Ryan Pace on Kevin White: ‘There is a lot of momentum with his play'

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No player will get Bears fans riled up as much as former first-round pick Kevin White, who since being selected with the seventh pick overall in the 2015 NFL draft has been ravaged by injury and has yet to score a touchdown as a pro.

After an offseason focused on upgrading the Bears' wide receivers, White is facing a make-or-break year for his career.

White has enjoyed a productive offseason, arguably the best -- and healthiest -- of his brief career so far. General manager Ryan Pace has noticed, too.

"I just feel like there is a lot of momentum with his play," Pace said Thursday in Bourbonnais at the start of the team's training camp. 

"He's had a good offseason. He's playing with a lot of confidence."

Pace said the goal for White is to be the best player he can be, which the team once envisioned being a dominant force as an alpha receiver. While it's unfair to have that kind of expectation for White in 2018, it's also not impossible for him to rise to the challenge and become the team's next-best option after Allen Robinson. If he does that, he could set himself up for a lucrative contract extension or, in the alternative, a rich deal elsewhere.

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