Field Yates reports that the Bears are placing RB Tarik Cohen on the PUP list as he recovers from an ACL injury that he sustained last season.
Cohen still counts against the team’s 90-man roster and can be activated at any time.
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.
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.
He was placed on injured reserve in September of 2020 after suffering a torn ACL in Week 3.
In 2020, Cohen appeared in three games for the Bears, rushing 14 times for 74 yards (5.3 YPC). He also caught six passes for 41 yards (6.8 YPC).
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