LAKE FOREST, Ill. – The Bears on Saturday terminated the contract of vested veteran fullback Lousaka Polite and waived 20 players to reach the NFL’s mandatory 53-man roster limit.

There were few if any surprises among the cuts, which included wide receiver Brandon Rideau and two 2007 first-day draft picks in second-round defensive end Dan Bazuin and third-round linebacker Michael Okwo.

The Bears also waived offensive linemen Anthony Oakley and Tyler Reed, wide receiver Mike Hass, tight end Fontel Mines, safety Leonard Peters, running back P.J. Pope, long-snapper Thomas Gafford and nine rookies in punter Zacrey Atterberry, defensive end Ervin Baldwin, tackle Cody Balogh, cornerback Trey Brown, defensive ends Joe Clermond and Nick Osborn, linebacker Joey LaRocque, guard Ryan Poles and tight end Marcus Stone.

Quarterback Caleb Hanie is one of nine rookies to make the Bears' 53-man roster following final cuts.

A 10th rookie, guard Chester Adams, was waived/injured after hurting his knee on the last play of the first half in Thursday night's preseason finale in Cleveland.

None of the 21 players who were let go Saturday ever started a game for the Bears. The only two who had even appeared in a regular-season contest were Polite (five games) and Oakley (three).

In establishing their 53-man roster, the Bears kept undrafted rookie Caleb Hanie as their third quarterback while also retaining four running backs and six wide receivers.

With rookie first-round draft pick Chris Williams sidelined indefinitely following back surgery, the Bears will head into the season with only seven healthy offensive linemen.

While all seven rookies the Bears selected in the first five rounds of the draft made the final roster, tackle Kirk Barton was the only one of five seventh-round choices to stick.

The Bears can establish an eight-man practice squad on Sunday and also could claim players who’ve been waived by other NFL teams. In past seasons, the Bears have typically stocked their practice squad with players they released a day earlier during final cuts.

Here’s a breakdown of the 53-man roster as it stands now (in alphabetical order):

Quarterbacks (3): Rex Grossman, Caleb Hanie, Kyle Orton

Running backs (4): Matt Forte, Kevin Jones, Adrian Peterson, Garrett Wolfe

Fullbacks (1): Jason McKie

Wide receivers (6): Earl Bennett, Marty Booker, Mark Bradley, Rashied Davis, Devin Hester, Brandon Lloyd

Tight ends (3): Desmond Clark, Kellen Davis, Greg Olsen

Offensive linemen (8): Kirk Barton, Josh Beekman, Roberto Garza, Olin Kreutz, Terrence Metcalf, John St. Clair, John Tait, Chris Williams

Defensive linemen (9): Anthony Adams, Mark Anderson, Alex Brown, Dusty Dvoracek, Tommie Harris, Marcus Harrison, Israel Idonije, Adewale Ogunleye, Matt Toeaina

Linebackers (6): Lance Briggs, Hunter Hillenmeyer, Darrell McClover, Nick Roach, Brian Urlacher, Jamar Williams

Cornerbacks (5): Zackary Bowman, Corey Graham, Trumaine McBride, Charles Tillman, Nate Vasher

Safeties (5): Mike Brown, Danieal Manning, Brandon McGowan, Kevin Payne, Craig Steltz

Specialists (3): Robbie Gould, Patrick Mannelly, Brad Maynard