One of the most decorated players in the long history of Notre Dame football has inked a new deal with the Chicago Bears on Tuesday as Manti Te’o signed with their practice squad.
The former Notre Dame standout and Heisman Trophy runner-up helped lead the Fighting Irish to a BCS Championship Game appearance in 2012 while racking up countless other awards that season.
Bears signed LB Manti Te'o to their practice squad.
— Mark Grote (@markgrotesports) October 20, 2020
Te’o went on to be drafted in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers and played four seasons there before spending parts of the last three seasons with the New Orleans Saints.
Te’o has been credited with 307 tackles in his NFL career with a career high 83 coming in 2015. He has also pulled down a pair of interceptions at the professional level.
Te’o joins Alex Bars, Cole Kmet and Sam Mustipher as former Notre Dame players currently on the Bears roster.