An NFL coach since 1989, Bears special teams coordinator Joe DeCamillis had never heard fans chant for a punter during a training camp practice until Sunday.

Many in the estimated crowd of 9,500 in Bourbonnais serenaded sixth-round pick Pat O'Donnell with chants of "mega-punt" as he boomed the ball high and deep into the sky off his right foot.

Pat O'Donnell "That's obviously a first," DeCamillis said. "I was thinking, 'You've got to be kidding me over there.' It was ridiculous. Let's keep the kid's feet on the ground so far." "That's obviously a first," DeCamillis said. "I was thinking, 'You've got to be kidding me over there.' It was ridiculous. Let's keep the kid's feet on the ground so far."

Asked if O'Donnell won the punting job with his performance Sunday, DeCamillis said: "I don't know about that yet. That's jumping the gun a little bit. It was one practice. But I thought he did some good things today and we've just got to keep working and hopefully he keeps continuing stacking good days on good days."

O'Donnell set a school-record at Miami last season with a 47.1-yard gross average. He spent the previous four years at Cincinnati, redshirting after suffering an injury as a true freshman in 2009.

Asked if he heard the fans chanting for O'Donnell Sunday at practice, Bears coach Marc Trestman joked: "I sure did. Those Miami alums, they're an enthusiastic bunch."

The only punter selected in the 2014 draft, O'Donnell is competing in training camp with first-year pro Tress Way. The Bears are determined to improve their punt game this year after ranking last in the NFL with a 40.0-yard gross average last season.

Doubling up: For the first time since he joined the Bears in 2009, quarterback Jay Cutler is taking some reps in training camp with the second team offense as well as the starting unit.

"We're doing the same thing as we did in the spring," Trestman said. "A year ago we might've had different guys taking reps, but Jay is taking probably another three-to-four reps per period.

"We did that to give him more work, and as you saw today and as you have [before], he's not only working with Alshon [Jeffery], Brandon [Marshall] and Marquess [Wilson] but the other guys who are in this competition to make our team at wide receiver."