Ascending Chicago Bears WR to miss time with groin injury

One of the biggest stories so far in Chicago Bears training camp has been the emergence of wide receiver Luther Burden. The 2025 second-round pick had a good rookie season and is primed for a breakout campaign in 2026.

He got off to a great start this offseason and has been a standout almost every practice in training camp. But on Saturday morning, his camp hit a speed bump.

Burden was shaken up during 1-on-1 drills on Saturday morning as he and Tyrique Stevenson landed awkwardly on a rep. Burden left practice with the trainer and did not return. Now, we have some more information on the injury.

NFL reporter Ian Rapoport is reporting that Burden suffered a groin injury on Saturday. Burden will miss some time in training camp per Rapoport’s source.

#Bears WR Luther Burden III suffered a groin injury recently in practice and should miss a little bit of time, source says. One to keep an eye on. pic.twitter.com/TZzSPA8173

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 9, 2026

Luther Burden was having standout camp

With DJ Moore gone, there was an opportunity for one of the Bears wide receivers to take that No. 1 job and breakout. In the first nine or so practices of camp, that looked to be Burden.

The former Missouri product was drawing the praise of coaches and teammates, including quarterback Caleb Williams.

“We all believe in Luther, the whole org, his teammates, me, coach, coaches,” Williams said. “So it’s up to us to put in the work, QB, wide receiver. And it’s up to him to make sure he’s in the right spot and when he catches the ball — he said it one of his first times out — he’s a problem. And so just got to get him the ball. He runs great routes, he loses defenders, he’s smooth in his routes. So be able to deliver him a good ball, but I’m excited for him.”

Prior to camp opening up, Ryan Poles singled out Burden as a player he was most excited to see. The hope is that he won’t be sidelined too long and can be ready to go when Week 1 kicks off in just over a month.

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