The Bears used the No. 7 pick in last year’s draft on Kevin White, and have franchise-tag money on the table with Alshon Jeffery.
So a first-round move on Treadwell by the Bears is hardly likely. But the Bears choose 10th in the second round and with the fluid Jeffery situation. So – along with meetings with receivers Devon Cajuste from Stanford, Braxton Miller and Michael Thomas from Ohio State, and Rashawn Scott from Miami, per various reports – the Bears clearly are doing some due diligence with the possible future in mind.
That includes a planned meeting with Mississippi wide receiver Laquon Treadwell, among the highest-rated wideouts in this year's class, at a position of increasing demand over the past several drafts.
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When the 2015 college season ended, Mississippi’s Laquon Treadwell was rated the No. 1 wide receiver heading for the 2016 draft by such as Pro Football Weekly’s Draft Guide – not surprising after Treadwell’s season of 82 catches, 1,153 yards and 11 touchdowns, production with size (6-2, 220 pounds). Projected first round’er.
But then Treadwell ran a pair of 40 times in the 4.6-4.7 sec. range at the Ole’ Miss pro day, and the prospect that he might last past the Top 15 picks of the Apr. 28 round one surfaced.
Prior to that, Treadwell told Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio last month that he had visits set with the Bears, Bengals, Browns and Cowboys.