BOURBONNAIS — The Bears are down to two healthy draftees.
Rookie running back Kerrith Whyte missed his first practice Thursday with what coach Matt Nagy dubbed two different injuries: a hamstring problem and a foot sprain.
“It might be just a little bit of time,” he said.
Cornerback Stephen Denmark, a fellow seventh-round pick, remained out with an ankle problem that figures to stretch into next week, at least.
“He’s not too close, but it’s nothing that I’m real concerned about,” Nagy said.
The two join receiver Riley Ridley, a fourth-rounder who’s been out since hurting his hamstring during the Bears’ first training camp practice on July 26.
Of the team’s five draft picks, only third-round running back David Montgomery and sixth-round cornerback Duke Shelley practiced Thursday.
“I think right now, the draft class we have, they’re all really high-character guys and they get it, so there’s going to be these injuries,” Nagy said. “But I know Riley Ridley right now — just using him as an example — he’s doing everything in his power to get back. But we’re going to have to hold him back so that when he comes back he doesn’t re-injure it.”
