QB Tyson Bagent has come a long way, from D-II to likely starter for Bears with Justin Fields hurt
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — This time last year, Tyson Bagent was nearing the end of a record-setting career at Division II powerhouse Shepherd University and getting ready for what turned out to be a romp at West Chester. The Chicago Bears expect Bagent to be behind center with Justin Fields recovering from a dislocated right thumb when they host the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. Fields did not practice Wednesday, and coach Matt Eberflus said again that he likely won’t play against the Raiders. “Other people that have had this injury, it’s gone that way where they’ve taped it and gone through it and they’ve played, and it’s been a week to week thing, and then all the way to having surgery and them being out,” coach Matt Eberflus said. “But then as soon as you get a bunch of crap in your face, it’s nothing to move out of the way, check it down and survive and play the next play.” Bagent, who grew up in Martinsburg, West Virginia, said he and his dad, Travis, had a feeling early on that he would play in the NFL.
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