever 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 esports. In 2019, Smith-Schuster was ranked as one of the NFL's most marketable players.[1]

Early years

Smith-Schuster began playing football at the age of eight. He changed his name in football program listings in 2012 from "John" to "JuJu," a nickname an aunt gave him when he was young, and legally changed his last name from "Smith" to "Smith-Schuster" while in college as a tribute to his step-father.[2] In his youth, Smith-Schuster was coached by Snoop Dogg when he played youth football with the Snoop Youth Football League,[3] where Snoop gave Smith-Schuster the nickname "Sportscenter," telling the boy that he believed one day his highlights would be shown on the flagship ESPN show.[2]

He later attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California, the high school that at that time had the record for sending the most football players to careers in the NFL out of any in the United States.[4] He played wide receiver and safety for the school's Jackrabbits football team.[5] Smith-Schuster was rated by Rivals.com as a five-star recruit and was ranked as the second-best wide receiver in his class and the 24th-best player overall.[6] He initially decided to attend Oregon, but then announced he would attend the University of Southern California (USC) to play college football under then-head coach Steve Sarkisian[7] during his televised commitment.[8]

College career

Smith-Schuster earned immediate playing time as a true freshman in 2014.[9][10] In his first career game, he had four receptions for 123 yards against Fresno State.[11] Against the Washington State Cougars, he had six receptions for 74 yards and three touchdowns.[12] He finished the 2014 season with 54 receptions for 724 yards and five touchdowns.[13] As a sophomore in 2015, Smith-Schuster played 14 games with a career-high 1,454 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns.[14]

As a junior in 2016 the Trojans used Smith-Schuster less.[15] He played in 13 games with 914 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns.[16] That year he also helped the Trojans to a victory in the Rose Bowl[2] over the Penn State Nittany Lions, catching seven passes for 133 yards and a receiving touchdown over the course of the game.[17] After the 2016 season, Smith-Schuster announced on Twitter[2] that he had decided to forgo his senior year and enter the 2017 NFL Draft,[18] before signing with sports agency Roc Nation.[2] Fellow USC alum Lynn Swann said of Smith-Schuster's pro-potential based upon his college career, "He's got the size. He's got the strength. He's got the attitude ... In JuJu, you've got a guy who's got the kind of versatility you might be looking for."[19] Though he left before graduation, Smith-Schuster later returned to take summer courses at USC in order to work towards finishing his university degree.[20]

College statistics
YearTeamGGSReceivingRushingKick returnDefense
RecYdsAvgTDAttYdsAvgTDKrYdsAvgTDSoloAstTotal
2014USC 13135472413.45231.501113212.00415
2015USC 1414891,45416.310144.0045112.80101
2016USC 13137091413.1105275.40122.00202
Career40402133,09214.5258344.301618511.60718

Source:[21]

Professional career

Smith-Schuster received an invitation to the NFL Combine and performed nearly all of the combine drills and positional drills except for the three-cone drill and short shuttle. He opted to attend USC's Pro Day and performed the short shuttle and three-cone drill. In addition, he performed the vertical and broad jump and improved his combine number on both.[22] The Dallas Cowboys were the only team to hold a private workout with Smith-Schuster and showed heavy interest in him.[23] He was ranked as the fourth best wide receiver in the draft by Sports Illustrated and ESPN, and ninth by NFLDraftScout.com and draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr.[24][25][26]

External video
Smith-Schuster's NFL Combine Workout
Juju Smith-Schuster runs the 40-yard dash
Juju Smith-Schuster bench presses 15 reps
Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand size40-yard dash10-yard split20-yard split20-yard shuttleThree-cone drillVertical jumpBroad jumpBench press
6 ft 1 3⁄8 in
(1.86 m)		 215 lb
(98 kg)		 32 7⁄8 in
(0.84 m)		 10 1⁄2 in
(0.27 m)		4.54 s1.55 s2.65 s4.18 s6.93 s33 1⁄2 in
(0.85 m)		10 ft 3 in
(3.12 m)		15 reps
All values from NFL Combine/USC's Pro Day[27][22]

