Chicago Bears tight end Trey Burton has undergone sports hernia surgery, according to Adam Jahns of The Athletic. Bears head coach Matt Nagy says that it is related to the issues Burton had at the end of this past season:

“It's similar to what he had at the end of the season. And so when the season was over, we just thought, ‘OK, let's pull back a little bit, and let's let him get a little bit of rest, come back and see where it's at,'” said Nagy. “We did that and he just started … he wasn't feeling really comfortable with it. And so we went ahead, and a couple months ago, he ended up getting sports hernia surgery.”

Burton is coming off a 2018 campaign in which he played all 16 games and hauled in 54 receptions for 569 yards and six touchdowns. Burton didn't play in the Bears' lone playoff game, which ironically enough was against his former team.

The 27-year-old, who played his collegiate football at the University of Florida, went undrafted but eventually landed with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2014, but did not log a single catch that season. The following year, Burton's role was still incredibly limited, as he registered three receptions for 54 yards.

It was not until Burton's third NFL season that he began to produce, as he caught 37 passes for 327 yards and a touchdown in 2016. He then followed that up by snaring 23 balls for 248 yards and five scores in 2017 and was part of an Eagles team that ended up winning its first ever Super Bowl title.

The Venice, Fl. native then proceeded to sign with the Bears last offseason.