blue-chipper
noun
blue-chip·per
ˈblü-ˌchi-pər 
: blue chip
especially
: blue chip sense 2b
Every year, basketball fans can count on certain schools depositing their share of blue-chippers in the pros. —
Bob Raissman
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Indiana’s roster includes only seven former blue-chippers, fewer than every team that made the 2025 CFP except for Group of 5 schools Tulane and James Madison.
—Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
This will play well on the field as well in the living rooms of blue-chippers who want to compete with and against the best.
—Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 19 Dec. 2025
Listen to this article Miami already has a strong 2026 offensive line class, headlined by blue-chippers Jackson Cantwell and Ben Congdon, and the Hurricanes continued adding to it Saturday.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 24 May 2025
Running back Ashton Jeanty — one of the few blue-chippers in this draft class — is a Carroll-type player.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
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Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
This will play well on the field as well in the living rooms of blue-chippers who want to compete with and against the best.
—Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 19 Dec. 2025
Listen to this article Miami already has a strong 2026 offensive line class, headlined by blue-chippers Jackson Cantwell and Ben Congdon, and the Hurricanes continued adding to it Saturday.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 24 May 2025
Running back Ashton Jeanty — one of the few blue-chippers in this draft class — is a Carroll-type player.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Blue-chipper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blue-chipper. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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