The five-year anniversary of the 2017 NFL Draft is subsequent month. Within the fourth spherical of that yr’s occasion, the Chicago Bears chosen Tarik Cohen, the undersized but harmful backfield weapon, with the 119th total choose.
On Friday, the Bears are reducing ties with the previous All-Professional operating again, in keeping with ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The transfer comes in the future following Chicago’s massive commerce with the Los Angeles Chargers that noticed them ship away former Defensive Participant of the Yr and six-time Professional Bowler Khalil Mack.
Cohen put collectively a stable rookie season in 2017, serving as a change-of-pace runner to Jordan Howard and performing because the Bears’ major pass-catching again. “The Human Joystick” performed in all 16 video games that yr, ending with 140 touches (87 carries and 53 receptions) for 723 complete yards and three touchdowns.
2018 was Cohen’s finest NFL marketing campaign, as he led all Chicago gamers in receptions (71) and yards from scrimmage (1,169), whereas scoring eight complete touchdowns, together with 5 by way of the air. Cohen — who was named first-team All-Professional and earned his solely Professional Bowl nod to this point — additionally added 33 punt returns for 411 yards, each of which led the NFL, and ended the yr with 1,599 all-purpose yards.
Cohen was once more productive in 2019, ending the season with 994 all-purpose yards — 456 by means of receptions, 302 on punt returns, 213 on speeding makes an attempt and 23 on kick returns — and posted career-highs in targets (104) and receptions (79). The 26-year-old suffered a season-ending ACL harm early within the 2020 marketing campaign and missed all of 2021 as nicely.
