After more than a day of speculation, LSU wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase confirmed yesterday that he is opting out of the 2020 college football season to prepare himself for the NFL. Chase likely projects as a top-10 pick after an All-American season in 2019, in which he won the Biletnikoff award and set single-season SEC records with 1,780 receiving yards and 20 touchdown catches.
A new report into the Big Ten’s decision to postpone fall sports until next spring says Ohio State voted against the proposal. ESPN reports Ohio State, Nebraska, and Iowa were the only schools to say no to moving football and other sports to 2021. The 11-3 final vote backs up Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren, who has maintained that there was an overwhelming majority of support for postponement.
The new information was revealed in court documents from a lawsuit against the conference filed by players from the Nebraska football team.