Vildor entered the 2022 season as a starting cornerback alongside Jaylon Johnson and Kyler Gordon. Overall in 2021, Vildor played in 17 games starting in 12 of them with 46 combined tackles, a sack, and 4 passes defended. In the Bears' Week 11 game against the Baltimore Ravens, Vildor got his first career sack on Ravens quarterback Tyler Huntley. In 2020, Vildor played in all 16 games while starting in 1 and had 17 combined tackles and 1 pass defended. In the Bears' Week 15 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Vildor made his first NFL start at corner back. Vildor mostly played on special teams during the 2020 season. He signed a four-year rookie contract with the team on July 21.
Vildor was selected by the Chicago Bears with the 163rd pick in the fifth round of the 2020 NFL Draft.
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Vildor was named first-team All-Sun Belt for a second straight season and a Pro Football Focus All-American as a senior after recording 27 tackles, two interceptions and six passes broken up. He had 42 tackles, 4.5 tackles for a loss and also lead the team with 11 passes broken up and four interceptions and was named first-team All- Sun Belt Conference in his junior season. Vildor started the final three seasons of his collegiate career. A 2-star cornerback recruit, he committed to Georgia Southern over offers from Troy, Tulane, Western Kentucky, and Wyoming, among others. Vildor was born in the DeKalb County, Georgia section of Atlanta and grew up in College Park, Georgia. He played college football at Georgia Southern and was drafted by the Bears in the fifth round of the 2020 NFL Draft. Kindle Lee Vildor (born December 11, 1997) is an American football cornerback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). It is safe to say that the past three weeks have been the best three weeks in the career of Kindle Vildor.American football player Kindle Vildor No. He played extremely well against Brandin Cooks, he broke up a pass that led to a pick and picked off a pass himself. Vildor has been asked to follow top wide receivers. Still, when he was on the outside he followed Jefferson from side to side, and he contained him after the insane first quarter. In fact, the biggest catch that Vildor allowed was when they asked him to move into the slot. The team moved Jefferson around a ton, and Vildor does not play in the slot, so he could not face him all day. After that, the Chicago Bears asked Kindle Vildor to follow Jefferson around. On the first drive of the game, the Vikings put Justin Jefferson on Jaylon Jones as much as possible. Then, on Sunday he recorded the first pick of his career. Vildor broke up a pass in the end zone that went into the hands of Eddie Jackson for a pick. He spent a lot of the Texans game against Brandin Cooks and wound up shutting him down. With Jaylon Johnson out the past three weeks, the team has asked Vildor to be their top dog on the outside. He is allowing a passer rating of 81.3 this year compared to 136.6 last season.
According to PFF, his coverage grade is 62.4, which is up from 45.6 last season and 45.9 the season prior. From there, he won the coaches over as one of the few players from the past regime that won a starting job over a player that the staff brought in.Īfter five games this season it is looking like the bet on Vildor has paid off. Kindle Vildor is earning the respect of Chicago Bears fansĪn injury to Young made things easier, but Gordon is more of a slot player and also allowed Vildor to get more work with the first team. So, with Gordon added along with Tavon Young, many thought that the coaching staff was out. Vildor had a decent rookie season that led to him starting in year two and struggling mightily. When the Chicago Bears drafted Kyler Gordon most fans thought for sure that Kindle Vildor would be out of the lineup.
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