Three Bears Draft Picks Left Unsigned

Signing of Zachary Thomas leaves third-round and second-round picks yet to sign.

Gene Chamberlain | May 16, 2022

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The Bears have all of their Day 3 draft picks signed as OTAs begin

Sixth-round guard/tackle Zachary Thomas from San Diego State signed his four-year rookie deal on Monday, the team announced.

The Bears had signed fifth-round picks Braxton Jones and Dominique Robinson, sixth-rounders Doug Kramer and Trestan Ebner and seventh-round picks Ja'Tyre Carter, Elijah Hicks and Trenton Gill last week.

They're left only with second-round picks Jaquan Brisker and Kyler Gordon, and third-rounder Velus Jones still to sign.

According to Spotrac.com, the projected payment slot for Thomas, the 186th pick in the draft, is a $705,000 salary plus a bonus of $47,997.

According to Spotra7c, the other payouts for draft picks were $705,000 for all the picks plus bonuses of $74,888 for Braxton Jones, $68,289 for Robinson, $41,484 for Ebner, $39,452 for Kramer, $27,328 for Carter and $19,252 for both Gill and Hicks.

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Published May 16, 2022

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.