What Luther Burden Did After the Bears Drafted Him Will Leave You Speechless

Some players are simply grateful to hear their name called on draft weekend. For others, being drafted isn’t enough — they want to be drafted high. When that doesn’t happen, it plants a chip on their shoulder that never goes away. New Chicago Bears wide receiver Luther Burden falls firmly into that second category.

Heading into the 2025 NFL Draft, many analysts projected Burden as a first-round pick. Some experts even ranked him as the second-best wide receiver in the entire class. Burden shared those expectations himself.