The Pittsburgh Steelers selected Smith-Schuster in the second round (62nd overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft.[28] He was the youngest player selected in the 2017 Draft and was the 13th USC wide receiver drafted in the last 15 years.[29]

External video
Steelers draft Smith-Schuster 62nd overall
Smith-Schuster emotional after draft call

2017 season: Rookie year
See also: 2017 Pittsburgh Steelers season

On May 17, 2017, the Steelers signed him to a four-year, $4.19 million contract with $1.84 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $1.19 million.[30]

Smith-Schuster entered training camp competing with Sammie Coates, Darrius Heyward-Bey, Eli Rogers, Marcus Tucker, and Justin Hunter to be the Steelers' third option at wide receiver on their depth chart. He was named the sixth wide receiver on the Steelers' depth chart to begin the regular season behind Antonio Brown, Martavis Bryant, Heyward-Bey, Rogers, and Hunter.[31]

Smith-Schuster made his NFL debut in the Steelers' season-opening victory over the Cleveland Browns and was credited with his first career start as a kick returner, returning one kick for four yards.[32] When Smith-Schuster made his debut, he was the youngest player in the NFL.[33] In Week 2, Smith-Schuster recorded his first career reception and caught his first career touchdown on a four-yard pass from quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, as the Steelers defeated the Minnesota Vikings by a score of 26–9.[34] During the Vikings game, Smith-Schuster became the youngest NFL player to score a touchdown since running back Andy Livingston in 1964. He also became the second-youngest player in NFL history to catch a touchdown behind Arnie Herber, who was 60 days younger than Smith-Schuster when he caught a touchdown in 1930.[35]

During Week 7 against the Cincinnati Bengals, Smith-Schuster caught his third touchdown pass of the season, a 31-yard reception, becoming the first player in NFL history to score three touchdowns before the age of 21.[36] On October 29, 2017, Smith-Schuster made his first career start at wide receiver and had a breakout performance with a season-high seven receptions for 193 receiving yards and scored a 97-yard touchdown during a 20–15 victory on Sunday Night Football against the Detroit Lions. The 97-yard touchdown reception was also the longest pass play in team history and the longest touchdown reception in the league during the 2017 season.[37][38] Smith-Schuster started at wide receiver in place of Martavis Bryant, who was benched by head coach Mike Tomlin after publicly asking for a trade.[39][40] His 193 yards was second only to Jimmy Orr's 205 in 1958 for the most receiving yards by a Steelers rookie and the most by any NFL rookie since Mike Evans' 209 in Week 11 of 2014.[41] He was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his Week 8 performance.[42]

On December 5, 2017, Smith-Schuster was suspended for one game after delivering a blindsided block to Cincinnati Bengals' linebacker Vontaze Burfict in Week 13.[43] In Week 17, he had a 96-yard kick return for a touchdown and also caught nine passes for 143 yards and a touchdown during a 28–24 victory against the Cleveland Browns. With this performance, Smith-Schuster became the youngest player in NFL history to have over 1,000 all-purpose yards.[44] He was also named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his kick return touchdown.[45] He finished the season with 58 receptions for 917 yards and seven touchdowns, with the latter two statistics leading all rookies.[46][47] He was named the Polynesian Pro Football Player of the Year for 2017.[48]

The Steelers finished first in the AFC North with a 13–3 record and earned a first-round bye. On January 14, 2018, Smith-Schuster started in his first playoff game and made three receptions for five yards and a late touchdown in a narrow 45–42 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars in the Divisional Round.[49]

2018 season
Smith-Schuster in 2018
See also: 2018 Pittsburgh Steelers season

On January 18, 2018, the Pittsburgh Steelers promoted quarterback's coach Randy Fichtner to offensive coordinator after they opted not to renew former offensive coordinator Todd Haley's contract.[50] Smith-Schuster entered training camp slated as a starting wide receiver after the Steelers traded Martavis Bryant to the Oakland Raiders for a third-round pick in the 2018 NFL Draft.[51] Tomlin named Smith-Schuster a starting wide receiver to begin the regular season, alongside Antonio Brown.[52]

