BYU WR Chase Roberts ‘leaning toward’ entering NFL draft after 2024 season

BYU star Chase Roberts plans to enter the NFL draft after the 2024 season, he announced in an interview with the Royal Blue Collective. “I’m leaning more toward going to the draft when I get out of school and kind of move on,” Roberts said. “I think it’s going to take an injury, hopefully not an injury, but something to help me come back. … Right now I’m planning to finish the season strong and then go.”

After this season, Roberts will have one year remaining. He is a redshirt junior who has been with the program since 2021.

Roberts was one of BYU’s top two players all season. In eight games, he tallied 31 receptions, the most on the team. He has 497 receiving yards, just behind Darius Lassiter. Roberts was the first guy when BYU needed to move the chains. He has a team-high 27 first downs.

Perhaps most importantly, he is the captain of the 2024 BYU football team, which has used outstanding leadership to get off to an 8-0 start.

If Roberts opts out of his final season of eligibility and turns pro, BYU will be without its top two receivers from 2024-25. Darius Lassiter, Sr., will graduate after the 2024 season.

Fortunately for the BYU offense, the wide receiver position has been very well recruited by Fesi Sitake. The Cougars have former four-star recruit Cody Hagen biding his time alongside fellow freshmen Dom McKenzie and Tay Naqua. The Cougars also have a commitment from four-star wide receiver LaMason Waller.

BYU could turn to the transfer portal after the 2024 season to add a wide receiver. Regardless, with the high school recruiting that BYU has done over the past few years, the wide receiver position is well-positioned to be a strength of BYU’s offense moving forward.