Alex Bars
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| Born: | September 8, 1995 Trenton, MI, U.S.[citation needed] | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 334 lb (151 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Montgomery Bell Academy (Nashville, Tennessee) | ||||||
| College: | Notre Dame (2014–2018) | ||||||
| Position: | Guard | ||||||
| Undrafted: | 2019 | ||||||
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Alex Bars (born September 8, 1995) is an American football offensive guard who is a free agent. He played college football at Notre Dame and was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Chicago Bears following the 2019 NFL draft.
College career
[edit]Bars was a member of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for five seasons.[1] He spent his freshman year on the scout team before playing in six games with two starts as a sophomore. He started all 12 of Notre Dame's games at right tackle as a junior and all 13 games of his senior year at left guard.[2][3] Bars returned as a graduate student for a fifth season of NCAA eligibility and was named a preseason All-American by the Sporting News, but tore his MCL and ACL five games into the season against Stanford.[4] Over the course of his college career, Bars played in 36 games with 32 starts.[5]
Professional career
[edit]| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | |||||||||
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| 6 ft 5+7⁄8 in (1.98 m) | 312 lb (142 kg) | 31+3⁄4 in (0.81 m) | 9+3⁄8 in (0.24 m) | |||||||||
| All values from NFL Combine[6][7] | ||||||||||||
Chicago Bears
[edit]Bars signed with the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent on May 2, 2019.[8] Bars was waived at the end of training camp during final roster cuts, but was re-signed to the team's practice squad on September 1, 2019.[9][10] The Bears promoted Bars to the active roster on October 15, 2019.[11] He made his NFL debut on November 28, 2019, against the Detroit Lions.[12] Bars played in five games during his rookie season.[13]
Bars made his first career start on November 8, 2020, in a 17–24 loss to the Tennessee Titans, lining up at center despite having never played the position and playing all 77 of the Bears' offensive snaps.[14] Bars played in all 16 regular season games and started the last eight with one start at center, one start at left guard and six starts at right guard.[15] He signed a contract extension with the team on March 3, 2021.[16]
Las Vegas Raiders
[edit]On March 27, 2022, Bars signed a one-year contract with the Las Vegas Raiders.[17] He was waived on August 30, 2022.[18] On September 6, 2022, Bars was signed to the practice squad.[19]
Bars was elevated to the active roster on September 17, 2022, for the week 2' game against the Arizona Cardinals[20] and on September 24, 2022, for the week 3' game against the Tennessee Titans[21] and on both cases was then reverted to the practice squad the next day. On October 1, 2022, the Raiders signed Bars to active roster from the practice squad.[22]
On March 30, 2023, Bars re–signed with Las Vegas.[23] On August 29, Bars was released by the Raiders.[24]
Personal life
[edit]Bars is second cousins with streamer Nickmercs.[25]
References
[edit]- ^ "Alex Bars". Notre Dame Fighting Irish - Official Athletics Website. July 9, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
- ^ Farmer, Douglas (June 3, 2018). "Notre Dame 99-to-2: No. 71 Alex Bars, left guard and captain". NBCSports.com. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ McJunkin, Connor (July 3, 2018). "Notre Dame Football: Sporting News Names Alex Bars Preseason All-American". SlapTheSign.com. FanSided. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ Prister, Tim (February 7, 2019). "Four Months After Knee Surgery, Alex Bars Presses On". 247Sports.com. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ Shepkowski, Nick (October 15, 2019). "Irish in the NFL: Alex Bars Finally Gets His Chance with Bears". Fighting Irish Wire. USA Today. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ "Alex Bars Draft and Combine Prospect Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
- ^ "2019 Draft Scout Alex Bars, Notre Dame NFL Draft Scout College Football Profile". draftscout.com. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
- ^ Mayer, Larry (May 2, 2019). "Roster moves: Bears sign 22 undrafted rookies". ChicagoBears.com. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ Loy, Tom (September 1, 2019). "Former Irish OL Alex Bars cut by the Chicago Bears". 247Sports.com. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ Ellis, Cam (September 1, 2019). "Alex Bars, James Vaughters, and Ryan Nall among those signed to Bears' practice squad". NBC Sports Chicago. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ Sugrue, Brendan (October 15, 2019). "Bears promote OL Alex Bars to active roster". Bears Wire. USA Today. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ Lieser, Jason (November 29, 2019). "Snap Judgment: Bears WR Anthony Miller maxes out increased playing time". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ Mentock, Alex (January 1, 2020). "Irish in the NFL: Which Former Players Are In The Playoffs?". Rivals.com. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
- ^ Stankevitz, JJ (November 9, 2020). "Bears vs. Titans grades: Nick Foles, Matt Nagy, O-line lead to another loss". NBC Sports Chicago. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ "Chicago Bears re-sign Alex Bars, four other exclusive rights free agents". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 3, 2021. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
- ^ Mayer, Larry (March 3, 2021). "Roster Moves: Bears re-sign five exclusive free agents". ChicagoBears.com. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ Williams, Charean (March 17, 2022). "Raiders sign Alex Bars". ProFootballTalk. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
- ^ "Raiders finalize initial 53-man roster for the 2022 season". Raiders.com. August 30, 2022. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
- ^ Damien, Levi (September 6, 2022). "Raiders re-sign G Alex Bars, WR Keelan Cole to practice squad". Raiders Wire. USA Today. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
- ^ Bouda, Nate (September 17, 2022). "NFL Transaction: Saturday 9/17". NFL Trade Rumors.com. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
- ^ Bouda, Nate (September 24, 2022). "NFL Transaction: Saturday 9/24". NFL Trade Rumors.com. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
- ^ "Raiders sign G Alex Bars to active roster, Robey-Coleman and Guidry activated for Broncos matchup". Raiders.com. October 1, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
- ^ "Raiders re-sign G Alex Bars". raiders.com. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ^ "Raiders finalize initial 53-man roster for the 2023 season". Raiders.com. August 29, 2023.
- ^ Petrosyan, Albert (April 24, 2019). "NICKMERCS to stream Fortnite Battle Royale with NFL superstars live from 2019 Draft". Dexerto. Retrieved September 4, 2024.