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Bears’ Odunze signs 4-year, $22.7M rookie deal

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Bears’ Odunze signs 4-year, .7M rookie deal

  • Courtney Cronin, ESPN Staff WriterJul 16, 2024, 01:47 PM ET

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      Courtney Cronin joined ESPN in 2017, originally covering the Minnesota Vikings before switching to the Chicago Bears in 2022. Courtney is a frequent panelist on Around the Horn and host of Best Week Ever on ESPN Radio. She also co-hosts The Chicago Bears Podcast on ESPN 1000. She previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News as a multimedia sports journalist.

CHICAGO — Bears wide receiver Rome Odunze has signed his rookie contract, sources confirmed to ESPN, the same day rookie players reported to Halas Hall for training camp on Tuesday.

The No. 9 pick in the draft inked a four-year, fully guaranteed deal worth $22.7 million with a fifth-year option. Quarterback Caleb Williams, the No. 1 pick in the 2024 draft, is the only Bears rookie who has yet to sign his contract.

Williams, who is not represented by an NFLPA-certified agent, addressed his contract situation last weekend during his inaugural Caleb Cares Foundation event in Chicago.

“I’m not handling that,” Williams told The Chicago Tribune on Saturday. “My lawyers and attorney and everybody, the head of the Bears, everybody up there up top is handling that. That’s not my position that I’m handling.”

A source told ESPN that negotiations are “progressing” between the team and the quarterback, 22, while expecting to have all outstanding contracts wrapped up by the team’s first training camp practice on Saturday.

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