Bears Place RB Tarik Cohen On IR, Elevate RB Artavis Pierce

The Chicago Bears announced Tuesday that they’ve officially placed RB Tarik Cohen on injured reserve and elevated RB Artavis Pierce to their active roster.

The Bears also signed DE Terry Beckner and LB Sharif Finch to the practice squad.

Here’s the Bears updated practice squad:

1. WR Rodney Adams
2. QB Tyler Bray
3. DB Xavier Crawford
4. WR Reggie Davis
5. DB Stephen Denmark
6. WR Jesper Horsted
7. WR Thomas Ives
8. DT Lacale London
9. C Sam Mustipher
10. G Lachavious Simmons
11. T Badara Traore
12. DE Ledarius Mack
13. LB Devante Bond
14. G Dieter Eiselen
15. DE Terry Beckner
16. LB Sharif Finch

Cohen, 25, is a former fourth-round pick of the Bears out of North Carolina A&T back in 2017. He was in the final year of his four-year, $3.03 million contract when he agreed to a three-year deal with a maximum value of $18.25 million last week. 

Cohen’s new contract with the Bears has a base value of the deal is $17.25 million and includes $9.533 million fully guaranteed.