LSU star wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase informed the team that he is deciding to quit the 2020 college football season to focus on his professional career, sources near the circumstance revealed to CBS Sports on Sunday. Chase affirmed his takeoff from LSU in a lengthy social media proclamation on Monday, however he didn’t express a particular aim to announce for the 2021 NFL Draft.
“The competitor in me badly wants to play the season and go to war with my brothers, but during this time with so much going on, this is what’s best for my family,” Chase wrote as part of his statement. “… I cannot ignore what I feel in my heart, and this ultimately is the best decision for me. I’ll look forward to returning to the field in 2021.”
Sources revealed to CBS Sports on Sunday that Chase’s decision isn’t explicitly identified with the COVID-19 pandemic. Or maybe, it is accepted specialists may have essentially convinced Chase to leave before his third university season. NFL rules express a player can’t be drafted until three years after his secondary school graduation.
Chase, a rising junior, is the most outstanding college football player to quit the 2020 season. The consistent First Team All-America determination set SEC records last season for score gets (20) and accepting yards (1,780). He won the Biletnikoff Award offered every year to the country’s best receiver.
Chase is required to be the first wideout selected in the 2021 NFL Draft and could be a top-five pick.
The 6-foot, 208-pound previous five-star prospect from Harvey, Louisiana, played two seasons at LSU.
Consolidating with quarterback Joe Burrow, Chase helped engineer post one of the best season in college football history a year ago. The Tigers completed 15-0 in the wake of beating Clemson in the College Football Playoff National Championship. In that game, Chase came up colossal getting nine goes for 221 yards and two scores.
Presently there must be further revamping with quarterback Myles Brennan taking over for Burrow and LSU expected not to have its top playmaker when the SEC’s fall season commences on Sept. 26.
