Chicago Bears wide receiver Kevin White's career has not gone as planned. Entering his fourth season -- a crucial contract year for the 2015 first-round pick -- the 26-year-old switched up his offseason training regimen. That included spending time training with Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky at a facility in Anaheim. "I'm sure people will make a big deal of it, us working together," White told ESPN. "We were trying to get the timing down, trying to see what each other likes or don't like, just trying to communicate. That's the biggest thing. It was just two guys working, wanting to be great." White spent the past three offseasons training in Arizona. But after missing 43 of 48 games due to various injuries, White said he wanted to "change things up." The Bears declined to pick up White's fifth-year option (worth $13.9 million) in May, meaning he will become a free agent after the 2018 season. This offseason, White reconnected with Chris Flores, a trainer and the owner of Sports Training and Rehabilitation Services (STARS) in Anaheim, California. White worked with Flores during his time at West Virginia. "After his first few years, he didn't get the results he was expecting, so he decided to come back home," Flores said. "He's obviously had a lot of leg injuries, a lot of issues. So we tried to strengthen his legs individually, then translated that directly [to] what we wanted to do with routes. We did a lot of single-leg isolation stuff, getting his legs as strong as possible to prevent injuries and be more proactive. He improved his core strength and got a lot stronger, but the biggest part was the small muscles in the feet -- a lot of focus on the ankles, a lot on the feet."
