John Sherman Smith-Schuster is an American football wide receiver for the New England Patriots of the National Football League.
51 Facts About JuJu Smith-Schuster
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JuJu Smith-Schuster played college football at USC, and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second round of the 2017 NFL Draft.
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JuJu 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.
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In 2019, JuJu Smith-Schuster was ranked as one of the NFL's most marketable players.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster 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.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster played wide receiver and safety for the school's Jackrabbits football team.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster initially decided to attend Oregon, but then announced he would attend the University of Southern California to play college football under then-head coach Steve Sarkisian during his televised commitment.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster earned immediate playing time as a true freshman in 2014.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster finished the 2014 season with 54 receptions for 724 yards and five touchdowns.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster played in 13 games with 914 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns.
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JuJu 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.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster opted to attend USC's Pro Day and performed the short shuttle and three-cone drill.
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The Dallas Cowboys were the only team to hold a private workout with JuJu Smith-Schuster and showed heavy interest in him.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster was ranked as the fourth best wide receiver in the draft by Sports Illustrated and ESPN, and ninth by NFLDraftScout.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster was the youngest player selected in the 2017 Draft and was the 13th USC wide receiver drafted in the last 15 years.
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JuJu 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.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster 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.
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JuJu 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.
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When JuJu Smith-Schuster made his debut, he was the youngest player in the NFL.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster 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.
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JuJu 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.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his Week 8 performance.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his kick return touchdown.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster finished the season with 58 receptions for 917 yards and seven touchdowns, with the latter two statistics leading all rookies.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster was named the Polynesian Pro Football Player of the Year for 2017.
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JuJu 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.
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Tomlin named JuJu Smith-Schuster a starting wide receiver to begin the regular season, alongside Antonio Brown.
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JuJu 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.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster had seven touchdowns on the season, finishing second on the team only to Antonio Brown's 15 touchdown catches.
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JuJu 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.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster 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.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster was ranked 47th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2019.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster caught seven passes for 75 yards and a touchdown in Week 5 against the Baltimore Ravens.
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In Week 11 against the Cleveland Browns, JuJu Smith-Schuster was knocked out after cornerback Greedy Williams delivered a helmet-to-helmet hit on him.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster missed all but the last two games of the season as he suffered a knee injury from the Cleveland game.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster finished the 2019 season with a career-low 552 yards and three touchdowns on 42 catches.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster was the subject of controversy after dancing on several other opponents' midfield logos for his TikTok followers prior to away games, including the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster was involved in a controversy in a pre-game conference against the Browns.
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On March 19,2021, JuJu Smith-Schuster re-signed with the Steelers on a one-year, $8 million contract.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster signed with the Kansas City Chiefs on March 20,2022.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster finished the 2022 season with 78 receptions for 933 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns.
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On March 17,2023, JuJu Smith-Schuster signed a three-year, $33 million contract with the New England Patriots.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster is of African-American and Samoan descent and was raised in Long Beach, California.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster is the second-eldest of seven children and identifies as a Christian.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster initially called him "John-John" before opting to call him "JuJu" instead.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster has one biological sister named So'omalo and their father was not active in their lives.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster has built a widely-viewed presence on many social media, including TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, and Twitch.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster has used Twitch to stream himself playing games including Fortnite and Call of Duty: WWII.
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In February 2018, JuJu Smith-Schuster announced a partnership with the popular gaming group FaZe Clan to sell merchandise.
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JuJu Smith-Schuster 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.
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In October 2020, JuJu Smith-Schuster announced that he would own a new esports team called Team Diverge.