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Today's Linkster #53 · NFL

Ja'Marr Chase to Stephon Gilmore

On Friday, October 23, 2026, everyone playing the NFL Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Ja'Marr Chase to Stephon Gilmore in as few links as possible. Par was 4, counted through colleges, but any shared college, jersey number or team counted as a move.

The two players

  • Ja'Marr Chase (WR, 2021–2026) College: LSU. Team: Cincinnati Bengals. Number: #1.
  • Stephon Gilmore (CB, 2017–2024) College: South Carolina. Teams: Carolina Panthers, Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colts, Minnesota Vikings and New England Patriots. Numbers: #2, #5, #9, #21 and #24.

Seasons 2017–2026. Jersey numbers and teams only count from seasons in that range.

How it went

48 players solved it on the day (1 more gave up). 39 beat par with a shortcut, and 44 matched or beat it in all. The winning run was jkauf42's: 2 moves in 0:12.0.

The answer

Show a shortest route

Through colleges alone it takes 4, which is par:

  1. Ja'Marr Chase
  2. LSU Joe Burrow
  3. Ohio State Trey Sermon
  4. Oklahoma Spencer Rattler
  5. South Carolina Stephon Gilmore

With every kind of link counting, it could be done in 2:

  1. Ja'Marr Chase
  2. #1 Stefon Diggs
  3. Minnesota Vikings · New England Patriots Stephon Gilmore