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Jahdae Walker
WR · CHI · 24 yrs · exp 1 · Texas A&M
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Value
1,340
Rank
#349
Pos rank
#134
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Latest: Sep 7, 2026 · 1,340
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FA: Jahdae Walker added, Emari Demercado dropped
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Bears' Luther Burden III sidelined with groin injury: Here's when breakout candidate could return
The Chicago Bears experienced a scary moment during Saturday's practice when second-year wideout Luther Burden III and cornerback Tyrique Stevenson suffered injuries after a one-on-one rep in the red zone. Stevenson felt good enough to return to practice, while Burden did not. He was spotted walking gingerly toward the locker room with trainers. CBS Sports' Matt Zenitz reports that Burden suffered a groin injury and is expected to miss about a month. The Bears hope he can return for the Sept. 13 season opener against the Carolina Panthers . With DJ Moore in Buffalo, Burden is expected to headline Caleb Williams ' receiving corps along with Rome Odunze . With Burden sidelined, Zavion Thomas and Jahdae Walker should be in line to receive more reps. Burden missing the entire preseason is not ideal, but it could have been much worse. Chicago has high hopes for its former No. 39 overall pick this year, and head coach Ben Johnson said earlier this offseason that he's "buying stock" in him. "Just how he's approached his offseason, it's been electric," Johnson said. "He showed up yesterday, he had numerous explosive plays. I loved how in Phase 2 he was finishing every single rep that he took, and that really translated over to yesterday as well. So, he's in a really good spot. He's still developing and growing his route tree ... "He's been extremely coachable, so I'm really happy with him." In his first NFL season, Burden caught 47 passes for 652 yards and two touchdowns in 15 games played. He missed two games with a concussion and an ankle issue. Burden ranked third among wide receivers in yards per route run with 2.71 (min. 200 routes), trailing only Offensive Player of the Year Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Puka Nacua . According to CBS Sports Research, those 2.71 yards per route run were the most by a rookie wide receiver in the past 10 seasons. 2025 Luther Burden III 2.71 2019 A.J. Brown 2.68 2020 Justin Jefferson 2.66 2023 Puka Nacua 2.60 2021 Ja'Marr Chase 2.51 The CBS Sports Fantasy Football team ranks Burden as WR27, projecting he will catch 73 passes for 1,057 yards and six touchdowns in 2026
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Jahdae Walker heavily added (#25)
Sleeper trending/add: Jahdae Walker (13079) count=3820 (Δ3820 vs prior poll)
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Training Camp Battle: WR3: Jahdae Walker vs Kalif Raymond
We have a few more training camp battles to look at as the Bears are getting close to reporting to camp. This next battle, if I had to guess, will be the one that Chicago Bears fans will be most interested in throughout July and August. It’s the battle to see who emerges as the team’s WR3 between Jahdae Walker and Kalif Raymond . Walker emerged as a fan favorite after a stellar training camp and preseason. As a UDFA, he had a steep hill to climb to make the 53-man roster. But climb it he did. The Bears thought so highly of Walker that they didn’t want to risk putting him on the practice squad. They kept him on the 53 and for good reason. Walker was inactive for 7 of the first 12 Bears games, and when he played, he only saw six offensive snaps total. But as the season shifted into December, Walker earned opportunities on the offense, and he made it count. Walker had six catches, including 2 touchdowns (and a critical game-tying touchdown against the Green Bay Packers ), while earning 78 snaps. Olamide Zaccheaus had 61 snaps over those last three games, and Walker started pushing OZ for snaps for the WR4 spot. Come playoff time, Ben Johnson went with the veteran, and Zaccheaus was active, and Walker was not. But Walker made it clear that he was going to be pushing for more playoff time in 2026. The Bears let OZ walk after the season and traded DJ Moore , which opened up the door for Walker to potentially be WR3, but the Bears went out and signed someone who has familiarity with Ben Johnson and his offense, former Detroit Lion Kalif Raymond. Raymond’s production has definitely dipped over the last two seasons in Detroit . Raymond had 500 yards receiving over the last two seasons after averaging over 500 yards per season from 2021 to 2023. Raymond, whether he’s WR3 or WR4, will have a role on this team because he will also contribute on special teams, but he and Walker are going to vie for that WR3 role. Now, to be fair, that role will not be as prominent in Chicago as it is on other teams. The Bears will feature a lot of 12 personnel with Cole Kmet and Colston Loveland , but not only that, you can expect 13 personnel with rookie Sam Roush as well. For some teams that sit in 11 personnel, that WR3 will be on the field for 75 or 80% of the snaps. For the Bears, the WR3 this season may only be on the field for 40% of the snaps, but that’s still going to be plenty of opportunities in this offense. You would have to think that the Bears would want Walker to take this job and run with it. Teams would always prefer their young players to earn jobs away from veterans, but they never want to hand the jobs to them; they want them to earn them. Walker definitely has places to improve. He needs to add muscle; he needs better blocking technique, but he’s already made significant progress in one year. Can he make more significant progress this year? I would expect that to happen. What do I think happens here? I think this situation plays out like Luther Burden and Zaccheaus did last year. In 2025, Rome Odunze and DJ Moore were the WR1 and WR2 on the team, OZ was the team’s WR3, and eventually Burden took over as he got more comfortable in the offense. This year, I expect Odunze and Burden to be the team’s top two WRs, and I expect Raymond to be the team’s WR3 out of the gate in September, but I think Walker will continue to improve and he will take over for Raymond at some point in the season and secure the WR3 status in Chicago. Fans might get frustrated when they don’t see Walker getting significant snaps in September, but be patient; Walker’s time certainly feels like it’s coming
analyst
Kalif Raymond Unlikely to Have Significant Role
Kalif Raymond's role with Chicago Bears is uncertain, making him a candidate for waiver wire
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outlook
2026 Season Outlook
