The Bears announced on Wednesday they have signed former Notre Dame linebacker Jarrett Grace.
Grace attended Bears rookie minicamp earlier this month as a tryout player.
Grace appeared in 32 games with the Fighting Irish and notched 78 tackles and 2.5 tackles for a loss. Grace was named to the Butkus Award Watch List prior to the 2014 season, but ultimately missed the whole year while recovering from a broken leg he suffered against Arizona State in 2013.
Following the 2015 season Grace expressed interest in applying for a sixth year waiver from the NCAA, but didn't fit the league's requirements, as CSNChicago.com Notre Dame Insider JJ Stankevitz highlighted.
To make room for Grace on the 90-man roster the Bears waived linebacker Danny Mason.
Mason spent parts of the 2015 season on both the Bears and Denver Broncos practice squads, but never appeared in a regular season game.