Overview
- Logan Jones took the field at rookie minicamp wearing No. 54 on Friday after the Bears issued numbers to their draft class.
- Brian Urlacher approved the assignment after the Bears kept the number out of use since his 2012 retirement without formally retiring it.
- Longtime equipment director Tony Medlin suggested 54 to Jones and helped steer the locker-room details for the switch.
- The Bears plan for veteran Garrett Bradbury to start at center as Jones, the 57th pick and Rimington Trophy winner, learns protections and builds timing with quarterback Caleb Williams.
- Chicago stopped adding to its league-high 14 retired numbers in 2013 under chairman George McCaskey, a policy that keeps notable jerseys available on a 90-man roster.