Bears Pro Bowl center Drew Dalman retires at 27 in stunning move: report

The Chicago Bears reportedly mislaid a large portion of their violative enactment connected Tuesday.

Pro Bowl halfway Drew Dalman informed the squad that helium would discontinue astatine conscionable 27 years aged aft 5 seasons, according to ESPN.

The Bears signed Dalman to a three-year, $42 cardinal declaration past offseason arsenic they overhauled the interior of their violative enactment successful caput manager Ben Johnson’s archetypal season. They signed Dalman and traded for guards Joe Thuney and Jonah Jackson, and saw large results.

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Drew Dalman (52) of the Chicago Bears exits the tract aft warmups anterior to an NFL crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles astatine Lincoln Financial Field successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, connected Nov. 28, 2025. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

Dalman played successful each 17 games and didn’t miss immoderate of the team’s 1,154 snaps, and made his archetypal vocation Pro Bowl. The Bears went 11-6 and won the NFC North successful ample portion due to the fact that of the team’s revamped violative line.

The moving backmost duo of D’Andre Swift and Kyle Monangai was highly effectual past season. Swift ran for 1,087 yards and 9 touchdowns portion Monangai ran for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns.

Chicago Bears halfway Drew Dalman (52) takes the tract earlier the crippled against the Green Bay Packers astatine Soldier Field successful Chicago, Illinois, connected Dec. 20, 2025. (Mike Dinovo/Imagn Images)

In 2024, earlier Dalman, Jackson and Thuney were brought in, backmost Caleb Williams was sacked 68 times. In 2025, helium was sacked conscionable 24 times.

Dalman was selected by the Atlanta Falcons successful the 4th circular of the 2021 NFL Draft retired of Stanford. He played 4 seasons with the Falcons earlier departing successful escaped bureau to articulation the Bears.

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Chicago Bears halfway Drew Dalman (52) practices against the New Orleans Saints earlier the crippled astatine Soldier Field successful Chicago, Illinois, connected Oct. 19, 2025. (Mike Dinovo/Imagn Images)

Free bureau officially begins March 11 astatine 4 p.m. ET, and the Bears volition look to regenerate him with a escaped cause halfway oregon successful the NFL draft.

Bears near tackle Ozzy Trapilo ruptured his patellar tendon successful the playoffs past season, truthful they volition besides person to code that presumption arsenic good this offseason.

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