Bears scrapbook — Hometown heroes

Mark Potash
Oct 25, 2025
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Updated: Oct 25, 2025

The Bears are down to three players from the Chicago area — tight end Cole Kmet (St. Viator), linebacker T.J. Edwards (Lakes) and offensive lineman Kiran Amegadjie (Hinsdale Central). Two years ago they had six — Kmet, Edwards, Jack Sanborn (Lake Zurich), Robert Tonyan (McHenry), Dan Feeney (Sandburg) and Doug Kramer (Hinsdale Central).

This week's Bears scrapbook takes a look back at the Bears best hometown players — one of many NFL lists headed by the great Dick Butkus:

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Bears scrapbook — Hometown heroes

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