The Bears are bringing back long snapper Scott Daly on a one-year contract, a league source confirmed Tuesday.

Daly joined the Bears in August after incumbent long snapper Patrick Scales suffered a back injury during the preseason that required surgery. Daly, a Downers Grove South and Notre Dame alumnus, played well enough to keep the job.

In bringing back Daly, the Bears are pivoting from Scales, who had been with the organization since 2015 and played in 120 games.

Daly played in all 17 games last season — though he did leave the victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars in London with a first-quarter knee injury that thrust tight end Cole Kmet into emergency long-snapping duties. Kmet was honored for his relief performance as the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week.

Daly’s return is the latest to solidify the Bears special teams. The team previously worked out new deals for Josh Blackwell, Amen Ogbongbemiga and Tarvarius Moore.

Free agency officially was to open at 3 p.m. Wednesday, when the new league year begins. The Bears’ trades for guards Joe Thuney and Jonah Jackson and free-agent deals with center Drew Dalman, defensive end Dayo Odeyingbo and defensive tackle Grady Jarrett can be announced at that time.