The Chicago Bears added a big-time playmaker at wide receiver when they selected Luther Burden III with the 39th overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft. Burden joins a receiver room led by veteran DJ Moore and second-year pro Rome Odunze, a first-round pick last year.

The Bears continued to add pass-catching playmakers by selecting Luther Burden in the second round. Here is our initial grade of the pick.

Three pure wide receivers in Arizona's Tetairoa McMillan, Ohio State's Emeka Egbuka and Texas' Matthew Golden came off the board in the first round, but Burden did not hear his name called. Travis Hunter, the cornerback/wide receiver hybrid, went No. 2 overall to the Jacksonville Jaguars.