Chicago Bears: Top 10 draft busts of the 21st century

7. Wide Receiver Mark Bradley, Oklahoma

Ah, yes, the search for a true number one wide receiver in Chicago rages on. Mark Bradley was selected in the second round by the Bears in 2005 out of Oklahoma. The 6-foot-1 wideout was coming off a year with Oklahoma where he caught just 23 passes for 491 yards and seven touchdowns.

The touchdown number looks great, as it would in the NFL at times, but did we really think long and hard about spending a second-rounder on a kid who only caught 23 passes his last year in school?

Over six seasons in the NFL, he totaled 92 receptions for 1,283 yards and nine touchdowns. The touchdown number would be pretty phenomenal actually, if it weren’t spread out over six years. His career numbers look great if you were talking about a single season, however, that’s not the case.

With the Bears, Bradley caught 68 passes for about 900 yards — this spanned over four seasons. Bradley then moved on to the Kansas City Chiefs before finishing his career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, although never playing for the Bucs.

Yet again, Chicago was left without a real number one option in the passing game and wasted yet another draft pick on a wideout who would never pan out.