Bears nab Antrel Rolle

ByDAN GRAZIANO
March 11, 2015, 11:20 PM

— -- Safety Antrel Rolle has signed a three-year, $11.25 million deal, including $5 million guaranteed, with the Chicago Bears, his agent announced.

Rolle joins the Bears from the New York Giants. He signed a five-year, $37.1 million contract with the Giants prior to the 2010 season and managed to play every single game of it, including the four games in the Giants' run to the Super Bowl XLVI title following the 2011 season. He also spent the past two years as a team captain and earned a reputation among players and coaches alike as a strong leader and team player.

"I don't think I've ever been involved with a player who was more sincerely interested in how his team could improve," Giants coach Tom Coughlin said of Rolle at the scouting combine in February. "And I admire that very much in him as a young man and as a leader."

Rolle, 32, recorded 464 tackles and 14 interceptions in his five seasons with the Giants and has a total of 799 tackles and 26 interceptions in his 10-year NFL career. He was a first-round pick (No. 8 overall) by the Arizona Cardinals in the 2005 draft out of the University of Miami, and he spent the first five years of his NFL career with the Cardinals.

He was selected to the Pro Bowl following the 2009, 2010 and 2013 seasons.