Bears reportedly won't pick up White's option

The Chicago Bears will not pick up the option of wide receiver Kevin White, the NFL Network reported on Wednesday, the deadline for exercising fifth-year options on 2015 first-round draft picks.

White has played in only five games in his Bears career because of injuries, which made it obvious that the team would not pay White a guaranteed $13.9 million for 2019 by picking up the option.

The 6-3, 216-pound White, the seventh overall pick in the 2015 draft out of West Virginia, has 21 receptions for 193 yards and no touchdowns during his career in Chicago.

White sustained an injury to his left leg and didn't play at all as a rookie, and suffered an injury to the same leg that limited him to four games in 2016. Last season, he started the season opener but sustained a broken left shoulder blade in the game that knocked him out for the rest of the year.