The Bears have lost rookie safety Major Wright for the rest of the pre-season.  He will have surgery today to repair a fractured left index finger.  Wright had 7 tackles in the pre-season opener over the weekend.  This will set back Wright a bit as the Bears had big plans for him.  Hopefully, he’ll be ready for the start of the 2010 regular season as the Bears planned on giving him quite a bit of P.T.

The Bears have selected FB/RB Harvey Unga out of BYU in the 7th round of the supplemental draft.  Unga carried the ball 208 times last season for BYU and he carried the ball 208 times for 1,087 yards (5.2 ypc) with 11 TD runs.  He has also caught 16 passes for 121 yards (7.6 avg) with 1 TD grab last season.  Unga played four years for the Cougars in which he carried the ball 696 times for 3,455 yards (5.0 ypc) with 36 TD runs.  He also caught 102 passes for 1,085 yards (10.6 avg) with 9 TD grabs in his career at BYU.  Unga could be the starting FB for the Bears as early as Week #1 of the 2010 season.

UPDATE:  (8/12/2010) - The Bears have placed Harvey Unga on the Injured Reserve List with a hamstring injury ending his rookie season before it even began.

The Bears have picked OT J’Marcus Webb with the 218th overall pick (7th round) of the NFL Draft.  He started his college career at Texas before transferring to West Texas A&M.  He is a huge guy at 6′8″, 328 pounds so he has the size to handle the job.  But the Bears are going to have to coach him up to get him onto the field as most draft experts didn’t think Webb would get picked at all.

The Bears have picked QB Dan LeFevour out of Central Michigan with the 181st overall pick (6th round) of the NFL Draft.  LeFevour is a big guy at 6′3″, 229 pounds and he is enough of an athlete to buy time in the pocket as he runs a 4.75 40.  LeFevour landed in the perfect spot as he will likely flourish under offensive co-ordinator Mike Martz’ tutelege.  LeFevour played in 14 games (all starts) for the Chippewas last season and he completed 318 of 456 passes (69.7%) for 3,438 yards with 28 TD passes and 7 INTs.  In his four years at C.Michigan, LeFevour played in 53 games (51 starts) in which he completed 1,171 of 1,763 passes (66.4%) for 12,905 yards with 102 TD passes and 36 interceptions.  LeFevour will likely bump Caleb Hanie from the #2 QB job at some point in 2010.

The Bears have picked CB Joshua Moore with the 141th overall pick (5th round) of the NFL Draft.  Moore is on the small side at 5′10″, 188 pounds and he’s not the fastest runner around (4.52 40) but he is a solid football player.  He is willing to tackle against the running game and he is a decent special teams player.  Moore played in 12 games for Kansas State last season in which he had 76 tackles, he broke up 11 passes, had 2 interceptions and he had 5 tackles for a loss.  Moore played in 25 games at K.St. and he finished up with 111 tackles, he broke up 16 passes, had 3 interceptions and he had 7.5 tackles for a loss.  Moore was a solid pick for the Bears as he projects out to be a nickel back while helping out on special teams as a rookie.