The Bears drafted Trapilo<\/a> in the second round at No. 56. Trapilo, who agreed to a contract Thursday<\/a>, spent the spring competing with second-year pro Kiran Amegadjie for reps at left tackle. Incumbent starter Braxton Jones will join the competition when he returns from an ankle injury.<\/p>\n Those three should provide the most intriguing position battle during training camp. Here\u2019s what Bears fans need to know about Trapilo as rookies report Saturday<\/a>.<\/p>\n How did he get here?<\/p>\n There was much predraft speculation about what the Bears would do at left tackle. On draft night, three tackles went off the board before the Bears picked at No. 10, including Texas\u2019 Kelvin Banks Jr., whom the New Orleans Saints took one spot ahead of the Bears. The Bears went with tight end Colston Loveland<\/a>.<\/p>\n Poles and the front office elected to wait until Day 2 to select a tackle. In Trapilo, they found one with impressive size and experience playing both right and left tackle. He appeared in 44 games over the last four seasons at Boston College.<\/p>\n Where did he come from?<\/p>\n Trapilo\u2019s father, Steve, was an All-America offensive lineman at Boston College in the 1980s. The Saints selected Steve Trapilo with a fourth-round pick in 1987, and he played in 57 games for them over six seasons. Steve died of a heart attack at age 39 in 2004, when Ozzy was a toddler.<\/p>\n Ozzy followed in his father\u2019s footsteps and played at both Boston College High School and Boston College. He worked out in the high school weight room that was named after his father, who had donated much of the equipment before he died.<\/p>\n A four-star recruit coming out of high school, Ozzy Trapilo committed to former BC coach Steve Addazio, then held firm in his commitment after the Eagles replaced Addazio with Jeff Hafley. Trapilo was the top-rated recruit in Hafley\u2019s first class in 2020.<\/p>\n Trapilo played in 10 games as a redshirt freshman in 2021, then started at left tackle in 2022 before moving to right tackle for his final two seasons. He was a team captain and first-team All-ACC performer in 2024.<\/p>\n Why did the Bears draft him? The Bears revamped their offensive line significantly over the offseason. In March they added three veteran starters<\/a> at the interior spots: Joe Thuney, Drew Dalman and Jonah Jackson.<\/p>\n Left tackle has been something of a question mark. Jones started 40 games there over the last three seasons. Amegadjie, a third-round pick a year ago, missed most of 2024 training camp last year while recovering from quadriceps surgery and saw limited action once the season started.<\/p>\n
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Boston College offensive tackle Ozzy Trapilo anchors the line during a game against Louisville on Oct. 25, 2024, in Chestnut Hill, Mass. (Greg M. Cooper\/AP)<\/p>\n
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Bears offensive tackle Ozzy Trapilo stands on the field during practice at Halas Hall on June 10, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n