The role model who made Jaxon Smith-Njigba, whose Seahawks dreams just came true
The 24-year-old All-Pro thanks the man who threw footballs to him when he was 3 years old in Texas after getting up early for work.
Maada Smith-Njigba began throwing footballs to his younger son at home in Texas before most kids know how to catch. Or ride a bike. “He’s been there training me, throwing footballs at me, since I was 3 years old,” Jaxon Smith-Njigba said Wednesday.
Dad was inside Seahawks headquarters sitting a short out route to the left and front of his son, Seattle’s All-Pro wide receiver, Super Bowl champion and NFL offensive player of the year for the 2025 season. The son said he learned from his father “first and foremost, hard work” from all those years hearing Dad leave the family’s house in Rockwell, Texas, before dawn. Maada worked all hours as a firefighter for the Dallas Fire Department.
“Hard work,” Jaxon said. “Seeing him — like, anything that I’ve wanted, I saw him get up early for us to go get that, to have. “He is the reason I’m here today.
Just the leader, and how strong he is physically and mentally, for us to live out our dreams. ” The younger Smith-Njigba’s dreams came true Wednesday. He signed his four-year extension to stay under contract with the Seahawks in his new home city through at least 2031.
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