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Bears move on from injured former Georgia DB
As final cuts draw closer, a Georgia Bulldog has lost his roster spot due to an undisclosed injury. Former Georgia and Michigan State defensive back Ameer Speed was waived by the Chicago Bears with an injury designation, according to Courtney Cronin of ESPN. He was waived to make room for former Las Vegas Raiders running back Brittain Brown.
Speed was fighting to make the final roster for the Bears after playing two games for Chicago last year. He was signed to the practice squad in Sep. 2024, but he did well enough to get promoted to the active roster on Nov. 6, 2024.
Through those two games in Chicago, Speed racked up 17 snaps; 14 on special teams and 3 on defense. He signed his exclusive rights free agent contract with the Bears in April 2025, but it looks like he'll have to try to catch on with another practice squad when he is healthy.
Before his brief tenure with the Bears, Speed made pits stops with the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts in 2023. He was drafted by the Patriots in the sixth round of the 2023 NFL draft, but five games into his tenure, New England cut him.
Indianapolis picked him up from waivers on Oct. 20, 2023. With the Colts, he played in eight games, but he was ultimately waived in Aug. 27, 2024.
Before his time in the NFL, Speed played at Georgia and Michigan State. With Georgia, he totaled 25 tackles and one pass defended from 2017-21. He won a national championship with Georgia in 2022, but he was used more as depth, so he transferred to Michigan State in 2022.
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