CHICAGO — On the day rookies reported to Halas Corridor for coaching camp, quarterback Caleb Williams and broad receiver Rome Odunze — the primary and ninth total picks drafted by the Bears — reached settlement on their respective rookie contracts Tuesday.
Williams signed a four-year deal value $39.4 million with a $25.5 million signing bonus on Wednesday. Odunze signed his four-year contract value $22.7 million and containing a $13.3 million signing bonus on Tuesday.
Each contracts are totally assured and include a fifth-year choice in 2028.
Chicago will start coaching camp practices on July 20 after veterans report this Friday. The Bears and Texans are the primary groups to start coaching camp forward of going through one another within the annual Corridor of Fame sport in Canton, Ohio, on Aug. 1.
Williams and Odunze had been among the many final 5 first-round draft picks to signal their contracts. Williams, who is just not represented by an NFLPA-certified agent, had expressed optimism that the crew round him would deal with his negotiations whereas he prepares for his first preseason.
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“I am not dealing with that,” Williams informed The Chicago Tribune throughout his inaugural Caleb Cares Basis occasion in Chicago final Saturday. “My attorneys and legal professional and all people, the pinnacle of the Bears, all people up there up high is dealing with that. That is not my place that I am dealing with.”
The Bears will probably be featured on HBO’s “Exhausting Knocks” for the primary time for the reason that annual coaching camp miniseries started within the early 2000s.