The Chicago Bears are gearing up for the start of training camp next week, and their top two rookies, Caleb Williams and Rome Odunze, remain unsigned.
Williams, appearing at his first Chicago-based Caleb Cares Foundation event, was asked about his contract status and whether he would report to camp if a deal isn’t done in the coming days.
“I’m not handling that,” Williams told the Chicago Tribune. “My lawyers and attorney and everybody, the head of the Bears, everybody up there up top is handling that. That’s not my position that I’m handling.”
While Williams remains unsigned with training camp just days away — and didn’t downplay a potential holdout — he did express excitement for the start of practices ahead of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game against the Houston Texans on Aug. 1.
“You start getting to the end of the break and you’re training and you’re ready to go,” Williams said. “Really excited. … I’m really happy to be back in Chicago and to get this thing going. We’re only about three weeks away (from the exhibition opener).”
Rookies are set to report to training camp on July 16 — and veterans on July 19 — with the first training camp practice slated for July 20.