Bears 2025 Draft Pick with Most to Prove this Season: DL Shemar Turner
Injuries sidelined Chicago Bears defensive lineman Shemar Turner, but his draft status and overall talent make him the player with the most to prove from general manager Ryan Poles' 2025 draft class.
The Bears received some major contributions from their 2025 Draft class last season. First-round draft pick Colston Loveland led the team in receiving yards, and second-round pick Luther Burden III became an explosive pass catcher for quarterback Caleb Williams. Ozzy Trapilo started seven games for the Bears at left tackle before rupturing his patellar tendon in the wild-card win over the Green Bay Packers.
All but one of general manager Ryan Poles’ Day 1 and 2 picks found meaningful snaps last season. Defensive lineman Shemar Tuner , drafted No. 62 overall in the second round from Texas A&M, played just 74 total defensive snaps before a torn ACL ended his rookie year.
Unlike Loveland, Burden and Trapilo, who have already flashed their potential, Turner remains the biggest question mark of the 2025 class. Players who weren’t mentioned but still have a lot to prove are linebacker Ruben Hyppolite II and cornerback Zah Frazier. Hyppolite’s rookie season was impacted severely because of injuries, forcing him to just 31 total defensive snaps.
Frazier didn’t play a single snap because of personal reasons. What makes Turner the player with the most to prove from the 2025 draft class, though, is being a second-round draft pick. An ankle injury at the end of the Bears’ first training camp practice forced Turner to miss the first two regular-season games.