Staley Da Bear
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After the draft, general manager Ryan Pace described the 5-9, 180-pounder as “a guy I feel like we’ve been talking about for a long time. [He’s] a little bit undersized but extremely athletic. Really twitchy. Good ball skills.”
Pace told reporters that Shelley’s competitiveness jumps off the tape and that he projects as a nickel back in the NFL.
Shelley made a positive first impression, displaying his quickness at the Bears rookie minicamp in May.
“He’s quick-twitch,” coach Matt Nagy said at the time. “He was out here doing some special-teams drills early on and you could just really feel the energy and how quick he is making his moves and then doing some DB drills flipping his hips real quick, turning over and then actually finishing with the catch.”
Shelley continued to impress throughout the offseason program and will continue to compete with Buster Skrine for the top nickel position in training camp.