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Bears Report to Host Marvin Harrison Jr and Malik Nabers

The top two receivers are among players who are reported to be on the docket for Halas Hall visits during the upcoming week.

Gene Chamberlain

Marvin Harrison Jr. throws a straight-arm to try and escape against rival Michigan.
Marvin Harrison Jr. throws a straight-arm to try and escape against rival Michigan. / Columbus Dispatch-USA TODAY Sports
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The Bears will continue entertaining potential players this week at Halas Hall, including a pair of very highly sought wide receivers.

Both Marvin Harrison Jr. and Malik Nabers are scheduled to take Top 30 visits to Chicago, Nabers on Wednesday according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and Harrison on Monday per Kevin Fishbain of The Athletic.

Texas' Xavier Worthy, the fastest wide receiver in the history of the NFL combine, also will visit Monday with UCLA edge rusher Laiatu Latu.

Not that visits mean a player is going to be drafted but it does at least show the Bears aren't ruling out trading up to get two of the top receivers in the draft. It also can say they'll be ready for anything should someone fall into their laps in the draft.

Harrison, who is 6-foot-3, 202 pounds, was fourth in Heisman Trophy voting last year and made 155 catches for 2,613 yards with 31 touchdowns in three Ohio State seasons. Harrison has widely been regarded as the top receiver in this draft and ranks third on Mel Kiper's overall big board behind quarterbacks Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels.

Harrison is drafted by Arizona at No. 4 on 89% of the mock drafts accumulated from the internet by NFLMockdraftdatabase.com. He hasn't worked out for teams at a pro day or at the combine.
His father of the same name was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016.
Nabers recently ran 4.35 seconds in the 40-yard dash and had a 42-inch vertical leap at the LSU pro day.

The Tigers wide receiver had 189 catches for 3,003 yards and 21 TDs in his college career.
Worthy ran 4.21 in the 40-yard dash to break the combine record of John Ross. He made 197 receptions for 2,755 yards and 26 TDs at Texas.

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Gene Chamberlain
GENE CHAMBERLAIN

BearDigest.com publisher Gene Chamberlain has covered the Chicago Bears full time as a beat writer since 1994 and prior to this on a part-time basis for 10 years. He covered the Bears as a beat writer for Suburban Chicago Newspapers, the Daily Southtown, Copley News Service and has been a contributor for the Daily Herald, the Associated Press, Bear Report, CBS Sports.com and The Sporting News. He also has worked a prep sports writer for Tribune Newspapers and Sun-Times newspapers.

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