[CBFF] [Fwd: Bears sign RB Lawrence to roster]

[Tom Shannon]

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Subject: 	Bears sign RB Lawrence to roster
Date: 	Mon, 05 May 2008 22:27:19 GMT
From: 	<Brad Biggs>



Did it have something to do with the weekend trouble *Cedric Benson* got 
himself in?

The Bears wouldn’t say if it did.

But the club added a running back Monday, signing Matt Lawrence 
<http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/lawrence_matt00.html>, 
the undrafted free agent from UMass who participated in the rookie 
minicamp this weekend on a tryout basis.

The 6-1, 210-pounder transferred to he I-AA school from Connecticut. He 
started 13 games last season, rushing for 1,585 yards and 16 touchdowns. 
Lawrence moves well, has good quickness and showed he can be a 
contributor in special teams over the weekend. That brings to six the 
number of backs the Bears have on the roster. He joins Benson, *Matt 
Forte*, *Adrian Peterson*, *Garrett Wolfe* and *P.J. Pope*.


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