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The Chicago Bears have traded for speedy receiver Jakeem Grant from the Miami Dolphins for a 2023 sixth-round draft pick, according to multiple reports on Tuesday. Grant is an elite return man (2nd team All-Pro last season) and will also bring value to the receiver position. For the season, he had two catches for -7 yards, 46 yards on kickoffs, and 59 yards on punt returns. As a return man with the Dolphins, he had three punts and two kickoffs returned for touchdowns over his five-plus year career. He will likely be the new return man as Khalil Herbert will get more carries with the injury to David Montgomery. For his career, Grant has 91 catches for 1,001 yards and five touchdowns, 2,206 yards on kickoffs, and 978 yards on punt returns. He was a sixth-round draft pick out of Texas Tech in the 2016 NFL Draft. During his collegiate career, he had 3,286 receiving yards and 31 total touchdowns. The Bears have finalized a trade this morning with the Dolphins to acquire return specialist Jakeem Grant. He can be a plug-and-play KR and PR. Has elite speed and can mix in occasionally on O. Bears sending a ‘23 6th to Miami.
New Chicago Bears WR Jakeem Grant renegotiated his contract on September 1st, reducing his salary from $4.15 million to $2 million and voiding the 2022-23 years so he's a free agent after 2021
(@TomPelissero was first w trade news.)
He'll bring a $1.55M cap hit to Chicago, and will not be a compensatory free agent
