Jaquan Brisker

PRO CAREER:

• Enters his fourth season with the Bears in 2025
• Drafted by the Bears in the second round of the 2022 NFL Draft (No. 48 overall)
• Started in all 35 games, totaling 249 tackles (162 solo), eight quarterback hits, 11 tackles for loss, 6.0 sacks, three interceptions, four forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries
• Since entering the league, ranks eighth in the league in total tackles among defensive backs

2024 SEASON (BEARS):

• Started in five games
• Missed the remainder of the season with injury
• Has recorded 40 tackles (23 solo), one interception, three tackles for loss, and one sack through Week 5
• During Week 4 victory against the Rams, Brisker joined Roquan Smith (2022, Week 7) as the only Bears defenders since at least 1948 to register double-digit tackles, a sack and an interception in a single game, and is the first defensive back to do so in the NFL since former Giants defender Landon Collins did so in 2016
• He also recorded the game winning interception to seal the win against the Rams

2023 SEASON (BEARS):

• Started in all 15 games appeared in
• Recorded 105 tackles (66 solo) with nine passes defensed, three quarterback hits, one interception, 1.0 sack, and two forced fumbles
• Had at least five tackles in 13 games
• Notched first sack of the season in Week 6 against the Vikings
• Led all Bears defenders in tackles (10) and recorded fifth pass defensed in Week 7 against the Raiders
• Tallied 150th-career tackle and 100th-career solo tackle in Week 10 against the Panthers
• Recorded first interception of season in Week 12 against Vikings
• In Week 13 vs. Detroit, he led the Bears in tackles with 17 (13 solo), a career-high
• Was the most tackles by a defensive back in a single game this season and by a Bears defensive back since the 1960 NFL-AFL Merger
• Also recorded two passes defensed and a forced fumble
• Notched the 200th tackle of his career in Week 17 against the Falcons
• Finished the game with five tackles (four solo) and shared the lead in tackles for the Bears
• Logged eight tackles (four solo), one tackle for loss and one fumble recovery in Week 18 at Green Bay

2022 SEASON (Bears):

• Made the start at safety in his first NFL game in the Week 1 victory vs. San Francisco
• Logged the first turnover of the Bears season after scooping up a forced fumble by defensive back Jaylon Johnson, finished the afternoon vs. the 49ers with four tackles (all solo) and one tackle for loss in addition to the fumble recovery
• Played every defensive snap in Week 2, finishing with 10 combined tackles (seven solo)
• Tied for third on the team in tackles against Houston in Week 3, finishing with six combined tackles (four solo)
• In Week 4 at New York, finished with five total tackles (four solo), including his first NFL sack, bringing down quarterback Daniel Jones for a loss of 11 yards with 3:35 remaining in the third quarter
• Became the first Bears rookie defensive back to get to the quarterback in a game since Bryce Callahan did so on Jan. 3, 2016 vs. Detroit
• Finished with five combined tackles (four solo) in Week 5 at Minnesota
• In Week 6, got to Commanders quarterback Carson Wentz in their opening drive in the first quarter (10:00), the first sack of the game for the Bears
• Was his second sack of the season, and he's the first Bears defensive back to record multiple sacks in their rookie season since Al Afalava, who did so in 2009
• Finished with five combined tackles (two solo) in addition to the sack ... In Week 7 at New England, logged his first career interception, picking off Patriots quarterback Mac Jones on a 2nd and 10 with 13:08 remaining in the second quarter to give the Bears their first takeaway of the evening
• Became the first Bears defensive back since Eddie Jackson (two, 2017) to record a pick during their rookie campaign
• Ended the night with seven combined tackles (five solo) and one pass defensed in addition to the pick
• Finished second on the team with nine combined tackles (seven solo) and a sack against the Cowboys in Week 8
• Got to quarterback Dak Prescott with 4:08 remaining in the fourth quarter, which is the third sack of his rookie campaign
• Becomes the first Bears defensive back with three or more sacks in a season since Mike Green and Mike Brown both did so during the 2001 season
• Logged four solo tackles against the Dolphins in Week 9
• Finished second on the team with seven combined tackles (five solo) against Detroit in Week 10
• Recorded seven tackles, one forced fumble and one TFL at Atlanta in Week 11
• Returned to the starting lineup vs. Philadelphia in Week 15 and recorded five solo tackles
• Brought down Bills quarterback Josh Allen in Week 16 for his fourth sack of the season with 8:52 left in the second quarter
• It's the third time in Bears franchise history that a defensive back has logged four or more sacks in a season, joining Dave Duerson (7.0 sacks, 1986) and Todd Bell (4.5 sacks, 1984)
• Finished second on the team with eight combined (six solo) tackles at Detroit in Week 17
• Recorded double-digit tackles for the third time in his rookie campaign, compiling 10 combined stops (five solo) vs. Minnesota in Week 18
• Ended the season with 104 tackles (73 solo), both of which are the second-most on the team
• Those 73 solo tackles are also the third-most amongst all rookies at the conclusion of the regular season