3 years later: Final grades for the Bears' 2023 NFL Draft class

The 2026 NFL Draft is just a few days away from beginning, and it will be yet another opportunity for the Chicago Bears to improve their roster under general manager Ryan Poles. This will be Poles' fifth draft as Bears general manager, and he has a high bar to clear after he seemingly found multiple impact players a year ago while working with head coach Ben Johnson. Of course, we know grading a draft just one year out isn't a valuable exercise.

Things can change a couple years down the road as players develop or flame out after showing promise. That's why we're taking a look back at the 2023 Bears draft class. Many analysts prefer to wait three years to fully grade a team's NFL draft class.

Those three years are up for the 2023 class, which featured Poles' inaugural first-round pick of his Bears tenure. Here are our final grades on the Bears' 2023 NFL Draft class. OT Darnell Wright: A Round 1, pick No.

10 The Bears held the No. 9 overall pick in 2023 after trading out of the top spot in a blockbuster deal with the Carolina Panthers, and they had the chance to select Georgia standout defensive tackle Jalen Carter, the consensus top prospect who fell right into their laps. Instead, they traded out again to No.