Tanner Gentry
Introduction
Tanner Gentry (born December 18, 1994) is an American football wide receiver for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Wyoming, and signed with the Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2017.
High school and college career
Gentry played high school football at Grandview High School (Aurora, Colorado) where he was selected by The Denver Post to the All-Colorado team for all classifications and First Team All-State Class 5A as a wide receiver in 2012 as a Senior.
Coming out of High School, Gentry was ranked as the number 15 recruit in the state of Colorado by Rivals.com and 23rd in the state of Colorado by 247Sports.com.
In 2014, Gentry appeared in all 12 games with 3 starts receiving for 435 yards and 2 TD's for the Cowboys.
in 2015 Gentry appeared in only 7 games before suffering a shoulder injury that sidelined him for the rest of the season. At the time of the Injury, Gentry was leading the Mountain West in receiving yards.
In 2016 Gentry was selected to the 2016 ALL-Mountain West Second Team with 72 receptions for 1,326 yards and 14 TD's, marking the first time since 2005 that a Cowboy receiver had 1,000 receiving yards in a single season.
Professional career
Chicago Bears
Gentry signed with the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent on May 11, 2017.