The #7

[LSUDad]

Chase

[cajunlostincali]

Deserved

[LSUDad]

Chase was the 2019 Biletnikoff Award winner as the nation’s top receiver. He was also named a unanimous All-American.

[LSUDad]

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - LSU head coach Ed Orgeron has announced junior wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase will wear the coveted No. 7 this season.

Chase was the 2019 Biletnikoff Award winner as the nation’s top receiver. He set the SEC record for 20 touchdowns and 1,780 receiving yards. Chase finished the season with a total of 84 catches. He was also named a unanimous All-American.

RELATED: Ja’Marr Chase to wear No. 7 in 2020

“Ja’Marr is a tremendous football player from the great state of Louisiana that represents our football program with great character and integrity,” said Orgeron. “(His parents) Jimmy and Toleah have done a great job of raising him and he has worked extremely hard on and off the field to develop as a player, while also becoming an outstanding leader for our team. He’s very deserving of having the opportunity to be the next LSU player to wear number 7. I know he will do a great job of representing that number and all of those who have worn the number 7 before him.”

Chase will be wearing the new number when the Tigers hit the field for spring practice starting Saturday.

“This was a tough decision for me,” Chase said. “I’ve been thinking about this for a couple of weeks. I look at No. 7 as a competitive number. I think the No. 7 at LSU is a challenge. There’s a lot of things that go on in the year when you have 7 on, a lot of critics, a lot of people, a lot of expectations from 7, and I want to have that challenge upon me.”

Chase has a total of 107 catches for 2,093 yards and 23 touchdowns. He was the first sophomore in LSU history with 2,000 receiving yards in his first two seasons as a Tiger.

[LSUDad]

Former Tigers to wear No. 7 react to seeing Ja’Marr Chase land the LSU honor

Michael Wayne Bratton | 2 hours ago

 

 

 

If you missed the big news out of Baton Rouge on Thursday, Ja’Marr Chase has been named the new No. 7 for LSU.

The rising junior earned the honor after catching 84 passes for 1,780 yards and 20 touchdowns during his sophomore season for LSU. Chase’s receiving yards and touchdowns are both all-time single-season SEC records.

Here’s what Chase had to say upon earning the honor.

“I look at No. 7 as a competitive number. I think the No. 7 at LSU is a challenge,” the junior receiver commented. “There’s a lot of things that go on in the year when you have 7 on, a lot of critics, a lot of people, a lot of expectations from 7, and I want to have that challenge upon me.”

Ed Orgeron also issued this statement following the news:

“Ja’Marr is a tremendous football player from the great state of Louisiana that represents our football program with great character and integrity,” Orgeron said. “(His parents) Jimmy and Toleah have done a great job of raising him and he has worked extremely hard on and off the field to develop as a player, while also becoming an outstanding leader for our team.

“He’s very deserving of having the opportunity to be the next LSU player to wear number 7. I know he will do a great job of representing that number and all of those who have worn the number 7 before him.”

Orgeron wasn’t the only one to comment on the news.

Check out what previous players that wore No. 7 for LSU had to say when they found out Chase was to wear it. 
 

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/lsu-football/jamarr-chase-no-7-tigers-jersey-baton-rouge-reactions/

[LSUDad]

Must watch, Chase sees his video for the first time. 
 

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/lsu-football/jamarr-chase-reaction-tigers-7-no-video-reveal-2020/

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Official press release:

BATON ROUGE – Ja’Marr Chase, the winner of the 2019 Biletnikoff Award as the nation’s top receiver and a unanimous All-America, will wear No. 7 for the Tigers as a junior in 2020, head coach Ed Orgeron announced on Thursday

Chase will debut his new number when the Tigers open spring drills on Saturday.

“Ja’Marr is a tremendous football player from the great state of Louisiana that represents our football program with great character and integrity,” Orgeron said. “(His parents) Jimmy and Toleah have done a great job of raising him and he has worked extremely hard on and off the field to develop as a player, while also becoming an outstanding leader for our team. He’s very deserving of having the opportunity to be the next LSU player to wear number 7. I know he will do a great job of representing that number and all of those who have worn the number 7 before him.”

Chase, who joined Josh Reed as the only Biletnikoff Award winners in school history last year, had a record-setting season in 2019 finishing with 84 receptions for 1,780 yards and 20 touchdowns. His 20 TDs and 1,780 receiving yards both set SEC records as he led the nation in both categories.

Chase capped last year with nine catches for 221 yards and two TDs in helping LSU to a 42-25 win over Clemson in the national championship game. Chase caught at least one TD pass in 11 of the 14 games in which he appeared. He also became the first player in LSU history to have three 200-yard receiving games in the same season.

“This was a tough decision for me,” Chase said. “I’ve been thinking about this for a couple of weeks. I look at No. 7 as a competitive number. I think the No. 7 at LSU is a challenge. There’s a lot of things that go on in the year when you have 7 on, a lot of critics, a lot of people, a lot of expectations from 7, and I want to have that challenge upon me.”

Chase goes into his junior season with 107 career receptions for 2,093 yards and 23 TDs. In 2019, Chase became the first sophomore in LSU history to reach 2,000 receiving yards during his first two years with the Tigers.

[houtiger]

Very well deserved, well EARNED! 

[dachsie]

That's my man crush!  Excited for him!!

[Nutriaitch]

good choice.
kinda surprised he got it, but he is absolutely deserving.