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Bears rookie DE Austin Booker: 'I feel I belong'

Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

Bears defensive end Austin Booker was raw and confident when he arrived at Halas Hall as a fifth-round draft pick in April. The three-month update: He’s less raw and more confident.

The 6-6, 245-pound Booker, who played in just 18 games and started only one in two seasons at Minnesota and Kansas, is on a developmental plan that has been noticeably fast-tracked in training camp — including practice reps with the first-team defense.

And he doesn’t feel out of place.