LAKE FOREST, Ill. (WGN) — The Chicago Bears announced T.J. Edwards and Rome Odunze as the team’s annual recipients of the Brian Piccolo Award on Tuesday. The Brian Piccolo Award is an honor ...

The Bears recognized one veteran (T.J. Edwards) and one rookie (Rome Odunze) as recipients for the 2025 Brian Piccolo Award.

The Bears paused from their NFL Draft preparations Tuesday to reward a pair of their current players with the Brian Piccolo Award. The award is given annually to one Bears veteran and one rookie ...

New Bears head coach Ben Johnson presented Edwards and Odunze with their awards, and he also had a touching surprise up his ...

The Bears on Tuesday honored linebacker T.J. Edwards and receiver Rome Odunze as the 2024 winners of the prestigious Brian Piccolo Award during a ceremony at Halas Hall. The honor has been given to a ...

He put together a poem to honor Piccolo’s memory. Johnson also used his own and other coaches’ experiences to describe why Edwards and Odunze deserved the awards. There was also some humor, too.

As he stood at the podium of the Brian Piccolo Chapter’s 50th Annual Scholar-Athlete Banquet at the Bahia Mar on Thursday night, he compared himself to Piccolo as an “underdog.” ...

Drawing up plays isn’t his only forte, though. Johnson wanted to be involved in the Bears annual Brian Piccolo Award ceremony because it means to the McCaskeys, so he decided to not only preside ...

How much the Bears players thought about Edwards, a native Chicagoan, became apparent when he was announced as the first back-to-back veteran winner of the Brian Piccolo Award since Olin Kreutz in ...

Courage. Loyalty. Teamwork. Dedication. A sense of humor. Those are just a few traits that described the late Brian Piccolo. Every year, the Chicago Bears select a veteran and a rookie that best ...

On Tuesday, the Chicago Bears announced the winners of the annual Brian Piccolo Awards. The awards go to one rookie and one ...