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Bears sign LB DeMarquis Gates, waive LB Christian Albright with injury designation

The Bears have signed LB DeMarquis Gates and waived LB Christian Albright with an injury designation.

The Chicago Bears have signed linebacker DeMarquis Gates and waived rookie linebacker Christian Albright with an injury designation, the team announced Saturday.

Gates is a former undrafted free agent by the Cleveland Browns in 2018, but he was cut later that same summer. He’s had NFL stops in Cleveland (2018), Washington (2019) and Minnesota (2020). Gates also appeared in the AAF (Memphis Express, 2019), XFL (Houston Roughnecks, 2020), CFL (Saskatchewan Roughriders, 2021) and most recently the USFL (Birmingham Stallions, 2022).

Last season in the USFL, Gates had 68 tackles, 6.5 sacks, an interception, 2 forced fumbles and a fumble recovery en route to a championship with the Stallions.

Albright, who signed with the Bears as an undrafted free agent this offseason, left Monday’s training camp practice with an injury. In five years at Ball State, Albright totaled 260 tackles, 33.5 tackles-for-loss, 16.5 sacks, 2 interceptions, 13 pass breakups, 9 forced fumbles and 3 fumbles recoveries.

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2022 Chiefs NFL draft prospects: Group 16

Our latest group of 2022 NFL draft prospects to watch for the #Chiefs:

Bowl season is in full swing, which means we’ve got some more prospects to watch in what could be their final games in college football. We’ve identified over 200 college prospects to keep an eye on ahead of the 2022 NFL draft, all of whom might be potential fits with the Kansas City Chiefs. I’ll be releasing my thoughts on many of the prospects in random groups of four on Saturdays throughout the college football season.

Our sixteenth group of prospects includes a productive linebacker, an underrated cornerback, an athletically-dominant offensive tackle and a shifty slot receiver.