Top 10 Sleeper Inside Linebackers For The Bears In The 2016 NFL Draft

Not every pick you hear Rodger Goodell introduce as one of the newest drafted Bears will have a familiar name. For the most part, the bulk of the draft coverage is understandably devoted to the players who stared at division I schools in the country’s top conferences. It will be my intent to introduce to you (in these last few days before the draft) to some of the more obscure players that aren’t heavily covered. For those who are draft junkies like myself, and already know some or most of these guys maybe I can bring some new information, or even give a different take than the one you might have yourself, or might have read or heard about from media draft experts.

Either way, I’m not just looking to compile a list of obscure players from unknown schools to throw out there for public consumption. I am giving you information on players I think can make the Chicago Bears roster, and maybe perhaps one day start, or even dare I say star for the Chicago Bears, and be a part of the team’s future core. This list isn’t necessarily in order of worth. Just ten guys that can be excellent value picks most people aren’t familiar with.

In this installment I’ll scrape up some inside linebacker sleepers to profile as possible Bear targets late in the draft or as high priority free agents, and have a good chance of making the roster. This class of ILB’s is deep with day 3 prospects. As it were I actually included 11 prospects as it was impossible for me to leave off the extra ILB. Of course the need isn’t as severe for ILB’s as it was just weeks ago before the signings of Jerrell Freeman and Danny Trevathan. Still…if they can find value in the 5th round or lower that they simply can’t pass up expect the trigger to be pulled. Depth and special teams can always use good athletes that can block and tackle.

Next: Sleeper Inside Linebacker #10