Lost among the myriad injuries that have afflicted the Bears, particularly at the wide-receiver spot, was perhaps the most devastating of all: the stress fracture to the left shin of rookie wideout Kevin White, which ended his season before it ever got close to starting.
White, the No. 7 pick of this year’s draft and expected to be a centerpiece in the offense of coordinator Adam Gase, appeared at Bears practice on Thursday just doing some light running and catching casual tosses from a member of the Bears’ medical staff. Because of the injury, which occurred sometime during June workouts with the team, White was placed on the physically unable to perform list to open training camp and given the “reserve/physically unable to perform” designation during Aug.