A week before their first training camp practice, the Bears don’t have a single 2025 second-round pick under contract — and they’re not alone among NFL teams.
What makes the Bears unique, though, is they have a league-high three of them — receiver Luther Burden, the seventh pick of Round 2; offensive tackle Ozzy Trapilo, the 24th pick; and defensive lineman Shemar Turner, the 30th pick.
Thirty of the league’s 32 second-round picks selected in April still have not signed their contracts while their agents angle for the same guarantees given to the round’s first two picks in May.
First-round picks typically get all four years of their contract guaranteed. No second-round pick had ever seen his full four years of his contract fully guaranteed, though, until the Texans gave receiver Jayden Higgins, the second pick of the round, his deal in May. The Browns then gave linebacker Carson Schwesinger, the first pick of Round 2, a fully guaranteed deal.
No other second-rounder has signed since while they push for full guarantees. Once one player accepts less than the full guarantee — perhaps Browns running back Quinshon Judkins, the fourth pick of the round who was arrested earlier this week — it likely will prove more difficult for players drafted below him to ask for more.
The salaries themselves are codified by the NFL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement. Burden is expected to make about $10.9 million over four years, Trapilo $7.7 million and Shemar Turner $7.2 million, per Over The Cap.
Bears rookies and quarterbacks report to Halas Hall on Saturday, three days before the veterans. The Bears will hold their first practice the following day, on July 23.
Unlike the offseason program, players without signed contracts can’t participate in training camp. Receiver Tre Harris, the Chargers’ second-round pick, did not report on Saturday when his team opened camp.
The rest of the Bears’ draft picks, including first-rounder Colston Loveland, were signed what feels like ages ago — on May 8. Loveland could miss — or be limited during — the start of camp after having shoulder surgery in January and sitting out the offseason program. He told reporters at his Michigan football camp last week that his shoulder feels good and that he’ll know more about what he can do once camp begins. Tuesday, he told reporters his shoulder was 100% but didn’t say if he’d practice Day 1. His January surgery came with a six-month recovery timeline.
