Ja'Marr Chase wins award for nation's top wide receiver
LSU continues to clean up at Thursday night’s College Football Awards at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. Ja’Marr Chase has won the Biletnikoff Award, which goes to the nation’s top wide receiver. He bested CeeDee Lamb and Michael Pittman, Jr. for the award.
Chase has had a sensational sophomore season, leading LSU’s loaded receiving corps with 1,457 yards and 17 touchdowns. Chase borked Dwayne Bowe’s single-season record of 12 receiving touchdowns in LSU’s win over Ole Miss. In the same game, he became LSU’s eighth wide receiver to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark. The Harvey, Louisiana product is second on the team with 70 total receptions.
Chase owns eight 100-yard receiving games this season for the second-most in school history. He is currently on a streak of five-straight games with 100-plus receiving yards.
Chase, quarterback Joe Burrow, running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire and wide receiver Justin Jefferson to become the first teammates in SEC history to have a 4,000-yard passer, a 1,000-yard rusher and two 1,000-yard receivers in the same season.
Congratulations to Ja'Marr Chase of LSU @Real10jayy__ on being named the 2019 Biletnikoff Award winner! @LSUfootball @LSUsports @LSUBonnette #OutstandingReceiver #NCFAA pic.twitter.com/YEKpFIhNeH
— Biletnikoff Award (@biletnikoffawrd) December 13, 2019
Very deserving….classy kid. The Gumps are whining that Jerry “Judge Jeudy” didn’t get it.
Are they? I haven’t seen that. Have seen OU fans upset Lamb didn’t win.
You cats can’t just be happy for your guy. He is a great talent and seems to be a great kid. Jerry is a great receiver, but he had two other receivers, really three, that take away some of that lime light. Jerry will have a great NFL career. Enjoy all of the awards LSU racked up this year. Well deserved.
Actually, we are happy for our guy. I’m surprised he won it, though. Like Bama, LSU has 2 other receivers just as good that take throws, and they throw to the TE and RB a lot also.
Great kid with a promising future
He earned this one. Congrats.
Glad I get to see him and Terrance for at least one more year, JaMarr is a special kid.