Bears' 2026 Draft Pick Schedule Revealed

The Chicago Bears’ 2026 draft pick schedule is no longer a projection: the draft ended Saturday, and Chicago used all seven selections. (chicagobears.com) (espn.com) Chicago opened Thursday night at No. 25 overall and selected Oregon safety Dillon Thieneman in the first round. The draft in Pittsburgh began April 23, with Round 1 on Thursday, Rounds 2 and 3 on Friday, and Rounds 4 through 7 on Saturday, April 25. (chicagobears.com) (nbcchicago.com) The Bears then used their first second-round pick, No. 57, on Iowa offensive lineman Logan Jones and their third-round pick, No. 69, on Stanford tight end Sam Roush after trading down nine spots. They added Louisiana State receiver Zavion Thomas at No. 89 later Friday night. (chicagobears.com) Saturday changed the original pick map. Chicago traded up five spots in Round 4 for Texas defensive back Malik Muhammad at No. 124, acquired pick No. 166 in a trade with Carolina to take Arizona State linebacker Keyshaun Elliott, and then traded up again for Georgia Tech defensive lineman Jordan van den Berg at No. 213. (chicagobears.com) That matters because the Bears entered the draft with three picks in the top 60 and four in the top 89, a setup created by their 11-6 season and offseason trade of wide receiver DJ Moore to the Buffalo Bills. Their pre-draft order included No. 25, No. 57, Buffalo’s No. 60, No. 89, No. 129, No. 239 and No. 241. (chicago.suntimes.com) (nbcchicago.com) By the end of the weekend, Chicago had not used that original No. 60 slot and had shifted other Day 3 positions through trades, but the final rookie class still totaled seven players. The official Bears recap lists the class as Thieneman, Jones, Roush, Thomas, Muhammad, Elliott and van den Berg. (chicagobears.com) (espn.com) ESPN’s post-draft analysis said safety was a priority after the departures of Kevin Byard and Jaquan Brisker, and it called Thieneman an expected early contributor. The same review said Jones arrived after Drew Dalman’s retirement pushed Chicago to secure both a 2026 starter in Garrett Bradbury and a longer-term center option. (espn.com) Coach Ben Johnson said Saturday that Ryan Poles and the Bears had built a class of “intense competitors” consumed by football. The schedule reveal that mattered on April 23 has now turned into a completed seven-player haul. (chicagobears.com)