Bears 2020 training camp preview: Linebackers

The Chicago Bears linebacker corps figures to be a strength on defense, but are there depth concerns on the roster?

ILB James Vaughters

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The undrafted free agent has been on a whole slew of teams, including a couple of stints with the Calgary Stampeders of the CFL. Vaughters is a hometown kid, who played his college ball at Stanford. As a senior, he recorded 50 total tackles, including 11 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks. In the Foster Farms Bowl, Vaughters named the Defensive MVP of that game.

He was one of the more intriguing stories on the Bears roster, reportedly getting emotional before the Bears were set to take on Philadelphia last year.

“But when we were pulling up to the stadium,” said Vaughters, via Chicago Bears.com. “And you see all the fans, the tailgating, cars everywhere, just the entire atmosphere, it’s just something that I never thought I’d see.

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