
Eddie Jackson
DB
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Experience: 6 years
Height: 6-0
Age: 28
Weight: 206 lbs
College: Alabama
2021 SEASON
- Solo49
- SCK0
- FF1
- INT--
Biography
PRO CAREER:
- Two-time Pro Bowl selection (2018, 2019)
- Has started all 76 games in which he has played in his career, missing just two games in 2018
- Has six defensive touchdowns in his career, the most in the NFL since he entered the league in 2017; the first two came in the same game vs. CAR (10/22/17), a 75-yard fumble return and a 76-yard interception return; his third score was a 65-yard fumble return at BUF (11/4/18); fourth was a 27-yard interception return vs. MIN (11/18/18); the fifth was the very next week, a 41-yard interception return at DET on Thanksgiving (11/22/18); the sixth was an 8-yard fumble return at the LAR (10/26/20)
- Owns 31 passes defensed, six fumble recoveries (three returned for TDs), 10 interceptions (three returned for TDs) and eight FF
- His 76-yard INT and 75-yard fumble recovery for touchdowns vs. CAR (10/22/17) made him the first player in NFL history to return both a fumble recovery and interceptions 75+ yard touchdowns in the same game; also made him the first rookie in NFL history with multiple 75+ yard defensive touchdowns in the same game
- Since 1970, he is the only other player with 3+ defensive touchdowns of 65+ yards in a 2-season span is Deion Sanders (3 in 1994)
HONORS:
2019: Pro Bowl Selection; ranked No. 30 on NFL's Top 100
2018: Pro Bowl, AP All-Pro, Sporting News All-Pro, PFWA All-NFL, NFC Defensive Player of the Week (Week 12 at DET), NFC Defensive Player of the Month (November)
2017: NFC Defensive Player of the Week (Week 7 vs. CAR)
2021 SEASON (Bears):
- Started in 14 games, recording 76 tackles, four TFLs, two PDs and one FF
- Recorded his eighth career forced fumble in the Week 2 home-opener win over the Bengals
- Notched six tackles (four solo) in Week 3 vs. the Browns
- Recorded eight tackles (six solo) in Week 6 vs. the Packers
- Logged a season-high 11 total tackles vs. the Buccaneers, which also matches his career high (11/3/19, at PHI); he also surpassed 300 career tackles in the third quarter
- Returned from an injury and recorded three tackles in the Week 12 win at the Lions
- Logged five tackles and one TFL Week 13 vs. the Cardinals
- Tied LB Roquan Smith and CB Artie Burns with a team-high nine tackles (seven solo) Week 14 at the Packers and recorded his first PD of the season
- Contributed six solo tackles to the Bears Week 16 win at Seattle
- Notched eight tackles and one TFL in the Week 17 win vs. the Giants
2020 SEASON (Bears):
- Started all 16 games, recording 82 tackles, one TFL, three FF and five PD
- Recorded a scoop-and-score touchdown on an 8-yard fumble return in Week 7 at the Rams, the sixth touchdown of his career and the third FR for touchdown; also had a season-high nine tackles
- Recorded six tackles, including five solo, in the Week 1 win at Detroit; deflected a Matthew Stafford pass late in the fourth quarter that led to a Kyle Fuller interception, setting up Chicago's game-winning drive in the final minute
- Eight tackles (seven solo) in the win over the Giants in Week 2; had a pick-6 called back due to penalty
- Forced a fumble in the Week 6 win at the Panthers; had another pick-6 called back due to penalty
- Tailled seven tackles and forced a fumble in Week 10 vs. Minnesota
- Recorded six solo tackles in the Wild Card playoff game at the Saints
2019 SEASON (Bears):
- Pro Bowl selection for the second straight yea
- Started all 16 games, recording 60 tackles, five passes defensed, two interceptions, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, one sack and five TFLs
- Tied his career-high with 10 tackles at Denver (9/15) before besting that with 11 tackles at PHI (11/3
- Recorded game-clinching interceptions in Week 13 at Detroit and in Week 17 at Minnesota
2018 SEASON (Bears):
- Selected to his first Pro Bowl and named to the Associated Press All-Pro team after finishing fourth in the NFL with six interceptions
- Started 14 games (inactive Games 15-16), recording 51 tackles, 14 pass defenses, six interceptions (two returned for a TD), one sack, one tackle for loss, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery (returned for a TD)
- 5-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown at BUF was his second career fumble recovery for a touchdown
- Recorded first career sack vs. Seattle (9/17)
- Active, but did not play in Wild Card playoff game vs. Philadelphia (1/6/19)
2017 SEASON (Bears):
- Started all 16 games as a rookie, recording 70 tackles, 6 pass defenses, 3 fumble recoveries (1 returned for TD), 2 interceptions (1 returned for TD), 1 FF and 1 TFL
- Jackson's 76-yard INT and 75-yard fumble recovery for touchdowns vs. CAR (10/22) made him the first player in NFL history to return both a fumble recovery and an INT 75+ yard TDs in the same game; also made him the first rookie in NFL history with multiple 75+ yard defensive touchdowns in the same game
- His 75-yard fumble recovery was 3rd-longest in Bears history
- Week 7 performance earned him NFC Defensive Player of the Week Honors
- Recorded multiple tackles in 13 of 16 games