Bears beef up scouting personnel

The Bears hired Joe Douglas as director of college scouting, Anthony "Champ" Kelly as director of pro scouting and Christopher Prescott as an area scout.

Douglas spent the last 15-plus years (2000-15) with the Baltimore Ravens, including the last three-plus seasons (2012-15) as the team's national scout. Prior to being named national scout, Douglas worked as Baltimore's Southeast area scout (2009-11) while also scouting the East Coast (2008) and Northeast (2003-07).

He has been a key contributor in the Ravens drafting such players as quarterback Joe Flacco, guard Ben Grubbs, current Bears linebacker Pernell McPhee, linebacker C.J. Mosley, cornerback Lardarius Webb and guard Marshal Yanda.

Kelly spent the last eight-plus seasons (2007-15) with the Denver Broncos, including the previous five-plus years (2010-15) as the franchise's assistant director of pro personnel. Kelly joined the Broncos in 2007 as a Northeast region scout before being promoted to assistant coordinator of pro and college scouting in 2008, a role he held for two seasons.

Prescott spent the previous two-plus seasons (2013-15) with the New York Jets as a college area scout, covering the Southern (2014-15) and Mid-Atlantic regions (2013).

He joined the Jets after spending 11 years with the Jacksonville Jaguars (2002-12). He started his career in Jacksonville as a scouting assistant (2002-04) before working as a pro scout for three years (2005-07) and a college area scout (2008-12) covering the Northeastern and Southwestern regions.