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Walker made Chicago's roster as an undrafted rookie out of Texas A&M in 2025 and spent most of the year in a reserve role, but late-season injuries to the WR position allowed him to step up during the Bears' final three regular-season games, in which span he totaled six catches for 87 yards and two TDs on 10 targets. While the trade of DJ Moore to Buffalo opens up some opportunities for Walker entering Year 2, Chicago also pursued a capable journeyman in Kalif Raymond to handle the No. 3 role behind Rome Odunze and Luther Burden, and rookie third-rounder Zavion Thomas represents notable competition
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Ten Chicago Bears with the most to prove in 2026: 8. Rome Odunze
Let’s move on with our third name on our list of the ten Chicago Bears with the most to prove in 2026. If you missed the first two installments, number 10 was punter Tory Taylor , number 9 was left tackle Braxton Jones . Number 8 is wide receiver Rome Odunze. Odunze certainly has not been bad in his first two seasons in Chicago, but he certainly hasn’t shown many signs of being the elite WR1 that the Bears expected him to be when they spent the ninth overall pick on him in 2024. Rome saw his yards per game increase in 2025 from 43 in 2024 to 55. And his yards per catch also increased from 13.6 to 15.0. Odunze also doubled his touchdown output from 3 to 6. While those numbers look like something to build on (and they are), there are also some concerning numbers as well. Odunze’s success rate did not improve at all and remained comfortably below 50% at 45.6%, and the most alarming number was that his catch rate dropped from a poor 53.5% in 2024 to an even worse 48.9% in 2025. Odunze’s success rate was 111th in the NFL. His catch rate was 190th out of 197 players. Again, Odunze’s catch rate was 190th out of 197 players. Caleb’s passer rating when he targeted Odunze was 81.8, placing him 154th among those 197 players. For comparison, Colston Loveland ’s passer rating was 121.6, Luther Burden’s was 123.1, and DJ Moore ’s was 103.2. Even Jahdae Walker ’s was 127.9. So while some of Odunze’s numbers improved last year, the efficiency with which he got those numbers was honestly woeful. There needs to be significant improvement from Odunze this year in this offense. Odunze did play through injuries at points last season, including a stress fracture, and that may have been a factor, but regardless of what other factors may have led to some of these numbers, they need to vastly improve in 2026. What does Odunze need to improve on this year to increase those productivity numbers? First of all, it would certainly help if Odunze were largely healthy this year. If he’s not, that would be two straight years dealing with injury issues, and that opens up another can of questions. Second, he needs to squeeze the football. Odunze needs to catch the ball better. He struggled with dropping the football, and his hands simply need to be more reliable. From a playing perspective, Antwaan Randle-El has talked about wanting better route running from Rome Odunze, and all of Caleb Williams ’ receivers need to be better in the scramble drill when Caleb goes off-book and tries to improvise. Even if Odunze improves this year, there’s a good chance that he falls to the third option in the offense behind Burden and Loveland. Keep in mind, last year Odunze led the team in targets despite missing 5 games. If Odunze’s role diminishes in the offense, the Bears may have a tough choice deciding if they want to pick up his fifth-year option after next season. Odunze’s salary would be somewhere between $20 and $24 million on that option. When you use a top ten pick on a player, the expectation has to be that the player receives a second contract with the team that drafted him. If Odunze doesn’t greatly improve this year, that contract will be in jeopardy. Now, before we decline Odunze’s fifth-year option and kick him off the team after the 2027 season, let’s be clear: Odunze may have struggled last year, but he missed games and played hurt during the back half of the season when the Bears’ offense started clicking. He has shown promise at points during his first two seasons, and this is only his second year with Ben Johnson. There are plenty of reasons to still be positive about Odunze’s outlook in Chicago, but there are reasons for concern as well. It may only be two seasons, but I’m at a point where I don’t think Odunze has WR1 stuff. I haven’t seen electric speed, dynamic jump ball ability, or fabulous catches that great wide receivers traditionally make. Odunze plays more like a reliable WR2, and that may be all Chicago needs him to be. If Lovela [... truncated ...]
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Waiver: Jahdae Walker added, Donovan Edwards dropped
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Jahdae Walker - Productive at end of rookie season
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Walker caught six of 10 targets for 87 yards and two touchdowns across nine regular-season games during the 2025 season. Walker made the team out of training camp as an undrafted free agent out of Texas A&M. He played a total of eight offensive snaps through Week 14, but Rome Odunze dealt with a foot injury at the end of the regular season, opening the door for Walker to get some run with Caleb Williams. He made the most of his chances and caught the game-tying touchdown with 24 seconds left in the fourth quarter in Week 16 against the Packers. Walker caught another score in the Week 18 loss to Detroit. After a productive close to the season, Walker should have a leg up as a reserve wideout entering the 2026 offseason
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Waiver: Jahdae Walker added
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Jahdae Walker - Won't face Green Bay
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Walker (coach's decision) is inactive for Saturday's wild-card round game against the Packers. Walker has been active for four of Chicago's last five games, taking the roster spot of Rome Odunze. With Odunze ready to return to the field, Walker will be a healthy scratch
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Waiver: Jahdae Walker added
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Jahdae Walker - Capitalizes late-season chances
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Walker caught two of three targets for 36 yards and a touchdown in the Bears' 19-16 loss to the Lions on Sunday. Walker finished the season with six receptions on 10 targets for 87 yards and two touchdowns across nine games, with all of his production coming over the final three contests. He logged only eight offensive snaps prior to that stretch while frequently inactive, highlighting how situational his usage was. He is signed with Chicago through 2027 and enters 2026 as a depth receiver with fringe roster appeal
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