The Chicago Bears placed former Florida State wide receiver Squirrel White on the reserve/retired list Monday, ending a brief run with the team just three days after he signed as an undrafted free agent. White, who was signed May 8, participated in the first day of the Bears' rookie minicamp over the weekend before leaving practice with the team's training staff ahead of the second workout.
The move means White no longer counts toward Chicago's 90-man offseason roster total, though the Bears will retain the rights to his NFL contract. For a player listed at 5-foot-9 and 177 pounds, the quick pivot came after a college career that never quite found a stable finish. White caught five passes for 52 yards in an injury-hampered season at Florida State in 2025, but he also brought a stronger track record from Tennessee, where he had 131 catches for 1,665 yards and six touchdowns over three seasons.
Chicago's decision to move on without White came the same day the club kept adding to a receiver group that already has depth behind Rome Odunze and Luther Burden III. The Bears signed veteran Scotty Miller and undrafted rookie Kyron Hudson on Monday after both players took part in rookie minicamp on a tryout basis. Miller arrives as a seven-season NFL veteran with 99 career receptions, while Hudson caught 23 passes in his final collegiate season at Penn State.
The sequence says as much about the Bears' offseason plan as it does about White's situation. Chicago is still sorting through the bottom of its receiver room, with Kalif Raymond, third-round rookie Zavion Thomas and Jahdae Walker also in the mix. White's exit clears a roster spot, but it also leaves open the question of whether the Bears ever expected him to be more than a short-term look after a stop-and-start end to his college career.
