{"id":804913,"date":"2026-03-10T16:56:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/804913\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T16:56:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:56:37","slug":"bears-sign-former-detroit-lions-wr-return-man-kalif-raymond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/804913\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears sign former Detroit Lions WR, return man Kalif Raymond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Per NFL Network&#8217;s Ian Rapoport, 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\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Chicago Bears&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Chicago Bears<\/a> are signing former <a href=\"https:\/\/lionswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Detroit Lions;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Detroit Lions&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Detroit Lions<\/a> wide receiver and return man Kalif Raymond.<\/p>\n<p>Raymond returned 32 punts for 241 yards and one touchdown last season. The 5-foot-8, 180-pound receiver also returned six kickoffs for 161 yards in 2025. Over his five seasons in Detroit, Raymond returned three punts for touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Raymond also caught 24 passes for 289 yards and a score last season.<\/p>\n<p>For more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/detroit-lions\/334\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lions;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Lions&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Lions<\/a>\u00a0coverage, follow us on X,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thelionswire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@TheLionsWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;@TheLionsWire&quot;}\" class=\"link \">@TheLionsWire<\/a>, and give our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lionswire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Facebook&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0page a like.\u00a0Follow Josh on X,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JoshOnLions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@JoshOnLions;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;@JoshOnLions&quot;}\" class=\"link \">@JoshOnLions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Lions Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/lionswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/lions\/2026\/03\/10\/chicago-bears-sign-kalif-raymond-detroit-lions-nfl-free-agency\/89083544007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bears sign former Detroit Lions WR, return man Kalif Raymond;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Bears sign former Detroit Lions WR, return man Kalif Raymond&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Bears sign former Detroit Lions WR, return man Kalif Raymond<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Per NFL Network&#8217;s Ian Rapoport, the Chicago Bears are signing former Detroit Lions wide receiver and return man&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[391,146,113,2506,7,5328,6282,147,6,126],"class_list":{"0":"post-804913","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-lions","8":"tag-chicago-bears","9":"tag-detroit","10":"tag-detroit-lions","11":"tag-detroitlions","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-ian-rapoport","14":"tag-kalif-raymond","15":"tag-lions","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-nfl-network"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116205941658314183","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804913","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=804913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}