Jalen Hurd has officially put an end to Baylor’s brief NFL draft hiatus.
The San Francisco 49ers selected the senior receiver with the 67th pick in the 3rd round, making him the first Bear selected in the NFL draft since center Kyle Fuller in the seventh round of the 2017 draft.
In his only season on the field for Baylor, Hurd was the team’s leading receiver with 69 receptions for 946 yards in 12 games played. Hurd didn’t play in the Bears’ Academy Sports and Outdoors Texas Bowl win against Vanderbilt because he had a procedure on his knee.