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With 2025 NFL training camps on the horizon, we’re starting to understand how 2025 NFL draft classes will impact each roster this season.
Let's look at the Chicago Bears, breaking down the most likely instant-impact rookies from each class, while also providing some insight into why certain early picks may not see the field.
Who are the Chicago Bears rookies?
- Colston Loveland (TE, Michigan)
- Luther Burden III (WR, Mizzou)
- Ozzy Trapilo (OT, Boston College)
- Shemar Turner (DL, Texas A&M)
- Ruben Hyppolite II (LB, Maryland)
- Zah Frazier (CB, UTSA)
- Luke Newman (OT, Michigan State)
- Kyle Monangai (RB, Rutgers)
Chicago Bears Draft Class Grade:
The Chicago Bears received a B draft grade from Sharp Football.
Which Bears Rookies Will Make An Impact?
Ryan Poles spent his first three selections on players who will support the development of Caleb Williams, starting with Colston Loveland (first round).
The selection of Loveland over Tyler Warren came as a surprise, but Loveland’s athletic traits pair well with Williams.
The risk in the selection of Loveland is his relative lack of experience (24 career starts) and limited evidence of his athletic traits translating to the field.
Based on route adjusted data, Loveland generated 3% more yards after the catch than expected over the last two years at Michigan. That’s underwhelming given his rare explosive athleticism for the position.
For comparison, during his final two years at Iowa, Sam LaPorta (Ben Johnson’s tight end in Detroit) generated 18% more yards after catch than expected.
Iowa’s offense was similarly conservative (and significantly worse) than Michigan’s, so Loveland’s lack of production can’t fairly be pinned solely on the Wolverines’ offensive scheme.
It will now be Johnson’s responsibility to unlock the potential and turn Loveland into another version of LaPorta.
Luther Burden III (second round) is an explosive slot weapon who may have gone in the first round if not for concerns about his maturity and commitment.
Burden almost exclusively lined up in the slot at Missouri, but since Chicago has an immediate hole to fill in that role, his lack of versatility shouldn’t be an issue.
Despite Burden’s inconsistent route technique, he has a natural feel for catching the ball. Over the last two years, he caught 84% of his catchable targets at 10 or more yards downfield, ranked seventh in the SEC.
Ozzy Trapilo (second round) played both left and right tackle at Boston College. He will likely compete with Braxton Jones for the left tackle job, with the loser serving in the swing tackle role.
To win the job, Trapilo will need to improve in pass protection. When his quarterback took a traditional dropback last year, his 3.8% blown block rate ranked seventh among ACC right tackles.
Shemar Turner (second round) is coming off a terrible year after Texas A&M’s coaching staff asked him to add weight and shift inside to a full-time role on the interior defensive line.
While primarily lining up as a three-tech, he generated a pitiful 2.9% pressure rate.
In 2023, however, Turner played a versatile role on the defensive line, playing on the edge and the interior. In 135 snaps on the edge, he generated a 14 % pressure rate, while posting a 15% pressure rate on 82 pass-rush snaps on the interior.
Dennis Allen might be the perfect coach to take advantage of Turner's versatility again, using him as a defensive end in his base three-man front, while shifting him inside when using a four-man front.
Ruben Hyppolite (fourth round) was a surprising selection in the fourth round, likely because he has the potential to fill a specific role in Allen’s defense.
Allen typically likes having a defender with safety-like athleticism but linebacker experience on his defense. In recent years in New Orleans, Pete Werner played that role.
The 5-foot, 11-inch Hyppolite is even smaller than Werner but posted impressive numbers, including a 4.42 40-yard dash at his pro day.
Hyppolite has a chance to win a starting job, but his 14% missed tackle rate is concerning. If that doesn’t get cleaned up, he won’t last long in the league.
Zah Frazier (fifth round) has an impressive combination of speed (4.36 in the 40) and length (33-inch arms), but will turn 25 during his rookie year and had only one year of starting experience at the FBS level.
Chicago has a deep secondary, so there’s no rush to put Frazier on the field, and he will likely spend the year buried on the depth chart as the team tries to develop those traits.
Luke Newman (sixth round) was a dominant left tackle at the FCS level but shifted to guard at Michigan State last year. He’ll likely stay in that role in the NFL due to his 31-inch arms, but the experience at multiple positions is certainly a plus for a player in a reserve role.
Kyle Monangai (seventh round) is a physical, downhill runner who could be a backup early-down back in the league. However, his skill set seems redundant in Chicago with Roschon Johnson already on the roster.
That said, there’s not much competition for the third-string running back spot, so Monangai likely earns a roster spot.
Chicago added at least four players who will compete for an immediate starting job, and Poles deserves credit for investing heavily in offensive players early in this class.
Since drafting Williams, the Bears have already added five other Day 1 and Day 2 picks on the offensive side of the ball 一 the same number they spent during Mitchell Trubisky’s entire tenure in Chicago.
Clearly, this front office is taking a better approach to building around a young quarterback.
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