After all of the hoopla surrounding the Cincinnati Bengals and Ja’Marr Chase, the two were able to finally get a contract extension inked. The two sides agreed to a four-year extension worth $161 million, with $112 million guaranteed. Chase is now the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history. Chase is a four-time Pro Bowl receiver and is among the elites of the game.
BREAKING: #Bengals WRs Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins exclusively tell me they’ve agreed to contract extensions with the team.
Ja’Marr gets: 4-years, $161M with $112M guaranteed — making him the highest-paid non-QB in NFL history.
Tee gets: 4-years, $115M with the first two… pic.twitter.com/zbdnEDELgz
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) March 17, 2025
Bengals, Ja’Marr Chase Agree to Record-Breaking Extension
After leading what could be considered the best college football team to a National Championship in 2019, Chase sat out 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Then, in the 2021 NFL Draft, the Bengals took Chase fifth overall.
As a rookie, Chase was an immediate impact playmaker. Despite comical preseason worries about catching the football, Chase hauled in 81 passes for 1,455 yards and 13 touchdowns. He shattered A.J. Green‘s Bengals rookie record by nearly 400 yards. Chase was also an integral part of the Super Bowl run, amassing 368 yards and a touchdown off 25 receptions in the four-game postseason.
In his second season, he was dealing with a few nagging injuries. As a result, his 2022 season was a step back, only managing 1,046 yards and nine touchdowns off 87 receptions. Again, he was integral to the Bengals getting back to the AFC Championship with 220 yards and two touchdowns in the Bengals’ three postseason games.
In 2023, Chase returned to normal. He totaled 100 receptions for 1,216 yards and seven touchdowns.
Chase participated in a hold-in prior to the 2024 season in an attempt to earn a contract extension. Despite no deal, he played and only recorded the franchise’s first Triple Crown season. Chase led the NFL with 127 catches for 1,708 yards and 17 touchdowns, cementing himself as the top receiver in the game. Looking back, the Bengals will be kicking themselves for not getting the deal done before Chase’s price skyrocketed. He earned his first career First Team All-Pro selection.
In each season, Chase was picked to represent the Bengals at the Pro Bowl. He has 19 100-yard receiving games to his credit with two more coming in the playoffs. Chase has three 200-yard games, including his career-best 266-yard game against the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 17 as he led the Bengals to its first AFC North division title in six years.
Chase broke the Bengals’ single-game receptions record with 15 in the Week 5 win over the Arizona Cardinals in 2023.
Joe Burrow has his favorite target locked down for the foreseeable future.
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