The Bears plan to place Wheeler (knee) on IR, Courtney Cronin of ESPN.com and Chris Emma of 670TheScore.com report.
Per Emma, the running back suffered a torn ACL on Thursday, an injury that is on track to land the Howard product on season-ending IR. Ahead of Week 1, the Bears' top healthy backfield options are D'Andre Swift, Khalil Herbert, Roschon Johnson and Travis Homer.