Chicago Bears cornerback Terell Smith was carted off the field after suffering an injury in the preseason game against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night. The play happened in the second quarter when he was defending a pass thrown by Bills quarterback Mike White.
After Terell Smith was carted off the field, the Bears announced that he suffered a knee injury and was ruled out for the remainder of the game. Smith is entering his third season with the Bears, after the team selected him in the fifth round of the 2023 NFL Draft.
In Smith’s rookie season, he tallied 49 tackles and six passes in 12 games with four starts. Last year, the former Minnesota Golden Gophers star played in 14 games with two starts and notched 19 tackles, four passes defended and one interception.
Terell Smith on what he brings to the Chicago Bears
When Smith was selected by the Bears in 2023, he talked about what he would bring to the franchise. “I would say as a player I bring physicality,” Smith said at the time, per ChicagoBears.com. “I’m a physical corner. I’m going to set the tone. I’m going to do my job and I’m going to be disciplined. Off the field, I’m just a mature young man. I’m very disciplined on and off the field. You’re just getting a high character guy.”
“We talk about resilience is a big thing,” said Bears co-director of player personnel Trey Koziol. “That is one of the key cogs we talk about when we’re looking for Bears players, so for somebody to stick it out and kind of work through those things and kind of pull himself up by his bootstraps and continue to get better, that shows a lot about him as a player and a person. I think that is a special thing with him.”
Before the injury, Terell Smith recorded two tackles in the Bears’ 38-0 victory over the Bills on Sunday. Chicago is looking to reach the playoffs for the first time since the 2020 season with new head coach Ben Johnson.