Whether or not you can agree on which nickname to call him -- Silver Surfer, Emerald City Route Artist, JSN or simply Jaxon Smith-Njigba -- there's one thing people, football fan or not, can agree on, and that's how impressive Smith-Njigba has been through three games.

"I get home from the game, and my wife's like, 'Wow, so they really can't cover Jax, huh?' If she's mentioning something about football, that's how you know it's real," Seahawks safety Julian Love said.

Julian Love's wife, Julia, knows ball.

"He just is a natural, true ballplayer," Julian Love said. "He was born to do this thing. And I think that's what makes him special. There's no weakness to his game. He could get out of routes, he could run, yards after catch, hands, all the things. He's a natural football player."

Through three weeks, Smith-Njigba leads the NFL in receiving yards (405) and touchdowns (6) and is tied with the Chris Olave in receptions (27). But unlike his Saints counterpart, Smith-Njigba has joined a list of NFL greats with the feats he's completed.

Smith-Njigba is just the second player all-time, alongside Jerry Rice, to have at least 120 receiving yards and a receiving touchdown in each of their first three games of a season. Rice accomplished this feat in 1989, the 5th season of his Hall-of-Fame career.

Calvin Johnson Jr., Marvin Harrison Sr., and now, Smith-Njigba, are the only players in the last 40 years to have six receiving touchdowns through their first three games of the season. Johnson Jr. and Harrison Sr. accomplished this feat in their fifth and fourth seasons, respectively.

Smith-Njigba also joined Harrison Sr. as the only players in NFL history with 400-plus receiving yards and six or more receiving touchdowns in the first three games of a season.

"Yeah, the Emerald City Route Artist, he's special," Julian said. "Jax, he just can do everything well. You can scheme for it all you want, but then you see the red zone touchdown for Coop. OK, you can double Jax, but then we have other weapons. I think Fleury is doing a good job of just spinning the wheel, and we're going to continue to progress on offense, but yeah, 11's a real deal player. And he's so humble about it. That's the best thing about being with him each day. He attacks his work, and you could follow us around for the whole day, and you would not know he's as special as he is because of how humble he is."

What makes what Smith-Njigba is doing much more impressive is his unassuming personality and attitude about all he's accomplishing. He doesn't boast, but still moves with a sureness about who he is.

"No, he's not flashy," Julian said. "He has his own swag to him, but no one in here is going to say, man that guy has a lot of ego. He's just one of those guys. He's a star, but he's kind of not one of the guys. Jax is the complete opposite. He is one of the guys, whether you're number one spot on the roster, the quarterback, whoever, or P squad guy, there is no line there. He treats everyone the same. And so yeah, I think that's why we all really rock with him and really love him."

He also takes pride in the way he can contribute outside of the pass game. On Monday, head coach Mike Macdonald said he was impressed with Smith-Njigba's run blocking in Week 3.

"That's the best game Jaxon's had blocking in a while," he said.

Last season, Smith-Njigba led the league in receiving yards (1,793), setting the Seahawks' franchise record and leading him to winning the 2025 AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year award.

So far, Smith-Njigba has lived up to the lofty expectations his breakout season set, the product of building off of the reps and time spent with quarterback Sam Darnold last season.

"In each offseason, I want to get bigger, faster, stronger," Smith-Njigba said. "I think I did that this offseason. So just allowing that to elevate my routes and for me to be better, getting out of breaks and stuff like that. I try to improve in my overall game."