Alex Bars
| No. 64 – Chicago Bears | |||||||
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| Position: | Guard | ||||||
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| Born: | September 8, 1995 | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 314 lb (142 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Montgomery Bell (Nashville, Tennessee) | ||||||
| College: | Notre Dame | ||||||
| Undrafted: | 2019 | ||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||
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Alex Bars (born September 8, 1995) is an American football guard for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Notre Dame.
College career
Bars was a member of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for five seasons. He spent his freshman year on the scout team before playing in six games with two starts as a sophomore. He started all 12 of Notre Dame's games at right tackle as a junior and all 13 games of his senior year at left guard.[1][2] Bars returned as a graduate student for a fifth season of NCAA eligibility and was named a preseason All-American by the Sporting News, but tore his MCL and ACL five games into the season against Stanford.[3] Over the course of his college career, Bars played in 36 games with 32 starts.[4]
Professional career
Bars signed with the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent on May 2, 2019.[5] Bars was waived at the end of training camp during final roster cuts, but was re-signed to the team's practice squad on September 1, 2019.[6][7] The Bears promoted Bars to the active roster on October 15, 2019.[8] He made his NFL debut on November 28, 2019 against the Detroit Lions.[9] Bars played in five games during his rookie season.[10]
Bars made his first career start on November 8, 2020, in a 17-24 loss to the Tennessee Titans, lining up at center despite having never played the position and playing all 77 of the Bears' offensive snaps with one botched snap.[11]
References
- ^ Farmer, Douglas (June 3, 2018). "Notre Dame 99-to-2: No. 71 Alex Bars, left guard and captain". NBCSports.com. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ McJunkin, Connor (July 3, 2018). "Notre Dame Football: Sporting News Names Alex Bars Preseason All-American". SlapTheSign.com. FanSided. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ Prister, Tim (February 7, 2019). "Four Months After Knee Surgery, Alex Bars Presses On". 247Sports.com. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ Shepkowski, Nick (October 15, 2019). "Irish in the NFL: Alex Bars Finally Gets His Chance with Bears". Fighting Irish Wire. USA Today. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ Mayer, Larry (May 2, 2019). "Roster moves: Bears sign 22 undrafted rookies". ChicagoBears.com. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ Loy, Tom (September 1, 2019). "Former Irish OL Alex Bars cut by the Chicago Bears". 247Sports.com. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ Ellis, Cam (September 1, 2019). "Alex Bars, James Vaughters, and Ryan Nall among those signed to Bears' practice squad". NBC Sports Chicago. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ Sugrue, Brendan (October 15, 2019). "Bears promote OL Alex Bars to active roster". Bears Wire. USA Today. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ Lieser, Jason (November 29, 2019). "Snap Judgment: Bears WR Anthony Miller maxes out increased playing time". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ Mentock, Alex (January 1, 2020). "Irish in the NFL: Which Former Players Are In The Playoffs?". Rivals.com. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
- ^ Stankevitz, JJ (November 9, 2020). "Bears vs. Titans grades: Nick Foles, Matt Nagy, O-line lead to another loss". NBC Sports Chicago. Retrieved November 9, 2020.