Alex Bars

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Alex Bars
Personal information
Born: (1995-09-08) September 8, 1995 (age 29)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
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
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Alex Bars (born September 8, 1995) is an American professional football offensive guard. 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] 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]

Personal life

Bars is second cousins with streamer Nickmercs. [25]

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