On Saturday, the Chicago Bears signed all three second round trials in the 2025 NFL Draft – wide receiver Luther Burden III, offensive winger Ozzy Trapilo and defensive winger Shemar Turner.
He was recognized by the All-South Conference in his last two seasons at Missouri (2023 and 2024). Over the three seasons at Missouri (2022-24), Burden started 34 of 34 professional games, playing a total of 192 receptions, 2,263 yards (11.8 avg.) and 21 touchdowns and 21 touchdowns, adding 61 yards of rushing touchdowns in 2024 and earning a 78-yard push-punt punchhower toursman on a 78-yard return in 202224, which was riding 71 times in 202224. Receive, earning 1,212 yards a season after a season, any SEC player at 86 receptions, third, in the conference in any pass attacker AP Second-tier honors in the United States (2023). Burden, a St. Louis, Missouri native, reached a 34-game winning streak with at least one reception, the second longest for any player in any program history.
Trapilo (56th overall) started 36 of 44 professional games in four seasons at Boston College (2021-24), starting every game with the Hawks over the past three years (34 games). In 2024, team captain Trapilo won the All Atlantic Coast Conference honors after starting all 12 games with the right tackle. Trapilo was named the ACC offensive winger this week after a 420-yard offensive output against North Carolina in 2024. Norwell, Massachusetts, the native became Redshirt Junior in 2023 and also won all 12 games for Boston College.
Turner (62nd overall selected) started 35 of 43 professional games in the Texas A&M (2021-24) matches, earning second-team All-South Conference honors after the 2023 season. Over the past three years, each game has been played along the defensive line, with Turner having a total of 115 tackles, including 22.5 losses and 10.0 sacks, three forced turnovers and one pass defense. Turner, a Dallas, Texas native, ended with his junior season (2023) with a loss of third tackle (10.5) and a second bag of all Aggie defenders (6.0).