Cade Barnett: Bears' Vanilla Gorilla

0:00It's April 26, NFL news today starts now, AI powered and game ready. I'm Cory with the story. Chicago Bears scooped up one of the top undrafted free agents in Kade Barnet, a massive offensive lineman from Wyoming. This 6-foot-4, 316-pound beast started three years for the Cowboys, locking down right tackle in 2023 and 20. 24, before sliding inside to Righard last year. He earned second team all-mountain-west honors in 2025, showing serious grit in the trenches. That wrestling background from high school gives him that extra edge in hand-fighting battles up front. Analysts rank him as the 305th overall player on their 2026 draft board and the 4th best guard who slipped through the cracks. Folks are buzzing about his potential to crack the Bears' 53-man roster as the vanilla gorilla. These numbers back it up, a 9.54 relative athletic score, just one sack allowed last season,

1:00and over 2,000 blocking snaps in. College split between tackle and guard spots. That 79.2 impact score ranked third among mountain-west guards. Keep an eye on Barnet and camp, he could be the steal that bolsters Chicago's line for years to come.