Ja'Marr Chase once received significant motivation from former LSU coach Les Miles.

Ahead of the AFC Championship Game against the favored Kansas City Chiefs, the Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver was asked how he approaches someone telling him he can't do something.

"I could tell you, honestly, one of my best stories ever: Les Miles told me I couldn't play receiver when I was coming out of high school," Chase said. "That was something I had on my shoulders growing up. Les Miles told me he thought I could play cornerback, I wasn't really in full position at receiver yet. So I just kept working on my craft, offseason waking up early in the mornings to work out. I just kept focused."

LSU fired Miles in 2016. Ed Orgeron took over and had zero issues at that point with Chase as a receiver when he enrolled in 2018.