A few members of the Chicago Bears’ 2025 Draft class made significant contributions to the team this season.
First-round draft pick Colston Loveland led the team with 713 receiving yards, and second-round wide receiver Luther Burdern III finished fourth on the team with his 652 receiving yards on 47 receptions. Ozzy Trapilo started 11 games at left tackle and one game at right tackle in the regular season and playoffs before he sustained a torn patellar tendon in the wild-card win against the Green Bay Packers.
Kyle Monangai ran for 783 yards and five touchdowns on 169 carries. The rookie seventh-round draft pick gave the Bears a nice complement to lead back D’Andre Swift.
Second-round pick Shemar Turner played just 74 defensive snaps before he tore his ACL in Week 8 against the Baltimore Ravens. Fourth-round draft pick Ruben Hyppolite II played just 31 total defensive snaps, and sixth-round pick Luke Newman played just 25 snaps on the offensive line at guard.
Only one of general manager Ryan Poles’ draft picks did not see the field this season: Zah Frazier.
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The first-round draft pick from UTSA missed all of training camp because of personal reasons and didn’t play a single snap during the preseason and regular season. If the 6-foot-3, 186-pound cornerback was available to play this season, there could have been opportunities for him, especially with all of the injuries the Bears had to overcome at the cornerback position. Poles provided an update on the rookie.
“I had a good conversation with him,” Poles said. “He'll be back going into this offseason like everybody else. He feels like he's in a really good place to develop and move forward. Definitely a setback. He's got a mountain to climb just for missing so much ball he needed to play. That'll be up to him to be able to get himself in the right position to compete for a roster spot.”
Frazier has a mountain to climb, especially since he was a one-year starter during his three years at UTSA and doesn’t have many reps for a player who is already 25 years old and will be 26 next October.
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A major step for Frazier will simply be showing up for OTAs ready to learn and compete for a job on this competitive Bears roster.