Luther Burden III finalizes rookie contract with Chicago Bears

Wide receiver Luther Burden III stretches during Bears rookie minicamp at Halas Hall on May 9, 2025, in Lake Forest. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)The 2025 Chicago Bears draft class has its paperwork in order.

The Bears and wide receiver Luther Burden III, the No. 39 pick out of Mizzou in April, have agreed to terms on a four-year rookie contract, sources confirmed to the Tribune on Friday. Burden was the last of eight Bears draft picks who needed to finalize his contract.

Burden attended Cardinal Ritter and East St. Louis High.

The deal is fully guaranteed for $10.965 million, the agency representing Burden told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The amount of guaranteed money in rookie deals had been a…