Alex Bars

TRANSACTIONS: Signed by Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent, May 2, 2019…Waived by Bears, Aug. 31, 2019…Signed by Bears to practice squad, Sept. 1, 2019…Signed by Bears to active roster, Oct. 15, 2019…Re-signed by Bears as a free agent, March 3, 2021…Signed by Las Vegas Raiders as a free agent, March 17, 2022.

TRANSACTIONS: Signed by Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent, May 2, 2019…Waived by Bears, Aug. 31, 2019…Signed by Bears to practice squad, Sept. 1, 2019…Signed by Bears to active roster, Oct. 15, 2019…Re-signed by Bears as a free agent, March 3, 2021…Signed by Las Vegas Raiders as a free agent, March 17, 2022.

AT A GLANCE

Enters fourth season after playing first three seasons with the Chicago Bears. Originally signed as an undrafted free agent by Chicago in 2019.

Has played in 38 career games with 13 starts. Made eight starts in 2020, including starts at three different positions on the offensive line.

Played in 36 games with 32 starts during collegiate career at Notre Dame, earning 2018 All-American honors from The Sporting News.

CAREER: Enters his fourth NFL season and first with the Las Vegas Raiders…Played three seasons with the Chicago Bears, seeing action in 38 career games with 13 starts…Played in all 17 regular-season games in 2021 and all 16 games in 2020…Joined Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2019 and spent time on the practice squad before being elevated to the active roster.

2021 (with Chi.): Appeared in all 17 games, including five starts…(10/3) vs. Det.: Helped Bears rush for 188 yards…(10/10) at LV: Made first start of the season…Paved the way for the Bears to rush for 143 yards…(10/31) vs. SF: Helped QB Justin Fields rush for a season-high 103 yards…(11/8) at Pit.: Part of an offense that recorded a season-high 414 total yards on offense…(11/21) vs. Bal.: Blocked for an offense that posted 353 total yards…(11/25) at Det.: Helped pave the way for the Bears to record 378 total yards…(12/5) vs. Ari.: Started and aided in RB David Montgomery's season-high 141 all-purpose yards…(1/2/22) vs. NYG: Helped Montgomery rush for two TDs.

2020 (with Chi.): Played in 16 games with eight starts…Started the final eight games of the season, making six starts at right guard and individual starts at center and left guard…(11/8) at Ten.: Made first-career start at center…(11/16) vs. Min.: Made first-career start at left guard…(11/29) at GB: Made first-career start at right guard…Helped RB David Montgomery eclipse 100 yards on the ground…(12/6) vs. Det.: Helped the Bears produced 140 yards on the ground with three TDs…(12/20) at Min.: Part of a ground attack that produced a season-high 199 rushing yards and two TDs…Postseason: (1/10/21) at NO: Started at right guard in an NFC Wild Card Game.

2019 (with Chi.): Appeared in five games as a rookie after earning promotion from the practice squad prior to Week 7…Inactive for six games…Saw action in each of the final five games of the regular season…(11/28) at Det.: Made NFL debut.

COLLEGE: Appeared in 36 career games with 32 starts at Notre Dame…Made starts at right tackle, right guard and left guard over his collegiate career...Named 2018 Sporting All-American First Team...As a graduate student in 2018, played the first five games of the season before suffering a season-ending injury…As a senior in 2017, started all 13 games at right guard…Part of an offensive line that paved the way for the No. 7-ranked rushing offense in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) with 269.3 rushing yards per game...Paved the way as the Irish set a single-season school record with 3,503 rushing yards…Helped Notre Dame set the modern single-game record for rushing yards per carry against Boston College, as the Irish averaged 10.1 yards per attempt and totaled 515 yards to snap a record that stood for 75 years…As a junior in 2016, started all 12 games at right tackle…Part of an offensive line that paved the way for 417.6 total yards per game…As a sophomore in 2015, appeared in six games and made two starts at left guard…Part of a line that helped the Irish average 5.63 rushing yards per carry to establish a modern school record.

PERSONAL: Attended Montgomery Bell High School in Nashville, Tenn. …Named second-team offensive lineman on the USA Today All-USA Prep All-American Team in 2013…Ranked as the No. 76 player in the nation by ESPN.com, No. 98 by Rivals.com and No. 99 by Tom Lemming/CBS Sports…Played both tackle and defensive tackle…Led team to Tennessee Division II-AA semifinals in 2013 and a 10-2 record…First-team Tennessee Class II-AA all-state selection by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association…First-team All-Midstate selection by the Nashville Tennessean in 2013…Played in the Under Armour High School All-America Game…Also competed in shot put and played saxophone in band…Father, Joe, played linebacker at Notre Dame…Brother, Brad, played defensive end at Penn State and brother, Blake, played offensive line at Michigan.