Rome Odunze Is Not Impressed By Bears Franchise Receiving Record

Former Washington Huskies' star receiver Rome Odunze is headed to Chicago after the Bears selected him with the No. 9 pick in this year's draft, and there's a chance he'll put up numbers when he gets to town.

Who knows, maybe even enough to break the team's all-time receiving record, although it's safe to say the current record didn't exactly impress Odunze.

With so much focus on the Bears having the first pick in this year's NFL Draft, it was pretty easy to overlook the Odunze pick, but he's going to make for another nice target for Caleb Williams in addition to wideouts DJ Moore and Keenan Allen, as well as tight end Cole Kmet.

After hearing his name called on Thursday night in Detroit, Odounze did the media round and joined Chicago radio show Parkins & Spiegel hosted by Danny Parkins and Matt Spiegel on 670 The Score.

Parkins mentioned that he liked how upon getting to the University of Washington, Odunze looked up the school's receiving records so he had something to shoot for. So, he asked one of the newest Bears if he knew who holds the Bears' all-time record.

Odunze took a moment to chew on that question before giving his answer.

"Uhh… Brandon Marshall?" Odunze guessed. You can never go wrong picking a former UCF Knight, but that unfortunately isn't the answer (although, it's probably who I would've guessed.)

"It's a great guess," Parkins said. "It's actually someone named Johnny Morris."

Morris played 10 seasons in the NFL all of them with the Bears from 1958 to 1967.

"How many (receiving yards) does he got?" Odunze asked.

The answer is 5,059, and that drew stunned silence from Odunze, but not because he was impressed.

"In the career?" Odunze asked before saying that he hopes he can break that long-standing record and add to it. "Hey, man; well, I hope I'll go break that record and hopefully add a few thousand to that."