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Chicago Bears announce new jersey numbers
Earlier today, the Chicago Bears officially announced the uniform numbers of their new free-agent additions and their 2024 draft class. The current roster has 72 players, so once the undrafted free agent class is announced, more rookie jersey numbers will be issued. Chicago’s rookie minicamp will be on May 10 and 11, so that announcement should be soon.
Here’s the full list of new numbers, along with the previous Bear that wore that number.
Bears Draft Class
15: Rome Odunze, WR (Trent Taylor, WR 2023)
18: Caleb Williams, QB (Robert Tonyan, TE 2023)
19: Tory Taylor, Pr (Equanimeous St. Brown, WR 2023)
72: Kiran Amegadjie, OL (Michael Dwumfour, DL 2023)
94: Austin Booker, DE (Rasheem Green, DL 2023)
Veteran Free Agents
4: D’Andre Swift, RB (Eddie Jackson, S 2023)
The Bears’ unofficial ban of number #0 continues.
11: Brett Rypien, QB (Darnell Mooney, WR 2023)
13: Keenan Allen, WR (Tyler Scott, WR 2023)
14: Gerald Everett, TE (Nathan Peterman, QB 2023)
30: Tarvarius Moore, S (Joejuan Williams, CB 2023)
31: Kevin Byard III, S (Jaylon Jones, CB 2023)
36: Jonathan Owens, S (DeAndre Houston-Carson, S 2022)
37: Corliss Waitman, P (Duron Harmon, S 2023)
38: Douglas Coleman III, DB (A.J. Thomas, S 2023)
43: Cameron Lyons, LS (DeMarquis Gates, LB 2023)
45: Amen Ogbongbemiga, LB (Buddy Johnson, LB 2023)
55: Jacob Martin, DE (Dylkan Cole, LB 2023)
65: Coleman Shelton, C (Cody Whitehair, OL 2023)
71: Ryan Bates, iOL (Riley Reiff, OT 2022)
73: Jake Curhan, OT (Michael Schofield, OL 2022)
79: Matt Pryor, OT (Michael Schofield, OL 2022)
81: Dante Pettis, WR (Jake Tonges, TE 2022)
93: Byron Cowart, DT (Justin Jones, DT 2023)
Bears With New Numbers
1: Jaylon Johnson, CB (Justin Fields, QB 2023)
10: Tyler Scott, WR (Chase Claypool, WR 2023)
21: Jaylon Jones, CB (D’Onta Foreman, RB 2023)
78: Michael Dwumfour, DT (Roy Mbaeteka, OL 2023)