Ja’Marr Chase

Ja'Marr Chase is listed at WR on the Cincinnati Bengals roster checked September 20, 2026. The official source lists the roster status as Active roster (ACT).

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The details below are dated roster facts. Roster status, practice participation, and game-day availability are different; this profile does not turn one into another.

Career path: LSU title winner reunited with Joe Burrow

Chase’s college breakthrough was unusually sharp. After 23 catches for 313 yards as an LSU freshman in 2018, he produced 84 catches, 1,780 yards and 20 receiving touchdowns in 2019. He won the Biletnikoff Award and earned unanimous All-America honors. In the national championship win over Clemson, he caught nine passes for 221 yards and two touchdowns. LSU’s career account shows how quickly he grew from a young starter into a decisive part of that title-winning passing game.

After opting out of the 2020 college season, Chase joined Cincinnati as the fifth overall pick in 2021, reuniting with LSU quarterback Joe Burrow. He started all 17 regular-season games as a rookie, caught 81 passes for 1,455 yards and 13 touchdowns, and won NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. His postseason added 25 catches and 368 yards as the Bengals reached Super Bowl LVI. These figures and the draft timeline are documented in his Bengals biography.

From explosive rookie to receiving triple crown

The progression continued beyond that first year. Chase reached 100 receptions in 2023, then led the NFL in all three major receiving categories in 2024: 127 catches, 1,708 yards and 17 touchdown receptions. The latter season earned him AP first-team All-Pro recognition. The team’s season-by-season record puts those milestones in context: the same receiver who supplied long touchdowns as a rookie also became a large-volume answer for the offense.

How to read his role

A useful viewing lens is the balance between frequency and explosiveness. Receptions show how often a receiver completes a play; yards and touchdowns help show what those completions produce. Chase’s 2024 triple crown is a concrete example of all three coming together. When watching the Bengals, track where he catches the ball and where the nearest defender is, then distinguish the throw’s distance from the yards gained afterward. That avoids treating every long gain as the same kind of play. The career milestones above describe completed seasons and do not predict a weekly target total.

Career context checked October 2, 2026, Eastern Time. Regular-season and postseason figures are identified separately.