| Roberto Garza signed a one-year deal with the Bears during the off-season. He’s expected to add depth on the offensive line, and possibly compete for a starting job. Started 31 of 52 career games played while playing games at all three interior line positions in four seasons with Atlanta. Entered the NFL as a fourth-round selection (99th overall) by the Falcons in the 2001 NFL Draft.
2004: Started career-high 15 games at LG for Atlanta after starting the season in a back-up role... Played in all 16 regular season games and started both post-season games.
2003: Played in 14 games while making 8 starts for Falcons before being lost for the season with a torn ACL in his right knee. Primarily played on special teams for the first four games.
2002: Began season as the Atlanta's starting RG but was hampered with a broken left foot and sprained right knee that limited him to 4 starts in 6 total games played.
2001: Played all 16 games during rookie campaign with Falcons, starting 3 at left guard and 1 at center.
COLLEGE: Full-time starter for 3 seasons at Texas A&M-Kingsville (1997-2000) who earned 3 straight all-conference nods while starting 30 of the team's last 40 games... Named a little college all-America first-team selection and an all-Lone Star Conference performer at center as a senior... Averaged 66 knockdown blocks over his final 2 seasons while starting every contest... Started 14 games as a sophomore and registered a personal-best 102 knockdowns to help the team average 297.3 yards rushing per game... Garnered spot on Lone Star Conference all-Freshman team despite moving into a starting spot late in the season... Finished third in the shot put at the 1999 NCAA Championships and won the NCAA title in 2000 with a toss of 57'0"... Also captured the conference crown in the discus in 1999.
PERSONAL: Lettered in football and track at Rio Hondo (TX) H.S. where he was a member of the National Honor Society... Every December 2 is the official 'Roberto Garza Day' in his hometown of Rio Hondo, TX where many of the 2,000 residents are of Hispanic descent... Speaks fluent Spanish and as one of 19 Hispanic players in the NFL held a football camp for Hispanic boys and girls in the Atlanta area while playing for the Falcons... He and wife Ashley provided monetary donations to the Empty Stocking Fund, the Falcons Feed the Homeless campaign... Also mentored boys from the Hall County Boys & Girls Club through the Falcons' Ball Boy Mentoring Program. | 
