2025 NFL Draft: How RB Kyle Monangai impacts the Chicago Bears' depth chart

Kyle Monangai brings the boom, but little else

What Monangai is good at is picking up those tough, 'gotta have it' yards. He's got a compact, muscular frame and moves like a giant bowling ball. Unfortunately, nothing else about his game stands out as particularly good. He lacks top-end speed, so he won't be a home run hitter, and that severely limits his ceiling in the NFL.

I could see a future for Monangai where he puts together a terrific training camp performance and supplants Roschon Johnson as Chicago's power running back: the early down or goal-to-go option in the backfield, but even that feels like a stretch until we actually see him in action with pads on.

Even landing the RB3 spot may be a struggle. Ian Wheeler, a preseason fan favorite from last year, is returning, and he looked like he had real potential before his injury in the preseason finale. You can bet he's coming back with a vengeance and will be gunning hard to make the roster after being robbed of his opportunity once already.

Monangai could very well end up looking like one of the 2025 NFL draft's late-round gems, but until we actually see evidence of that, we have to be more realistic in our expectations.