LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Trey Koziol was asked about how Shemar Turner plays. The Chicago Bears’ director of player personnel needed no hesitation and just one word to describe it.

Violent.

That’s not the first time Turner has been characterized that way. It’s the most common and the most accurate.

Koziol followed up with a few more apt choices: “High energy. Aggressive. He’s powerful, and he’s relentless.”

That’s clear when watching him play. Bears fans will see that firsthand after the team selected the Texas A&M defensive tackle with the No. 62 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

That’s also clear when talking to him for just a few minutes. Turner is an excitable sort who loves the game. And he unapologetically plays with pure aggression.

“You’ve always got to play with a little fire, with a little edge,” Turner said in a conference call with reporters. “I feel like that’s what makes football exciting, too. Get to bounce around and get your guys hyped up.”

Turner enters games and practices with a certain mentality he doesn’t mind discussing.

“Honestly, just to, like, kill,” Turner said. “Literally just go, go, bro. That’s all I’m thinking about, as soon as I touch the field, all I do is go.

“I’ve been having that mentality since a kid. I don’t know what it is. I honestly don’t know. It’s just a fire inside me. Kill. Take their lunch money because they ain’t (expletive). Offensive linemen really ain’t worth nothing, bro. They really can’t block me.”

Most often, Turner isn’t wrong. He had 10 sacks, 24, tackles for loss and three forced fumbles during his four-year college career. His best season came in 2023, when he had six sacks and 11 TFLs, and he played most of 2024 with a stress fracture in his shin.

Turner plays to play right on the edge, but he sometimes goes over it. He had seven personal fouls over the last two seasons, including this costly move.

Being flagged is unacceptable, but the Bears want him to play his way and with his passion.

“I tell you what, for a defensive lineman, I would much rather be ‘Whoa!’ than ‘Go!’ ” Koziol said. “But that’s something the coaches will discuss with him if the time is appropriate, but I love the way he plays, and I would never want to tell anybody to reel it back. Go out there and be you. Keep playing the way you’re playing.”