Being the youngest player on the field won’t be a problem for new Bears offensive lineman James Daniels. He’s always thrived playing with the older kids.



“He always wanted to compete, and you can’t knock him for doing that,” said James’ brother, LeShun Daniels Jr. “We didn’t really have a problem with it. We always enjoyed it. He was the youngest, so he got the most crap from us, but he always did a good job being with us. I always knew he was going to develop into something pretty special.”



Daniels is only 20 years old, and as the Bears’ second-round draft pick enters rookie minicamp as the youngest player on the roster, he’ll look back to the years competing against LeShun Jr., who is two years older, and his friends. None of this will be new ground.



Daniels played varsity football as a sophomore at Warren G. Harding High School in Warren, Ohio, a school that has sent 32 players to the NFL.