Ja'Marr Chase
 Chase with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2021 | |||||||||
| No. 1 – Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||
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| Position | Wide receiver | ||||||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||||||
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| Born | March 1, 2000 Harvey, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school | Archbishop Rummel (Metairie, Louisiana) | ||||||||
| College | LSU (2018–2020) | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 2021: 1st round, 5th overall pick | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 4, 2026 | |||||||||
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Ja'Marr Anthony Chase (born March 1, 2000) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the LSU Tigers, where he won the Fred Biletnikoff Award and the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship as a sophomore. Selected fifth overall by the Bengals in the 2021 NFL draft, Chase was named the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and a second-team All-Pro after setting the rookie record for single-game receiving yards en route to an appearance in Super Bowl LVI. In 2024, Chase became the fifth player in the Super Bowl era to win the receiving triple crown, leading the league in receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns.
Early life
[edit]A native of Harvey, Louisiana,[1] Chase attended Archbishop Rummel High School in Metairie, Louisiana, located in suburban New Orleans.[2] During his career, he had 115 receptions for 2,152 yards and 30 touchdowns. Coming out of high school, Chase was a 4 star recruit ranked the nation's 84th overall recruit and number 15 receiver prospect.[3] After initially committing to the University of Kansas, and then the University of Florida,[4] Chase committed to Louisiana State University (LSU) to play college football.[5][6][7]
College career
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As a true freshman at LSU in 2018, Chase played in all 13 games and made eight starts. He finished the season with 23 receptions for 313 yards and three touchdowns.[8]
Chase returned as a starter in 2019, and that year led the FBS in receiving yards with 1,780 yards on 84 catches (21.2 avg) and 20 receiving touchdowns.[9] His 20 receiving touchdowns set a Southeastern Conference (SEC) record until it was broken by DeVonta Smith the following year.[10] Six times he eclipsed the 100-yard mark and an additional three times he eclipsed 200 receiving yards in a game mark, including a College Football Playoff championship game-record 221 yards against Clemson.[11] LSU finished the year undefeated and won the College Football Playoff National Championship.[12] At the end of the regular season, Chase was awarded the Fred Biletnikoff Award as the best receiver in college football.[13] He was also named a unanimous All-American.[14]
A month before the start of the 2020 season, Chase announced that he was opting out to concentrate on his NFL career. His decision was reportedly not specifically due to the COVID-19 pandemic at the time, but rather due to agents having convinced him to sit out his third collegiate season so to not get injured. Chase was assured he would be a top draft pick before the season started. NFL rules state a player can not be drafted until three years after leaving high school.[15]
Professional career
[edit]Pre-draft
[edit]| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | Wingspan | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press |
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| 6 ft 0+3⁄8 in (1.84 m) | 201 lb (91 kg) | 30+3⁄4 in (0.78 m) | 9+5⁄8 in (0.24 m) | 6 ft 2+7⁄8 in (1.90 m) | 4.38 s | 1.59 s | 2.51 s | 3.99 s | 7.00 s | 41.0 in (1.04 m) | 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) | 23 reps |
| All values from Pro Day[16] | ||||||||||||