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.