Cincinnati Bengals rookie receiver Ja'Marr Chase broke A.J. Green's team rookie receiving yardage record during Sunday's 41-21 win against the Baltimore Ravens in Week 16 with a 20-yard catch from quarterback Joe Burrow during the second quarter at Paul Brown Stadium to give him 37 receiving yards on the day and 1,075 for the season.
Chase had a 17-yard catch - his first of the game - on the Bengals' first-quarter scoring drive that resulted in a 1-yard touchdown run by Joe Mixon. Chase eclipsed the 100-yard mark for the day with a fourth-quarter catch from Burrow.
Chase entered Sunday's game at Paul Brown Stadium with 1,038 receiving yards, needing 20 to break Green's mark of 1,057 set in 2011.
Two weeks ago, Chase eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark in receiving in the fourth quarter of his 13th National Football League game - becoming just the third receiver in Bengals' history with a 1,000-yard season as a rookie, joining Green and Cris Collinsworth (1,009) in 1981.
He's just the 24th rookie in NFL history - and 20th in the Super Bowl era - with 1,000 yards receiving in a season.
Chase entered Sunday ranked ninth in the NFL - and first among rookies - in receiving yardage.
Chase's teammate, second-year receiver Tee Higgins, had a remarkable 52-yard catch in double coverage late in the first half, and joined Chase in the 1,000-yard club during the fourth quarter.
Burrow finished Sunday's first half with 299 passing yards - the most by any NFL quarterback in a first half this season. He had a franchise-record 525 yards in the game, fourth-most in .
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