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"It's unbelievable. It's life-changing stuff,"
Kmet said Wednesday. "Honored to be here, honored that they felt
I was a guy worthy of this, and ready to get going and prove
these guys right and really play beyond what the contract value
is, in my opinion. That's what I want to do and show that they
made the right decision."
Kmet, 24, led the Bears in receptions (50), receiving yards
(544) and touchdown catches (seven) in 2022.
He has played in all 50 games (43 starts) since Chicago drafted
him in the second round in 2020.
"It's pretty cool when you get two sets of regimes: One that
obviously believed in me enough to draft me and then the new one
that comes in that believes in me enough to give me an
extension," Kmet said. "It's pretty cool. It's a good feeling.
Kind of a test to all of the work that I put in and just what
I've been doing the past three years."
This is the first long-term extension handed out by the Bears
since Ryan Poles became general manager in January 2022.
"Having that type of guy, that type of tight end, that type of
man that reps everything we want to represent at the Chicago
Bears," coach Matt Eberflus said. "... And certainly he has a
bright future ahead of him with the Chicago Bears."
Chicago opened training camp Wednesday and will kick off the
regular season on Sept. 10 against the visiting Green Bay
Packers.
--Field Level Media
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