{"id":754124,"date":"2026-04-26T09:42:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T09:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/754124\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T09:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T09:42:17","slug":"chicago-bears-2026-undrafted-free-agent-news-and-rumor-tracker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/754124\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Bears 2026 Undrafted Free Agent News and Rumor Tracker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/nfl-draft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NFL Draft<\/a> winds down, clubs are contacting undrafted players to let them know they want them if the draft ends and they are left without a team. Oftentimes, it benefits a prospect to go undrafted so they can pick their team from several suitors rather than being drafted to a situation they deem as a long shot to make a roster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The UDFA signing frenzy will see players and their agents prematurely sharing information before a contract is signed, so don\u2019t assume these are new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.windycitygridiron.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Bears<\/a> until they officially reveal their class.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">We\u2019ll keep track of all the reports and rumors surrounding the Bears\u2019 UDFA class and their rookie camp invitees in the tracker lists below.<\/p>\n<p>UDFAs reported to have signed with the Bears<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">If my math is correct, the Bears have 68 veteran players on the roster; they just added 7 draft picks, which leaves 15 spots for UDFAs on the 90-man offseason roster. In the last two years, they received an international roster exemption in the offseason for punter Tory Taylor, and if they are eligible for it again, they\u2019ll have a 91st spot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Keep in mind that some of the players reported to have signed as a UDFA may only be try-out invitees, so stay tuned for the official announcement from the Bears, which we\u2019ll share here at WCG as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Rookie Camp Invites<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the NFL Draft winds down, clubs are contacting undrafted players to let them know they want them&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":754125,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,80977,43643,43644,37272,43642,5386,1818],"class_list":["post-754124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-bears-rumors","tag-chicago-bears-draft","tag-chicago-bears-free-agency","tag-chicago-bears-news","tag-chicago-bears-roster","tag-il","tag-illinois"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116470360581858532","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=754124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/754125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=754124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=754124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=754124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}