LAKE FOREST, Ill. – The Bears on Sunday agreed to terms with 12 undrafted rookie free agents, including record-breaking wide receiver Freddie Barnes and four Big 10 products.

Bowling Green wide receiver Freddie Barnes caught 155 passes last season.

Barnes, a Chicago area native who graduated from Homewood-Flossmoor High School in 2005, was an ultra-productive three-year starter at Bowling Green. Last season the 6-foot, 212-pounder set an NCAA single-season record with 155 receptions and led the nation in receiving touchdowns with 19.

The Big 10 prospects who joined the Bears are Michigan receiver Greg Mathews and running back Brandon Minor, Indiana linebacker Matt Mayberry and Ohio State defensive end Lawrence Wilson.

The other undrafted free agents who agreed to terms with the Bears are UTEP cornerback Cornelius Brown, Montana offensive tackle Levi Horn, Nicholls State wide receiver Antonio Robinson, Texas A&M-Kingsville defensive tackle Jimmy Saddler-McQueen, Northern Iowa safety Quentin Scott, Nebraska defensive end Barry Turner and Colorado State center Tim Walter.

Mathews played in 49 career games at Michigan with 27 starts. The 6-3, 209-pounder, who is a cousin of 49ers receiver Ted Ginn, caught at least one pass in 23 straight games. He started 11 of 12 games as a senior, catching 29 passes for 352 yards and 1 TD.

Like Mathews, Minor was a four-year letterman at Michigan. The 6-1, 218-pounder led the Wolverines in rushing last season with 502 yards and eight touchdowns on 96 carries.

Like Barnes, Mayberry is a Chicago area native. The 6-2, 237-pounder attended Hinsdale South High School, where he rushed for 2,242 yards and 36 TDs as a senior. Mayberry started the final 24 games of his Indiana career at middle linebacker, and led the Hoosiers with 108 tackles as a senior.

Brown was a three-year starting cornerback at UTEP. The 5-11, 198-pounder, who blocked 12 kicks as a high school senior, was named MVP of the Texas versus the Nation all-star game.

Horn is a 6-7, 327-pound offensive tackle who transferred from Oregon to Montana.

Saddler-McQueen is a quick 6-3, 299-pound three technique who also performed well in the Texas versus the Nation contest.

A 6-5, 224-pound safety, Scott was selected first-team All-Missouri Valley Conference as a senior after leading Northern Iowa with five interceptions and nine passes defensed.

Given that the Bears only selected five players in the draft—the fewest in franchise history—the undrafted free agents have a better chance to earn a roster spot than they normally would.

“We spent an inordinate amount of time with college free agents give the fact that we didn’t have [first- or second-round picks] and we wanted to make sure that we leveraged that with only five draft picks,” said general manager Jerry Angelo.

“We felt like we were going to be very desirable to any player that we felt might have had a chance to go in the sixth or seventh round. We feel we did a pretty good job in that area and I think some of the names will be very recognizable. I really like this class as much as you could like a free agent class.”

None of the nine undrafted free agents the Bears signed after last year’s draft made the opening day roster. But five of those players spent part of the season on the practice squad and remain with the team: Guard Johan Asiata, linebacker Kevin Malast, receiver Eric Peterman, fullback Will Ta’ufo’ou and cornerback Woodny Turenne.