BOURBONNAIS, Ill. (AP) – One day after injured Chicago Bears wide receiver Kevin White started running on grass for the first time at training camp, he felt pain and knew he faced a worst-case scenario.

White will have surgery on his left shin to repair a stress fracture and will start the regular season on the physically unable to perform list after rest and therapy failed to cure shin pain he first had in June in organized team activities.

“I mostly just tried to let it heal on its own,” White said Saturday. “I wanted to do it natural.

“Surgery is not a No. 1 option for anyone so it was obviously the last option and we’re at a last option.”

White, the former Virginia Tech player drafted seventh overall, will have a rod put in the tibia to stabilize the leg. It’s possible he could miss the entire season, but the Bears are holding out hope he can return for the second half of the season.