{"id":214800,"date":"2025-07-17T18:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T18:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/214800\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T18:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T18:10:10","slug":"chicago-bears-sign-second-round-pick-shemar-turner-to-rookie-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/214800\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Bears sign second-round pick Shemar Turner to rookie contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/bearswire.usatoday.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chicago Bears;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Chicago Bears<\/a> have signed second-round defensive tackle Shemar Turner to his rookie contract, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1945868638059201016\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NFL Network&#039;s Ian Rapoport;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">NFL Network&#8217;s Ian Rapoport<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>No details have been revealed about his contract, but it should be a four-year deal with some form of guaranteed money.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The moves come after a delay in second-round picks signing contracts as they were seeking fully-guaranteed deals like first-round selections receive. While <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/houston-texans\/325\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Houston Texans;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Houston Texans<\/a>\u00a0receiver Jayden Higgins and\u00a0Cleveland Browns\u00a0linebacker Carson Schwesinger were awarded fully-guaranteed deals, <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/san-francisco-49ers\/359\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:San Francisco 49ers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">San Francisco 49ers<\/a>\u2019 second-round pick Alfred Collins broke the cycle with a mostly-guaranteed contract and kickstarted a trend of second-round signings.<\/p>\n<p>Turner, the 62nd overall pick, won&#8217;t be asked to play an immediate role on defense, as the interior defensive line is led by Gervon Dexter Sr., Grady Jarrett and Andrew Billings. But the rookie should get opportunities to thrive in Dennis Allen&#8217;s defense, which fits Turner&#8217;s violent and aggressive style of play.<\/p>\n<p>Following Turner&#8217;s signing, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/chicago-bears\/326\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bears;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bears<\/a> have seven rookie draft picks under contract ahead of training camp. Second-rounder Luther Burden III remains unsigned. Rookies are set to report on Saturday while veterans report three days later next Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Bears Wire on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheBearsWire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheBearsWire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bearswireusat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Bears Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/bearswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bears\/2025\/07\/17\/bears-sign-shemar-turner-rookie-contract\/85251988007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chicago Bears sign Shemar Turner to rookie contract;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Chicago Bears sign Shemar Turner to rookie contract<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago Bears have signed second-round defensive tackle Shemar Turner to his rookie contract, according to NFL Network&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2070],"tags":[583,12836,374,571,692,391,2493,2793,8897,7,1511,253,569,446,6,126,195,252,1163],"class_list":{"0":"post-214800","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bears","8":"tag-alfred-collins","9":"tag-andrew-billings","10":"tag-bears","11":"tag-carson-schwesinger","12":"tag-chicago","13":"tag-chicago-bears","14":"tag-chicagobears","15":"tag-defensive-tackle","16":"tag-dennis-allen","17":"tag-football","18":"tag-grady-jarrett","19":"tag-houston-texans","20":"tag-jayden-higgins","21":"tag-luther-burden-iii","22":"tag-nfl","23":"tag-nfl-network","24":"tag-rookie-contract","25":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","26":"tag-shemar-turner"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114869923213746913","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214800","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=214800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}