Kalif Raymond has agreed to sign a one-year contract with the Chicago Bears, reuniting the wide receiver with Ben Johnson, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.
Raymond’s contract is worth $5.1 million, according to NFL Network.
The versatile Raymond spent the past five seasons in Detroit, helping key the franchise’s turnaround as a contributor on both offense and special teams. Johnson was the Detroit Lions’ offensive coordinator from 2022 to ’24 before being hired as the Bears’ head coach last year.
In 2025, he set the franchise record for career punt return yards (1,485). He also turned 24 receptions into 289 yards and a touchdown in 15 games.
Raymond was named a second team All-Pro in 2022 and 2024 as a punt returner. He led the NFL in punt return yards in 2024 with 413.
The Lions originally signed Raymond as an unrestricted free agent in March 2021. He entered the league with Denver as an undrafted free agent out of Holy Cross in 2016, and went on to play for the New York Jets, New York Giants and Tennessee Titans.
ESPN’s Eric Woodyard contributed to this report.
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