Roster Move: Bears sign two-time Pro Bowl receiver Devin Duvernay

Kirby Lee - USA Today Sports

Bears Media Relations - 1 day ago

The Chicago Bears on Wednesday signed veteran wide receiver Devin Duvernay to a one-year contract and re-signed veteran running back Travis Homer to a one-year contract.

Duvernay, an AP First-Team All-Pro selection (2021) and two-time Pro Bowler (2021-22) as a return specialist, joins the Bears after spending his first five professional seasons as a member of the Baltimore Ravens (2020-23) and Jacksonville Jaguars (2024). Since entering the league as a third-round selection (92nd overall) by Baltimore in the 2020 NFL Draft, Duvernay has appeared in 72 career games, starting 25 at wide receiver, amassing 977 receiving yards on 105 receptions (9.3 avg.) and five receiving touchdowns, as well as 222 yards on 31 rushing attempts (7.2 avg.) and one rushing score. In the return phase, Duvernay owns a career punt return average of 12.0, as well as a kickoff return average of 24.9. Duvernay earned AP First-Team All-Pro honors and a Pro Bowl nod in 2021 after finishing the season as the NFL's only returner to rank in the Top 10 in both punt return average (13.8, first) and kickoff return average (24.1, seventh). A Sachse, Texas, native, Duvernay appeared in 52 career games at the University of Texas (2016-19), capping his tenure in 2019 with first-team all-conference recognition after leading all Big 12 Conference wide receivers in receptions (106) and receiving yards (1,341).

Homer returns to the Bears after having accumulated 75 career regular-season games played with Chicago (2023-24) and the Seattle Seahawks (2019-22). Since being selected by the Seahawks in the sixth round (204th overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft, Homer has accounted for 951 yards from scrimmage, dispersed between 476 rushing yards on 89 carries (5.3 avg.) and 475 receiving yards on 55 catches (8.6 avg.), securing three scrimmage touchdowns. Last season, Homer appeared in 10 games for the Bears, adding six special teams tackles as a contributor on Chicago's coverage units. A native of West Palm Beach, Fla., Homer prepped collegiately at the University of Miami (Fla.), where he totaled 37 games played over three seasons of action (2016-18), earning Second-Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference recognition following each of his final two seasons with the Hurricanes.