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FOREST, Ill. - The Bears on Wednesday agreed to terms with their two remaining unsigned draft picks, safety Danieal Manning and defensive tackle Dusty Dvoracek, on four-year contracts. Terms of the deals were not disclosed.
The two players were drafted by Chicago with picks acquired in a trade with Buffalo. The Bears dealt the 26th overall selection to Buffalo in exchange for a second-round pick (42nd overall) they spent on Manning and a third-round choice (73rd) they used to take Dvoracek.

Manning started all 30 games in three seasons at Division II Abilene Christian, compiling 159 tackles, 11 interceptions, six forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries and two sacks.


Danieal Manning likely will contribute on defense and special teams in 2006.
He also averaged 13.8 yards on 57 punt returns with three touchdowns and 29.7 yards on 33 kickoff returns with three TDs. Chicago's top draft pick played sparingly on offense as well, catching 11 passes for 219 yards and 2 TDs and rushing for 20 yards on nine carries.

Manning was named a first-team All-America defensive back as a senior after earning first-team All-America accolades as a return specialist as a junior. The 5-11, 201-pounder received first-team All-Lone Star Conference South Division honors as a defensive back all three years and was the only active Abilene Christian player selected for the school's all-century team.

Manning is a tremendous athlete who possesses speed, good hands and excellent instincts.

"He's got strong traits," general manager Jerry Angelo said after the draft. "We don't have anything like him physically-speaking in the secondary at the safety position."

"The one thing that we find exciting about him is that he's a nice-sized safety with cornerback speed and ability," added defensive coordinator Ron Rivera. "We feel very good about what he's going to bring to the table for us."

Dvoracek is a strong, physical and aggressive tackle who can collapse the pocket. A blue-collar worker with tenacity and toughness, he plays with power and lower body explosion.

The 6-3, 305-pounder lined up alongside Bears Pro Bowl tackle Tommie Harris for three seasons at Oklahoma and likely will challenge Ian Scott and Alfonso Boone for playing time.

Dvoracek was a four-year letter winner at Oklahoma, starting 26 of 48 career games played while totaling 131 tackles with 16 sacks, 45 tackles for loss, one interception and three fumble recoveries. He ranks fifth all-time in Sooners history and third all-time among linemen in tackles for loss and is 12th on Oklahoma's career sacks list.

The Dallas native was a two-time consensus All-Big 12 first team selection and was twice named to the All-Big 12 Academic first team.

Three weeks before they're due to begin training camp, the Bears have all seven of their draft picks in the fold. Preceding Manning and Dvoracek were second-round cornerback Devin Hester, fourth-round linebacker Jamar Williams, fifth-round defensive end Mark Anderson, sixth-round fullback J.D. Runnels and sixth-round guard Tyler Reed.

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