In drafting wide receiver Luther Burden III, the Chicago Bears continued to add playmaking options at the skill positions for quarterback Caleb Williams. The growth and development of Williams under new head coach Ben Johnson will be the key factor in how much success the Bears have in 2025 and beyond,

The hope this year is that the team’s top two picks give Williams easier throws, personnel mismatches and an advantage he didn’t have last season.

Meeting with the media after he was selected by Chicago with the 39th overall pick, Burden revealed that he and Williams were actually supposed to be teammates at Oklahoma, but the quarterback left the Sooners following coach Lincoln Riley to USC. Burden played his entire collegiate career at Missouri.