The following is the third of nine position previews in advance of training camp.

DJ Moore and Rome Odunze, two of the Bears' top offensive weapons from 2024, highlight the receiving corps, which also features a handful of new faces.

Moore led the Bears with a career-high 98 receptions and 966 receiving yards while tacking on six touchdowns in 2024, following an impressive 2023 debut campaign in Chicago where he caught 96 passes for 1,364 yards and eight TDs.

Moore is the most experienced receiver on the Bears roster, having played 114 career games and tallying 558 receptions for 7,531 yards and 35 touchdowns. Bears receivers and assistant head coach Antwaan Randle El is excited to work with Moore's versatile skillset.

"With DJ, he's done it, in terms of he has played the position over and over again," Randle El said. "He's a veteran, he is the guy that we can get the ball to in a lot of different ways. I just see him in a lot of ways. A lot of times, he's catching these screens, but he can run routes. He can come inside and do some things, too. I'm excited about that."

As the group's veteran leader, Moore also serves as a mentor to Odunze and rookie Luther Burden III. However, Moore appreciates learning from the young players as well.

"They're keeping me young, even though I'm not that old in the room," Moore said. "But just seeing them just follow behind my lead and just grow from there. Rome's taken a step up this year, I can already tell. And then Lu, who we drafted in the second round, I can't wait to see what he does. I saw him in rookie minicamp doing a lot of things."

Odunze enters his second NFL season after being drafted by the Bears with the No. 9 overall pick in 2024. As a rookie, the Washington product played in all 17 games with 12 starts, accumulating 54 catches for 734 yards and three touchdowns. He joined Hall of Fame tight end Mike Ditka as the only rookies in Bears history to amass at least 50 receptions and 700 yards.

"I'm extremely impressed," coach Ben Johnson said of Odunze. "To be a second-year guy, you would expect a little bit more inconsistency. And yet the way he approaches the meeting room, the walk-through, the drill work, it's very much like a seasoned pro. Some of the best that I've been around. And he's still learning. I know there's a lot of information that's getting thrown his way. Coach Randle El is doing a great job with him right now. We're going to see a lot of growth from him, not just in the springtime, but in camp."

Odunze said he spent the spring and summer improving both physical and mentally in order to make the 2025 season "the best that I've had in this league."

"That comes to a lot of different aspects, to focusing on the playbook, to focusing on the weight room, getting faster, getting stronger, all those different things," Odunze said. "When it comes to goals-wise, I like to think about the team and winning games and making the playoffs. Individually, wanna go for 1,000 [yards], double digit [touchdowns].

"I think when you're doing the right things and you're having success, and the team is having success, all the statistics and those numbers will come."

One of the newest additions to Johnson's offense is veteran Olamide Zaccheaus, who is entering his seventh NFL season. Zaccheus joined the Bears during the first wave of free agency in March after previously playing for the Falcons (2019-22), Eagles (2023) and Commanders (2024).

The seventh-year pro has accumulated 149 receptions for 1,998 yards and 13 touchdowns in 89 career games. In 2024, Zaccheaus played in all 17 games with six starts in the regular season, totaling a career-high 45 receptions for 506 yards and three touchdowns. He also made a splash on special teams, returning 17 punts for 179 yards, finishing with the NFC's second highest punt return average (10.9).

"The culture here, the history, the tradition," Zaccheaus said. "I feel like it's a great time to be in Chicago. I just want to do my part and try to just win some games and make a run for the whole thing."

The Bears also added receiving talent through the draft by selecting Burden out of Missouri in the second round. Over three collegiate seasons, Burden started 34 career games, totaling 192 receptions for 2,263 yards and 21 touchdowns.

Burden earned First-Team All-Southeastern Conference recognition in 2023 and 2024. In 2023, the St. Louis native was named AP Second-Team All-American after recording 1,212 receiving yards, the third-most by any SEC player.

While Burden missed most of the Bears offseason training with an injury, Johnson is excited about the rookie's potential.

"You saw the highlights, right?" Johnson said. "He's a playmaker waiting to happen. Went to the same high school, I believe, as [Lions receiver] Jameson Williams. 'Jamo' texted me right after we took him and he said, 'You got a dog just like me.' Luther has that same confidence. He's got that same swagger to him, for 6-foot, 200-plus pounds.

"It's rare to see somebody with his movement skills. He can stop on a dime and accelerate just like that. Give him a little bit of space and he can make big things happen. So a dangerous player, weapon, call him what you want, but I see big things in his future."

The Bears receiving corps also features veterans Devin Duvernay, Tyler Scott and Miles Boykin.

Duvernay signed with the Bears in April after spending his first five NFL seasons with the Ravens (2020-23) and Jaguars (2024), tallying 105 receptions for 977 yards and five touchdowns across 72 appearances.

The veteran is also an experienced return specialist, averaging 12.0 yards on 88 punt returns and 24.9 yards with two touchdowns on 87 kickoff returns. Duvernay was named to the Pro Bowl as a returner in 2021 and 2022 and received All-Pro honors in 2021 with a league-high 13.8-yard return average.

Scott enters his third season with the Bears with 28 career games under his belt. He was drafted No. 133 overall by the Bears in 2023 and has totaled 18 receptions for 173 yards. The Cincinnati product has been a special teams contributor as well. He returned eight kicks for 207 yards in 2024.

Boykin joined the Bears in April after spending portions of the 2024 season on the Giants and Seahawks practice squads. Boykin has played in 73 career games since being drafted in 2019 by the Ravens, where he played until 2021 before heading to the Steelers from 2022-23.

Also competing for a playing time during training camp will be veterans Samori Toure and Maurice Alexander, second-year pro John Jackson as well as undrafted rookies Jahdae Walker and JP Richardson.