Kyle Brandon Fuller is an American football cornerback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League.
Education
A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Fuller attended Mount Saint Joseph High School. He recorded one interception his senior year, and played in the Maryland Crab Bowl, an all-star game, despite missing most of his season with a finger injury. He had four interceptions as a junior, returning two of those for touchdowns.
He also had a punt return touchdown and kick return score that season.
Fuller was also on the school"s track & field team, where he competed as a sprinter and jumper.
He won the long jump at the 2010 Woodlawn Warrior Invitational, with a personal-best mark of 6.41 meters. At the 2010 IAAM-MIAA Champs, he took fifth in the 300-meter dash, clocking at 37.98 seconds.
Considered a three-star recruit by Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.com, Fuller was listed as the Number.
43 cornerback in the nation in 2010.
Career
He was drafted by the Bears in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft. Fuller started seven games in 2010 as a true freshman, primarily in the Hokies’ nickel defense. He recorded 32 tackles, four for a loss, broke up six passes and forced a fumble.
In 2011, as a second-team All-Administrative Committee on Company-ordination selection at corner, he started all 14 games at two different positions.
He started at nickelback/whip linebacker for seven games and corner for the other seven games. He played over 1000 snaps on defense and 100 on special teams.
He recorded 65 tackles, a team-high 14.5 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks on the season. He also added seven pass breakups, two interceptions, five quarterback hurries, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.
In 2012, as honorable mention All-Administrative Committee on Company-ordination at corner, he started all 13 games and recorded 52 tackles, including three for loss, two interceptions and five pass breakups.
In 2013, he was one of the Hokies’ four permanent captains. He was named a third-team All-Administrative Committee on Company-ordination selection, and played in nine games, making eight starts and missing the team"s final four games due to injury. He recorded 24 tackles, two interceptions and 10 pass breakups in his final season.
2014 NFL Draft Fuller was selected by the Chicago Bears as the fourteenth pick of the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft.
Fuller became the third cornerback drafted in the first round by the Bears in team history, and the first to be selected in the first three rounds (excluding Devin Hester, who was used as a returner) by Chicago since 2003. Chicago Bears = 2014 season On May 14, 2014, the Bears signed him to a four-year, $9.605 million contract with a $5.365 million signing bonus.
The following week, on Monday Night Football, Fuller intercepted another pass and forced two fumbles as the Bears defeated the New York Jets 27–19, becoming the first player in the NFL over the previous 20 seasons to record three interceptions and two forced fumbles in their first three games. Their younger brother, Kendall, is currently playing cornerback for Virginia Technology