Bears' new edge rusher to hone skills ahead of potential breakout year at Maxx Crosby, Von Miller, and Cam Jordan's Sack Summit 2025

Dayo Odeyingbo attends Sack Summit 2025

The Bears newest pass rusher, Dayo Odeyingbo, is set to enter into a critical year of his career.

Odeyingbo signed with Chicago as a free agent after spending the first four years of his career with the Indianapolis Colts. He's always been a guy on the verge of breaking out and the Bears made sure to strike before the iron got hot.

It's a big risk to take, especially since the Bears expect him to start off the edge opposite Montez Sweat. Taking advantage of an opportunity like the Sack Summit allows Odeyingbo to learn from some of the best and find little ways to improve.

"I think I've improved consistently every year that I've played and I plan to continue to do that," Odeyingbo said during his introductory press conference. "For me, I feel like you should never stop improving as a player, stop getting better as a player. I'm just at the beginning of my career and I have a lot of great things ahead of me."

Funny enough, another former Bears edge rusher will be in attendance as well in DeMarcus Walker, who's still a free agent after being released by Chicago in February.

Under the new coaching staff led by Ben Johnson and Dennis Allen, Odeyingbo will take over a similar role Walker held in 2024 playing outside and inside. Being able to join this organization at such a critical time for the team as well was another no-brainer decision to make for his career.

"With all the guys coming in and having Caleb [Williams] being young, coach Johnson coming in, D.A. coming in, we have an opportunity to do something special in a special city and it's exciting," Odeyingbo added. "This really wasn't an opportunity I could pass up and it really didn't make the decision hard."