Ja'Marr Chase

Former wide receiver at LSU. 2019: 84 catches, 1,780 receiving yards, 20 TD.

WR · LSU · Jr. · #7

6′0″ · 208 lb · Harvey, LA

Cincinnati — drafted 2021, Rd 1, Pick 5, #5 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 84 nationally · Signed with LSU

Career night10 rec · 229 yds · 4 TDat Vanderbilt (FBS) · W 66-38

Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at LSU. 2019: 84 catches, 1,780 receiving yards, 20 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to LSU in 2018.
Drafted round 1 by the Cincinnati in 2021.

His career, year by year

Career, closed

Gone at #5 overall.

How it ended

Two seasons at LSU, 2,093 receiving yards — drafted at #5 overall by Cincinnati.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 229 yds at Vanderbilt.Vanderbilt · W 66-382019

201810 games

Signed with LSU4-star out of Archbishop Rummel

2021

Drafted by Cincinnatiround 1, pick 5

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#84 national

CFB

College

LSU

2018–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #5

Cincinnati · 2021

Featured in The Canon

#39

The 100 Best Players of the CFP Era

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CincinnatiEntering 6th NFL season

#5Rd 1 · Pick 5

CincinnatiEntering 6th NFL season

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2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Ed Orgeron — 25-3 over that span.

2018LSU10-3HC: Ed Orgeron · Run-leaning

2019LSU15-0HC: Ed Orgeron · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (100th percentile). Strength: rec tds (100th percentile). Concern: rush yards (28th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#1 / 556 · 100th pct

1780

Rec TDs#1 / 556 · 100th pct

Yards / catch#13 / 556 · 98th pct

21.2

Receptions#16 / 556 · 97th pct

Long catch#41 / 556 · 92nd pct

Fumbles lost#80 / 223 · 40th pct

Rush TDs#60 / 283 · 40th pct

Rush yards#202 / 283 · 28th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home9g	5.2	110	20.3	1.2
Road5g	7.4	158	20.5	1.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.9	123	20.4	1.4
Weeks 8+7g	6.1	131	20.4	1.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lane Kiffin

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	LSU	84	1,780	21.2	20	--
2018	LSU	23	313	13.6	3	--
Career		107	2,093	19.6	23	--

Season	Team
2019	LSU	1	5	--	--	--
2018	LSU	--	--	--	--	--
Career		1	5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2019

W 46–41

at Alabama

6 rec · 140 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Alabama on the road in a shootout.

With J. Burrow — 393 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 64 rush yds (14 car) · C. Edwards-Helaire — 103 rush yds (20 car) · 3 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 55-3vs Georgia Southern	2	21	10.5	1	13	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 45-38@ Texas	8	147	18.4	0	41	147-yard receiving day
Wk 4	W 66-38@ Vanderbilt	10	229	22.9	4	64	Season-high 229 yds
Wk 6	W 42-6vs Utah State	3	54	18.0	1	25
Wk 7	W 42-28vs Florida	7	127	18.1	2	54	2 TD catches
Wk 8	W 36-13@ Mississippi State	5	48	9.6	1	18
Wk 9	W 23-20vs Auburn	8	123	15.4	0	45
Wk 11	W 46-41@ Alabama	6	140	23.3	1	35	140-yard receiving day
Wk 12	W 58-37@ Ole Miss	8	227	28.4	3	61	3 TD catches
Wk 13	W 56-20vs Arkansas	6	144	24.0	2	50	2 TD catches
Wk 14	W 50-7vs Texas A&M	7	197	28.1	2	78	2 TD catches
Wk 15	W 37-10vs Georgia	3	41	13.7	1	23
Bowl	W 63-28vs Oklahoma	2	61	30.5	0	39
Bowl	W 42-25vs Clemson	9	221	24.6	2	56
Total		84	1780	20.4	20	78

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology