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Ja'Marr Chase Says Les Miles Told Him He Couldn't Play WR Coming Out Of High School

by Staff Reporter

January 26, 202278 Comments

Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports

Former LSU coach Les Miles was dead wrong about Ja'Marr Chase.

According to Chase, Miles told him he couldn’t play receiver when he was coming out of high school and that he wanted him to play cornerback at LSU...

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tiger1014•27 months

Another idiotic statement by Les. Is anyone surprised?

DocRock•27 months

Les Miles didn't understand the concept of a forward pass, so this isn't surprising. If I were Chase, I would take these comments from Miles as a complement!

YMCA•27 months

It doesn’t surprise me coming from Les, but I’m not even going to hate on him bc he still got Chase on campus.

nosaj•27 months

Ja’Marr wasn’t a Miles recruit

beauchristopher•27 months

He was not happy with Les. Coach O is the reason he came to LSU. Chase's father said everything Coach O said and promised them was true. Have to credit O here.

DVinBR•27 months

and Dak Prescott is a better fit at tight end than quarterback

WilsonPickett•27 months

We don't really know.... if Dak was a TE he may be good enough to get past the 1st round of the playoffs.

jimbeam•27 months

I’m reading this in Morgan Freeman’s voice

Gus Tinsley•27 months

Not really surprising. He recruited Dak Prescott as a TE! Said his release wasnt quick enough. I'd say he missed on this one as well!

Areddishfish•27 months

Which is effin hilarious Miles thinking he knew QBs

Randolphre•27 months

And Jordan Jefferson's release WAS quick enough? It felt like an eternity between the time Jefferson figured out who he was going to throw to and the time the ball finally left his hand. Les was an idiot when it came to QBs.

Neauxla_Tiger•27 months

Dak went to MS St, so it's not like there were any elite programs that thought he was a legit QB prospect. Not saying Miles was a genius or anything, just always thought this example was a little overblown

LSUrme•27 months

Which is why he was so high on TCU and Florida.

PAtiger21•27 months

Bet he would’ve been a hellava DB

TigahJay•27 months

frick Les Miles...

luciouslou•27 months

Brilliant

js1591•27 months

Les made bad decisions.

WHATDOINO•27 months

Not saying les was smart but every coach has had a couple of these types of stories. They miss on guys all the time

ImBatman•27 months

WHATDOINO. Les Miles missed on when God called out for football brains.

SelaTiger•27 months

And we won a NC with that guy lol

CSATiger•27 months

nearly two

BLD•27 months

In spite

tigerfoot•27 months

So he worked harder and got better?

WhoDatNC•27 months

There is no need for a WR in toss dive right, toss dive left.

Guido Merkens•27 months

I love Ja’mar but I don’t understand the timeline here. If Miles was fired in September 2016 and Chase started attending LSU in August 2019, was this in 10th grade that this was said?

Areddishfish•27 months

It's not uncommon for top players to start getting looks by schools around that time. He also probably went to LSU camps.

LuzianaFootball•27 months

He said it made him work harder in the offseason. That was good motivation if it didn't exist already.

tigersav•27 months

He came to LSU in 2018. He was getting recruited by Les after his sophmore season. Went to camps too

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PRIMO30•27 months

Miles also told interns they could wear panties…out of high school.

FLObserver•27 months

Les Miles would have made Joe Burrow a TE. We would have never got chase or Burrow had miles stayed as Coach.

texastigerr•27 months