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With the No. 9 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft after selecting quarterback Caleb Williams with the first overall pick, the Chicago Bears took Washington Huskies wide receiver Rome Odunze, and he went on to haul in 54 receptions for 734 receiving yards and three touchdowns in his rookie campaign.
But his effectiveness was limited in his sophomore season because of a foot injury, which he recently explained was his new normal because of the sheer physics of how the injury affected his foot.
“This is my new normal,” Odunze said via Dan Wiederer on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“And it’s not from a standpoint that I’m always in pain, but the way my foot broke, there’s callouses in there that create a different type of foot structure with those bones — different types of things that kind of shift things around. So my new normal is kind of what I am going into.”
He continued by saying that his goal is simply to be the best possible receiver for the Bears, and that he’s comfortable with his current share of the targets from Williams.
“For me, I just want to be the best receiver possible for this team,” he said via WKYC. “I feel like I provide many assets to do that. And I’m comfortable with a lot of the target share, as well as the other guys getting involved, so we can be the best offense possible.”
So far in the 29 regular-season games that he’s played with the Bears, Odunze has hauled in 98 receptions for a total of 1,395 receiving yards and nine touchdowns.
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