{"id":172238,"date":"2025-07-01T05:59:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T05:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/172238\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T05:59:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T05:59:14","slug":"bears-rumors-espn-picks-notre-dame-star-in-2026-nfl-mock-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/172238\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears rumors: ESPN picks Notre Dame star in 2026 NFL Mock Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

The post Bears rumors: ESPN picks Notre Dame star in 2026 NFL Mock Draft<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Chicago Bears<\/a> may have a couple of players struggling to fit into Ben Johnson\u2019s system. And their quarterback might need to listen<\/a> to some advice from a peer. However, looking ahead to 2026, ESPN picked a Notre Dame star for the Bears in its NFL Mock Draft.<\/p>\n

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Of course, it\u2019s a little early to look that far ahead. But, hey, it\u2019s the summer. And fans probably need a little something to get their chatter amped up.<\/p>\n

The order of the mock draft comes from ESPN\u2019s Football Power Index. It uses thousands of simulations to rank teams from Nos. 1 to 32, giving us the draft order for 2026.<\/p>\n

Bears might grab Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love<\/p>\n

Just to let you know, the ESPN index had the Bears at No. 17. And that\u2019s how they would get their hands on the dynamic runner<\/a>, according to espn.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bears were rumored to be interested in Ashton Jeanty had he fallen to them in the 2025 draft, so perhaps 2026 is when they\u2019ll get a running back,\u201d Matt Miller wrote. \u201cLove was one of the best running backs in the country last season as a sophomore, rushing for 1,125 yards and 17 touchdowns.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe is a bruising runner at 6-foot and 206 pounds but can also break off big plays \u2014 see his 98-yard TD against Indiana in the first round of the playoffs \u2014 and shake tacklers in space. That, plus his receiving skills, makes him the perfect feature back for new coach Ben Johnson\u2019s offense.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s kind of funny because the Bears might be able to use love THIS year. The current backfield consists of D\u2019Andre Swift, Roschon Johnson, Kyle Monangai, and Travis Homer. That doesn\u2019t exactly strike fear into the hearts of defensive coordinators around the NFL. But the Bears waited until the seventh round to get Monangai in this year\u2019s draft.<\/p>\n

Still, Johnson has spoken highly of<\/a> Monangai since the draft, according to yahoo.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the running back room, Kyle Monangai has really stepped up,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cI appreciate the attention to detail and the pride he takes and how quickly he\u2019s picking things up.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the good things about Monangai is that he had 669 carries without a fumble over four years. He finished his Scarlett Knights career with 3,221 yards and 27 touchdowns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The post Bears rumors: ESPN picks Notre Dame star in 2026 NFL Mock Draft appeared first on ClutchPoints.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1303,1035,391,12,7,2526,6,1401,4077,24480],"class_list":{"0":"post-172238","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-ashton-jeanty","9":"tag-ben-johnson","10":"tag-chicago-bears","11":"tag-espn","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-kyle-monangai","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-notre-dame","16":"tag-roschon-johnson","17":"tag-travis-homer"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114776451593121423","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}