Neither Alex Bars or Sam Mustipher were drafted by an NFL team when their Notre Dame careers ended after the 2018 season, but both wound up inking free agent deals with the Chicago Bears.
Bars wound up getting promoted to the Bears active roster late last season while Mustipher remained on the practice squad.
Due to an unfortunate injury to Bears lineman and former second round pick James Daniels that was sustained this past Thursday, now Bars moves up to replace the void on the offensive line left by Daniels and Mustipher gets promoted from the practice squad to the active roster.
We have placed LG James Daniels on IR & promoted OL Sam Mustipher to the active roster.@Hyundai | #DaBears
— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) October 14, 2020
If it seems like an oddity that both wound up signing free agent deals with the Bears remember that at the time, former Notre Dame offensive line coach Harry Hiestand was coaching the Bears offensive line and had the obvious connections to both Bars and Mustipher.
All the best to both in the blue and orange.