Bears' White to be placed on IR with fractured scapula

Oft-injured Chicago Bears receiver Kevin White will be placed on injured reserve with a fractured scapula, head coach John Fox confirmed on Monday.

White was injured after catching two balls for 6 yards in the team's season opener.

Since being selected with the seventh overall pick in the 2015 draft, White has had every season cut short due to a major injury. He missed his entire rookie season with a stress fracture in his tibia and played in the first four games of last season before suffering another season-ending leg injury.

He has 21 career receptions for 193 yards in three seasons.

"My heart goes out to him," Fox said, adding that White was "very discouraged and disappointed."

White was expected to collect all of the No. 1 receiver targets after Cameron Meredith suffered a season-ending injury in the preseason. The Bears are down to Kendall Wright, Deonte Thompson, Markus Wheaton, and Josh Bellamy at the position.

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