Bears traded up in 2016 to draft him
The Bears opted to release Floyd this week instead of paying him $13.2 million, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t covet him at one time. He was taken with the ninth overall pick in the 2016 draft after the Bears moved up two spots from No. 11 overall. The deal cost Chicago a fourth-round pick.
Floyd was a promising prospect out of Georgia, possessing great length at 6-foot-6, 244 pounds with 33 1/8-inch arms. He was thin and lanky as a rookie and remains as such now, but Floyd plays bigger than his size suggests.
In the 40-yard dash, he ran a 4.6 and jumped 39.5 inches in the vertical. He also had a 127-inch broad jump, all of which were among the best at his position at the combine.