Chase Wraps Up Historic Five Seasons
Ja’Marr Chase, who recently was named to his fifth Pro Bowl, will play the final game of one of the most statistically impressive first five seasons by any player in NFL history.
Chase enters this week’s matchup with 512 career receptions, second-most ever in a player’s first five seasons behind Detroit receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown (536), who also will wrap up his fifth season on Sunday. Chase is just one catch shy of tying Tyler Boyd (513) for the fourth-most in Bengals history. He surpassed T.J. Houshmandzadeh (507) for fifth on the team’s all-time list during last Sunday’s win over Arizona.
Chase also ranks third in the NFL this season with 117 receptions, which are 10 shy of his career-high and Bengals-record 127 catches last year. With three grabs on Sunday, he would become the fourth player in league history to record 120 or more receptions in back-to-back seasons, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer Cris Carter (1994-95), former Pittsburgh receiver Antonio Brown (2014-15) and former New Orleans receiver Michael Thomas (2018-19).
Chase additionally has 6,741 receiving yards in his career, the fourth-most ever in a player’s first five seasons. He is two yards away from tying Hall of Famer Randy Moss (6,743) for third and 43 yards shy of matching former St. Louis Rams standout Torry Holt (6,784) for second.
Chase’s 53 career receiving touchdowns currently are the fifth-most in a player’s first five years in the league, and he enters Sunday one shy of Hall of Famer Lance Alworth (54) for fourth, and three shy of former Dallas receiver Dez Bryant (56) for third.