How will Kevin White perform after missing his entire rookie campaign last year due to a fractured shin?

With the seventh overall pick, in the 2015 NFL Draft, the Chicago Bears selected Kevin White, a wide receiver out of West Virginia. White was a highly touted prospect coming out of college at his position who fell just shy of possessing some of the games most prestigious accolades.

The West Virginia alumni was a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award and the Paul Warfield Trophy as well as finishing 2014 as an Associated Press Second-Team All-American. In two years at West Virginia, White accumulated 144 receptions for 1,954 yards and 15 touchdowns, averaging 13.6 YPC to wrap up his collegiate career.

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The Bears selected White, with the hopes of replacing Brandon Marshall, who they traded to the New York Jets earlier in the 2015 offseason. Those aspirations that the Bears had for their rookie wide receiver quickly came to a halt when he suffered a stress fracture in his shin during offseason workouts. That very ailment would ultimately require surgery and sideline White for the entire 2015 season.

Chicago never recovered from White’s injury last season. They finished the year ranked 23rd in total passing with 3,663 yards and 21 touchdowns, but his injury was just one to the position group that would affect their overall totals. Alshon Jeffery, the team’s star wideout suffered from multiple ailments last year that would hamper his production and force him to miss seven games scattered through the course of the season.

In nine contests, Jeffery caught 54-of-94 targets for 807 yards and four scores. There was not another wide receiver that would catch more than 37 balls.

Chicago Bears 2015 Receiving Statistics (not including running backs)

White’s presence was surely missed as you can see from these numbers.

Heading into 2016, White is expected to be healthy and penciled in as the No. 2 receiver behind Jeffery. He is presumably a forgotten commodity and off the fantasy radar, so he is someone who could be viewed as a potential draft steal, depending on where he is selected.

White is ranked 87th overall with the No. 36 ADP at his position. With Eddie Royal as the only other threat to eat up targets besides Jeffery, White has value and upside somewhere around the eighth round of upcoming fantasy drafts.

Chicago is a pass-first team, especially with a gunslinger like Jay Cutler lining up behind center. White has the ability of a No. 1 receiver, but his durability comes into question entering the 2016 season.

White is projected to catch 58.5 passes, for 851 yards and five touchdowns, but if he plays a full 16 game slate, those numbers could drastically increase. White’s ceiling is sky high and is a sure boom or bust pick, but if he falls to the ninth round or later, it would be difficult to pass him up.

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