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Chicago Bears restructure TE Cole Kmet's contract

Chicago Bears restructured TE Cole Kmet's contract on April 23, 2026.

Event type
Restructure
First reported
Apr 23, 2026
Official
Apr 23, 2026
Player
Cole Kmet
Position
TE

Known details

Compensation
Converted $7.65M of 2026 salary into signing bonus, clearing $3.825M of cap with Chicago (CHI)

How this move reshapes the Tight Ends room

Chicago Bears tight ends, this season vs last season — the room this transaction changed.

NEW arrived this offseasonRE-UP re-signedLEFT left after last season- returning players are unmarked

This season · 2026Tight Ends Coach: Jim Dray
82Colston Loveland7816/175465948289$6.1M22.36'6"245
72Cole Kmet8417/179699989676$7.8M27.46'6"258
62Sam RoushNEW648/1700505068$1.8M——267
45Hayden LargeNEW435/17005050—$1.0M——250
45Qadir Ismail385/17005096—$885K26.46'6"215
45Nikola Kalinic333/171201893—$1.0M29.56'4"245
45Stephen Carlson405/1737143292—$1.1M29.66'4"240
Last season · 2025Tight Ends Coach: Jim Dray
82Colston Loveland7816/175465948289$6.1M22.36'6"245
72Cole Kmet8417/179699989676$7.8M27.46'6"258
45Stephen Carlson405/1737143292—$1.1M29.66'4"240
45Nikola Kalinic333/171201893—$1.0M29.56'4"245
45Qadir Ismail385/17005096—$885K26.46'6"215
45Thomas GordonLEFT385/17005096—$885K25.96'5"250
40Durham SmytheLEFT5817/17890988648$3.0M31.06'4"248

Timeline

  1. OfficialApr 23, 2026

    Chicago Bears restructure TE Cole Kmet's contract

    Converted $7.65M of 2026 salary into signing bonus, clearing $3.825M of cap with Chicago (CHI)

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