College Coach Tells The Real Reason Bears Fell In Love With Austin Booker

The Chicago Bears appeared done with the 2024 NFL draft after the 4th round. They’d selected Iowa punter Tory Taylor. No picks remained. It wasn’t a big class, but many felt it still had a chance to have a major impact. They didn’t know GM Ryan Poles had other plans. As far back as the 3rd round, he was playing out the board as he felt it would fall. If the Bears managed to get Taylor in the 4th round, they would start working the phones to see if they could jump back into the draft to grab Kansas edge rusher Austin Booker.