The Chicago Bears have announced that one of their rookie wide receivers is retiring from the NFL at age 25 following their two-day rookie minicamp.
According to the team’s transaction wire, the Bears placed former Florida State wide receiver Squirrel White — whom they signed as an undrafted free agent last week — on the reserve/retired list, moving him off their roster but retaining his contract rights.
White signed a UDFA contract with the Bears on May 8 and participated in the first day of their rookie minicamp over the weekend, but The Chicago Tribune’s Sean Hammond reported that he left practice with the team’s training staff before the second workout.
At 5-foot-9 and 177 pounds, White seemed like a long shot to make the Bears’ 53-man roster after catching just five passes for 52 yards during his injury-hampered season with the Seminoles in 2025. He caught 131 passes for 1,665 yards and six touchdowns in his previous three seasons at Tennessee and showed punt return upside at both schools.
Instead, White will call it quits on his NFL career before it properly begins.
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