Chase Brown holds the RB · Starter spot in Cincinnati Bengals’s running back room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Chase Brown played 17 games in 2025 with a 67% snap share.

Chase Brown is a running back for the Cincinnati Bengals selected in the fifth round (163rd overall) of the 2023 NFL Draft. The 5'10", 210-pound back attended the University of Illinois after starting his college career at Western Michigan, recording consecutive 1000-yard rushing seasons in 2021 and 2022. In 2025, his first season as Cincinnati's full-time starter, Brown set career highs with 232 rushing attempts for 1019 yards and 69 receptions for 437 yards, joining five NFL players with at least 1000 rushing yards and 400 receiving yards. His 69 catches marked the most ever by a Bengals running back in a season, and his 1456 scrimmage yards rank ninth among NFL backs and most for a Canadian-born player in NFL history.

CollegeIllinois; Western MichiganDraftRound 5 · No. 163 overall · 2023 · CINHometownLondon, ON