Thanks to a text that Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow gave to his former LSU teammate on the morning of the draft, Ja’Marr Chase knew that he would be selected by the Cincinnati Bengals as the fifth overall choice in the 2021 NFL Draft.
What was written in the text?
“[We’re] coming to get you.”
As expected, Chase became a part of Burrow’s Bengals team that evening, and the rest is history. Since then, Burrow and Chase have been an unstoppable team, and they were just named among the NFL’s top quarterback/receiver combinations.
That LSU bond
It’s not especially surprising that Burrow and Chase have developed such solid chemistry together in just three NFL seasons given the fact that they were also teammates together in college at LSU. The two played together for two seasons in Louisiana, and they led the Tigers to a National Championship in 2020. Burrow was the top overall pick in NFL draft in 2020, and Chase went No. 5 overall in 2021.
Since he was drafted, Chase has compiled over 1,000 receiving yards in each of his three seasons, and he was also named to the Pro Bowl three times. The Bengals went to consecutive AFC Championship games in 2021 and 2022, and made it to the Super Bowl at the conclusion of the ’21 campaign.
Burrow is entering his fifth season in Cincinnati, while Chase is heading into his fourth, and the two will likely continue to play together for the forseeable future. Burrow is already locked up on a mega-deal, and Chase is also in line for a massive extension that he’s likely to receive either this offseason or next. In other words, the pair from LSU still has a whole lot of damage to do in the NFL.
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