Smith-Schuster started his second NFL season strong with nine receptions for 116 receiving yards in the 21–21 tie against the Cleveland Browns.[53] He followed that performance up with a career-high 13 receptions for 121 receiving yards and a touchdown in a 42–37 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.[54] In Week 3, against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he recorded nine receptions for 116 yards in the 30–27 victory on Monday Night Football.[55] Smith-Schuster broke another NFL record on November 25, 2018 against the Denver Broncos when he became to the first player ever to have two offensive touchdowns of at least 97 yards. The touchdown was part of a 13-reception, 189-yard performance in the loss.[56][57] In Week 14 against the Oakland Raiders, Smith-Schuster caught 8 passes for 130 yards and 2 touchdowns in a 24–21 loss. During Week 16 against the New Orleans Saints, Smith-Schuster finished with 115 receiving yards as the Steelers lost 28–31; however, as the Steelers were progressing down the field into scoring position, Smith-Schuster committed a game-ending fumble.[58] This would ultimately be one of the causes of the Steelers missing the playoffs that season, as wins by the Baltimore Ravens and Indianapolis Colts the following week officially eliminated them.

Smith-Schuster was voted team MVP by his teammates for the 2018 season, finishing the season with a team-high 111 receptions and 1,426 yards.[59] He also had seven touchdowns on the season, finishing second on the team only to Antonio Brown's 15 touchdown catches.[60] Smith-Schuster made his first career Pro Bowl in 2018 as an alternate, after Brown announced that he would not participate in the game because of an injury.[61] He received an overall grade of 81.8 from Pro Football Focus in 2018, which ranked as the 16th highest grade among all qualifying wide receivers.[62]

2019 season
See also: 2019 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Prior to the start of the season, the Steelers traded Antonio Brown to the Oakland Raiders making Smith-Schuster the team's number one wide receiver.[63] In Week 1 against the New England Patriots, Smith-Schuster caught six passes for 78 yards in the 33–3 loss.[64] In Week 2 against the Seattle Seahawks, Smith-Schuster caught five passes for 84 yards as the Steelers lost 26–28.[65] In the game, Smith-Schuster passed Randy Moss as the youngest wide receiver to reach 2500 receiving yards (22 years, 297 days).[66] In Week 3 against the San Francisco 49ers, Smith-Schuster caught three passes for 81 yards and a 76-yard touchdown pass as the Steelers lost 24–20.[67] Following a quiet Week 4 game against the Cincinnati Bengals, in which the Steelers notched their first win,[68] Smith-Schuster caught seven passes for 75 yards and a touchdown in Week 5 against the Baltimore Ravens. However, after the game went into overtime, he fumbled after catching a pass as Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey punched the ball out of Smith-Schuster's arms. The fumble was costly as it allowed Baltimore to kick the game-winning field goal, sending the Steelers to a 26–23 overtime loss.[69]

In Week 8 against the Miami Dolphins on Monday Night Football, Smith-Schuster caught five passes for 103 yards and a touchdown in the 27–14 win. This was Smith-Schuster's first 100-yard receiving game of the season.[70] In Week 11 against the Cleveland Browns on Thursday Night Football, Smith-Schuster was knocked out after cornerback Greedy Williams delivered a helmet-to-helmet hit on him. Prior to the injury, Smith-Schuster caught two passes for 21 yards in the 21–7 loss.[71] He missed all but the last two games of the season as he also suffered a knee injury from the Cleveland game.[72] Smith-Schuster finished the 2019 season with a career-low 552 yards and three touchdowns on 42 catches.[73]

2020 season
See also: 2020 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Smith-Schuster started the 2020 season off strong with six receptions for 69 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns in the 26–16 victory over the New York Giants on Monday Night Football.[74] In Week 9 against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium, Smith-Schuster recorded 6 catches for 93 yards and a touchdown during the 24–19 win. After Smith-Schuster caught the aforementioned touchdown, he attempted to celebrate on the star at midfield, but was stopped by various Cowboy defenders.[75] In Week 16 against the Indianapolis Colts, Smith-Schuster recorded 9 catches for 96 yards, including the 25 yard game winning touchdown, during the 28–24 win.[76]

