Bears No. 1 receiver entering year three after a 2024 rookie season that ran in Caleb Williams' shadow.
Rome Odunze was the third receiver taken in the deep 2024 wide receiver class. He had to share targets in Chicago with DJ Moore and Keenan Allen as a rookie. The 2025 season delivered 84 catches and 1,020 yards in his first year as the unambiguous No. 1. The Caleb Williams connection is now the Bears' offensive identity.
Path to the league
Washington Husky who caught 92 passes for 1,640 yards as a senior, helping the team to the 2023 CFP National Championship Game. Bears took him ninth overall in 2024. Rookie year produced 700 yards on 54 catches.
Career highlights
2023 CFP National Championship Game starter. 2x first-team All-Pac-12. Bears career yards through two seasons (1,720+, second among Bears WRs in same window).
2025 season recap
84 catches on 130 targets for 1,020 yards and 8 TDs. Chicago went 9-8 and made the playoffs. Williams' breakout sophomore year ran heavily through Odunze, who became the team's red-zone target with 8 TDs.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Rome Odunze
- Pro Football Reference: Rome Odunze
Statistics
2025 season and career2025 Season · Receiving
12 games played▶Receiving · career
| Year | Team | GP | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | bears | 12 | 44 | 661 | 15.0 | 6 | 37 |
| 2024 | bears | 17 | 54 | 734 | 13.6 | 3 | 47 |
▶Rushing · career
| Year | Team | GP | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | bears | 17 | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 8 |
Player Profile
Background
- Position
- Wide Receiver
- Group
- offense
- College
- Washington
- Hometown
- Las Vegas, NV, USA
- Age
- 24
- Status
- active
Latest news about Rome Odunze
All news →Caleb Williams Says It's 'A Hell of a Lot More Fun' in Year 2 Under Ben Johnson
The Bears quarterback sounds like a different player this offseason, and the comfort he has found in Ben Johnson's system is exactly what Chicago hoped for.
The Bears traded DJ Moore to Buffalo. Rome Odunze says he's '100 percent' ready to be WR1.
Moore texted Odunze before the news broke. Now the third-year receiver inherits the No. 1 role in Ben Johnson's offense, coming off a season a foot stress fracture nearly wiped out.
