Alex Bars

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Alex Bars
Personal information
Born: (1995-09-08) September 8, 1995 (age 28)
Trenton, MI, U.S.[ citation needed ]
Height:6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:334 lb (151 kg)
Career information
High school: Montgomery Bell Academy
(Nashville, Tennessee)
College: Notre Dame (2014–2018)
Position: Guard
Undrafted: 2019
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Games played:53
Games started:25
Player stats at PFR

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.

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College career

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

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span
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

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] A fun fact about Bars: he changed his number to 64 for his professional career as a tribute to his favorite childhood game “Concentration 64”. 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

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]

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References

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