Smith-Schuster was the subject of controversy after dancing on several other opponents' midfield logos for his TikTok followers prior to road games, including the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals. Both teams took offense to Smith-Schuster's pre-game antics and used it as incentive to beat the Steelers,[77][78] with Bengals safety Vonn Bell landing a vicious hit on Smith-Schuster and forcing a fumble during the Bengals' 27-17 victory in Week 15.[78]

Overall, Smith-Schuster rebounded in his contract year with the Steelers, catching 97 passes for 831 yards and a career-high 9 touchdowns operating mainly out of the slot.[79]

In the Wild Card round of the playoffs against the Cleveland Browns, Smith-Schuster recorded 13 catches for 157 yards and a touchdown during the 48–37 loss.[80]

NFL statistics
Legend
Led the league
Bold Career high

Regular season
NFL career statistics
Year Team Games Receiving Rushing Returning Fumbles
GPGSRecYdsAvgLngTDAttYdsAvgLngTDRetYdsAvgLngTDFumLost
2017PIT 1475891715.897T7000.000924026.796T100
2018PIT 16131111,42612.897T711313.0130000.00011
2019PIT 12124255213.176T3000.000000.00011
2020PIT 1614978318.631T9000.000000.00031
Career42323083,72612.197T2611313.0130924026.796T153

Postseason
Postseason statistics
Year Team Games Receiving Rushing Returning Fumbles
GPGSRecYdsAvgLngTDAttYdsAvgLngTDRetYdsAvgLngTDFumLost
2017PIT 11351.741––––––––––00
2020PIT 111315712.1331––––––––––00
Totals221616210.1332––––––––––00

NFL records
  • First player in NFL history to score five touchdowns before his 21st birthday[81]
  • Youngest player to record at least 150 receiving yards in a single game[82]
  • First player to have two offensive touchdowns of at least 97 yards[83]
  • Youngest receiver with 1,500 receiving yards[84]
  • Youngest receiver with 2,500 receiving yards [66]

Steelers franchise records
  • Longest touchdown reception in franchise history (97 yards)[85]
  • Youngest receiver to record over 1,000 receiving yards in a season (2018)[86]
  • Fewest games needed to reach 1,500 career receiving yards (21)[84]

Personal life

Smith-Schuster is of African American and Samoan descent and was raised in Long Beach, California. He is the second-eldest of seven children and identifies as a Christian.[87] His cousin, Johnny Nansen, was formerly an assistant coach at USC. Smith-Schuster's nickname "JuJu" came from his aunt when he was a few months old. She initially called him "John-John" before opting to call him "JuJu" instead.[88] He has one biological sister named So'omalo and their father was not active in their lives.[89] His stepfather, Lawrence Schuster, was introduced to his mother, Sammy (Toa) when Smith-Schuster was four years old.[88] Smith-Schuster legally hyphenated his last name after he turned 18, adding Schuster in honor of his stepfather.[90] Smith-Schuster states he grew up a fan of USC and looked up to wide receivers Marqise Lee, Robert Woods, and Nelson Agholor.[91]

Digital media

Smith-Schuster has built a widely-viewed presence on many social media, including TikTok,[92] YouTube,[93] Twitter,[94] and Twitch.

Smith-Schuster has used Twitch to stream himself playing games including Fortnite and Call of Duty: WWII.[15] In 2018 he participated in Ninja's record-breaking Fortnite stream including Drake and Travis Scott.[95] While injured during the 2019 season, Smith-Schuster participated in a live Thursday Night Football stream with TimTheTatman, for which he was paid $100,000.[15][96]

In February 2018, Smith-Schuster announced a partnership with the popular gaming group FaZe Clan to sell merchandise.[97] He now has a YouTube channel using his full name that posts Call of Duty, Fortnite Battle Royale, and daily life videos that often feature his French bulldog Boujee.[98][99]

In October 2020, Smith-Schuster announced that he would own a new esports team called Team Diverge. The team intends to include content from other athletes and musicians and would establish its own gaming house after the 2020 NFL season ends.[100][101]

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