The Bears didn’t reveal too much information about the kicking competition they held at rookie minicamp. The media could only report limited details, while Matt Nagy added just a little color at his press conferences.
It turns out, the eight-kicker competition actually grew to nine during that weekend.
After only two of the kickers hit the 43-yard field goal at the end of practice on the first day, punter Alex Kjellsten from McNeese State switched to attempting field goals.
“They brought in something like 14 specialists, and the organization did a great job of constructing pressure situations for us, and it was very competitive,” Kjellsten told The Advocate.