Seattle Seahawks receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba is making Arizona Cardinals star Marvin Harrison Jr. earn his jersey. Harrison revealed that his former Ohio State teammate has a strict rule: no jersey swap until Harrison finally beats him in the NFL. After the Seahawks’ 44-22 blowout win in Week 10 to complete a season sweep of the Cardinals, that trade is still on hold.
“Jax said I can’t get his until I beat him,” Harrison told Fox Sports in a recent interview. “So, we’re working on that one. I hope I’ll have everybody’s by the end of the year.”
Inside Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s Jersey Rule for Marvin Harrison Jr.
GettyJaxon Smith-Njigba is leading the NFL in receiving yards and doesn’t look to be slowing down anytime soon.
The joke started in the Ohio State receiver room and made its way to Sundays. Harrison said in a recent feature on the Buckeyes’ NFL pipeline that Smith-Njigba told him he can’t have his Seahawks jersey “until I beat him,” adding that he hopes to have all of his fellow Buckeye receivers’ jerseys by the end of the year.
Harrison has already swapped with Terry McLaurin and Garrett Wilson and is lined up to get Chris Olave and Emeka Egbuka. The one holdout is Seattle’s new No. 1 receiver.
Any other year, that might just be a fun side bet between old teammates. Right now, it’s also a perfect snapshot of where the Seahawks and Cardinals sit in the NFC West. Seattle isn’t just winning the on-field matchup — it’s holding the leverage in the locker-room jokes, too.
When the final seconds ticked off in the Seahawks’ 44-22 win at Lumen Field, Smith-Njigba and Harrison shared some laughs on the field. There was no jersey exchange, though. Seattle had swept Arizona again, and Harrison still hadn’t beat him.
Seahawks Keep Cardinals — and Harrison — Waiting With 44-22 Beatdown
GettyMarvin Harrison Jr. has been one of the few bright spots for the Arizona Cardinals this season.
If Harrison wants that jersey, he’s going to have to go through one of the hottest teams in football, and likely wait a full season. Barring a miraculous run to the playoffs from Arizona, the Seahawks and Cardinals will not matchup again this season.
In their most recent meeting, the Seahawks raced out to a 35-0 lead in the first half, riding a 43-yard touchdown bomb from Sam Darnold to Smith-Njigba and back-to-back defensive scores from DeMarcus Lawrence off Tyrice Knight strip-sacks. Arizona never truly recovered.
Seattle piled up 198 rushing yards, sacked Jacoby Brissett five times and cruised to a 44-22 victory that felt even more lopsided than the score. The win pushed the Seahawks to 7-2, extended their overall win streak to four games and, maybe most painful for Harrison, marked Seattle’s ninth straight win over the Cardinals dating back to 2021.
So when Harrison jokes that he has to beat Smith-Njigba to get his jersey, the bar is extremely high right now. The Cardinals aren’t just chasing a single win — they’re trying to break through against a team that has turned the NFC West rivalry into a one-sided series.
For Seahawks fans, the jersey rule is a fun symbol of the franchise’s grip on the matchup. For the Cardinals, it’s one more reminder that they “lost more than a game” in Week 10. The scoreboard, the season sweep and the jersey all stayed in Seattle.
Why JSN’s Historic Start Makes That Jersey a Prize
This isn’t just any jersey Harrison is trying to add to his collection.
Smith-Njigba has turned his third NFL season into a breakout headliner. He cleared the 1,000-yard mark for the year during the win over Arizona and now sits at 1,041 receiving yards through nine games — an NFL-best total and a record pace for the first nine games of a Seahawks season.
According to the Seahawks’ own breakdown of the win, JSN’s 93 yards against the Cardinals made him the eighth player in franchise history to post back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons. His 1,041 receiving yards through nine games rank among the top five totals in the Super Bowl era, and he joined Antonio Brown and Michael Irvin as the only players in that span with at least 75 receiving yards in each of his first nine games.
So yes, Harrison is chasing a game-worn jersey from one of the league’s premier receivers during what could go down as a historic season.
For Seahawks fans, the jersey subplot is just another way to appreciate what Smith-Njigba is doing. For Harrison, every Seattle-Arizona matchup is now a two-layer challenge: try to beat one of the NFL’s hottest teams — and finally unlock that JSN jersey.
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